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Opus 23 - Motets for Male Choir
Opus 23 No. 1
Have Mercy upon Me
unpublished (as of September 2005)
choir TTBB
Text: Psalm 51
Composed: Dec. 1960 for Loui Nowak, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. Later revised for a male choir in Pasadena.
Revised version was often performed by Herbert Nuechterlein at Concordia College, Fort Wayne, IN.
A new autograph manuscript was written for Krieg Library at Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 1972.
Opus 23 No. 2
Magnificat
unpublished (as of September 2005)
choir (male?)
Composed: 30. June 1983
Written for Larry Houff
Opus 24 - Motets for mixed-choir
Whom Have I in Heaven But Thee
Concordia Motet Series
Concordia, 1962. 98-1637
choir SATB
Text: Psalm 73:25-26, 28 and Gloria patri
Composed: Feb. 1961
Dedicated to Paul Rosel, for his choir tour to Europe. Bender heard this motet for the first time in St. Johannis, Lüneburg, sung by the Concordia Seward choir in summer, 1961, after which he took his family to join him in America.
God is our Refuge and Strength
Choral Settings of the Psalms
Augsburg, 1963. PS 608
choir SATB
Text: Psalm 46
Composed: January 1962
O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song
Bethel Luth. Ch., Madison WI, 1964.
(new publication by Concordia, 1982. 98-2557, instr. part 97-5699)
choir SATB, clarinet or violin, keyboard
Text from Psalm 98
Composed: March 1962
written for Loui Nowak
If God were Not Upon Our Side
Chantry, 1975. COA 7349
choir SATB
chorale setting and motet
English text
Tune: Wo Gott der Herr
Composed: May 1973
Dedicated to Rev. Dr. John W. Rilling on the occasion of his retirement as President of the Ohio Synod
Contents:
Chorale setting (Strophes 1, 6 --tr. Catherine Winkworth)
Motet (paraphrase of Psalm 124:1, 2, 8 from Bay Psalm Book)
Magnificat 1532
Chantry, 1974.
choir SATB
Tune: Tonus Peregrinus
In Peace and Joy I Go to Rest (Mit Fried und Freud) with Nunc dimittis
German Version: Embühren, Renaissance Musik Verlag, 8/94, Ed. No. 10504 (This publication omits the text of Strophe 2)
choir SATB, organ
chorale motet and motet canticle
English and German text versions
Composed: May 1977
English version (translation by Dr. John Rilling, President of Ohio Synod) "In memoriam Annie Lytle Miller"
German version "für meinen lieben Freund Dr. Hermann Zietz, Organist in Garstedt"
Contents:
In Peace and Joy I go to rest (Mit Fried und Freud) [Strophe 1-a cappella]
For Christ is Lord of death and life (Das macht Christus wahr' Gottes Sohn) [Strophe 2-same setting]
Nunc dimittis: Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace (Herr, nun lässest Du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren) [with organ]
He is the true and saving light (Er ist das Heil und selig Licht) [Strophe 4-same setting as Strophes 1 & 2 but with organ accomp.]
The German version of this motet was sung by the cappela piccola from Hohenwestedt for the composer's funeral in St. Severin in Hademarschen on Jan. 4, 1995, conducted by Norbert Klose, with Wilfrid Myles at the organ.
Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above
Augsburg, 1969. 11-829
organ partita
Tune: Vater unser
9 movements
Composed: 1968
Dedicated to Hugo Gehrke
Written as a contribution to the first Ecumenical Music Festival in St. Mary Catherdal, Tokyo on June 9, 1968. Commissioned by Pastor Kanzaburo Hasegawa, Koinonia Lutheran Church, Tokyo.