American Choral Music, 1870-1923

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American Choral Music, 1870-1923, a collaboration of the American Choral Directors Association and the Library of Congress, provides access to significant choral music in the public domain by the leading American composers of the time.

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select composer to view biography and song title to learn more about the choral work:

Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Far Awa’
Through the House Give Glimmering Light
Bethlehem
Peace on Earth

Dudley Buck (1839-1909)

Festival Hymn
Bedtime
O How Amiable

George W. Chadwick (1854-1931)

Inconstancy
Elfin Song
O Holy Child of Bethlehem
While Shepherds Watched

Mabel Daniels (1878-1971)

The Voice of My Beloved
Enchantment

R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)

Don’t Be Weary, Traveler
There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight
Done Paid My Vow to the Lord

William W. Gilchrist (1846-1916)

Ponder My Words
I Love Thee, Lord

Margaret R. Lang (1867-1972)

The Old Person of Cassel
The Old Man with a Beard
The Lonely Rose
The Hawthorn Tree

Horatio W. Parker (1863-1919)

Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
Three Choruses
Bow Down Thine Ear
God, That Madest Earth and Heaven