ANTHEMS

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Anthem Inventory

List of anthems and scores owned by First Church in 2010.  For each, the composer is given, as well as his/her life dates and links to several biographies.  For each anthem, links to YouTube and other video and audio webpages are provided, including to Cyberbass and other sites which play individual voice parts.  

Anthem Schedule of 2010

List of anthems sung at each service in 2010.  You can hear us singing a few of the anthems.  

Catalog of Seasonal Anthems and those that have Special Uses

Each season or use (spiritual, communion, etc.) is in a separate table.

Photocopies & Compilations

Lists of photocopies of uncopyrighted anthems and a list of books containing many anthems per book

SINGING AIDS

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Sight-Singing Exercises - 

   Learning the Intervals

Short video excercises which will help you to learn how to sing intervals like thirds, fourths, fifths, etc.

JS Bach's Cantata 106

Pronunciation of the German words of:

   Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit

Guide to Pronouncing GERMAN

For singers

Guide to Pronouncing ITALIAN

For singers

Guide to Pronouncing LATIN

Ecclesiastical Latin compare with Classical Latin

CHOIR AT FIRST CHURCH

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Choir Members 2009

List of members, when they joined, and their voice part.

Choir in Loft 2006

November 5, 2006

Easter Sunday 2009

April 12, 2009

HEAR THE CHOIR

ANTHEM

COMPOSER

Eternal Light 

Sowerby, Leo

Jan 31, 2010

New Commandment, The

Mundy, William

Jan 31, 2010

Rejoice in the Lord Alway

Anonymous 

   ed. E. H. Fellowes, 

   then ed. Le Huray & Willcocks

Feb 14, 2010

There Shall a Star from Jacob Come Forth

          (our title) or (also known as)

There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob

   (Psalm 2 from: Christus)

Mendelssohn, Felix

Feb 14, 2010

Jesu, Grant Me This I Pray

Kitson, Charles Herbert

Feb 21, 2010

Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee 

  (Jesu, Dulcis Memoria)

Victoria, Tomás Luis de

Feb 21, 2010

Nolo Mortem Peccatoris 

Morley, Thomas

   ed. John Morehen

Feb 28, 2010

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Poston, Elizabeth

Feb 28, 2010

All Anthems January to June 2010

68.5 Megabyte file size.  Probably will download before beginning to play

(2-3 minutes if you have cable).

Jan - June

2010

CHOIR SOCIALIZING

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Victory Cafe Birthday Party 2006

Mary Bon's birthday party August 7, 2006

Choir Picnic 2007

June 7, 2007

Choir Picnic 2008

May 29, 2008

Choir Picnic 2009

June 11, 2009

Choir Picnic 2010

June 17, 2010

MISCELLANEOUS

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Rose Jenks Hunsberger - Recital

September 12, 2010 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Albany NY

Jerry Harrington

September 12, 2010

St. Nick Sunday 2006

Photos of Mary Bon with candles and Rev. John Paarlberg in St. Nicholas costume with a child (Dec 3 & 5, 2006)

John Bachman  (1919-2008)

Obituary, photo, and guest book

Evelyn Blackeby  (1911-2002)

Obituary

MARRIAGE OF LISA WESTMAN

& JAMES McDONALD

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Rehearsal dinner photos

At Stockade Inn, Schenectady, NY on Feb 19, 2011.  Photos by Margaret Tilden. (2/11)

Pre-wedding photos

Photos by Margaret Tilden, Feb 20, 2011.

Wedding photos

Photos by Cliff Lamere, Feb 20, 2011.

Reception photos

Photos by Cliff Lamere, Feb 20, 2011.

Reception photos

Photos by Margaret Tilden, Feb 20, 2011.

Videos (3)

Videos by Margaret Tilden, Feb 19-20, 2011.

EXTERNAL LINKS

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FIRST CHURCH - home page

Visit the new website for the church.

First Church Baptism & Marriage Records from 1683-1809.

Includes 1683 Membership List (external link).  The records originally began in 1643, but those before 1683 are missing.