João Wilson Faustini
Life
João(John) Wilson Faustini
Born: 1931/11/20
Biography
Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language.
1955 BM Westminster Choir College - Princeton, New Jersey
1966 SMM Union Theological Seminary - New York, NY
1967 Princeton Theological Seminary - Princeton, New Jersey
From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark is the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth.
John W. Faustini holds a Sacred Music Choral Seminar in São Paulo, Brazil every year in the month of August. This Seminar is sponsored by SOEMUS. In August 96 attendance was 418. Every year a new collection of anthems is published for that occasion.
Choral works
Copyright restriction
Publications
Books, Hymnbooks, Booklets and Cantatas
"Música e Adoração" (Music and Worship)
"Musica e Teologia Hoje" (Music and Theology Today)
"Seja Louvado" (a bi-lingual hymnbook compiled for St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark, NJ, USA)
Paixão Segundo São João (Paixão musicada em estilo moderno)
Cantata "O Reino Divino"
Cantatas de J.S. Bach:
No. 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden - Jesus por nós cativo No. 142 Uns ist ein Kind geboren - Nasceu-nos um menino No. 192 Nun danket Alle Gott - Dai graças ao Senhor
Cinco Hinos Para Coral Misto:
1. Ó Deus, eterno Ajudador (St.Anne) Croft-Faustini 2. Cristo Jesus há de reinar (Duke Street) J.Hatton-Faustini 3. Tu és fiél, Senhor (Great Is Thy Faithfullness) W. Runyan 4. Pelas ricas bênçãos (Cânone) Anônimo 5. O dia terminou (Cânone) Alemão
Seis Peças Corais
1. Brasil Formosos (America, the Beautiful) - Samuel A. Ward 2. Dá-nos paz (Dona nobis pacem)- Cânone alemão 3. A Primavera (Doce canto vem no ar) - Cânone Húngaro 4. O Grilo (Il Grillo) - Josquin des Prez 5. Josué venceu a luta em Jericó ( Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho) Negro Spiritual, arr. Faustini 6. Meu bem, minha vida (Belle qui tiens ma vie) Pavane - Thoinot Arbeau
Quatro Cânticos Nupciais dos grandes Mestres:
1. Amor (Ich liebe Dich) Beethoven 2. Se ao lado estás (Bist Du bei mir) Bach 3. Sela, Senhor, os votos (Where'er You Walk) Handel 4. Senhor, protege os noivos (Du bist wie eine Blume) Schumann
Três Motetos para a Páscoa
Vocalises
Anthem and Coral Collections:
Os Céus Proclamam (in 5 volumes).
Ciclo do Advento
Coros Varonis
Ecos de Louvor (em 10 volumes).
Florilégio Coral
Gaudeamus
Hinos Contemporâneos
Hinos Tradicionais de Natal
Sempre Louvarei
Vinte Cânones