Peter Bird

Life

Born: 1951

Biography:

Choral singer since 1964. Geophysicist since 1972; professor at UCLA since 1976; emeritus since 2011. Composer of choral music since 2005.

List of choral works

An anthem of Earth Beyond Caedmon's Hymn Concord: 1. Musketequid Concord: 2. Meetinghouse Concord: 3. North Bridge Concord: 4. Sleepy Hollow Concord: 5. Great Meadows Donne's hymn Enduring Four prairie songs of Sandburg Frost in the Fall Gloria in excelsis Deo Hubble ascending, Op. 27 Into the twilight John Muir suite The lake isle of Innisfree A little flock from Iceland Mars: 1. Waiting for rain, Op. 15, No. 1

Mars: 2. Roving the wasteland, Op. 15, No. 2 Mars: 3. Spring upon the ice, Op. 15, No. 3 Mars: 4. A small golden plaque, Op. 15, No. 4 Mary's hymn (Magnificat) Mountain stars Mountain streams Movin' left Night song Northwest windsong One track Sharawadgi (Gracious disorder) Simeon's hymn (Nunc dimittis) Three sonnets of Longfellow Toro nagashi (Lantern-floating) Väinämöisen lauluja (Songs of Väinämöinen) We sing of the lands Wedding cantata Yukon

Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)

• Beyond
• Concord: 1. Musketequid
• Concord: 2. Meetinghouse
• Concord: 3. North Bridge
• Concord: 4. Sleepy Hollow
• Concord: 5. Great Meadows

• Sharawadgi (Gracious disorder)

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External links

• http://peterbird.name/choral/ has MP3 files for these pieces, 2 additional choral works, and a chart of the history of choral music.