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p a r a c l e t e p r e s sP.O. Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653 1-800-451-5006 www.paracletesheetmusic.com

Five PlainsongPreludes

1. Crux fideles 2. Christe, qui Lux es et dies 3. Ecce lignum Crucis 4. Te lucis ante terminum 5. Stabat Mater

Robert J. Powell

for Organ

LentPPM01553

$10.00

Selected Organ Works Published by Paraclete Press

Bedford, Michael Fantasia on Victimae Paschali Laudes—PPM00611 for Organ and brass

Bratt, C. Griffith Noel~Carillon—PPM01426

Fantasy on “Ein Feste Berg”—PPM01424

Seven Days of Easter—PPM01331

Farrell, Robert Once in Royal David’s City—PPM01428

Guinaldo, Norberto Communion (Two Pieces for Organ)—PPM01432

Thanksgiving and Harvest (Four pieces for Organ)—PPM01431

Lau, Robert Toccata on ‘Nun Danket Alle Gott’—PPM01437

Nagy, Zvonimir Vocalise—PPM01422

Verset—PPM01423

Powell, Robert Five Advent Preludes—PPM00531

Harvest Festival: Four Organ Preludes on Thanksgiving Hymns—PPM01239

Three Palm Sunday Preludes on Gregorian Chant Melodies—PPM01330

Two Processionals—PPM00711

Shackelford, Rudy Charles Wesley Organbook—PPM01507

Trumpet Voluntary—PPM01508

Weidner, Raymond Four Fantasies on English Carols—PPM01458

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Robert J. Powell

Born in Benoit, Mississippi in 1932, Robert Powell is currently the Organist at Trinity United Methodist Church in Greenville, South Carolina. He previously served as Organist/Choir Director for Christ Episcopal Church, a position he held for 34 years.

He has held similar positions at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, St. Paul’s Episcopal in Meridian, Mississippi, and at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire.

Mr. Powell received a Bachelor of Music degree in organ and composition from Louisiana State University, and a Master of Sacred Music degree from Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music. He has also received the certificates of Choirmaster and Fellow in the American Guild of Organists. An ASCAP member, Mr. Powell has received numerous awards for over twenty years, and has published over 400 works for organ, handbells, and choir. Mr. Powell and his wife have three children, five grand-children and one great-grandchild.

Table of Contents

I. Crux fideles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 1

2. Christe, qui Lux es et dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 4

3. Ecce lignum Crucis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6

4. Te lucis ante terminum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 8

5. Stabat Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 10

Paraclete Press sheet music is available from www.paracletesheetmusic.com

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Crux fidelesfor Charles Tompkins

ASCAPRobert J. Powell

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p a r a c l e t e p r e s s

p a r a c l e t e p r e s sP.O. Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653 1-800-451-5006 www.paracletesheetmusic.com

Five PlainsongPreludes

1. Crux fideles 2. Christe, qui Lux es et dies 3. Ecce lignum Crucis 4. Te lucis ante terminum 5. Stabat Mater

Robert J. Powell

for Organ

LentPPM01553

$10.00

Selected Organ Works Published by Paraclete Press

Bedford, Michael Fantasia on Victimae Paschali Laudes—PPM00611 for Organ and brass

Bratt, C. Griffith Noel~Carillon—PPM01426

Fantasy on “Ein Feste Berg”—PPM01424

Seven Days of Easter—PPM01331

Farrell, Robert Once in Royal David’s City—PPM01428

Guinaldo, Norberto Communion (Two Pieces for Organ)—PPM01432

Thanksgiving and Harvest (Four pieces for Organ)—PPM01431

Lau, Robert Toccata on ‘Nun Danket Alle Gott’—PPM01437

Nagy, Zvonimir Vocalise—PPM01422

Verset—PPM01423

Powell, Robert Five Advent Preludes—PPM00531

Harvest Festival: Four Organ Preludes on Thanksgiving Hymns—PPM01239

Three Palm Sunday Preludes on Gregorian Chant Melodies—PPM01330

Two Processionals—PPM00711

Shackelford, Rudy Charles Wesley Organbook—PPM01507

Trumpet Voluntary—PPM01508

Weidner, Raymond Four Fantasies on English Carols—PPM01458

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