This Endris Night
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir, flute or recorder (SATB choir)

SKU: AN.AMP-0895

Composed by John Corina. Edited by Mitos Andaya and Simon Carrington. Octavo. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 0895. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-0895).

Corina/Andaya.

As composer of over 130 works, Dr. Corina has received fourteen awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and other organizations. As an oboist, he has performed throughout North America and Europe, accepting nine invitations to appear at the International Double Reed Society. He was a church organist and choir director for 50 years until retirement, the last 24 years of which he held the position of organist/choirmaster of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Athens. He also directed and conducted the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra and the Athens Choral Society, as well as numerous other choruses, orchestras, and bands.

The premiere of This Endris Night was on December 24, 2004, at St. Stephen's Anglican Catholic Church in Athens, Georgia, under the direction of organist/choirmaster, William Coscarelli. This publication is the result of a performance by University of Georgia's Collegium Musicum conducted by Dr. Mitos Andaya as part of the University's Holiday Concerts 2011.

This endris* night I saw a sight,
A star as bright as day,
And ever among, a maiden sung,
Lullay, by by, lullay

This lovely lady sat and sung,
And to her child did say,
My son, my brother, father dear,
Why liest thou in hay?

My sweetest bird, thus 'tis required,
Though thou be king veray,
But nevertheless I will not cease
To sing yLullay, by by, lullay

* endris