Note about the catalog: Each classification number is preceded by a W, which stands for Wienhorst. Therefore, within the catalog, the W is not significant.

W.I.1

The Runaway Cowboy

A children's opera in three scenes
For SSAA, 4 Solo Voices, Pf, and Perc.

Composed 1989. Also arranged for chamber group (I.1.ii, below). Libretto by Sylvia Pick. Contains quote from the Welsh tune Ar Hyd y Nos in the composer's own setting, "God, Who Made the Earth and Heaven" (XIII.a.10, below), set here to an altered translation of Ar Hyd y Nos.

Alternate author: Boulton, Sir Harold (1859-1935) and Sylvia Pick (b.c.193?).
Duration: 45'
Commissioned by: The Children's Chorus of Victoria (Texas); Sammy Cowan, musical director.
1st performance: The Children's Chorus of Victoria, March 1991.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications #s 4657 (full score and percussion part); 4657A (choral score) (same as I.1.ii, below).

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy unbound manuscript photocopy, full score.
  • For percussion part see I.1.ii, below.
W.I.1.ii

The Runaway Cowboy

A children's opera in three scenes
For SSAA, 4 Solo Voices, 2 Fls, 2 Vns, Va, Vc, Pf, and Perc.

Composed 1989 for SSAA, soli, piano, and percussion (1.1, above). Arranged for chamber group, 1991. Libretto by Sylvia Pick. Contains quote from the Welsh tune Ar Hyd y Nos in the composer's own setting, "God, Who Made the Earth and Heaven" (XIII.a.10, below), set here to an altered translation of Ar Hyd y Nos.

Alternate author: Boulton, Sir Harold (1859-1935) and Sylvia Pick (b.c.193?).
Duration: 45'
Commissioned by: Glen Ellyn (IL) Children's Chorus; Sandra Prodon, musical director.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications # 4657 (full score and percussion part); 4657A (choral score) (same as I.1, above).

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy bound printed copy, full score
  • 1 copy unbound printed copy, full score
  • 1 copy unbound printed copy, rehearsal score
  • 1 copy unbound printed copies, set of instrumental parts
W.II.1

Music for King Lear

For Vc and 2 Perc.

Composed in 1992. Incidental music. Arranged as fantasia for band, 1999 (VIII.2, below).

Includes:

  • Introduction to Act I
  • Transition to Act I, Scene 2
  • Transition to Act I, Scene 3
  • Transition to Act I, Scene 4
  • Transition to Act I, Scene 5
  • Transition to Act II, Scene 1
  • Transition to Act II, Scene 2
  • Transition to Act II, Scene 3
  • Transition to Act II, Scene 4
  • Transition to Act III, Scene 1
  • Transition to Act III, Scene 2
  • Transition to Act III, Scene 3
  • Music into Intermission
  • Intr'acte to Part 2 - Act III, Scene 4
  • Transition to Act III, Scene 5
  • Transition to Act III, Scene 6
  • Transition to Act III, Scene 7
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 1
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 2
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 3
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 4
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 5
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 6
  • Transition to Act IV, Scene 7
  • Transition to Act V, Scene 1
  • Transition to Act V, Scene 2
  • Transition to Act V, Scene 3
  • End Music for King Lear
Duration: 15'
Commissioned by: The Valparaiso University Theatre and Television Arts Department, John Steven Paul, chair, for its production of the Shakespeare play King Lear.
1st performance: Pat White, Vc; Julie Sievers, Perc; Kyle Hanser, Perc; Jeff Doebler, music director, April 16, 1993.

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy unbound printed copy, full score
W.III.1

Canticle of the Three Children

For TTBB and Orch (3222-2220-Perc, Hp, Cel, Timp, Str).

Composed in 1966. Also arranged for TTBB chorus and organ (IV.2, below). Text: Dan. 3:52-90 (deuterocanonical).

Duration: 12'
1st performance: The Indianapolis Symphony and the Christian Theological Seminary Chorus (James Carley, dir.), Izler Solomon, cond., April, 1966.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications #s 5623 (full score); 5623A (instrumental parts); 5623B (choral part).

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy unbound manuscript photocopy, full score
W.III.2

A Christmas Fantasy

For SATB and Orch (02[EH]00-0200-Perc, Str).
St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1991.

Composed in 1988. Also arranged for chorus and chamber group (IV.8, below). Includes quotes from the carols "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (Veni Emmanuel), "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" (Es ist ein Ros), "From Heaven Above" (Susani), "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (Adeste Fideles), and "Joy to the World" (Antioch). In three sections. In memoriam Russell Wichmann.

Movements:

  • I - Slowly, quietly ["O Come, O Come Emmanuel"]
  • II - Quietly but joyfully ["Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" / "From Heaven Above"]
  • III - Energetically ["Joy to the World" / "O Come, All Ye Faithful"]
Alternate authors: Baker, Theodore (1851-1934), Handel, George Friedrich (1685-1759), Hoppe, Anna (1889-1941), Neale, John M. (1818-1866), Wade, John F. (c.1711-1786), and Isaac Watts (1674-1748).
Duration: 11'
Publisher: CPH # 98-2944 (choral score). Instrumental parts available from CPH rental catalog.

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy bound manuscript photocopy, full score
  • 1 copy published copy, choir part (for both III.2 and IV.8, below)
W.III.3

Domine in Caelo

For SATB, Solo Sop, and Orch (0001-1100-Pf, Xyl, Perc, Str).

Composed in 1966. Latin text: Ps. 36:5-12. Tone row also used later in "Canticle for Percussion and Orchestra" (VII.2, below).

Duration: 11'
Commissioned by: Valparaiso University for the 25th anniversary of President Kretzmann's tenure.
1st performance: Valparaiso University Chapel Choir and Orchestra, William Kroeger, cond., 1967.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications #s 5554 (full score); 5554A (instrumental parts); 5554B (choral part).

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy bound manuscript photocopy, full score
W.III.4

Fantasia on Adeste Fideles

For SATB and Orch (2221-2320-2 Perc, Str).

Composed in 1977. Also arranged for chorus and organ with optional trumpets and timpani (IV.10, below). English text.

Alternate author: Wade, John F. (c.1711-1786)
Duration: 7'
1st performance: Valparaiso University Schola Cantorum and Orchestra, Fred Telschow, cond., December 11, 1977.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications #s 5583 (full score); 5583A (instrumental parts); 5583B (choral part) (Same as IV.10, below).

Collection Holdings

  • 1 copy bound manuscript photocopy, full score
W.III.5

Magnificat

For SATB, Solo Sop & Alto, and Orch (Pic2222-222[BTrb]1-Hp, Cel/Pf, 4 Perc, Timp, Str).

Composed in 1958. English text: Lk. 1:46-55. Dr. Wienhorst's Ph.D dissertation composition at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.

Duration: 12'30"
1st performance: Eastman Singers (David Fetler, dir.) and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, cond., March 21, 1960.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications #s 5557 (full score); 5557A (instrumental parts); 5557B (choral part).

Collection Holdings

  • 1 copy bound manuscript photocopy, full score, Box 1
  • 1 copy bound manuscript mimeocopy, full score, oversize, loose
W.III.6

Te Deum

For SATB, Solo Ten, and Orch (3222-4331-Perc, Timp, Str).

Composed in 1958. English text.

Duration: 17'45"
Commissioned by: Valparaiso University for its centennial anniversary.
1st performance: Valparaiso University Chapel Choir and the Twin Cities Symphony (Harold Newton, dir.), M. Alfred Bichsel, cond., May 3, 1959, at the Benton Harbor High School Auditorium, Benton Harbor, MI.
Publisher: E.C.S. Publications #s 5552 (full score); 5552A (instrumental parts); 5552B (choral part).

Collection Holdings (Box 1)

  • 1 copy bound manuscript photocopy, full score