Raabe Commissioned Works

Composer	Title	Hymn	Requires	Premiered at	Dedicated to	Published	Recorded
David Cherwien	All Depends on Our Possessing	LSB 732 ELW 589	Unison or two-part choir, organ, opt cong and c instr		Margaret Raabe
Kevin Hildebrand	All My Heart Again Rejoices	LSB 360 ELW 273	SATB, organ, trumpet, cong	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Brad Hall	CPH 98-3992
Walter Pelz	All the Earth with Joy is Sounding	LSB 462	SATB, organ, cong, opt brass quartet and timpani	Trinity Lutheran Seminary	Tom and Jane Buck	CPH 97-6933, 98-3660	ALCM CSS-5
David Cherwien	All You Works of the Lord, Bless the Lord!	LSB 930	SATB, organ, cong, opt cantors, opt handbells	Peace, New Berlin	Cantors of Peace, New Berlin	CPH 98-3330
Emily Porter	Awake, Awake, and Greet the New Morn	ELW 242	SATB, organ, cong, flute, oboe, soprano	Peace, New Berlin	William Raabe
David Schack	Awake, Awake, and Greet the New Morn	ELW 242	SATB or unison choir, organ, oboe, cong		William Raabe
Kevin Hildebrand	Awake, My Heart, With Gladness	LSB 467 ELW 378	SATB, organ, brass quintet, timpani, cong	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Margaret Raabe
John Behnke	Awake, My Heart, With Gladness	LSB 467 ELW 378	SATB, keyboard, two flutes		Tom Leeseberg-Lange	CPH 98-3999
Emily Porter	Be Thou My Vision	ELW 793	SATB or baritone, soprano, flute, organ, cong	Peace, New Berlin	Laura Kohrs
John Behnke	Carillon	Original	Organ		Margaret Raabe	CPH 97-6952	JB092804
Kevin Hildebrand	Christ, Be My Leader	LSB 861	Flute, solo voice, keyboard, opt cong	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Nancy Raabe
David Schack	Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia	LSB 466 ELW 364	SATB, keyboard, percussion, cong		William Raabe
David Cherwien	Come Bless the Lord	Truro, various verses, incl two original by Susan Palo Cherwien	SATB, organ, opt cong and trumpet		Bill and Nancy Raabe, 10^th anniversary	AMSI 835S
Donald Busarow	Come With Songs of Gladness	Various Paul Gerhardt hymns	Organ and instrument		William and Nancy Raabe	CPH 97-7158
Paul Weber	Come You Faithful Raise the Strain	LSB 487 ELW 363	SATB, organ, cong, brass quartet		Marilyn Bartz
Carl Schalk, Susan Palo Cherwien	Day of Arising	ELW 374	SATB, cong, organ		William and Nancy Raabe	Augsburg 11-11000
Robert Hobby	For All the Saints	Original, Funeral Suite	Organ		Meta Scholz, Edna Schultz	Augsburg 0-8006-7537-1
John Paradowski	From God Can Nothing Move Me	LSB 713	SATB, organ, cong	St Matthew, Wauwatosa	Martin Raabe
David Cherwien	God, Who Made the Earth and Heaven	LSB 877 ELW 564	SATB, organ, cong, opt flute or oboe	Peace, New Berlin	Ann Siverling	Summa 2035	Summa CH1997
John Paradowski	God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens	ELW 771	SATB, organ, cong, opt handbells	St Matthew, Wauwatosa	Charles and Mary Miller
Carl Schalk, Gracia Grindal	How Good, God Said, and Blessed the Two	Original text and tune	SATB, organ, cong, flute	Peace, New Berlin	David and Paula Raabe	Augsburg Fortress 11-10678 GIA G-5970
John Behnke	I Know That My Redeemer Lives	LSB 461 ELW 619	SAB, organ, cong, opt trumpet, opt handbells	Peace, New Berlin	William and Shirley Raabe	CPH 98-3197
Thomas Keesecker	In Our Day of Thanksgiving	Original setting	SAB and piano		William and Nancy Raabe
Kenneth Kosche	I Walk in Danger All the Way	LSB 716	SAB, organ, flute, oboe or violin. Opt cong		Don and Mary Korte	CPH 96-3599
Jonathan Kohrs	I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light	LSB 411 ELW 815	Children’s Choir, organ, cong, opt bass solo, flute or oboe	Our Redeemer, Wauwatosa	Margaret Raabe
Richard Hillert, Susan Palo Cherwien	Image of the Unseen God	Original text and tune	SATB or cong, keyboard			Augsburg 11-11101	ALCM CSS-8
Emily Porter, Susan Palo Cherwien	In Deepest Night	ELW 699, original tune	SATB or solo, organ, cong, oboe		Van Nichols	Augsburg Fortress 11-10818
John Behnke, Michael Meyer	In the Manger	Original text and tune	SAB, keyboard			CPH 98-3286
Donald Busarow	Jesus Has Come	LSB 533	SATB, organ, cong, baritone, horn or trombone	Our Savior, Milwaukee	William Raabe	CPH 97-6400	APR001
Kevin Hildebrand	Jesus Has Come	LSB 533	Organ, brass quintet, timpani, TTBB, cong	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Linda Kempke
Emily Porter	Jesus I Will Ponder Now	LSB 444 ELW 345	SAB, organ, cong, oboe	Peace, New Berlin	William Raabe
John Behnke	Let All Together Praise Our God	LSB 389 ELW 287	SATB, organ, cong, opt handbells, opt trumpet, opt horn or trombone	Concordia University Wisconsin	Nancy Raabe
Kevin Hildebrand	Let the Whole Creation Cry	ELW 876, with original v4	Cong, opt choir, organ, opt trumpet		Bill and Nancy Raabe, 20th anniversary
Donald Busarow	Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart	LSB 708 ELW 750	SATB, organ, oboe, opt cong	St Paul, Milwaukee	Ann Siverling	CPH 98-3429
Marie Rubis Bauer, Gracia Grindal	My Heart, Be Still	Original text and tune	SATB, organ, cong		Meta Rieth
Charles Ore	O Day Full of Grace	LSB 503 ELW 627	SATB, organ, brass choir, cong		Nancy Raabe	CPH 97-6988	Organ Works CO-4
Stephen Rohde	O God of Light	LSB 836 ELW 507	SATB, organ, cong, trumpet	Our Savior, Milwaukee	Jill Raabe
David Cherwien	O Holy Spirit Enter In	LSB 913 ELW 786	SATB or two part choir, organ, cong, opt brass quartet	St Luke Chicago	Martin and Carol Bangert	CPH 98-3484, 98-6769
Robert Hobby ed	O Love that Casts Out Fear	Brahms folk tune	SATB		Marlys Greinke	MorningStar MSM-50-6030
Charles Ore	O Morning Star	LSB 395 ELW 308	Organ prelude		Martin Raabe	CPH 95-6517	Organ Works CO-2
Charles Ore	O Morning Star	LSB 395 ELW 308	SATB, organ, cong, brass choir, oboe	Peace, New Berlin	Martin Raabe	CPH 97-6605	Organ Works CO-2
Marie Rubis Bauer	People Look East	ELW 248	SATB, organ, cong, opt handbells	First Presby, Topeka	Margaret Raabe	Hinshaw HMC-1822
Donald Busarow	Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven	LSB 793 ELW 864,865	SATB, organ, cong, brass choir	St Paul, Milwaukee	Jill Raabe	MorningStar MSM-60-7023-A,B	ALCM CSS-2
Robert Hobby	Praise to the Lord, the Almighty	LSB 790 ELW 858,859	SATB, organ, cong, timpani, cymbals, brass quintet		Richard Raabe, Ruth Raabe, Ronald Semmann	MorningStar MSM 60-9023, 9023A, 9023B
Kevin Hildebrand	Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers	LBW 25, LSB 515, ELW 244	TTBB, brass quintet, timpani, organ, cong	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Bill and Nancy Raabe
John Behnke	Road to Calvary	Original organ suite for Holy Week	Organ		Marilyn Bartz	CPH 97-7072	JB092804
John Behnke	Road to Bethlehem	Original organ suite for Advent	Organ		Jill, Dana, Lydia Raabe	CPH 97-7071	JB092804
Kevin Hildebrand	Saints, See the Cloud of Witnesses	LSB 667	Cong, organ, TTBB, brass quintet, timpani	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Walter Bouman
Jonathan Kohrs	Shine in Our Hearts	Original anthem, general	TTBB, viola	Concordia Seminary (MO)	Concordia Seminary (MO) Chorus
Donald Busarow	Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good	ELW 871, LSB 819, LBW 542	Cong, organ, SATB, brass quartet	Wittenberg University (OH)	Tom Leeseberg-Lange
Kevin Hildebrand	Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good	ELW 871, LSB 819, LBW 542	Cong, organ, SATB, brass quintet, timpani	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Lisa Dahill	CPH 97-7340
Kevin Hildebrand	Sing With All the Saints in Glory	LSB 671, ELW 426, WOV 691	Trumpet, organ, cong, opt two-part choir	Concordia Seminary Fort Wayne (IN)	Ann Lee
Marie Rubis Bauer	Take My Life and Let It Be	LSB 783 ELW 583,685, original tune	SATB, organ, cong, soprano, flute			Hinshaw HMC-1673
Robert Hobby	The Church's One Foundation	Original organ suite on LSB 644 ELW 654	Organ, opt cong		Elmer Neitzel	MorningStar MSM-10-527
Gary Foxe	The Lord Remembers Faithful People	Original text	SAB, organ, cong, opt flute	St Paul, Skokie	Paula Raabe
Larry Long, Susan Palo Cherwien	There is the Love of God	Original text and tune	Unison choir or solo, organ, flute		Van Nichols
Thomas Keesecker	The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve	Original text on Chesterfield	SATB, organ, brass quintet, cong		William and Nancy Raabe
David Cherwien	Up Through Endless Ranks of Angels	LSB 491	SAB, organ, cong, opt trumpet	Peace, New Berlin	Nancy Raabe	Augsburg 11-11020
Thomas Keesecker	What Feast of Love	Original tune and arrangment	SAB or SATB, 2 pt handbells		William and Nancy Raabe	MorningStar MSM-50-7510
John Behnke	What Wondrous Love	LSB 543 ELW 666	SATB, organ, opt cong	St Paul, Skokie	David and Paula Raabe, 20^th anniversary	CPH 98-3598
Charles Ore	When in Our Music God is Glorified	LSB 796 ELW 851	SATB, organ, cong, brass choir, double bass	Mt Olive, Milwaukee	Lutheran A Cappella Choir of Milwaukee	CPH 97-6988	Organ Works CO-4
Larry Long	When Long Before Time	ELW 861	SATB, organ, cong	Denver ALCM	Nancy Raabe
Paul Bouman	While Shepherds Lately Knelt	LSB 369	TTBB, strings, organ	Concordia Seminary (MO)	David Koch

Year	Composer	Title	Requires	Published
1998	Robert Buckley Farlee	Solemn Reproaches of the Cross	SATB, soloists, piano	Augsburg Fortress 0800674723
2000	Richard Proulx	We Adore You O Christ	SATB	Paraclete PPM09836
2002	Paul Weber	Arise, Shine!	SSAATTBB	Augsburg Fortress 0800677366
2005	John Ferguson	Who Is This?	SATB and viola	MSM 50-6509
2007	David Cherwien	The Souls of the Righteous	SSAATTBB	MSM 50-6066
2009	Dan Forrest	In Paradisum	SATB div	HMC2224
2011	Zebulon Highben	Love is the Key	SATB div, a cappella	MSM-50-5215

Date	Composer	Title	Requires	Notes
1996	Emily Maxson Porter	A Child My Choice	Organ, horn, baritone	Christmas, text by Robert Southwell
1999	Emily Maxson Porter	Jesus I Will Ponder Now	Organ	Calfaria 99-103
2010	Thomas Keesecker	As Rain From the Clouds	SATB, piano, flute, rainstick, opt childrens choir	Augsburg 978-14514-0160-8

PIECES RECEIVING ALCM RAABE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION

PIECES COMMISSIONED BY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSN OF MILWAUKEE, WHEN WILLIAM RAABE WAS BOARD CHAIR, AS ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SCHOOLS' OFFICIAL HYMN, SCHALK/GRINDAL, "HOW GOOD IT IS TO PRAISE THE LORD"

PIECES COMPOSED AS A GIFT TO BILL AND NANCY RAABE