McGrath, Joseph J.

Life

Born: Oswego, NY, July 4, 1889

Died: Syracuse, New York, January 23, 1968

Biography organist at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse NY "for some years" prior to 1932

List of sacred works

• Angelus ad pastores ait : motet for three mixed voices (S.A.B.) and organ accompaniment, op. 69, no. 3 GIA 1958
• Anima Christi and Panis angelicus, SATB MLR 1953
• Ave Maria : for unison or four part mixed chorus +org Syracuse, N.Y. : Will & Baumer Candle Co., 1927
• Ave Maria, Op. 22 no 1. STB MLR 1937
• Ave Maria, SAB, MLR 1950
• Ave Maria, SATB, MLR 1952
• Ave verum, Op. 4, No. 3 SATB org JFB 1913
• Benediction service, op. 28 no. 1 SSA? SATB? MLR 1942 (Ave verum - Tantum ergo - Laudate)
• Benediction service, TTB. MLR 1950 (O salutaris -- Tantum ergo)
• Benediction service, SAB, MLR 1950
• Christus resurgens : Eastertide motet for S.A.T.B. and organ, op. 75, no. 1 GIA 1959
• Confitebor tibi, offertory for the feast of the Holy Name, Op. 21 no. 2, SATB (org) MLR 1937
• Domine deus : offertory for the dedication of a church SATB org MLR 1963
• Ego sum panis vivus, SAB, MLR 1950
• Jubilate deo, op. 21, no. 1 SATB org MLR 1936
• Mass in honor of the nativity of our Lord : for S.T.B. or S.A.T.B., op. 64 + org GIA 1957
• Mass in honor of the resurrection of our Lord : for two equal voices or optional four mixed voices and organ, op. 74 GIA 1959
• Missa ad coeli Reginam, SB/TB MLR 1955
• Missa adjutor meus : for T.T.B.B. and organ, op. 81 GIA 1959
• Missa "Amor Dei" : in honor of St. Thomas More, op. 24 3-pt org MLR 1939
• Missa antiphonalis : for populus, TTB (or SSA) and organ, op. 36 MLR 1953
• Missa brevis in honorem S. Josephi Op. 10, SATB org JFB 1925
• Missa Caritas Dei : for S.A.T.B. and organ, op. 38A GIA 1961
• Missa cor Jesu : S.A.B., op. 53 JFB 1956
• Missa dominicalis,Op. 35, SAB org
• Missa facilis Op. 39, unison, org MLR 1952
• Missa festiva, op. 60, SATB org MLR 1958
• Missa foritudo mea, Op. 73, SB/TB org GIA 1959
• Missa inclina Domine : for soprano, alto, baritone and organ, op. 79 GIA 1959
• Missa laus Deo : for three equal voices, T.T.B. or S.S.A. (a cappella), op. 45 Milwaukee, Wis. : M.L. Nemmers, 1955
• Missa lyrica, op. 23 STB org MLR 1937
• Missa Marialis : for popolo and 3 equal voices with organ accompaniment, op. 44 GIA 1953
• Missa Mater Dei, Op. 70, 3-pt, org GIA 1959
• Missa melodica, SATB org, MLR 1948
• Missa monodica op, 52, unison, org Milwaukee: Nemmers 1955
• Miss O quam suavis est, Op. 30 STB/SATB MLR 1953
  • Credo : from missa "O quam suavis est" [for] S.T.B. or S.A.T.B., op. 30 MLR 1943
• Missa parochialis, op. 17 SATB org MLR 1934
• Missa Pontificalis, op. 11 SATB org MLR 1932
• Missa pro pace op. 31, 2pt, org MLR 1944
• Missa pro populo, Op. 76, cong. organ MLR 1963
• Missa Regina angelorum, STB, op. 26 JFB 1944
• Missa Regina assumpta : for 3 equal voices SSA or TTB and organ, op. 42 MLR 1943
• Missa Regina pacis op. 55, STB org, MLR 1956
• Missa rosa mystica, Op. 66 2-pt JFB 1958
• Missa salus nostra : for four mixed voices and organ, op. 62 GIA 1957
• Missa simplex, Op. 61, SATB org. Milwaukee: M. L. Nemmers, 1957
• Missa sine organo, op. 40 SATB MLR 1953
• Missa "Spes mea" : in honor of S. Caeciliae for 3 equal voices, op. 27 MLR 1939
• Missa virgo clemens : for 3 equal voices (or 2 equal voices and populo), op. 58 GIA 1956
• Three motets, TTBB (O Sanctissima, O Salutaris, Tantum ergo), JFB 1917
• Four motets, Op. 63, SAB MLR 1958 (Cor dulce -- O maria, virgo pia -- O esca viatorum -- Tantum ergo sacramentum)
• Offertoriale, Op. 80 SATB, MLR 1961-64 (5 vols)
• Six offertories : for general use and Lent for S.A.T.B. (a cappella), op. 41 GIA 1953
  • 1. Scapulis suis -- 2. Meditabor -- 3. Justitiae domini -- 4. Laudate dominum -- 5. Confitebor tibi -- 6. Improperium.
• O sacrum convivium, op. 21, no.6 ; Tantum ergo, op. 21, no.6A MLR 1939
• Parvulus filius : motet for three equal voices (S.S.A or T.T.B.) and organ accompaniment, op. 69, no. 2 GIA 1958
• Redemptionem misit, Op. 69/1 2-pt org, GIA 1958
• Responsories for tenebrae, 1st Nocturn, Op. 33 2-3 part men, MLR 1951
• Surrexit Christus : Eastertide motet for S.A.T.B. and organ, op. 75, no. 2 GIA 1959
• Terra tremuit, op. 21, no. 4 SATB (org) MLR 1938
  • 2-part MLR 1942
  • SSA MLR 1943
• Tulerunt Jesum : offertory for the feast of the Holy Family, op. 21, no. 3, STAB (org), MLR 1937

External links

Onondaga Co. Public Library, biographical sketch

Finding aid, McGrath collection at Syracuse University