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Creator Magazine's Super 15 Anthems

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The Super 15 Anthems

Each year at Creator Magazine we highlight an Honored 10 set of anthems that appeared in the previous year’s Select 20 Anthems. We believe these compositions represent the best of the choral publications released in the previous year, setting them slightly ahead of other excellent anthems introduced during the year. In 1998, we decided to present a “greatest hits” list. The Super 15 was our selection from the best of all the Honored 10 listings to that point. This does not mean these are the best 15 titles ever printed, but they are our “best of the best.” In the list below, the dates indicate the issue in which the anthem was reviewed. For obvious reasons, we think these anthems should be in the choral libraries of every church.

The Super 15


A Gift of Alleluia
    Gilbert M. Martin
(Exaltation/Lorenz #10/1165) • May/June ‘95 #1
A Hymne To God
    Donald Busarow
(Augsburg Fortress #11-4518) • Sept/Oct ‘91 #14
All The Way My Savior Leads Me
    Gregg Sewell
(Lorenz #10/1096) • Mar/Apr ‘94 #11
A Star
    Pepper Choplin
(Purifoy/Lorenz #10/1048) • Sep/Oct ‘93 #16
Behold Calvary’s Lamb
    Jay Rouse/Randy Vader
(PraiseGathering #AO8189) • Nov/Dec ‘95 #8
Behold The Lamb Of God
    Craig Courtney
(Beckenhorst #BP1420) • Nov/Dec ‘93 #5
Can This Be God’s Son?
    Lloyd Larson
(Beckenhorst #BP1436) • May/June ‘94 #5
He Will Quiet You With His Love
    Cindy Berry
(GlorySound #A-6848) • Mar/Apr ‘94 #2
Is There Any Word From The Lord
    Ken Bible
(Lillenas #AN-8092) • Jan/Feb ‘94 #15
Lord, We Come to You
    David B. Leestma ~ Bryan Jeffery Leech
(Fred Bock #BG2258) • Jan/Feb ‘95 #4
Lover Of Us All
    Dan Schutte
(OCP #9903) • May/June ‘94 #15
O Gentle Jesus
    Joseph Martin
(Shawnee #A-6753) • Nov/Dec ‘93 #7
O Vos Omnes (All Who Pass By)
    John V. Mochnick
(Hinshaw #HMC-1207) • Jan/Feb ‘92 #14
Send Your Word
    Thomas Keesecker
(Concordia #98-3133) • Sep/Oct ‘94 #2
To You I Call
    Dale Grotenhuis
(Thomas House/Fred Bock Music Company #1C1019505) • Sept/Oct ‘95 #15

Showing(or faxing, or emailing) a printed copy of this list to a knowledgable person at your your full service music supplier (two of our favorites are Pine Lake Music and Music Mart) should get you an opportunity to see an approval copy for your perusal. On the other hand...trust us and just order these anthems...we think you'll be glad you did.




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