Choral titles for Lower voices sampler

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Commissioned jointly by Orphei Drängar, conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin,
and Chor Leoni, conductor Diane Loomer, and dedicated to them with love
Newton’s Amazing Grace
John Agard
BOB CHILCOTT
TENOR 1
TENOR 2
BARITONE
BASS
Heavy, with a feel of the blues q = c.88
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Grace is not a
for online perusal only
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Music © Oxford University Press 2010; Text © John Agard 2006, from “We Brits”, published by Bloodaxe Books Ltd, reproduced by kind
permission of John Agard c/o Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency Ltd.
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