The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems
The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems caters for church choirs of all types and sizes, enabling them to have at their fingertips easy music for every occasion. The collection presents flexibility of scoring in a constructive and realistic way, with particular provision for unison or two-part singing, while not forgetting SATB choirs, and a focus on ease of learning and performance. With complete coverage of the Church's year, and a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a vital resource for all church choirs. Also available as a spiral-bound paperback.
The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems caters for church choirs of all types and sizes, enabling them to have at their fingertips easy music for every occasion. The collection presents flexibility of scoring in a constructive and realistic way, with particular provision for unison or two-part singing, while not forgetting SATB choirs, and a focus on ease of learning and performance. With complete coverage of the Church's year, and a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a vital resource for all church choirs.
Also available as a spiral-bound paperback.
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205<br />
Voices 1 (2) (3)<br />
(Organ or Piano)<br />
St Thomas Aquinas (1225 –74)<br />
English text by John Rutter<br />
VOICE 1<br />
VOICE 2<br />
(ORGAN<br />
or<br />
PIANO)<br />
6<br />
VOICE 3<br />
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et<br />
all<br />
50. Panis angelicus<br />
(Bread <strong>of</strong> the angel host)<br />
for online perusal only<br />
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(1697–1760)<br />
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Solo or unison: sing Voice 1, with organ or piano playing all three voice parts, the Voice 3 line an octave lower<br />
Two-part: Voices 1 and 2, or Voices 1 and 3, sung by any appropriate voices, and accompanied as above<br />
Three-part: allocate Voices 1, 2, and 3 to SSA (or SAA), TTB (or TBB), or SAMen (Men singing the small notes as<br />
required), preferably unaccompanied. <strong>The</strong> anthem may also be sung a semitone (or a tone) higher.<br />
4<br />
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