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.
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S (A) (T) (B)<br />
(Organ or Piano)<br />
58. Still small voice<br />
John Greenleaf Whittier<br />
(1807–92)<br />
IAN ASSERSOHN<br />
(b. 1958)<br />
Lento q = c.84<br />
p sempre legato<br />
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1. Drop thy still dews <strong>of</strong> qui-et<br />
- ness,<br />
2. Breathe through the heats <strong>of</strong> our de - sire<br />
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¢<br />
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BASS b 4 ∑ ∑ œ<br />
œ œ ˙<br />
p sempre legato<br />
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˙.<br />
Lento q = c.84<br />
6<br />
&b 4 ∑ ∑ . œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙.<br />
ORGAN<br />
{<br />
or<br />
p sempre legato<br />
PIANO<br />
? b<br />
6 œ ∑ ∑<br />
4 œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙<br />
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&b 4 4<br />
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œ œ œ ˙ œ<br />
Till all our stri-vings<br />
cease;<br />
Take from our souls the<br />
Thy cool - ness and thy balm;<br />
Let sense be dumb, let<br />
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for online perusal only<br />
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4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
Solo or unison: sing Soprano at any octave<br />
Two-part: SA<br />
Mixed voices: SAT, SAA (Alto 2 sing Tenor), SATB<br />
Alternative options:<br />
1. Sing in unison (all voices singing Soprano at any octave) bars 3 –13, then in harmony from the last note <strong>of</strong> bar 13<br />
2. Sing the whole <strong>of</strong> verse 1 in unison (all voices singing Soprano at any octave) and verse 2 in harmony<br />
In all cases the keyboard part (and the first two bars, and possibly bar 20) may be omitted.<br />
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