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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238<br />
S (A) (TB)<br />
Organ or Piano<br />
59.<br />
Take up your cross,<br />
the Saviour said<br />
Charles William Everest<br />
(1814 –1977) altd<br />
Melody: BOURBON, attr. Freeman Lewis (1825)<br />
arr. REBECCA GROOM te VELDE (b. 1956)<br />
for online perusal only<br />
VOICES<br />
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v. 1: SOPRANOS & ALTOS unis.<br />
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up your cross,<br />
(2.) up your cross;<br />
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Take<br />
Christ’s<br />
up your cross<br />
strength shall bear<br />
with<br />
your<br />
will - ing heart,<br />
spi - rit up<br />
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Solo or unison: sing the upper part throughout, at any octave<br />
Two-part: SA<br />
Mixed voices: SATB<br />
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