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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68<br />
Voices 1 (2)<br />
Organ or Piano<br />
17.<br />
Christ the Lord<br />
is risen again!<br />
Michael Weisse (c.1488 –1534)<br />
trans. Catherine Winkworth (1827–78)<br />
ALAN SMITH<br />
(b. 1962)<br />
VOICES<br />
ORGAN<br />
or<br />
PIANO<br />
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(Ped.)<br />
∑ ∑ ∑<br />
f 1. Christ<br />
p<br />
mf<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
He<br />
He<br />
v. 1: VOICE 1<br />
v. 2: VOICE 2<br />
v. 3: TUTTI<br />
. ˙ œ ˙ œ œ. œ J<br />
œ ˙ Œ<br />
the Lord is<br />
who bore all<br />
who slum - bered<br />
. .<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ .<br />
˙. œ œ˙ œ œ ˙. ˙..<br />
.<br />
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. (v. 2: Man.)<br />
ris - en a - gain!<br />
pain<br />
in<br />
and<br />
the<br />
loss<br />
grave<br />
œ. œ j œ<br />
˙.<br />
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˙<br />
˙..<br />
˙.<br />
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œ. œ j œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙<br />
Christ hath bro - ken ev -’ry<br />
chain!<br />
Com - fort - less up - on the cross,<br />
Is ex - al - ted now to save;<br />
˙<br />
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˙<br />
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Œ<br />
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f (all verses)<br />
œ. œ j œ ˙ œ ˙<br />
Hark, an - gel - ic voi -<br />
Lives in glo - ry now<br />
Through the u - ni - verse<br />
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f (all verses)<br />
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ces<br />
on<br />
it<br />
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(v. 2: Ped.)<br />
Solo or unison: sing the upper stave for the first two pages and Voice 2 for the final page<br />
Two-part and Mixed voices: follow the Voice 1 and 2 indications, choosing any appropriate vocal grouping<br />
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