Carols for Choirs 6
for SATB, accompanied, and unaccompanied To celebrate the centenary of the Oxford University Press Music Department, this volume of 50 new carols complements the five previous volumes, bringing new names and styles to the series while providing a complete resource for choirs from Advent to Epiphany. Featuring newly commissioned carols and arrangements of classic melodies, the collection showcases some of today's most exciting names in choral composition.
for SATB, accompanied, and unaccompanied
To celebrate the centenary of the Oxford University Press Music Department, this volume of 50 new carols complements the five previous volumes, bringing new names and styles to the series while providing a complete resource for choirs from Advent to Epiphany.
Featuring newly commissioned carols and arrangements of classic melodies, the collection showcases some of today's most exciting names in choral composition.
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It is with thanks and appreciation that I dedicate this music<br />
to my dear friend and colleague, Dr Sylvia Eversole<br />
25. It came upon the midnight clear<br />
E. H. Sears<br />
(1810–76)<br />
Trad. English<br />
arr. VALERIE CAPERS (b. 1935)<br />
SOPRANO<br />
ALTO<br />
Moderato cantabile q = 100<br />
unis. p<br />
°<br />
¢ & # 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
1. It<br />
came u - pon the mid - night clear, That glo - rious song of<br />
<strong>for</strong> online perusal only<br />
4<br />
°<br />
¢ & # ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
old, From an - gels bend - ing near the earth To touch their harps of<br />
8<br />
mp cresc.<br />
°<br />
¢ & # ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ<br />
gold: ‘Peace<br />
œ œ œ œ œ<br />
on the earth, good - will to men, From heav’n’s all - gra - cious<br />
12<br />
°<br />
¢ & # ˙<br />
King!’<br />
p<br />
œ<br />
The<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
world in so - lemn still - ness lay To hear the an - gels<br />
S.<br />
A.<br />
16<br />
°<br />
& # U<br />
˙ Œ Œ<br />
u<br />
sing.<br />
mp<br />
2.Still through the<br />
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UÓ Œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
¢<br />
∑<br />
T.<br />
B. ∑u<br />
2. Still<br />
mf<br />
through<br />
œ<br />
skies,<br />
the clo - ven skies they come,<br />
mf<br />
œ œ ˙<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ<br />
œ œ œ œ<br />
Ó<br />
œ<br />
Œ<br />
mp<br />
With<br />
mp<br />
œ œ<br />
mp<br />
peace<br />
- ful wings un -<br />
œ œ œ nœ<br />
œ œ œ œ œ<br />
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