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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162<br />
<strong>for</strong> Kate<br />
26. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree<br />
Words from Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs,<br />
compiled by Joshua Smith (New Hampshire, 1784)<br />
BOB CHILCOTT<br />
(b. 1955)<br />
VOICE 1*<br />
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1. The tree of life my soul hath seen, La - den with fruit and al - ways<br />
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green: The trees of na - ture fruit-less<br />
be Com-pared<br />
with Christ the ap - ple<br />
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2. His beau - ty doth all things ex - cel: By faith I<br />
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* This piece can be per<strong>for</strong>med as written, or can be sung in unison, two parts, or three parts at the discretion of the conductor or singers.<br />
The parts can be sung in any combination of voices, in the upper or lower octaves, and dynamics can be chosen <strong>for</strong> each verse.<br />
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