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Sarah Quartel Snow Angel for upper voices

  • Text
  • Angel
  • Djembe
  • Copyright
  • Cello
  • Quartel
  • Oxford
for SSAA, solo cello, djembe, and piano Already a firm favourite with choirs across the world, Snow Angel is an evocative five-movement choral work that explores themes of love, rebirth, and beauty through the eyes of children and the heavenly army of angels that watch over them, yearning to make a difference to their lives. The work may be performed with narration, in which three angels present their perspectives on their earthly charges. Quartel weaves a haunting and poignant cello line throughout the work, and a vibrant part for djembe in movement four, 'Sweet child', carries the listener from the ethereal and mystical realm the work predominantly inhabits into an emphatic anthem with a distinctly African feel. The musical language is emotive and pictorial, allowing performers to play an active role in the storytelling. Snow Angel is also available in a version for SATB.

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Sarah Quartel Snow Angel for SSAA, solo cello, djembe, and piano vocal score A

1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2017. Narrative text © Lisa Helps. Used by kind permission of the author Sarah Quartel has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Composer of this Work First published 2017 Impression: 3 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press Permission to perform this work in public (except in the course of divine worship) should normally be obtained from a local performing right licensing organization, unless the owner or the occupier of the premises being used already holds a licence from such an organization. Likewise, permission to make and exploit a recording of these works should be obtained from a local mechanical copyright licensing organization Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be directed to the Music Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at music.permissions.uk@oup.com or at the address above ISBN 978–0–19–351228–3 Music origination by Katie Johnston Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Halstan & Co. Ltd, Amersham, Bucks. for online perusal only