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for narrator, SATB soloists, and SATB choir unaccompanied, with optional bones
In this compelling work for narrator, soloists, and choir, Sheehan presents an engaging musical dramatization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Dickens's text has been artfully abridged by Matthew Guard to facilitate concert performance, and the narration is seamlessly woven into Sheehan's richly diverse score. Suited to performance in a variety of settings, this work sees imaginative arrangements of traditional carols and vibrant and accessible original music combine to bring a familiar festive tale to life.
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12 4. God rest you merry, gentlemen English traditional arr. BENEDICT SHEEHAN SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS & b b b b & b b b b V b b b b ? b b b b & b b b b ? SOLO SOLO b b b b 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Firmly and lustily, à la London street singers c.1840 h = 88 Œ Œ F œ œ God F œ God Firmly and lustily, à la London street singers c.1840 h = 88 Œ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ rest you mer - ry, œ œ œ œ rest you mer - ry, F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ - - œ œ œ œ - - ∑ ∑ gen tle men, Let gen tle men, Let ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ no - thing you dis œ œ œ œ no - thing you dis œ œ ∑ œ œ - - ˙. may, ˙. may, ˙. ˙. ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Re œ Re œ œ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ - mem - ber Christ our œ œ œ œ - mem - ber Christ our œ œ ∑ œ œ œ T. 6 V b b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ B. ? b b b b Sa - viour Was ˙ œ œ born on Christ-mas œ œ œ œ Day, ˙. To œ save us all from œ œ œ œ Sa - tan’s pow’r When œ œ œ œ we had gone a œ œ œ œ - Sa - viour Was born on Christ-mas Day, To save us all from Sa - tan’s pow’r When we had gone a - 12 V b b b b F ˙ œ œ TUTTI ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ for online perusal only ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? b b b b - stray, O TUTTI F ˙ œ œ tid - ings of ˙ œ œ com - fort and œ œ œ œ joy, com-fort and ˙ œ œ nœ joy, O ˙ œ œ ti - dings of œ œ œ œ com ˙ - fort and œ œ - stray, O tid - ings of com - fort and joy, com-fort and joy, O ti - dings of com - fort and S. 19 & b b b b F Ó Œ œ A œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ A. & b b b b From F Ó Œ œ God our heav’n - ly œ œ œ œ Fa - ther A ˙ œ œ bless - ed an - gel œ œ œ œ came, . ˙ And œ un - to cer - tain œ œ œ œ T. B. V b b b b ? b b b b ˙. joy. . ˙ From Œ Œ God our heav’n - ly ∑ ∑ Fa - ther A ∑ ∑ bless - ed an - gel ∑ ∑ came, ∑ ∑ And un - to cer - tain ∑ ∑ joy.
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