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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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32 9. Little Fan STAVE 2, Scene 2 Sussex Carol adap. and arr. BENEDICT SHEEHAN [CHOIR BEGINS] A door opened; and a little girl came darting in, putting her arms about a young boy’s neck. “I have come to bring you home, dear brother! To bring you home, home, home!” “Home, little Fan?” returned the boy. SOPRANO # & # # Slow and distant h = 52 4 2 ∏ W U W W ALTO # & # # 4 2 mm ∏ W U W W TENOR # V # # 4 2 mm π Ó ˙ ˙. œ U w SOLO Œ π œ œ œ 3 w œ œ œ œ œ BASS ? # # # 4 2 ah π Ó ˙ w U w ∑ Then why should men on earth be so ∑ ah # & # # ? # # # Slow and distant h = 52 4 2 4 2 W π Ó ˙ w˙ . œ U W w Œ œ œ œ u W w œ œ œ œ œ 3 # # & # 4 “Yes!” said the child, brimful of glee. “Home, for good and all. Home, for ever and ever. We’re to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merriest time in all the world.” W W 3 2 # & # # W W for online perusal only W W 2 3 # V # # w Œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙. œ 3 w Ó œ œ œ 2 3 sad, Since our Re - deem - er made us glad, When from our ? # # # ∑ ∑ ∑ 2 3 # & # # W W W 3 2 ? # # # w Œ œ ( ) œ œ ˙ ˙ . ˙ œ w Ó œ œ œ ( ) 3 3 2
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