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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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49 STAVE 2, Scene 4 12. Gain is Loss English traditional adap. and arr. BENEDICT SHEEHAN Scrooge and the Ghost again stood side by side in the open air. Scrooge was in the prime of life, but his face had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice. He sat by the side of a fair young girl in whose eyes there were tears. SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS & b b & b b V b b ? b b & b b ? b b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 [CHOIR BEGINS] “It matters little,” she said, softly. “Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve.” “What Idol has displaced you?” Lamentoso q = 72 π w Hey, Ó ∑ ∑ Œ œ oh Lamentoso q = 72 ∑ π π w Ó Œ œ w p j œ ‰ ˙ p w œ J ‰ oh ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ w ho, ˙ w ˙ ∑ ∑ π ˙ ∑ π ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ œ œ no - bo - dy w ∑ ˙ œ œ w Ó Ó w home, w Ó w Œ Œ Œ π œ oh π œ oh œ j œ ‰ œ oh j œ ‰ œ w w oh j œ ‰ œ w j œ ‰ œ oh j œ ‰ œ j œ œ ‰ oh œ œ for online perusal only 7 & b b & b b V b b ? b b & b b ? b b “A golden one. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you. Your own feeling tells you that you are not who you were. May you be happy in the life you have chosen!” She left him, and they parted. œ w ˙ œ œ ˙ Œ œ oh ˙ Œ œ œw œ œ ˙ oh ˙ Œ œ œ . mm ˙ ah j œ ‰ œ oh œ J ‰ œ œ ˙. oh J œ ‰ œ œ œ . J ˙ j œ ‰ œ oh œ J ‰ œ j œ œ˙ . œ œ J oh ‰ œ œ œ J j œ œ . ˙ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ J œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ J œ ‰ œ oh j œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ J ‰ œ ˙ ah ˙ œ . mm œ J ‰ ˙ ˙ ˙ oh . J œ ‰ ˙ ˙ # ˙ J œ œ . # ˙ j œ œ . œ J œ œ j œ œ ˙ w mm œ . N˙ ˙ œ . N˙ ˙ J œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ j œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ w ˙ w mm ˙w w˙ # ˙ ˙ # ˙ ˙ U w mm U w U w U ∑ U ∑ ∑ u U U “Spirit!” said Scrooge in a broken voice, “remove me from this place. Haunt me no longer!” Scrooge was overcome by an irresistible drowsiness, and sank into a heavy sleep.
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