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Page 1 and 2: BENEDICT SHEEHAN A Christmas Carol Page 3 and 4: Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 Page 5 and 6: Contents Scoring Note on Performanc Page 7: Composer’s Introduction It has al Page 11 and 12: 4 28 C & 4 2 SOLI p N˙. . œ œ œ Page 13 and 14: 6 5 # & # # The door of Scrooge’s Page 15 and 16: 8 3. Surplus Population STAVE 1, Sc Page 17 and 18: 10 27 & b b b b and I can’t affor Page 19 and 20: 12 4. God rest you merry, gentlemen Page 21 and 22: 14 43 & b b b b & b b b b V b b b b Page 23 and 24: 16 65 & b b b b n˙. œ œ œ œ b Page 25 and 26: 18 13 & b saw in the knocker—not Page 27 and 28: 20 41 C & b b The bells ceased toge Page 29 and 30: 22 6. Mankind was my Business Edmun Page 31 and 32: 24 7. Remember Thomas Ravenscroft ( Page 33 and 34: 26 22 & b b . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Page 35 and 36: 28 44 & b b ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. morendo Page 37 and 38: 30 13 & b b b b “Who, and what ar Page 39 and 40: 32 9. Little Fan STAVE 2, Scene 2 S Page 41 and 42: 34 10. Sussex Carol English traditi Page 43 and 44: 36 18 ? ˙. œ œ œ f ˙. œ œ œ Page 45 and 46: 38 6 & In came all the young men an Page 47 and 48: 40 23 # & people who were not to be Page 49 and 50: 42 39 # œ œ œ œ & œ J œ œ œ Page 51 and 52: 44 F 55 # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Page 53 and 54: 46 H 71 # œ œ œ œ & # & # & # V Page 55 and 56: S. A. T. B. 48 83 # & # & # V ? # Page 57 and 58: 50 13. The Ghost of Christmas Prese Page 59 and 60: 52 B 25 & & V ? & ? “Come and kno
Page 61 and 62: 54 14. Not a Handsome Family STAVE
Page 63 and 64: 56 16 # & # When the dinner was all
Page 65 and 66: 58 9 # & # # & # # & # # V # ? # #
Page 67 and 68: S. A. T. 60 25 # & # # & # # V #
Page 69 and 70: 62 17. Deck the halls Welsh traditi
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Page 73 and 74: 66 B 33 # & ∑ f œ . J œ œ œ 3
Page 75 and 76: 68 48 # & # & # V ? # œ œ #œ .
Page 77 and 78: 70 19. Ghost of the Future STAVE 4,
Page 79 and 80: 72 20. The Body of a Man STAVE 4, S
Page 81 and 82: 74 22. Coventry Carol MEZZO SOLO #
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Page 85 and 86: 78 C 43 # & # π ˙ œœ # œ œ œ
Page 87 and 88: 80 60 # & # œ . œœ œ ˙. child,
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Page 91 and 92: 84 24. Poverty Traditional trans. K
Page 93 and 94: 86 STAVE 5, Scene 1 25. Christmas D
Page 95 and 96: 88 Edmund Sears (1810-76) STAVE 5,
Page 97 and 98: 90 He had never dreamed that any wa
Page 99 and 100: 92 11 & and to Tiny Tim, who did no
Page 101 and 102: 94 Edmund Sears (1810-76) SOPRANO A
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