Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs
The Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs is the perfect resource for secular choirs and singing groups who like the flexibility to perform songs in a range of combinations from unison to SATB. Each piece may be performed by a mixed choir, but is also presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers, including upper voices or men's voices alone. As well as new arrangements of existing repertoire, the collection also features newly commissioned original works, specially written for flexible forces.
The Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs is the perfect resource for secular choirs and singing groups who like the flexibility to perform songs in a range of combinations from unison to SATB. Each piece may be performed by a mixed choir, but is also presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers, including upper voices or men's voices alone. As well as new arrangements of existing repertoire, the collection also features newly commissioned original works, specially written for flexible forces.
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Piano<br />
Commissioned by Young Voices <strong>of</strong> Colorado for the<br />
2008 Sing a Mile High Children’s Choir Festival, Artistic Director Jena Dickey<br />
38. The Truth is Great<br />
Coventry Patmore<br />
(1823 –96)<br />
BOB CHILCOTT ( b. 1955)<br />
Baritone part added by Alan Bullard<br />
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Unison: sing Soprano (some may sing Alto in bars 22–7) at any octave<br />
Two-part: SA, or TB singing SA an octave lower<br />
Mixed voices: SABar<br />
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