A Christmas anthem on St. Hellen's tune
( Jesus, behold! The wise from far, led to thy cradle by a star )
Arr.: Merrill, Marlin (born in 19..) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Oxford University Press
[Great Britain]
, 1963
Ref. :
94 P 204
(7 p.)
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
18th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Christmas song ; Sacred ; Hymn (sacred)
Type of Choir:
SSATB (5 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Organ (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
C major
Duration:
2.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas
Number of verses:
3
Musicological Sources:
Tune comes from the collection "Select Plain Tunes" 1767, compiled by the American hymnodist, Andrew Law.
Source of text:
The words are from John Wesley's Hymns to Christ (1737).
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # 1290 (60 copies)
Wetzlar, Germany
Deutsches Centrum für Chormusik
Siegmund-Hiepe Str. 28-32 / D-35579 Wetzlar
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