SATB choir, piano accompaniment, C instrument - Early intermediate
SKU: GI.G-7429
Edited by Pearl Shangkuan. Arranged by Valerie Shields. Advent 2 B, Advent 2 C, Advent 3 B, Ordinary Time 14 A. Calvin Institute. Tune Name: Geneva 42. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. GIA Publications #7429. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-7429).
UPC: 785147742906. English. Text Source: Isaiah 40:1-8, Johannes G. Olearius, 1611-1684, tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878, alt.; Translation: Catherine Winkworth. Text by Johannes Gottfried Olearius. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1–8.
The Genevan Psalter tune, geneva 42, is given a new treatment with a few extra measures of accompaniment material interrupting the tune in two places. The middle stanza is given entirely new musical treatment, presumably composed by the arranger, and the final stanza returns to the Psalter tune.
