SA choir, piano
accompaniment - Beginning
SKU: GI.G-8553
Composed by Matthew
Emery. Christmastide,
Christmas Vigil,
Christmas Night,
Children. Christmas.
Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages.
GIA Publications #8553.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-8553).
UPC: 785147855309.
English. Text Source:
From 'A Cradle Hymn',
Issac Watts, 1674-1748,
alt. Text by Isaac
Watts.
In the
tradition of lullabies
past, “Lie Still
and Slumberâ€
encompasses the soothing
comfort of angelic voices
with tender words like
those of this text by
Isaac Watt. Delicate and
smooth, this piece
recreates the rocking of
a cradle or a
mother’s arms
through the rhythmic sway
created by the rising and
falling of the
arpeggiated
accompaniment.