Choral SATB choir
SKU:
CF.CM9572
Eternal
Life. Composed by
Joseph P. Webster. Edited
by John Ratledge.
Arranged by Aaron Humble.
Sanford F. Bennett
(1836-1898). Jbc.
Performance Score. With
Standard notation. 12
pages. Duration 2
minutes, 50 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9572.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9572).
ISBN 9781491153666.
UPC: 680160911165. 6.75 x
10.5 inches. Key: Gb
major. English. Sanford
F. Bennett
(1836-1898).
Aaron
Humble's arrangement of
this beloved old favorite
from American hymnody is
appropriate for both
school and church. With
soaring obligato lines
and shimmering harmony,
when sung with a warm and
gentle tone,?The Sweet By
and By??is certain to
paint a picture of a
better time for us all to
look forward. Also
available for TTBB Voices
(CM9571).
I have great
memories of my family
gathering around the
piano to sing hymns. As
my sisters and I learned
more about music through
lessons, band, and choir,
we started adding harmony
and really making music.
The old American hymnody
really holds a special
place in my heart.
Webster set Bennett's
text in a time when
American theology had
taken a turn away from
earlier ideas where God
was a god of vengeance
and anger. In this new
era of optimism, God
became more familiar,
more loving, and more
reassuring. With this in
mind, this arrangement
should be sung with a
warm and gentle tone
allowing the dissonances
to shimmer, the sweetness
of the harmonies to
bloom, and the obbligato
lines to soar.
