SATBB choir, piano
reduction - Intermediate
SKU: GI.G-6257
Composed by Alice Parker.
Choral. Choral. Sacred.
Octavo. 16 pages. GIA
Publications #6257.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-6257).
UPC: 785147625704.
English. Text by Thomas
Pestel.
“O
Sing the Gloriesâ€
is an original work by
Alice Parker, who is
known primarily for her
masterful arrangements. A
festive, unaccompanied
hymn-anthem that begins
each stanza with an
ascending scale
incorporating a
phrygianesque raised
fourth. The seven brief
stanzas are SATB, TB, SA,
SATB, SAT, a quieter
SATBB (with layered
entrances from the lower
voices upward), and a
resounding final stanza
with the tune in the
tenor, while all other
voices freely decorate
around the melody.
A
festive, unaccompanied
hymn-anthem.