4 Saxophones SATBar
SKU: AP.1-ADV7429
For SATBar Saxophone
Quartet. Composed by
Conrad Kocher. Arranged
by Bill Perconti.
Quartet; Solo Small
Ensembles; Woodwind -
Saxophone Quartet.
Advance Music: Holiday
Celebration Series.
Christmas; Epiphany;
Sacred; Traditional;
Winter. Score and
Part(s). Advance Music
#01-ADV7429. Published by
Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV7429).
UPC:
805095074291.
English.
The lyrics
for As with Gladness Men
of Old were written by
Englishman William Dix
(1837--1898) in the
1860s, reportedly on the
day of the Epiphany while
Dix was sick in bed. The
tune was included in a
collection of German
chorales edited by Conrad
Kocher and published in
the 1830s. As a testimony
to the flexibility of
such music, the hymn is
also sung during
Thanksgiving under the
title For the Beauty of
the Earth.
This
arrangement for saxophone
quartet (SATBar)---rather
than favoring a soprano
solo with
accompaniment---strives
to include all of the
players in the music
making, particularly by
distributing the melodic
material. All dynamics
and articulations,
minimally marked, should
be taken as suggestions
only, as performers are
encouraged to make their
own interpretations.
