Boosey & Hawkes — The Christmas Life

The poet, Wendy Cope, conjures a heartwarming image of Christmas in the home. This setting of her comforting poem translates this imagery into a classic Christmas choral sound - a simple, memorable tune, accompanied by mellow, warm harmonies, and a natural lilt as the metrer alternates between triple and quadruple time. In the second verse, which is filled with references to light, each voice part expands, up to a blooming chord on 'shine', and this section features more exploratory harmonic inflection while retaining the original melody. The final verse begins with a return to the opening music in the lower voices, before growing into a richly scored ending.

Product details

• Format / Medium: Octavo
• Voicing: SATB divisi a cappella
• Format: SATB
• Series: Boosey & Hawkes Sacred Choral
• Pages: 12
• Dimensions: 10.5 × 6.8 × 0.0 in
• Weight: 1 oz

Boosey & Hawkes — historic British publisher of Stravinsky, Britten, Copland, Bernstein.

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