A holiday song for GaFilk?
Dec. 26th, 2006 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patoadamHere is a wonderful poem, by one Bob Newman, that retells the story of Good King Wenceslas. Note that it scans beautifully to "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel". You just have to add an extra line to the melody, because the song has six lines and the poem has seven.
Ed Stauff graciously put a four-part harmony arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" here, so we have all the ingredients we need for a wonderful performance.
Who would like to sing this in four-part harmony at GaFilk? I can provide sheet music and midi with the extra line folded in.
Please email me if you are interested, and tell me what part you sing. I need to know in advance whether we have volunteers for all four parts, because I won't bother to prepare the sheet music if we don't.
Happy Boxing Day, aka the Feast of Stephen!
P.S.
Where do we add the extra line to the melody? I prefer singing the fifth line of the poem to a repetition of the second line of the "Emmanuel" melody.
When will we perform the song at GaFilk? It seems appropriate for the Ecumenifilk (even though, strictly speaking, it isn't a religious song), or we could do it in the 2x10s. The Powers That Be tell me that everybody in the performance except me would be free to do another 2x10. I think we would have to get together once before the performance to run through the song.
Ed Stauff graciously put a four-part harmony arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" here, so we have all the ingredients we need for a wonderful performance.
Who would like to sing this in four-part harmony at GaFilk? I can provide sheet music and midi with the extra line folded in.
Please email me if you are interested, and tell me what part you sing. I need to know in advance whether we have volunteers for all four parts, because I won't bother to prepare the sheet music if we don't.
Happy Boxing Day, aka the Feast of Stephen!
P.S.
Where do we add the extra line to the melody? I prefer singing the fifth line of the poem to a repetition of the second line of the "Emmanuel" melody.
When will we perform the song at GaFilk? It seems appropriate for the Ecumenifilk (even though, strictly speaking, it isn't a religious song), or we could do it in the 2x10s. The Powers That Be tell me that everybody in the performance except me would be free to do another 2x10. I think we would have to get together once before the performance to run through the song.
