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SKU: OU.9780193523760
Composed by Gabriel Jackson. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Advent. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 3.5'. Oxford University Press #9780193523760. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193523760).ISBN 9780193523760. 10 x 7 inches.
For solo tenor and SSATB unaccompanied Following Jackson's settings of the seven 'O' antiphons (Seven Advent Antiphons), this is a setting of the text recognised as the eighth 'O' antiphon and performed as such in many Christian traditions. Jackson's imaginative setting features a melismatic line for tenor soloist and aleatoric writing.
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