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SKU: A0.1337391
Composed by Unknown. Arranged by Del Ahlin. 21st Century,Advent,Christmas,Renaissance,Sacred. 11 pages. Del Ahlin #923210. Published by Del Ahlin (A0.1337391).The Coventry Carol text is based on the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) and deals with the "Massacre of the Innocents" in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
The music tends to use a lot of "Picardy Third" (the practice of raising the "third" of a chord at the end of a cadence, and changing the quality of a minor chord to a "major" chord). I took the Picardy Third thing one step further and modulated to the relative major (Cmaj from Amin), and fanfared on a bright, C major chord -indicating Christ the Savior's successful conquest despite all odds. Then quickly modulate once again to C minor (C major's parallel minor, and up a minor third where the piece started), to bring back the somber feeling the piece is supposed to have.
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