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Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing
20168958
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Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing 4-Part - Sheet Music

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Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing 4-Part - Sheet Music
SATB choir, a cappella

SKU: C5.5017

Arranged by Donna Robertson. Text: Gelobet sei Gott. SATB Easter motet on a familiar hymn. Easter. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.5017).

Not the Christmas carol you may be thinking of, "Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing" is an Easter text sung to the tune Gelobet sei Gott. The tune, from an early 17th century German songbook edited by Melchior Vulpius, is here set for a cappella SATB choir. Not a typical sequential stanza setting, this creative arrangement weaves the melody (or fragments) in various voices, with contrapuntal "accompaniment" voices and effective meter changes. Four verses are set: 1. Good Christian men, rejoice and sing... / 2. The Lord of life is ris'n for aye... / 3. Praise we in song of victory... / 4. Thy name we bless, O risen Lord. The composer writes, "The Church has always played a large part in my musical development, and when I began composing as a teenager, one of my ambitions was to write the very best music I could for the greater glory of God. I am still trying.".

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