Two Christmas Ballads
For Mixed Chorus and Piano or Amplified Guitar
by Kirke Mechem
4-Part - Sheet Music

Choral (SATB Choir)

SKU: HL.50485637

For Mixed Chorus and Piano or Amplified Guitar. Composed by Kirke Mechem. Choral. 20th Century, Christmas, Classical, Concert. Octavo. 36 pages. G. Schirmer #ED4241. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50485637).

ISBN 9780634084485. UPC: 073999856378. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Beautiful poems by American poets Sara Teasdale and Phyllis McGinley, each telling a very human Christmas story. Teasdale's “Carol” contrasts the magnificence of the songs of angels and kings with the baby Jesus, who “fell asleep before the song was done.” McGinley's “Ballad” is a retelling of the ancient legend of Befana the Housewife, always too busy to greet the new-born babe until it is too late. The Choral Journal called these two pieces “brilliant choral writing...enthusiastically recommended...&rdquo.