Pat-a-Pan
SSAA - Sheet Music

SSAA Choral (SATB divisi)

SKU: HL.48024876

Arranged by Shawn Kirchner. BH Secular Choral. Christmas, Christmas Sacred, Christmas/Advent Sacred, Winter. Octavo. Boosey & Hawkes #M051485833. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024876).

UPC: 840126916416. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Here is a lively and intricate setting of the classic French carol that builds to a powerful close. In imitation of the flute and drum mentioned in the carol, the singes play back and forth with their “tu-re-lu-re-lu's” and “pat-a-pat-a-pan's” on interludes throughout the piece. After a straightforward first verse, the second presents the melody mysteriously, in pianissimo octaves, while a “tu-re-lu-re-lu” ostinato trades off in the inner parts. The third verse presents the melody in a three-part canon, and finally, anchored by a powerful 3-part women's texture reminiscent of Britten's “This Little Babe,” the fourth verse rises to a powerful and rafter-raising conclusion.