I heard the bells on Christmas Day Ed Newton-Rex

Titel (DE): I heard the bells on Christmas Day -
Titel (EN): I heard the bells on Christmas Day -
Titel (FR): I heard the bells on Christmas Day -
Komponist / Composer: Newton-Rex, Ed
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella / mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 3'
Verlag / Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 05.08.2020
Ausgabe / Publication: Chorpartitur - Choral score - mit Klavierbegleitung für Probenzwecke
with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only - - -
Seiten / Pages: 12
Verarbeitung: Rückendrahtheftung - Saddle-wire stitching
Schwierigkeitsgrad / Difficulty: fortgeschritten - advanced - avancé
Sprache / Language: Englisch
Reihe / Series: Contemporary Choral Series
ISMN: M-060-13715-0
ISMN-13: 979-0-060-13715-0
ISMN-EAN: 9790060137150
UPC: 840126947236

Composer's note There are already well-known settings of this text, most notably Bing Crosby's 1956 recording of Johnny Marks' interpretation; however, people (including Crosby) have tended to omit the central, more overtly historical verses. I wanted to write a setting that included these, as they are critical to the effect of Longfellow's poem, written as it was during the American Civil War and at a time of great personal difficulty for the poet, not long after the death of his second wife and the injury of his son in battle. The bells of the carol's title feature in the melodic spans of an octave and in the directional, often scalar movement between these extremities, taking inspiration from the art of change ringing; and not too much should be made of the irregular, alternating time signatures, which are merely intended to reflect the natural rhythm of the text. - Ed Newton-Rex -

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Composer's note There are already well-known settings of this text, most notably Bing Crosby's 1956 recording of Johnny Marks' interpretation; however, people (including Crosby) have tended to omit the central, more overtly historical verses. I wanted to write a setting that included these, as they are critical to the effect of Longfellow's poem, written as it was during the American Civil War and at a time of great personal difficulty for the poet, not long after the death of his second wife and the injury of his son in battle. The bells of the carol's title feature in the melodic spans of an octave and in the directional, often scalar movement between these extremities, taking inspiration from the art of change ringing; and not too much should be made of the irregular, alternating time signatures, which are merely intended to reflect the natural rhythm of the text. - Ed Newton-Rex -

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