A HOLST CHRISTMAS. In the Bleak Midwinter Lullay My Liking Christmas Day (excerpts)

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1 2 Traditional Lyrics Adapted by CHARLOTTE LEE SOPRANO ALTO 4 TENOR BASS PIANO In the Bleak Midwinter Lullay My Liking Christmas Day (excerpts) for S.A.T.B. voices and piano with optional Concert Band or Full Orchestra and SoundTrax CD* win A HOLST CHRISTMAS Flowingly, with expression (q = ca. 72) REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE Flowingly, with expression (q = ca. 72) ter, frost y wind made moan, Music by GUSTAV HOLST ( ) Arranged by DOUGLAS E. WAGNER (ASCAP) 3 In Copyright 2013 by Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA. To purchase a fulllength performance recording of this piece, go to alfred.com/downloads f s the bleak mid * Also available for S.A.B. (39693). SoundTrax CD available (39694). Concert Band (32520) or Full/String Orchestra (33679) accoaniment available. NOTE: The Concert Band and Orchestra accoaniment options may not be used together. Though coatible with the choral parts, the Orchestra accoaniment is scored a major second above the Concert Band accoaniment. It is also recommended that the piano part not be used when eloying either instrumental accoaniment. In the Bleak Midwinter text by Christina Rossetti ( ). PREEEEVIEW EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE EEEEV PREEVIEW W PREEEEVIEW

2 f 13 snow on snow, in f earth stone; stood hard as i ron, wa ter like a REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE snow f had fall en, snow on snow, PREEEEVIEW EEEE the bleak mid IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW 3 EEEEV PREEVIEW

3 win 18 Quickly, lightly (q. = ca. 96) go. ter, long REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE Quickly, lightly (q. = ca. 96) PREEEEVIEW EEEE a Good IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

4 peo ple all, re joice, with heart, and soul, and REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE voice. Give you heed to what we say: PREEEEVIEW EEEE News! News! Cheer for now, be not a fraid. IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW 5 EEEEV PREEVIEW

5 Through the dark of win ter s night, soon will shine a ra poco on poco REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE diant light on this Christ mas Day, PREEEEVIEW this Christ mas Day. EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

6 43 Freely (q = ca. 88) ALTO 46 Lul TENOR Freely (q = ca. 88) 49 Steadily (q = ca. 88) 51 ALL Lul ling. lay my lik ing, my dear one, my sweet ing. REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE lay my dear heart, mine own dear dar Steadily (q = ca. 88) cresc. God rest you mer ry, gen tle men, let PREEEEVIEW EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW 7 EEEEV PREEVIEW

7 8 doubt ings Oh, tid ings noth ing you dis may. Be sure in hope your fears will end up REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE on this Christmas Day. long er shall a trou bled heart or ALL give to sway. PREEEEVIEW EEEE of com fort and IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

8 With animation (q = ca. 120) joy, ( q = q. ) joy. comfort and joy, oh, tid ings of com fort and Come you loft y, come you low ly, let your songs of glad ness With animation (q = ca. 120) slightly detached REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE ( q = q. ) PREEEEVIEW EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW 9 EEEEV PREEVIEW

9 ring, as your car ols now sung bold ly, with the an gels, ech o ing. See beam REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE the star ing, see the shep herds come from far be yond you PREEEEVIEW EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

10 well, the an gels The to a sta ble, led be liev ing, to a man ger, crude and REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE scarred. Ox en round a bout be hold ing, first did say, raf ters, na ked, cold and bare; cir cle round the crib en PREEEEVIEW EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW 11 EEEEV PREEVIEW

11 was to cer tain poor shep herds in fields as they fold ing. See, a pre cious babe lies there. REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE 101 Broadening (q = ca. 96) f Come, you gen tle hearts and ten der, come, you spir its, keen and bold. PREEEEVIEW lay. f f Born is the king of Broadening (q = ca. 96) f EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

12 Born well, Is well. is the king ra well. REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE el. Born is king of of well, el. Born is the the well, Is ra Is well, king, well. el. Good Good ra PREEEEVIEW 13 EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

13 peo ple Give you heed to what we say: News! News! Cheer for now, be not a fraid A bit slower (q. = ca. 88) well. well. A bit slower (q. = ca. 88) News! all, re joice, with heart, and soul, and voice. REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE PREEEEVIEW News! Cheer for now, be not a fraid. Through the dark of Through the dark of win ter s night, soon will shine a EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE W PREEEEVIEW EEEEV PREEVIEW

14 ra diant long a go win ter s night, soon will shine a ra diant light Day. 126 Quietly (q = ca. 69) Quietly (q = ca. 69) (q = q.) (q = q.) on this Christ mas light on this Christ mas Day, on this Christ mas REEVIEW EW PREEEVIE In the bleak mid win ter, Good peo ple all, re joice! PREEEEVIEW EEEE IEW Legal IEW Use Requires PREEVIEW Purchase IE 15 EEEEV PREEVIEW W PREEEEVIEW