Comfort, Comfort Now My People
Arr. © 2009 GIA.
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Vocal Forces: SATB
Accompaniment: Piano
Instrumental parts included: C Instrument
Tune Name: Geneva 42
Text Source: Isaiah 40:1–8, Johannes G. Olearius, 1611–1684, tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827–1878, alt.
Music Source:
Genevan Psalter, 1551
Series: Calvin Inst
Difficulty Level: E/M
Description:
The Genevan Psalter tune, geneva 42, is given a new treatment with a few extra measures of accompaniment material interrupting the tune in two places. The middle stanza is given entirely new musical treatment, presumably composed by the arranger, and the final stanza returns to the Psalter tune.
Categories: Choral/Vocal
Seasonal: Advent
Liturgical: Advent 2 B, Advent 2 C, Advent 3 B, OT 14 A
Topical: Comfort, Hope, John the Baptist, Salvation
Bible Reference: Isaiah 40:1–8
Scored for: Woodwinds
Number of Pages: 12
Language: English
Format: Octavo
