On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Arr. © 2012 GIA.
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Vocal Forces: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: Organ
Separate Instruments: 3, 4, or 5 octaves Handbells
Tune Name: Personent hodie
Music Source: Piae Cantiones, 1582
Series: Evoking Sound, Evoking Sound
Difficulty Level: M
Description:
A vigorous setting of personent hodie scored for SATB (with significant divisi), organ, and handbells. It journeys through several keys, includes a robust “verse” for organ alone, and goes out in a blaze of glory on a sustained final chord with first sopranos on high C, and everyone else singing near the top of their range!
Categories: Choral/Vocal
Seasonal: Christmastide
Liturgical: Christmas Vigil, Christmas Night, Christmas Dawn, Christmas Day
Number of Pages: 8
Language: English; Latin
Format: Octavo
Discipline: Choir