PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS O Little Town of Bethlehem (CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW AND HEAR ONLINE) EPISCOPALIAN VICAR PHILLIPS BROOKS WROTE THIS HYMN-TEXT ABOUT THE MID-EASTERN CITY OF BETHLEHEM AFTER HAVING VISITED THERE IN 1865.  PARRISH ORGANIST, LEWIS REDNER, WROTE THE MUSIC.  REDNER NAMED HIS HYMN-TUNE ST. LOUIS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY MELODY USED IN THE UNITED STATES.  VAUGHN WILLIAMS' FOREST GREEN IS THE HYMN-TUNE OF CHOICE IN GREAT BRITAIN.  MELODY-PART STYLE WRITING, AN APPROACH ORIGINATED BY DR. COOPER, PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE MELODIC PARTS THAT MOST ADOLESCENT SINGERS CAN MANAGE.   ACCESS THE THREE-PART (CLICK HERE) VARIABLE VOICING CHART TO SEE THE  OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.   Text: Phillip Brooks, 1867 Music: Lewis H. Redner, 1868 Arranger:y Irvin Cooper Voicing: Two- or Three-part Variable with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #I97677   This work is available in E-Print. Please remember the copyright law. It is illegal to purchase a single octavo, then photocopy it. Order hard-copy scores from your favorite music distributor, J.W.Pepper, Inc., or directly from Cambiata Press.