HOW TO USE THIS PIECE 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.  HE WROTE IT FOR HIS CHURCH AND HIS 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, AND APPROACH ORIGINATED BY DR. COOPER, PROVIDES VERY EASY, MELODIC PARTS SO THAT ALMOST ALL ADOLESCENT SINGERS ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PARTS AGAINST THE OTHER PARTS AS THEY SING THEM TOGETHER.  ACCESS THE THREE-PART (CLICK HERE) VARIABLE VOICING CHART TO SEE THE  OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.   Words by Phillip Brooks 1867 Music by Lewis H. Redner 1868 Arranged by Irvin Cooper Two- or Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #I97677   You may Order or from J.W. Pepper USE KEYWORDS:  O Little Town of Bethlehem   Cooper  Cambiata Press WITHIN:  All Information (drop-down)