HOW TO USE THIS PIECE WHEN JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN (CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW AND HEAR ONLINE)   THIS TUNE IS TAKEN FROM A SCOTTISH FOLK-SONG.  DR. IRVIN MADE IT A HYMN-TUNE WHEN HE WROTE THE HYMN-TEXT.  THE BEAUTIFUL ARPEGGIATED ACCOMPANIMENT MAY BE PLAYED BY HARPSICHORD OR PIANO.    DR. COOPER WROTE IN A MELODY-PART STYLE.  THAT IS, ALTHOUGH THE PIECE IS HOMOPHONIC, WHEN ONE EXAMINES THE PARTS,  IT IS OBVIOUS THEY HAVE A MELODIC CONTOUR. THIS  CHARACTERISTIC MAKES THE MELODIES EASY FOR YOUNG PART READERS TO HOLD THEIR PARTS AGAINST THE OTHER.  CONSULT THE VARIABLE VOICE CHART TO ASCERTAIN WHICH VOICINGS OF SEVERAL BEST SUIT YOUR CHOIR.   Words Irvin Cooper Music:  Old Scottish Melody Arranged by Irvin Cooper Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #97679   You may Order or from J.W. Pepper USE KEYWORDS:  When Jesus Christ Was Born,  Irvin Cooper, Cambiata Press WITHIN:  All Information (drop-down

---- ATTENTION PLEASE ---- When you click the title of this song you will be able to access an engraved copy of the piece.  When the new page appears, if you haven't already downloaded the scorch plug-in, you will be asked to do so. This plug-in gives you access to all the scores on the Cambiata Press website.  After the music appears on your screen, there are TWO WAYS to view and hear it:   1.  Click the "play" icon and you will hear the piece played electronically, and as it plays, the cursor will lead your vision through the piece.   2.  Click the "Hear Choir with Real Player" link (upper right hand corner) to hear a choral ensemble sing the piece.  Use the Sibelius "page" icon to move the pages of the engraved copy manually as you listen.  Do not click the "play" icon while the ensemble is singing or you will hear both renditions simultaneously.  Download Real Player   SUNG BY THE CAMBIATA SINGERS OF THE ARKANSAS BOYS CHOIR DR. DON L. COLLINS, DIRECTOR