HOW TO USE THIS PIECE THE SPACIOUS FIRMAMENT ON HIGH (CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW AND HEAR ONLINE)   TALLIS CANON IS ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED CANONIC MELODIES OF ALL OF CHRISTENDOM. HERE IT IS WED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL AND DESCRIPTIVE POETIC TEXT, THE SPACIOUS FIRMAMENT ON HIGH.  ONCE THE CHOIR LEARNS THE MELODY, THEY KNOW THE PIECE.  EACH STANZA OF THE HYMN FEATURES A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE CHOIR AND THEN THE SECTIONS ARE COMBINED IN VARIED WAYS.  IT ENDS WITH A SIMPLE "AMEN."  WHEN THE MELODY IS SUNG IN THE KEY OF E-FLAT IT FALLS IN THE EXACT TESSITURA TO MAKE IT EASILY SUNG IN UNISON BY BOY TREBLES, GIRL TREBLES AND CAMBIATAS.  THE ADOLESCENT BARITONES MAY JOIN IN 8VA DOWN.  IF NO BARITONES ARE PRESENT, THE PIECE MAY BE SUNG WITHOUT THEM.  ACCESS THE TWO-PART AND THREE-PART VARIABLE VOICING CHART TO SEE THE  OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.  IT IS PUBLISHED IN THE THREE-PART VERSION ONLY, WHICH CAN BE SUNG AS A TWO-PART SETTING, IF DESIRED, SINCE PART III IS OPTIONAL.   Words by Joseph Addison (1712) Music by Thomas Tallis (1567) Arranged by Irvin Cooper Two- or Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #I979132   You may Order or from J.W. Pepper USE KEYWORDS:  Spacious Firmament on High  Irvin Cooper Cambiata Press WITHIN:  All Information (drop-down)