Two Tunes with Either Sacred or Non-sacred texts, by Charles Kirby

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What Do All of These Things Mean?

Can There Be No Greater Song?

These two pieces have the same tune; one with a sacred text and the other with a secular one. Christian school music educators and church musicians may want to choose the sacred text. Public school music educators may desire to use the non-sacred text. What Do is a Christmas text which relates to the shepherds of the hillside. Can There Be is a piece about the joy of friendship and song.

Both pieces are presented in the Key of A minor (original) and the Key of F minor (written particularly for all- boys groups). Both settings may be sung SSCB, SATB, or TCBB (T= trebles). The director may decide the best key for his/her group. It is easy to sing because it is basically two vocal parts most of the time with a four-part chord thrown-in here and there.

The piano accompaniment has a mildly syncopated rhythm reminiscent of the late 1960s' or early 1970s' rock music. These are fun pieces that will really get your students singing.

Music by Charles Kirby

Arranged by Charles Kirby and Bill Rich

Words for What Do All of These Things Mean? by Charles Kirby

Words for Can There Be On Greater Song? by Don L. Collins

Four-part Variable Voicing with Piano & opt. Guitars and Drums

Key of C (CP cat. no.): Can There Be - TT90101; What Do - L17208

Key of F (CP cat. no.): Can There Be - L209213; What Do - L97443

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Performed by the Harmony Bay Youth Music Camp Charles Kirby conducted this premier performance.

The audio choral rendition is slightly different from the published score -- only the first setting and coda is sung. It is sung in the key of A minor. This recorded set of lyrics is used in all-four versions (see upper left).

What Do All of These

Things Mean?

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