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WATCHMAN, TELL US OF THE NIGHT MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZED AS A HYMN TO BE SUNG DURING CHRISTMASTIDE, BUT THE WORDS CLEARLY RELATE TO THE TRAVEL OF THE WISE MEN TO FIND THE CHILD JESUS.
THIS IS AN EASY ARRANGEMENT FOR TWO- OR THREE-PART VOICING. WHEN THE MELODY IS SUNG IN THE KEY OF B-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 MAY BE SUNG AS A TWO-PART SETTING, IF DESIRED, SINCE PART III IS OPTIONAL.
Words by John Bowring (1825)
Music by Lowell Mason (1830)
Arranged by Irvin Cooper
Two- or Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano
Cambiata Press Catalog #I979131
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