Watchman, Tell Us
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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 can 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
from J.W. Pepper