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for SATB, accompanied and unaccompanied
A comprehensive and versatile collection of 40 appropriate and inspiring pieces. Weddings for Choirs contains a careful selection of pieces chosen to complement every part of a wedding service, whether sacred or secular, grand or intimate. Many of the traditional pieces are presented here in new practical arrangements or editions to help choirs whose rehearsal time is limited.
List of contents
- A new commandment
- Arise, my love
- Ave Maria
- Ave Maria
- Beati quorum via
- Brother James's Air
- Come my way, my truth, my life
- Deep peace
- Geistliches Lied
- Gloria in excelsis Deo (from Gloria)
- Go before us, O Lord
- God be in my head
- God be in my head
- Hallelujah Chorus
- Here comes the bride!
- How do I love thee?
- I beheld her, beautiful as a dove
- I sat down under His shadow
- I will lift up mine eyes
- If ye love me
- Irish Blessing
- Jesu, joy of man's desiring
- Laudate Dominum
- Let the people praise thee, O God
- Love
- My lovely one
- My true love hath my heart
- Now lies the earth
- Now thank we all our God
- O sing joyfully
- Panis angelicus
- Psalm 150
- Rejoice!
- Rejoice in the Lord, alway
- Rise up, my love, my fair one
- Set me as a seal
- Song (I gaze upon you)
- The Invitation
- The Lord bless you and keep you
- Though I speak with the tongues of men
Summary
A collection of 40 appropriate and inspiring pieces for SATB choir, accompanied and unaccompanied. This collection contains a careful selection of pieces chosen to complement every part of a wedding service, whether sacred or secular, grand or intimate. Many of the traditional pieces are presented here.
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Another useful choir resource book is Oxford University Press's Weddings for Choirs. The editors have done a good job in bringing together, in one volume, what the publishers call 'Forty perfect SATB pieces. Christopher Field, Music Teacher, Jan 04
