Christmas Descants, Volume One

for SATB choir

This is a small colection of original descants with complete or partial hymns. The descants are for Come, Thou long expected Jesus; O Come All Ye Faithful (descant and verse 5); Joy to the World; and See amid the Winter’s Snow (refrain with descant).

ISMN 979-0-9025253-2-9

SKU: RDD-002 Categories: ,
Language:English
Voicing:SATB
Sacred or Secular:Sacred
Season or Event:Christmas
Descriptive Tags:Carol, Hymn

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