Of a Father’s Love Begotten

for mixed choir

by Sanford Dole

This arrangement opens by lining out the plainsong chant over a drone. Then, in succeeding verses we hear it in organum before more complex harmonies and rhythms are added. Finally all voices sing the melody in canon before a concluding fantasia.

SKU: SDE-010 Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices Instrumentation: Choral

Descriptive Tags:	Adoration, Liturgical text, Prayer, Reverence, Worship
Difficulty:	Medium, Advanced Student, Advanced
Duration:	1-5 Minutes
Instrumentation:	A Cappella
Language:	English
Sacred or Secular:	Sacred
Season or Event:	Advent, Christmas
Voicing:	SATB

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