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The Seven Joys of Christmas: 2. The Joy of Bells: Din don! merrily on high

Mechem, Kirke

Product Number
8183*
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
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The Seven Joys of Christmas: 2. The Joy of Bells: Din don! merrily on high (Choral Score) - 8183
$2.25
The Seven Joys of Christmas: 2. The Joy of Bells: Din don! merrily on high (Downloadable Choral Score) - file_8183-E *Downloadable choral octavo minimum order quantity is 6.
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The Seven Joys of Christmas: 2. The Joy of Bells: Din don! Merrily on high (Harp Part) - 8183A
$3.00
The Seven Joys of Christmas: 2. The Joy of Bells: Din don! Merrily on high (Downloadable Harp Part) - file_8183A-E
$3.00
More Information
Product Number8183*
Composer/ArrangerMechem, Kirke
Voicing & InstrumentsSATB Chorus, with opt. Piano, Harp, or Orchestra
Liturgical YearChristmas
PublisherE. C. Schirmer Music Company
Kirke Mechem composed the Seven Joys of Christmas for the Chamber Singers of the San Francisco College for Women. He set out with the goal of setting lesser-known, but none the less attractive, carols from different countries in order to paint different aspects of joy for the Christmastide. He employed the number "Seven" because it is considered a magical number (as it is applies to mystery in the liturgy). The final carol, God bless the master of this house, is an amusing combination of all the carols in the composition, in addition to other well-known Christmastide melodies. In certain passages, two, three, even four different carols are being performed at the same time!