Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.904606
Composed by Harrison Millard and text by Martin Lowrie Hofford. Arranged by Paul Pisano. A Cappella,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. PWP Enterprises #3513253. Published by PWP Enterprises (A0.904606).
The impact of the U.S. Civil War on both composer and poet contribute to this hymn's somber yet pleading tone, which this arrangement has sought to amplify. SSAATTBB a cappella; rarely employs all eight voices at once, but some extended SSAA and TTBB sections. Common-tone modulations between verses. First and third verses* mostly diatonic; second verse quite chromatic, reflecting fears of the darkness of the world expressed in the text (this chromaticism is briefly alluded to and resolved in the coda). Includes piano reduction for rehearsal purposes.
*For this setting the original order of the second and third verses has been reversed.
