Unison with descant or 2-part choir, organ accompaniment, C instrument optional - Beginning SKU: GI.G-4028
Composed by Randall Sensmeier. Christmastide, Holy Family. Christmas. Tune Name: Glory Fades. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. GIA Publications #4028. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-4028). Text by Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.
A Hymn for the Days after Christmas is a simple setting of a thoughtful text reflecting on the quiet aftermath of Christmas. It is designed to accomodate a variety of forces. It may be sung with unison voices throughout with optional additions of a soloist, C instrument and descant. It may be sung with two voices. Verse 2 has an optional harmony in the treble voice that may be sung or played by a C instrument or both. Verse 3 presents a countermelody that may be sung as solo or with the melody.