WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
THE HYMN-TEXT WAS WRITTEN BY NAHUM TATE, cira. 1706. THE HYMN-TUNE IS NOT THE TRADITIONAL MELODY FOUND IN AMERICAN HYMNALS; IT IS A LESS-KNOWN LANCASHIRE TUNE. THE CANONIC TREATMENT ADDS VARIETY AND EXCITEMENT TO THE ROUSING ENDING.
CONSULT THE VARIABLE VOICE CHART TO SEE THE VARIOUS VOICINGS THAT CAN BE USED WITH THIS GREAT PIECE.
Words by Nahum Tate (1706)
Music: Old Lancashire Tune
Arranged by Irvin Cooper
Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano
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