I Love the Lord, God’s Strength is Mine
This is a homophonic arrangement of the hymntune Mendon. Peninger has set three stanzas of the hymn. Settings one and three are four-part harmony and stanza two is a two-part setting written in the treble clef; the upper part is to be sung by upper female voices and the lower one to be sung by cambiatas and/or lower female voices. When sung by choirs with changing voices, it should be rated as medium-difficult. This work is suitable for a church service, choral festival or choir contest.
Click Four-part Variable Voicing Chart to access how the piece may be sung by different age groups and mixed voices.
Music: A Melody from a Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Dublin, 1749, alt.)
Hymntune Name: Mendon
Words from Psalm 18, The Psalter, 1912, alt.
Arranged by David Peninger
Hymn Title and Text altered by Don L. Collins
Four-part Variable Voicing with Piano or Organ
CP Catalog #C17314
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