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Baby in an Ox's Stall (Piano, Unison Voices, Instrumentation with vocals)
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Thomas Hewitt Jones
Baby in an Ox's Stall (Piano, Unison Voices, Instrumentation with vocals)
- Sheet Music Download PDF
Thomas Hewitt Jones
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| Product number: | fbd-18106 |
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| Arrangement: | Instrumentation with vocals |
| Instruments: | Choir, Piano |
| Genre: | Christmas, Classical |
| Classical: | Contemporary |
| Choir: | Mixed choir |
| Instrumentation with vocals: | Choir Unison |
| Artist: | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Authors: | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Pages: | 6 |
| Publisher: | Boosey Integrated |
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Composer's Note
This Christmas, I was inspired to write a new carol, Baby in an ox's stall, which I hope captures the Christmas season in a joyful and optimistic new tune, and creates a similar emotion and tinge of nostalgia which appears in some of my favourite carols. I decided to write new words because I wanted them to fit the melody like a glove, and doing it this way I could actually write the melody first.
This carol begins with a solo in the warm key of F major before the rest of the voices enter and the music modulates in later verses. It includes a couple of false relations in the accompaniment which colour the melody at certain points in a slightly rebellious way. I've always had a bit of an inner schoolchild, and I think this comes through in this carol. I'm also a fan of Peter Warlock's music, and some of the harmonic alterations I have used perhaps owe a debt of gratitude to him in some way. With Baby in an ox’s stall I have created a carol which I hope can be enjoyed as something a little bit fun and spicy, like a Christmas lunch with all the trimmings.
Thomas Hewitt Jones, 2012
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