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This piece depicts that part of the first Christmas which involved the shepherds' encounter with the angels. The tone poem begins with the air of 
a quiet night while shepherds softly entertain themselves. They then sense a disturbance which increases with great intensity until an angel 
appears. The angel, represented by a solo violin, tells them first to not be afraid and then that she has come to deliver good news, for in the 
town of David, their Savior, Christ the Lord, is born. Upon hearing that, the shepherds begin to celebrate until three more angels appear. They 
reiterate that they bring the shepherds "good news of great joy" to which they respond with even more vigorous celebrating as a multitude of 
angels come forth. Together, for a brief time, heaven and earth sings to the glory of this birth. And then, in a blink of an eye, all angels, but one, 
disappear. This lone one then states once more: "A Savior has been born unto you!". With that, she too fades away leaving the quietude of night
 to return. And while it seems like all has return to normal, a lone voice reflects on the announcement, softly saying, "He is Christ.is Christ the Lord".
During this work, small portions of five sacred Christmas hymns (all Public Domain) that refer to the angels are used and at the work's climax, 
three of them are heard simultaneously. The carols are "Come, thou long expected Jesus", "In Bethlehem neath starlit skies", "Angels from the 
realms of Glory", "It came upon a midnight clear" and "Hark the herald angel sings".

When the Angels Sang

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This swing version of the traditional Christmas carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are", was originally scored for choir, brass quartet, flute, 
and rhythm section and was performed several  times in that version. Then one Christmas day, the composer decided to create a chamber 
orchestra version (1/1/1/1   1/1/1/0  Timpani,  Drum Set and Strings). Since then he has been asked to do one for choir and piano, 
choir with chamber orchestra and now this one for full orchestra with plenty of percussion. Should you not have all four percussionists, use 
for certain the Drum Set (Perc. 1) and cut from the end of measure 39 and go to the start of measure 51. If you have another player or two, 
you or they can determine what instruments are important for them to cover and whether they can be featured at m.40 or take the cut.

Three Kings Do Swing

This swing version of the traditional Christmas carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are", was originally scored for choir, 
brass quartet, flute, and rhythm section and was performed several times in that version. Then one Christmas day, 
the composer decided to create this chamber orchestra version. Since then he has been asked to do one for choir and 
piano (available here at J W  Pepper), and one for full orchestra with plenty of percussion (available here at J W Pepper).

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This is a swing version of the traditional Christmas carol,  "We Three Kings of Orient Are". It was originally scored for choir, brass quartet, flute, and 
rhythm section and was performed several times in that version. Then one Christmas day, the composer decided to create a chamber orchestra 
version. Since then he has been asked to do one for choir and full orchestra and one for choir with a chamber orchestra. The other versions, all 
available here at J W Pepper, are mentioned as the piano part for this one is a reduction of the chamber orchestra with choir. Therefore, it may be 
possible by purchasing the parts and score to add some of the instruments to your choral performance. At a minimum using electric bass  and drum 
set.

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This set of four songs offers today's students and their audiences tunes that were once part of our musical fabric; yet have since, all but disappeared. 
"Billy Boy", originally an English folk tune, later became a popular one in America's rural South. "Annie Laurie" is a Scottish air first published in 
1838, but soon became widely known due to its beguiling tender melody. "Wayfaring Stranger" is a bittersweet American folk song whose lyrics 
lended itself to be considered a religious ballad and therefore found its way into a number of hymnals. "Polly Wolly Doodle" is an American creation 
that was first heard in minstrel shows, then college Glee clubs and eventually transformed into a standard children's song where often nonsensical 
words were applied making it a carefree, silly number. While this is a suite of four songs, a conductor may wish to program just one, two or three of 
them or even mix up the order.

Heritage Songs Anew

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As some of you know, the term "terzetto" originally meant a piece for three voices, but later in time was applied to a piece for three instruments. So 
why did I not just simply title this work "Terzetto"? Because one of the most famous works with that title, by Antonin Dvorak, is a large scale 
four-movement composition; where mine is a single movement one. So I needed an adjective that would indicate the smaller scale of mine and 
elected to use the term "terse".  However, not in the sense that this composition has an attitude of gruffness, but rather that it is simply short.  The 
attitude of this piece is actually one of playfulness in the outer fast sections. The middle section is slower and a bit dreamy for contrast. Which is 
another way of saying that the form of the entire work is a simple ternary one. I had actually considered entitling it as "A Terse Ternary Terzetto", 
but that doesn't roll off the tongue very smoothly.  Too many "ters"!!

A Terse Terzetto

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This is a suite of erratic dances consisting of a "Wayward Waltz", a "Half-baked Habanera" (with its central section being a malformed Merengue) 
and a "Faulty Fandango". The trumpet part does not go above written high C, so most players will be able to handle the range with no problem; 
however, a few tricky rhythms and plenty of unusual phrasings make for some challenging ensemble moments. Thus, it is not a piece for developing 
musicians. The piano score is clearly maked on its first page with a boxed text in the upper left hand corner stating that the score is untransposed. The 
live recording has all but the final couple of bars of the last movement.

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