O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Your choir will enjoy this inventive and stirring setting of the great Advent/Christmas hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (VENI EMMANUEL). A Latin edition is also available (S0.1144377). Composed in a Neo-Renaissance style, it sets all seven verses modulating into four keys while passing the melody from voice to voice before concluding with sudden and surprising key changes that lead to a powerful cadence on the altered note of the Picardy third. It may be performed acapella, with keyboard, or with instruments. The instrumental parts are published separately as Fantasia on "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" in the following editions: String Quartet (S0.1144387), String Ensemble or Orchestra (S0.1144533), and Woodwind Quintet (S0.1144535). This motet is the first of Three Motets on Latin Christmas Hymns. The other two motets are "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (CORDE NATUS EX PARENTIS) and "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (ADESTE FIDELIS), both available in English or Latin. For more music and information visit www.jubalslyre.com/music.