Gloria (Sing It Round)
G. D. Soans
- SSA & piano
- Latin
- About 4:10
- Easy
One short tune that becomes a round, a second melody in canon, and an optional soaring descant.
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SAB choir & piano
Carol of the Bells
A Christmas setting with new English text and optional descant
Music: Mykola Leontovych, based on Shchedryk · Arranged by Glen Soans · New English Christmas text
- SAB & piano
- English
- About 2:10
- Intermediate
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Free perusal score (PDF)- Voicing
- SAB choir
- Language
- English
- Length
- About 2:10
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
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About this piece
Bring the familiar bell figure into a Christmas programme with a fresh English text and a contrasting lyrical centre. This arrangement of Mykola Leontovych's Shchedryk combines ringing rhythmic energy with words of welcome, light and the joy of Christ's birth.
At the heart of the setting, “One small light shining in darkness” opens into a warm legato section with a featured baritone melody. A brief piano handover leads back to staggered vocal entries and a rising final statement, and the music fades to a last piano bell.
- New English Christmas text, so there is no separate lyric licence to arrange
- Eight-bar unaccompanied passage and an optional descant
- Alternative baritone part (D3–D4) included for groups that need a higher lower voice
- 15-page PDF: cover, 12 pages of score and a 2-page alternative-baritone appendix
Details
| Voicing | SAB choir |
|---|---|
| Accompaniment | Piano; optional descant; alternative baritone part included |
| Language | English |
| Length | About 2:10 (114 measures) |
| Key | E minor, moving to G minor |
| Metre and tempo | 3/4, quarter note = 160 |
| Range: Soprano | D4–E5 |
| Range: Alto | B♭3–C5 |
| Range: Baritone | B2–D4 |
| Range: Descant (optional) | B♭4–G5 |
| Range: Alternative baritone | D3–D4 |
| Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Score | 15-page PDF |
| Good for | Christmas, Concerts, Church services, School concerts |
| Credits | Music: Mykola Leontovych, based on Shchedryk · Arranged by Glen Soans · New English Christmas text |
| Publisher | Clefira Publications |
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