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Composer Alfred V. Fedak
Price $10 (U.S.) Released 6/2015
Use Hymn accompaniment, voluntary
Difficulty Moderately easy
Catalog no. 160-679
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Description
Beethoven’s HYMN TO JOY receives a congregational hymn setting by Fedak that will prove useful for festal occasions. The music begins with an extended organ toccata as an ebullient introduction. This is followed by a straightforward but engaging organ and congregational setting that will require almost no preparation time, thus allowing for spending rehearsal time on choral anthems.
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Review
"Everyone needs an arrangement of HYMN TO Joy that is suitable for a special occasion but doesn't require lots of rehearsal time. The extended introduction will require the organist to practice, but the choir will only need a few moments to prepare for leading the second stanza, which alternates between men/low voices and women/ children/high voices. There is a soprano descant for the last stanza. Permission is granted to print all necessary parts for performance. Some hymnals treat the last line of the tune with a half note and breath, but this setting doesn't stop, just the way Beethoven wrote it." --Cross Accent, Fall/Winter 2017
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