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A Holy Charivari

Composed for the wedding of John Fenstermaker, then Assistant Organist at the Cathedral.  Flute, handbells, harpsichord, finger cymbals…. 6/4 alternating with 3/2….what’s not to like?

Genre: Sacred Choral
D No: 122
Text - Incipit: May the grace of Christ our Saviour
Text - Author or Scripture: John Newton (1725–1807)
Performing Forces: SATB org HB perc/timp
Date Published: CE 92
Date of Composition: 1969
Notes: Words by John Newton (1725–1807); composed for the wedding of John Fenstermaker, the cathedral's assistant organist, and later to become the organist and choirmaster at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
Score:

122 A Holy Charivari


Categorized as: 100 Sacred Choral
Tagged as: flute, handbells, organ, percussion, SATB, timpani

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