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God rest you merry, gentlemen

arrangement of the traditional English carol for choir SATB divisi

Duration 3' 30"

Words traditional

This starts low and slow; each subsequent verse is higher and faster (echoes of "cossack" style), with more notes in a rough organum/brutal folk-type harmony - the audience usually laughs at the end. It may be accompanied by a drum or two.

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traditional

Categories choral - mixed voices unaccompanied; choral - mixed voices accompanied