SKU: GI.G-4028
Text by Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.
A Hymn for the Days after Christmas is a simple setting of a thoughtful text reflecting on the quiet aftermath of Christmas. It is designed to accomodate a variety of forces. It may be sung with unison voices throughout with optional additions of a soloist, C instrument and descant. It may be sung with two voices. Verse 2 has an optional harmony in the treble voice that may be sung or played by a C instrument or both. Verse 3 presents a countermelody that may be sung as solo or with the melody.
SKU: HL.14021071
UPC: 884088489700. 8.25x11.75x0.148 inches.
These Carol-Preludes were written in 2008, but the idea was in the composer's mind for many years before this. Essentially, they revive the old style of the Chorale- Prelude, but using carol tunes instead of hymns or chorales. They are derived from German, French and English melodies - some of the German tunes were found in my mother's old school songbook from her schooldays in Germany after the First World War.
