Wassail Song - arr. Thompson
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Product ID : HP2404
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- Author/Composer/Arranger: Leroy Anderson, Martha Lynn Thompson
- Use: Secular
- Octaves Used - Select One: 3 - 6 Octaves
- Level: Level 3+
- Topic: Christmas
- Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution
Martha Lynn Thompson's 3-6 octave transcription of the last movement of Leroy Anderson's "Suite of Carols for String Orchestra" features a brisk tempo (triple meter with the feeling of one beat per measure). The familiar Yorkshire Carol appears throughout as an unadorned melody in both treble and bass ranges, above a malleted bass accompaniment, beneath an embellished melody, and with melodic phrases playing off one another in the various chime ranges. After a grand pause in measure 123, the setting races to an exciting climax.