Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
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Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus is a lovely Advent hymn. The text was
written by Charles Wesley and has been used in Advent services regularly
since it was written in the 1740s. The text has been set to many tunes but
the one used in this version is Hyfrydol, This tune was written by Rowland
Prichard about 100 years after Wesley's text and is used extensively in many
hymnals but especially for this particular text.
This arrangement is for orchestra with optional 3-5 octave handbell choir.
The handbell arrangement unusual in that the 4 octave version does require
the use of the F3 bell. Other than that this is a relatively simple, if
thickly orchestrated, arrangement. There are three sections using different
methods of music making, the first is a fairly straightforward setting, the
second focuses on short sounds in the melody which is also in the lower
voices, and the third explores musical canon before bringing back a more
traditional musical setting.
There are two distinct parts for most instruments with a few splitting
more. Flutes, trumpets, and trombones have three parts. The trombone 3 part
is intended to be bass trombone but should be playable on regular trombone
and if any section only has two divisions, the lower voice should have more
players unless otherwise notated. That applies to flutes and trumpets as
well. There are four horn parts that do not split. The timpani part should be
playable on two drums with active pedaling to change notes mid-piece,
although four drums is perfectly acceptable.
This arrangement is playable without the handbell part but is intended to
be performed with handbells. The piano part can also serve as a condensed score.
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