Elgar: A Christmas Greeting - Symphonic Wind Dectet/Bass (arr. Ray Thompson) by Edward Elgar Sheet Music for Performance Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct
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Elgar: A Christmas Greeting - Symphonic Wind Dectet/Bass (arr. Ray Thompson) Digital Sheet Music
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Elgar: A Christmas Greeting - Symphonic Wind Dectet/Bass (arr. Ray Thompson)
by Edward Elgar Performance Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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In December 1907, whilst in Rome, Elgar composed a part-song carol, 'A Christmas Greeting', putting music to the words of a poem written by his wife Alice.

He sent the piece back to the UK for Dr G R Sinclair and the choristers of Hereford Cathedral to use in their Carol Concert to be held the Cathedral.
It was written for two female sopranos, a male chorus and accompanied by two violins and a pianoforte and was published by Novello and company. The setting is for high voices, with optional tenor and bass parts and, like the Enigma theme, it is in G minor and G major.
It contains a quotation from the 'Pastoral Symphony' in Handel's Messiah at the reference to pipers (Pifferari) wandering far.
It is arranged for double wind quintet (decet, dectet ot tentet)

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