Director's Notes

NOTES FOR “FANTASIA ON CHRISTMAS CAROLS”

S – soprano, A – alto, T – tenor, B – Bass

Please mark your music with the following notes:

• All “hm” changed to “ah” (pronounced “aw”)
• all tied eight notes are cut offs

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• second line - no breath for whole phrase except tenor after the “b” in the 5th measure
• last line – 3 measures after C – breath, as marked, for alto and bass

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• first measure – no breath ATB
• fourth measure – breath after dotted quarter “a”
• last line – second measure breath for SAT – not bass
• last line – measure 5 – observe the hairpins (<>)

PAGE 4

• first line – measure 4 – no breath SB – breath AT – after first quarter note
• last line – eight note rest after “woes” - SATB

PAGE 5

• first line – eight note rest after “interpose” – SATB
• first line - no breath after “run”
• last line – breath at the end of measure 2 – SATB
• last line – retard measure 3 with crescendo and cut off on eighth note

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• breath marks determined by the tie markings
• last line – TB – no breath after “gentlemen” / breath after “by”

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• first line – TB - no breath after “Saviour” / breath after “day”
• second line – TB – no breath after “Mary”
• third line – TB no breath after “wish” or “comfort” / breath after “joy”
• fourth line – SATB – articulated notes with a sense of line and no breath after “Mary”
• fourth line – SATB – eighth note rest after “pray”

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• first line – SATB – no breath
• second line – SA – no breath after “savior” / breath after “lay”
• third line – SA – no breath after “manger” / breath after “hay”
• fourth line – SA – no breath after “Mary”

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• first line – SA - no breath after “comfort”
• first line – SA – breath after “joy” SATB entrance piano but still articulated
• second line – SATB – eighth note rest after “pray”
• second line – SATB – no breath going to third line and through entire third line except alto after “joy”
• third line – SATB – marcato accents on last “tidings of joy”

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• last line – T – breath after “joy” in measure 3
• last line – B – breath after “joy” in measure 4
• last line – S – breath after “pray” in measure 5

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• first line – S – no breath
• first line – A – breath after “joy”
• first line – T – breath after “joy” in last measure
• first line – B – no breath

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• first line – ATB - no breath from 2 to 3 measure
• last line – SATB – breath at end of third measure

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• last line – ATB – no breath from 2 to 3 measure
• last line – B – breath before last measure - bring out last measure

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• first line – S – breath at end of measure 3
• second line – pocchettino animato (with a little animation = movement)
• second line – S – breath after “king” – same for alto in last measure

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• first line – T – breath at end of measure 1 after “king” and again after “sing”
• first line – S – breath after “king” – same for alto in measure 3 and again for S after “king”
• first line – B – breath at end of measure 2
• second line – A – breath after “king” in second measure – no breath after “king” at end of line
• second line – B – breath after “sing” in measure 4
• last line – cut offs on the tied quarter note SAB

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• second line – AB – no breath after “light”
• second line – S – breath at end of measure 2
• second line – T - breath at end of measure 1

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• first line – ST – no breath after “light”
• first line – A – breath at end of last measure

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• last line – SATB – no breath after “house”

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• second line – SATB – no breath after “Christmases”
• last line – SATB – no breath after “generation”

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• first line – SATB – breath after “near”
• second line – SATB – breath after “year” in measure 2 and 4 and 6 (T)

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• last line – full break SATB – at the end of measure 6
• last phrase – each note will be directed with a breath before “amen”