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Oxford Christmas Music
PAUL CAREY
IL EST NÉ LEDIVIN ENFANT
For Unaccompanied Mixed Choir (SATB)
Performance Note
Although most of the music in this arrangement is clearly in 3/4, the opening altoand soprano ostinati phrases are actually in different, shifting meters. For ensemblepurposes the piece is conducted in 3/4 (beaten using a “big one”) to keep everythingtogether. It should also be noticed that the alto and soprano repeating phrases are notequal in length with each other or with the men’s lines, so as these phrases cycle, theyrepeat at different points and the musical parts line up vertically in new ways. Thisgives rise to an interesting feeling of repetition and variety at the same time.
I would suggest the altos and sopranos initially learn their repeating phrases fromthe samples written here on this page. By doing so they will get the true feel of thephrase. I have marked the beginnings of these phrases with a combination accentand stress mark. Please note that the soprano phrase is in Lydian mode, thus the D#.
Il est né le divin Enfant*
Play, oboes! Ring out, musettes!Let’s all sing of his coming!
He is born, the Divine Child:For over four thousand yearsThe prophets promised us this,And for all that time we’ve waitedFor this happy hour.
Oh, how handsome he is! How charming!What perfect manners!How sweet he is, this Divine Child!
A stable is his dwelling,And a little hay, his cradle;How he humbles himself, this God!
O Jesus! O King All-Powerful!(Tiny child though thou art)Reign over us entirely, completely, absolutely.
*Christopher Johnson, trans.
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With a Swingle Singers bounce (@. = 66)B
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C B CCW
Soprano
Chan - tons tous son a -
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Jou - ez haut - bois ré-son - nez mu-set - tes, jou - ez haut - bois
Í!
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vè - ne - ment, chan - tons tous son a - vè - ne - ment,
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ré-son-nez mu - set - tes, jou - ez haut - bois ré-son-nez mu-set - tes,
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Il est né
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Il est né
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Paul Carey, arr.
Il est né le divin Enfant
For Unaccompanied Mixed Choir (SATB)
for Sherri
Traditional French,
Printed in U.S.A.Copyright © 2005, Oxford University Press, Inc.
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chan - tons tous son a -vè - ne - ment, chan - tons
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jou - ez haut - bois ré-son - nez mu-set - tes, jou - ez haut - bois
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le di -- vin En - fant. De - puis
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le di -- vin En - fant. De - puis
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tous son a - vè - ne - ment, De - puis plus de
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plus de qua - tre mille ans, De - puis plus de
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qua - tre mille ans,
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qua - tre mille ans, Nous le pro - met - taient les pro - phè - tes,
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qua - tre mille ans,
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qua - tre mille ans,
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De - puis plus de qua - tre mille ans,
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plus de qua - tre mille Nous at - ten - dions cet
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De - puis plus de qua - tre mille ans,
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