Transport your audience to the 19th-century, an era of enthusiastic American congregational singing. The Christmas anthem Babe of Bethlehem<\/strong> is a new setting of a song from Southern Harmony<\/em>, the ultra-popular singing collection from the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n The Babe of Bethlehem<\/strong> brings spirit and energy to your concert or service. This isn\u2019t a refined \u201cpretty\u201d tune. It has a stomping kind of energy. You probably won\u2019t shout out the words, but that\u2019s the mood you\u2019ll bring to your audience.<\/p>\n This setting of The Babe of Bethlehem<\/strong> transforms the original verse-based song into a Christmas anthem. Short interludes and variations for every verse keeps your chorus engaged as the Babe, the shepherds, then the angels in shining flame, share in making \u201ca glorious sound from heaven\u201d.<\/p>\n The energy of the tune is balanced with a soaring middle section of melismatic lines. The forward momentum is put on hold for an ecstatic moment as the Christmas story unfolds: \u201cThey found no bed to lay his head, but in the ox\u2019s manger.\u201d<\/p>\n Different verses feature different choral voices, starting with the men in verse one. Octaves and fifths in the harmony bring the early American flavor.<\/p>\n The Babe of Bethlehem<\/strong> is part of a larger cantata, Shepherds and Angels<\/a><\/em>, with violin, harp, and tambourine. Instrumentally, that set aligns well with Britten\u2019s Ceremony of Carols<\/em> or Susa\u2019s Carols and Lullabies<\/em>. Teach your chorus The Babe of Bethlehem<\/strong> this year, and expand to Shepherds and Angels<\/em> next season.<\/p>\n Preview score<\/strong>\u00a0 Click the big button to download a free perusal score. The watermarked PDF is disabled for printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\tDownload “The Babe of Bethlehem, SATB & piano, preview”\tpjm-babeofbethlehem-satb-preview.pdf\t\t– Downloaded 2390 times\t\t– 420.66 KB<\/small>\n<\/a>\n\n Listen<\/strong>\u00a0 The Master Singers of Lexington, MA sang The Babe of Bethlehem<\/strong> in 2010 in the Shepherds and Angels<\/em> version with violin and harp.<\/p>\nView and listen<\/h2>\n