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Choral Choir,Choral (4-Part) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.829350 Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Arranged by Lyndell Leatherman. Contemporary. 35 pages. Leatherman Music Services #5800909. Published by Leatherman Music Services (A0.829350). For the past decade my Kansas City church has used this choral piece (available at https://www.martin88.com/Product.aspx?Id=10771) to close their annual Tenebrae Service as the Christ candle was carried out of the sanctuary. I've never seen a better choral option for this moment in the church year! (For more information on this service, you can start with the Wikipedia discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrae) A few years ago they commissioned me to orchestrate it in order to involve our instrumentalists...and you are looking at the resulting arrangement. The demo is computer-generated, with all the inherent weaknesses that such a recording carries. However, it will give you a pretty good idea of the big picture. I believe that in performance we usually take it a click or two slower than this recording.This PDF contains the full score and all the parts. As is my usual modus operandi, a C score is provided, which allows a supplemental keyboard to cover for any missing instruments. Also, I should mention that there is some redundancy written in, so the piece will fly without all the instruments listed. Or you could satisfactorily use just a string section or just a woodwind ensemble. (The drum part was included with the original octavo, and is really crucial for achieving the effect of a "death march.") Duration: approx. 2:50The purchase price allows you to duplicate as many copies as needed for your instrumentalists. It has been my lifelong passion to provide fresh, yet accessible music for the churches and schools with whom I have been associated. Because of the slowdown caused by Covid-19, I finally have the time to start posting 45 years' worth of custom arrangements on Sheet Music Plus. If you are curious about what else is available, please navigate to my publisher page here on SMP <https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/leatherman-music-services/16718>;, or slip over to Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/leathermanmusicservices>;, where you can see and hear more published works. Thanks for your interest! If you perform any of my material and are able to produce a high-quality mp3 recording or a video, please send it to me at [email protected]. If it's something that I can use as a demo on SMP or Facebook, I'll refund your purchase price and give credit where credit is due! God bless! Lyndell Leatherman (ASCAP) This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).