I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry is currently unavailable

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3, 4, or 5 octaves handbells - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: C7.CGB503 Composed by John Ylvisaker and Martha Lynn Thompson. General. With Solo(Narrator), 3, 4, 5 or 6 octaves handchimes. Score. 8 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB503. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB503). UPC: 749193012451.The ethereal opening and closing motifs, played on randomly-malleted suspended bells, suggest the mystery surrounding the beginning and ending of life. The music of the stanzas depicts the various stages of life as described in the hymn text. The third stanza is written for handchimes (optional) beneath a descant played with mallets on suspended bells. Mirroring the opening section, the piece grows softer until the final malleted chord. An optional hymn page for vocal soloist is included. If desired, the hymn text may be read by a narrator, beginning each stanza at the places indicated within the score. 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).