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Paul John Rudoi

Paul John Rudoi is an award-winning musician, entrepreneur, and advocate for arts access. As a professional tenor vocalist, Paul has performed and recorded a wide range of music in professional ensembles nationwide including Seraphic Fire, The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, True Concord, the Oregon Bach Festival, and most notably as a member of the full-time...

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Sing oh my Heart!

Name: Sing oh my Heart!
SKU: PJR-013
Availability: InStock

Paul John Rudoi

Full of melodic text painting, lush textures, and exciting lyrics proclaiming Jesus’ birth through the various figures in his story.

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

PJR-013

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Winner of the Nathan Davis Prize in Composition, Sing oh my Heart! is a riveting new carol from Paul John Rudoi full of melodic text painting, lush textures, and exciting lyrics proclaiming Jesus’ birth through the various figures in his story. A piece that will thrill both your audiences and your choir, Sing oh my Heart! is a carol not to be missed!

Composer’s Notes

Have fun with this carol! If you have the opening figure, aim for a marcato, almost bell-like feel. In m58, make sure the background sopranos and tenors are lush and adding a strong texture bed to support the altos and basses.

– Paul John Rudoi

Text

Sing, Christmas bells!
Say to the earth this is the morn
Whereon our Saviour-King is born;
Sing to all men, –the bond, the free,
The rich, the poor, the high, the low,
The little child that sports in glee,
The aged folk that tottering go,–
Proclaim the morn
That Christ is born,
That saveth them and saveth me!

Sing, angel host!
Sing of the star that God has placed
Above the manger in the east;
Song of the glories of the night,
The virgin’s sweet humility,
The Babe with kingly robes bedight,–
Sing to all men where’er they be
This Christmas morn;
For Christ is born,
That saveth them and saveth me!
Sing, sons of earth!
O ransomed seed of Adam, sing!
God liveth, and we have a king!
The curse is gone, the bond are free–
By Bethlehem’s star that brightly beamed,
By all the heavenly signs that be,
We know that Israel is redeemed;
That on this morn
The Christ is born
That saveth you and saveth me!

Sing, O my heart!
Sing thou in repute this dear morn
Whereon the blessed Prince is born!
And as thy songs shall be of love,
So let my deeds be charity,–
By the dear Lord that reigns above,
By Him who died upon the tree,
By this fair morn
Whereon is born
The Christ that saveth all and me!

– Eugene Field

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