Comfortable Words
by Michael Finnissy
Choir - Sheet Music

SATB choir & organ (SATB) - Easy to Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193360112

Composed by Michael Finnissy. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Sacred, Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 3'. Oxford University Press #9780193360112. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193360112).

ISBN 9780193360112. 10 x 7 inches.

For SATB and organ. This anthem takes its words from the Book of Common Prayer. Finnissy's setting brings together simple melodic lines, astringent harmonies, and rhythmic organ counter-melodies to create highly emotive music which gives the words a new strength and intensity.

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