Voicing: Three-Part Womens Voicing
Composer: Kirke Mechem

Kirke Mechem composed the Seven Joys of Christmas for the Chamber Singers of the San Francisco College for Women. He set out with the goal of setting lesser-known, but none the less attractive, carols from different countries in order to paint different aspects of joy for the Christmastide. He employed the number "Seven" because it is considered a magical number (as it is applies to mystery in the liturgy). The final carol, God bless the master of this house, is an amusing combination of all the carols in the composition, in addition to other well-known Christmastide melodies. In certain passages, two, three, even four different carols are being performed at the same time!

Instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - 2 perc - hp - str - SATB or SSA Chorus

Instruments
Harp, Keyboard (Organ or Piano) or Orchestra
Use #2709A for Harp Part
Full score and parts available for rental. Please call the ECS Publishing rental department for more information at 1-800-777-1919 or 508-620-7400.

	Mechem - Seven Joys of Christmas (SATB) Product #: ECS2709	$8.35
	Seven Joys of Christmas - Harp Part Product #: ECS2709A	$11.00
	Seven Joys of Christmas and Beyond - CD Product #: SACD403	$15.95