For Two-part Voices with Response and Keyboard
Words by Fred Pratt Green
Music by Alice Parker
Few composers other than Alice Parker seem to give such seminal attention to words before letting a melody (or single note) pop into their heads.
Fred Pratt Green's text serves as the seed of Alice's creation in this cheerful, flowing thanksgiving anthem for 2-part voices with a separate part for the assembly to chime in on "Thanks be to God" like "one-note Johnnys!"
Budding composers take note. Choir directors study this little piece and put it to the test! A separate 4-part hymn version is also included.
This edition may be performed as a suite of five pieces: Rejoice, the Lord Is King!, For the Fruit of All Creation, O Sing the Glories, Destructive Sword! and God Is Love.