Geoffrey Russell-Smith
The First Mercy
Carol
Geoffrey Russell-Smith
The First Mercy
Carol
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
- Composer Peter Warlock
- Artist Geoffrey Russell-Smith
- Editor Geoffrey Russell-Smith
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- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
- Order no. BH13081
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Description:
A simple carol with mostly homophonic textures and some of Warlock's characteristic harmonic twists, The First Mercy (1926) was originally a solo song and an early collaboration between Peter Warlock and Bruce Blunt, with whom he would soon after write perhaps his best-known choral work, Bethlehem Down. Warlock arranged the carol for upper voices (SSA) & piano in 1927 (also available on sale) but it was not until 1964 that the carol was arranged by Geoffry Russell-Smith for mixed voices (no divisi) and piano. That arrangement is here restored to print in a newly-prepared edition.