Hark!

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(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)

Piccolo Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809- 1847)

Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70
Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
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Maestoso q = c. 70

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)

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(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70 Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
Horn in F 2 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809- 1847)
Maestoso q = c. 70 Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70

Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70 Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
Euphonium (Words by Charles Wesley)

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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70 Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70 Arr. Michel Rondeau (Sept 18th-2009)
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(for Choir and The OttawaWind Ensemble)
(Words by Charles Wesley)
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Maestoso q = c. 70
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 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
words by Charles Wesley
for Choir and The Ottawa Wind Ensemble
Choir
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The music of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" is actually from the second chorus of a
cantata written by Mendelssohn in 1840 to commemorate Johann Gutenberg's invention
of printing. Dr. William Cummings put Wesley's words and Mendelssohn's music together.