Here 'Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild

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Composer: 
Micaela Larsen Brown
Date Completed: 
October 2003
Premiere Date: 
December 16, 2007
Premiering Conductor: 
Timothy Krueger
Premiering Ensemble: 
St. Martin's Chamber Choir
Premiere Venue: 
St. Elizabeth's Church, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO
Composer Notes: 

Here 'Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild (arrangement)

Duration: 
2'
Language: 
English
Language: 
French
Choral Voicing: 
SATB
Divisi: 
Soprano (minimal)
Solo requirement: 
N/A
Text Source: 
Phineas Fletcher
Text: 

Entre le boef et l'ane gris, dors, dors, dors le petit fils. 
Mille anges divins, mille seraphins volent a l'entour de ce grand dieu d'amour. 
Entre les roses et les lys, dors, dors, dors le petit fils. 
Mille anges divins, mille seraphins volent a l'entour de ce grand dieu d'amour. 
Here 'mid the ass and oxen mild, sleep, sleep, sleep the little child. 
Angels pure and white guard thee through the night, hovering o'er the cradle of the god of light.

English Translation: 

Here 'mid the ass and oxen mild, sleep, sleep, sleep the little child. 
Angels pure and white guard thee through the night, hovering o'er the cradle of the god of light.

Significant Seasons or Days: 
Christmas
Keyboard accompaniment: 
Other
Keyboard Accompaniment (other): 
piano reduction for rehearsal only
Instruments: 
N/A
Contact for performance materials: 

Micaela Larsen Brown
2633 Bellaire Street
Denver, CO 80207
(303) 355-2028
micaela@ecentral.com
 

Performance History: 

12/20/2007, 12/21/2007, by St. Martin's Chamber Choir
It was recorded for local public radio prior to its premiere and can be heard at the following website: 

http://www.cpr.org/images/stories/Presents/Holiday_Audio/stmartinchamber...

Allow excerpts: 
No
Scoring notation: 
Standard notation
Score Sample: 
application/pdf iconHere 'Mid the Ass & Oxen (partial score)
Difficulty Level: 
3