O For a Dozen Tongues to Sing - For Christmas: Ten Ready-to-Sing Anthems for Two-part Mixed Choirs Review

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O For a Dozen Tongues to Sing - For Christmas: Ten Ready-to-Sing Anthems for Two-part Mixed Choirs ReviewWe usually have literally 10-12 people in our choir and we sing only on special-event Sundays like Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, so this book was very useful. We only did two of the songs so that leaves several to choose from for future years.
I like the lively songs, and I like the two-part music. Four-part is basically beyond us, but we sound good with the two-part harmony, and the arranger throws in several passages of just-men, just-women, and soloists, as well as unison, to keep it interesting.
However, what I find annoying, and "O for a Dozen Tongues to Sing: For Special Days" does the same thing, is that the songs are too high, and there are too many slow songs included. If you only have a dozen people, they are going to be average, and chances are the men are not going to want to spend long periods of time around middle C and the women are not going to sound their best above high C. Similarly, we are a small choir and meet on an ad hoc basis, so the slow songs do not highlight our strengths. We do well with enthusiasm and spirit and not so well with intonation.
I would love for Marty Parks to do more and more of these books, just pitching them down a step or two and including a majority of rousing, spirited songs and fewer ballady types.
Here's what's included (with my notes):
Light of the Stable (love it)
Thou Shalt Know Him When He Comes (too high)
The Snow Lay on the Ground (love it)
Holy Is His Name (beautiful...could be used any time of year)
Sing We Now of Christmas (too high)
Patapan (pretty high...)
Come, Emmanuel (beautiful)
How Great Our Joy (too high)
After December Slips Away (ballady but beautiful)
Christ Is Come (nice)O For a Dozen Tongues to Sing - For Christmas: Ten Ready-to-Sing Anthems for Two-part Mixed Choirs Overview
This collection of Christmas and Advent seasonal anthems is designed for use when you are at less than full-strength in choir attendance: Christmas Eve, when some members are travelling or at family functions or your church has multiple services and only a potion of the choir at each service, the first Sunday after Christmas, when the travellers have not yet returned, Thanksgiving weekend, when it coincides with the first Sunday in Advent.This collection of anthems is also valuable for choirs who are smaller even when all are in attendance.

The primary composer/arranger for the first two collections is Marty Parks. Marty received his Bachelor of Music at the Univeristy of Tennessee at Chattanooga and his Master of Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently a product developer for Lillenas Publishing Company. Marty has published several collections, including: Praise & Worship Favorites (Lillenas), We Exalt Thee (Lillenas),In His Sanctuary (Lillenas),Here I am to Worship (Lillenas), Classic Praise (Lillenas), The One That We Praise (Hal Leonard). Published musicals and cantatas include: Holy Child (Lillenas), Jesus, Our Emmanuel (Lillenas),Heaven and Earth Rejoice (Hal Leonard),Thank You for the Cross (Lillenas), Crown Him King (LifeWay),Man of Sorrows, King of Glory (LifeWay), Jesus Christ Is Lord (Lillenas) CD available separately contains full demo recordings and complete tracks (enhanced piano versions)


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