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There
are two well known tunes to this popular Christmas carol. One of them
is used mainly in USA the other in England and it is the latter which
is used in this arrangement.
An 8 bar lullaby introduction precedes the first verse which has a quietly
murmuring background of eighth notes played in saxophone and bassoon.
A bridge passage leads to the second verse which is enhanced by woodwind
decoration. The music then modulates to the sub-dominant key for the final
tutti fortissimo verse which has a countermelody containing many hints
of the most famous of all Christmas carols Silent Night.
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