Come, Ye That Love the Lord: SATB Choral Octavo

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Come, Ye That Love the Lord: SATB Choral Octavo

Name: Come, Ye That Love the Lord: SATB Choral Octavo
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-LG51309
Price: 2.25 USD
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Arr. Alice Parker

Item: 00-LG51309

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Series: Alfred Archive Edition: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers

Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 4

UPC: 783556004929

SKU: 00-LG51309

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About the Arranger: Alice Parker

Alice Parker earned her composition and conducting degrees from Smith College and Juilliard, where she began a transformative collaborative partnership with Robert Shaw that would shape American choral music for decades. Together they created hundreds of arrangements of folk hymns, spirituals, and American songs that remain core repertoire in choirs across the country. Her own compositional output spans over five hundred works, from full-length operas to intimate anthems, and she has published extensively on melody, improvisation, and the practice of congregational singing.

In 1985, Parker founded Melodious Accord, Inc., centering her work on the fundamental musical element of melody itself. She authored several influential books on choral music and sacred music practices, including her definitive collection of essays on song leading. Parker served as the first Director Laureate of Chorus America, received the Robert Shaw Award from the American Choral Directors Association, and was honored with the Harvard Glee Club Foundation Medal. She holds six honorary doctorates and has received major grants from ASCAP, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Music Center.

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Why we love this

Parker's gift for voice leading and melodic clarity shines in this arrangement, making a well-loved hymn feel both timeless and freshly discovered. The SATB writing sits naturally for mixed choirs without demanding virtuosity, yet offers enough harmonic sophistication to keep singers engaged and audiences moved.

What to expect

The arrangement radiates warmth and dignity without sentimentality. Familiar hymnic shapes ground the music, but Parker's harmonic choices and countermelodies give it personality and depth that honors both the text and the tradition from which it emerges.

Who it's for

This octavo works for church choirs, community choruses, and school choirs at the intermediate level and beyond. It requires secure sight-readers in all four parts but rewards ensembles that take time to understand Parker's approach to harmony and line.

How to get the most out of it

Let the melody speak clearly in whichever voice part carries it; avoid the trap of making inner parts equal in weight. Parker's counterpoint works because of intentional textural hierarchy.
Tune the chord progressions with particular care around the cadences. Parker's harmonic language rewards precision in intonation and will sound thin or muddy if singers are careless with intervals.
Establish a single unified diction approach across all four parts for the text. Sacred arrangements like this benefit from clarity that comes from ensemble agreement on vowel shapes and consonant placement.

How to use it

Pair this with other sacred choral works for a program centered on American hymn traditions, or use it as a thoughtful opener or closer to a mixed secular and sacred concert. Its four-page length and moderate difficulty make it an ideal anchor piece for a service of worship or a choral festival.