Guthrie: Once in Royal David's City for Organ

https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-U... https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/pro... A fresh and vibrant organ setting of Once in Royal David’s City, this arrangement unfolds the beloved carol through a series of contrasting textures and colors designed to showcase the instrument’s expressive and architectural breadth. Beginning with a stately theme in four voices, the work moves through a flowing bicinium, a lyrical trio with descant, and an inventive trio with fragmented counterpoint. A reflective Meno mosso section introduces alternate harmonies before transitioning into a somber quartet in the relative minor. The energy lifts again in a compound triple-meter movement featuring free descant writing in the spirit of Freistimmigkeit, building toward a resplendent Finale Maestoso Tutti. Ideal for concert prelude, Christmas services, or competition performance, this arrangement offers both interpretive depth and virtuoso color for the discerning organist.