This Christina Rossetti text has been set many times-but this SAB setting with keyboard and optional handbells is special indeed. Allen Pote is a master with simple melody understands the voices of a typical church choir and has a gift for magical harmonic color. Have a small choir with very few men? Try this one on Christmas Eve.

By Johann Sebastian Bach. For Choral. (Vocal Scores). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 2500 pages. Published by Subito Music.

By Allen Pote. Arranged by Allen Pote. Text: Christina Rossetti. For SATB Choir. (Accompaniment: Keyboard, Optional C-Instrument Or Handbells). Christmas and Sacred. 8 pages. Duration 2 min, 9 sec. Published by Hinshaw Music Inc.