Come Come Ye Saints

String Quintet

Key Signature - G (1 sharp)

Tempo - Freely

Difficulty - Intermediate (?)

Topics: Comfort/Strength, Pioneers

Sheet Music Sample:
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Story:
"Come Come Ye Saints" (Spring 2007)
The planets just aligned for this one...I attended an evening priesthood meeting and finally appreciated this hymn (after a decade of cursing its "All is well" chorus because of the passage in 2 Nephi) for its strength. About the same time I received an email from an LDS cello teacher in Washington state, encouraging me to write more for strings. Voila! The instrumentation is really up to you, but three violins and two cellos sounds the best in my head. As of this writing in Feb. 2007 I don't know why I've been favoring a more "old school" approach with my last few works (piano trio, classical-type piano solo, string quintet); must be a phase...:)