God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son

This piece is constructed very simply: cantus firmus in the tenor, accompanied by two contrapuntal treble voices and minimal bass. The first four pitches in the upper voice are the same first four pitches heard (ignoring repeated notes) in the hymn tune, and similar bits of ins…

The piece is marked “Adagio;” take your time! Make the spaces between repeated notes in the left hand no larger than necessary to “enunciate” each note. (Try thirty-second-note rests). Observe the phrase markings to create, as much as possible, the effect of a duet between two in…