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GAUDIUM   CÆLESTE (‘Divine Happiness’) ….Charles H.H. PARRY

arrangement for 4 Cellos or Larger Ensemble (easy) by D. JOHNSTONE   

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PDF – 1 General Score and Notes

PDF – 2 All Individual Cello Parts

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EXAMPLE from the score:

Notes:

While a stu­dent at Eton, Par­ry took mu­sic les­sons from George El­vey. The in­struct­ion was so suc­cess­ful that Par­ry earned a Ba­che­lor’s of Mu­sic from Ox­ford at age 18. After gra­du­a­tion, he worked for three years as a clerk at the in­sur­ance com­pa­ny of Lloyds of Lon­don.

He pub­lished his first or­ches­tral work in 1878 (Pi­a­no Con­cer­to in F# Mi­nor), and went on to com­pose a wide va­ri­e­ty of works: or­a­to­rios, li­bret­tos, cham­ber piec­es, can­ta­tas, odes, cho­ral works and so­lo songs.

In 1883, Par­ry be­came a teach­er at the Roy­al Col­lege of Mu­sic, and was to become its second di­rect­or (1894–1918). He was knight­ed in 1898, and made a bar­o­net in 1903.

He was a master in the choral repertoire, and was invited by royalty and official institutions in important commissions. The present hymn song is included in the  volume “Hymns Ancient and Modern”, 1904. He chose the text from lyricist Reginald Heber (1783-1826), where it was found in “Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year” (London: J. Murray, 1827). “Devine Happiness” is equally known as “There was Joy in Heaven!”.

For young cello ensembles this is surely a nice inclusion. Set as a hymn, yet with refreshing harmonies, Johnstone has transported the music into G Major, meaning only first and fourth left-hand positions are used, plus a few first position finger extensions.  Being rhythmically straight-forward will allow the cellists to draw out a full beautiful sound!

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