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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: alto part

The alto part of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel in Em, from G3 to F#4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings the words under the tune, most often on C, then D, up to its top F-sharp only on the "joice!" of each refrain's first "Rejoice!", on "here,", "save," and "night," at the end of each verse's third line, where it crosses a third above the tune's low D, and on the next line's second syllable (the "til" of "Until", "give" and "death's"), and down to its low G only on the "ra-" of every "Israel", the "an-" of "tyranny" and the "vent" of "Advent", where the tune has its low D.

Range
G3 to F#4
Key
Em
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About O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Words: John Mason Neale (1851), as altered for Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861)

Tune: "Veni Emmanuel", from the Hymnal Noted (musical editor Thomas Helmore)

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel is the Advent hymn that John Mason Neale translated from the Latin "Veni, veni, Emmanuel", sung to the tune Veni Emmanuel from the Hymnal Noted, whose musical editor was Thomas Helmore. There Neale's words begin "Draw nigh, draw nigh, Emmanuel". The earliest printing we have read that opens "O come, O come, Emmanuel" is Hymns Ancient and Modern of 1861. Our tune and words are read from that book's revised edition of 1875, in a later printing, in E minor as printed, and our harmony from W. H. Monk's four parts in the 1861 edition: the soprano sings the tune, and the lower parts are adapted for beginners. This is verses 1 to 3 of the five the book prints, for 2 to 4 singers, each with the refrain "Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel": captive Israel waiting, the Rod of Jesse, and the Dayspring that puts death's dark shadows to flight.

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