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We Gather Together: alto part

The alto part of We Gather Together in D, from A3 to G4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings the words a third or a sixth under the tune three quarters of the time, mostly on D and F-sharp, up to G only on the end of "gather" in verse 1 and the first "us" in verse 2, down to A only on "Sing" and "Thou,", which open each verse's last line, and ends each verse a third above the tune, on F-sharp.

Range
A3 to G4
Key
D
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About We Gather Together

Words: Theodore Baker (1894), from the Dutch "Wilt heden nu treden" in Adrianus Valerius's Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck (1626)

Tune: "Kremser", a Netherlands folk tune printed by Valerius (1626), as Eduard Kremser arranged it

We Gather Together is Theodore Baker's English, published in 1894, of an old Dutch song of thanks, made from Eduard Kremser's German setting of 1877. The Dutch words, "Wilt heden nu treden", have their earliest known printing in Adrianus Valerius's Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck, which his heirs had printed at Haarlem in 1626, after his death, set to an older tune, "Hey wilder dan wild" ("Hey, wilder than wild"), with lute tablature underneath. The tune is called Kremser, after him. A 1928 American hymnal told congregations to sing the first two verses in unison, men and women taking turns if they liked, and only the last "in full harmony". Our arrangement is read from the four parts The Beacon Hymnal printed in 1924, which The Abingdon Hymnal credits to Kremser, in D as printed, adapted for beginners. These are verses 1 and 2, for 2 to 4 singers, in harmony, steady and strong in three.

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