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We Three Kings of Orient Are: alto part

The alto part of We Three Kings of Orient Are in Em, from B3 to B4. 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 E, then B, up to its top B only on the "moun-" of "mountain," in verse 1 and the "Hal-" of the second "Hallelujah" in verse 5, down to its low B only in each Chorus, on "Star of" and the "Won-" of "Wonder,", "Night,", "Star with" and the "Roy-" of "Royal", "bright,", "Guide us to" and "Light.", and crossing a third above the tune, to G over its E, on the last note of the first, second and last lines of each verse ("are,", "far,", "Star.", "rise,", the "fice;" of "Sacrifice;", the "plies." of "replies.").

Range
B3 to B4
Key
Em
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About We Three Kings of Orient Are

Words: John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857)

Tune: John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857)

We Three Kings of Orient Are is John Henry Hopkins Jr.'s carol, words and tune his own. The earliest printing we have seen is in his book Carols, Hymns, and Songs, published in New York without a date and catalogued, with a question mark, as 1863, where it is titled Three Kings of Orient and has three singers' parts headed Gaspard, Melchior and Balthazar. Our arrangement is read from that printing, in E minor turning to G major as printed, and keeps its "Hallelujah", where his editions of 1872 and 1882 print "Alleluia": the soprano sings his tune, and the alto, tenor and bass are adapted from his trio, its accompaniment and his four-part Chorus, with a tenor of our own in the verse, for 2 to 4 beginners. This is verses 1 and 5, the two his book gives to all three kings together, each followed by the Chorus, "O Star of Wonder".

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