Timothy Baxter – The First Nowell

Timothy Baxter The First Nowell (2011) SATB Arrangement Dur. 4′11″

Text: Traditional

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Timothy Baxter The First Nowell (2011) SATB Arrangement Dur. 4′11″

NOTE This arrangement was made for a KomVest Christmas concert in 2011 and was first performed in Copenhagen by Koret Paradox. Some phrases are more than a little reminiscent of the ballet music from Act 2 of my Christmas musical The Birth of Jesus.

TB

The First Nowell

arr.Timothy Baxter

traditional English text

Soprano

q =108 mp

            1

1.

2. The They mp

Alto

first No - well look - èd up

the and

       1. The first



No 2. They look - èd mp

  BASS   



1.

2.



an - gel did saw a

    

           1.

2. mp

TENOR

   

well up

the and

an gel -did saw a

    

 



    

    

 

    

      

fields to



where they the earth

        fields where they 

to

the





earth



  

    

    

18

well,

well,



 

lay, it



lay, it

 





keep - ing their sheep, gave great light,

   keep - ing their gave great

    





  sheep light,





No - well,

No -- well,

    

  



    





No

- well,

No -

well,

    



say star,

              



well,

    

            

     cold so

winter's night that it con - tin - ued both

     



in a and

cold so







 



  

  



king

of

Is

f

  

  



f







of

Is

  

Born is f

the

  

king

  

deep: night:

 

  

the

so and





  

winter's night that it con - tin - ued both

 

was day

 

Born is



   



  

f



  

was day

  

-

so and

deep: night:





 



-

p



In And p



  

was to cer tain poor shep - herds in fields as they lay; shi - ning in the east be - yond them far;





     No -

say star

in a and

  

was to cer tain poor shep - herds in fields as they lay; shi - ning in the east be - yond them far;





  

No - well,



                

    10

        

 In And



Refrain mf

  No -

mf

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No mf

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

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



2

  26





la





3.

mf

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



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mm..

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

king

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

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mm

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in

- tent

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

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la

-



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star

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

 

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la

la

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well

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la

  

  



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





of

Is

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  

 

 

it

f

  





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king

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mf

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

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 

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for a

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seek

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to

to

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

Born is

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Born is

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 

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well,

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



far;

la la

la

  

     la





la la

came from coun - try

 



and to

No - well,

   

  

la





well,



La

Wise Men



 



No -

Three

 

la



well.

 



la la

          



la

   



la

la la

 

  

No

la



mm

 

 

- well,



same star,

in - tent

    

well,

that

  

la

la

their

   43

la

of



was

 

 

la

mm

   

   king



light

mm...

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    

       

36

  

la





p



    



la

la

  



la

3.

3.



  

3.



      

p



la

went:

 la

 

No -

mf

 







ra - el.

 



 



-

  

 

ra - el.







3

   51

4.

 



4.

This mp

star

drew nigh







mp

     

mp

4.

   61

did



       

    4. This  

   

mp



star

drew nigh







stop

Beth-

le - hem

 













 





to

the

north - west O'er

Beth - le - hem

 





        



and

stay



 

  



   did





  

both

stop





   69

ell,

 





   No

and

stay





- well,

No -

the

       







    

      

Right

place

Je

o - ver the

     

where

  

    



Right

o - ver the

place



  

  





well,

     ell, No



  



it









there

  



  





No - well,

    

 Born

where

it

took

it

rest,

 

took

its

rest,

and



  -

sus

No

well,

No -



 

 







 



  

No

well,









 



Je

-

sus

  

lay:







is

king

of

Is

ra -







 







   





 



is

of

Is

 

king



 

  

ra -



No -



el.

 





lay:









  

the

it

      





Born

there

Refrain

  the

its

       And

    

   

- well

          

north - west O'er



     both

to



el.





4

   76

5.



Soli mf

Then

en





tered in

p







mm...



p







Fell

rev - erent - ly





p



  

there

in

  

  





   

la

la

 

pre

sence





la



la

la

la



 

la

    

 

    

93

well,

  

well,

  

No - well,

     No - well,

    

la

la

la

la

  



No - well,

No -

  





 

No - well,





gold

and

 



la



well,

    

 



of -

fered





   



la la

  myrrh

la

la la



 

and

  

la

in - cense:

 

  No -



  No -

la

Is

  

  



  







of

Is

  

Refrain

 

la

of

  

-

 

king

 





king

the

la





the

al

frank



la

  

  

  

Born is

and





la

Born is

knee,

la

  

well,

     No -

la

la



their

 

      



la



   



  

Both



mm..



   

his



la

la la

 -





la

86

u - pon



mm





         

   



La

  



those Wise Men three,

  

 mm...

 

    

       



 

la

la

  -



 



ra - el.

    -

  









ra - el.







   101

5

Slower

6. Then let

us

all

with







 



          6. Then let us all

  

   111

heaven

 

heaven

  

heaven







118

well,

 







   well, 



well,





and

Sing

prai - ses

 













 



with

one

ac - cord

sing

 

all

earth

  

and

earth

one

cord Sing





with

one



of

naught,





of

          



ac - cord

    

naught,

ac - cord

our hea - ven - ly Lord,

prai

to

our hea - ven - ly Lord,

ses

to

our

hea ven - ly

  



And

his

blood

kind





  

And

with

his

man -



and

earth

of

And

with







  

  

  

earth

of

with

blood

kind

 

    

No - well,

naught,

 naught,

And

  



No - well,

No -

  



  



No -

well,

No -





      

No -

well

well,

well,

No - well:

No

Born is





well

blood

man -

man -

  

well:



No -

his



     

his

the



made





hath



hath







 

bought:

No-







bought:

rit.

   









 



    





 





of

Is

the

   

born is

the

king

king

  of

-

No

of

Born is

Is

 

No -

bought:

hath

   

made

king

   

kind

hath

bought:

 





made

Refrain

hath

  



that



man - kind

  



hath

  

blood

lord



hath

that

 





made

      

our hea - ven - ly Lord, that

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