In a message dated 00-06-04 08:37:50 EDT, you write:
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> I direct our church (Presbyterian) Christmas program every year. I
> would like to structure the program around some classical music, such
> as the Christmas Oratorio (I'm open to other suggestions) this year.
> My question is, do you have any suggestions for where I might find,
> or how I might write, a script around such music? Most of the
> commercial cantatas out there, the kind that tell a story, don't seem
> to have very good music.I'd also like to use well-known rather than
> original music this year, although I'm not hard-and-fast about that
> either. I'm still pretty new at this and may be overlooking some well-
> known source; and I'm not musically adept enough to pick up a piece
> of music and be able to tell if it works or not, although I have
> access to those who are.
sounds like what we Episcopalians call a Lessons and Carols service.
Merry
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