Ding Dong! Angels on High for Wind Quintet

DESCRIPTIONDing Dong! Angels on High, arranged for Wind Quintet, is based on three popular Christmas carols "Ding Dong Merrily on High", "Angels We Have Heard on High", and "I Saw Three Ships". This arrangement is inspired largely due to the striking musical resemblance between "Ding Dong Merrily on High" and "Angels We Have Heard on High", especially the melismatic melodic sequences on the word "Gloria" in both hymms. The treament of "Gloria", with the sustained "o" with the "-ria" to conclude the sequence is remarkably similar as well. Even the choice of lyrics bears striking resemblence. For example, the melismatic sequence in "Ding Dong Merrily on High" reads "Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!" while that of "Angels We Have Heard on High" reads "Gloria, in excelsis Deo".  The interplay between the two carols eventually makes way for the brisk and jaunty "I Saw Three Ships" in triple meter. The original strophic "A-A-A-" form has been transformed into a simple binary form "A-B-A"