BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA
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This guitar quartet arrangement of Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, offers a refreshingly new treatment of a centuries-old carol. A brief and cheerful introduction is followed by the initial statement of the lyrical melody in Guitar 1. The mood becomes reflective at letter B where the tune, played in the lower register by Guitar 4, is supported by the rest of the ensemble using both sustained tones and a moving ostinato figure. The change of key at letter D sets up a unique treatment of the melody which cascades across Guitars 1, 2 and 3. The echoing of the first three notes of the melody provide the motif for conclusion.