Behold, O There’s a Sight That Rends My Heart

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Behold, O There’s a Sight That Rends My Heart

by Simon Peter (1743-1819)

text by Christian Gregor

Edited by Jayson Snipes

Lent / Maundy Thursday

SATB choir and organ/piano  (SSTB?, SSAB? see notes)
string parts available and optional.

there is a soprano solo version
for soprano and strings

(Note: accompaniment part, in a lower key, is always available upon request, making the soprano range more accessible without the bass becoming too low. Pitch, at the time of this composition, was not standardized to A=440.)

MMFS1501

Sponsored by the Moramus Chorale in honor of Jayson Snipes, Music Director.

Simon Peter (1743-1819) was born in Heerendijk, Holland, to German Moravian parents. He was educated in Holland and Germany, and, with his brother Joh. Friedrich, came to America in 1770.