Hymn and Fuguing Tune on Middlebury

Middlebury is an old shaped note tune that first appeared in the early 1800’s in Davisson’s Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony. The arranger has here created a beautiful fantasia-like treatment of this hymn tune, starting with a free transcription of the original tune, then moving at faster tempo to a section that features imitative treatment of the hymn tune, concluding with a final statement of the hymn. This is profoundly moving music that could be a huge asset to the musicality your string program.