(score also offered using the text to "O My Father")
Text by Robert Robinson ("O My Father" text by Eliza R. Snow); Melody from John Wyeth's "Repository of Sacred Music," Part Second; Arranged by Sally DeFord
This beautiful melody tugged at me for quite awhile, and though there are plenty of arrangements of it out there I gave in and did one anyway, simply for the pleasure of arranging it. It's presented both as "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing," for LDS and non-LDS congregations, and as "O My Father" for LDS congregations. The scores are separate, as I used three verses of "Come, Thou Fount," and four of "O My Father."
This is a very simple arrangement, without even a single key change. The obbligato included is written for two C instruments. In recordings it's easy to balance a solo voice and two instruments--in live performance it will be tricky to use two instruments without overpowering a solo voice. The obbligatos will probably only be useful for choral renditions, unless your soloist is well amplified. | 