Augsburg Fortress

Dazzling Presence on the Mountain

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Dazzling Presence on the Mountain

by Karen E Black (Composer)
This tune by Karen Black with powerful text by Paul Hoffman celebrates the glory of the Transfiguration in a majestic setting for choir and organ, with optional brass and assembly. One stanza features the choir a cappella, and the rest will be quick to learn for both choir and assembly.

Sheet Music
ISBN: 9781506408576
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Instrumental Parts

Digital Download
ISBN: 9781506408637
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  • Publisher Augsburg Fortress
  • Format Digital Download; Sheet Music
  • ISBN 9781506408576; 9781506408637
  • Brand Augsburg Choral Hymn Series
  • Version Instrumental Parts
  • Season/Occasion Transfiguration
  • Difficulty Easy-Medium
  • Voicing Organ; SATB/4-part mixed

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Composer Commentary

This new hymn was written for the hymn festival, “A Transfigured Christ for a Transforming World,” held at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, in February 2014. Paul Hoffman and I had the idea for the hymn while we were both serving at Lutheran Summer Music in the summer of 2013. The hymn festival was part of a two-day event of the same name, which included workshop sessions by Rev. Hoffman and musician Daniel Schwandt, who was organist for the hymn festival. 


Paul sent me the text early in the fall of 2013 and it struck me as a powerful text from the beginning. I worked on the tune and setting for the next several months. We brought together church choirs from Lutheran churches in Waverly and the Chapel Choir from Wartburg College to lead the hymn festival. The tune name, WAVERLY, is  the town where the tune was written, home of Wartburg College.
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