It was the annual community Good Friday service. The centerpiece of the evening was supposed to be Lee Dengler’s arrangement of Pacem . It was a stunning, contemplative piece—SATB, a cappella, with a soaring soprano descant that required absolute precision. But earlier that afternoon, the guest clinician had sent a frantic email: “The current printed edition has a typesetting error in the alto line, measure 24. It turns a suspension into a clunker. I’ve attached the updated PDF. Please, for the love of music, use this one.”
Lee Dengler (b. 1950s) is a respected figure in church music and educational choral publishing. He has written and arranged hundreds of anthems, cantatas, and collections for publishers such as Shawnee Press, Hal Leonard, and Lorenz. His style blends traditional hymnody with gentle contemporary harmonies, making his music attractive to choirs of varying skill levels. pacem lee dengler satb pdf updated