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Soprano
& 46
q = 60
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2.Let
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Vocal Reduction
(For Rehearsal Only)
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ly on the grass
de - scend-ing from
de-scends
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ly on the grass
de - scend-ing from
de-scends
a - bove,
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2.Let
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in - tends.
of love.
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in - tends.
of love.
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in - tends.
of love.
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ho - ly
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4
& 4
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of
life
dis
&
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11
the
ha - bi
Lets
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&
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11
the
ta
ta
dews
ha - bi
11
dews
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ho - ly
tion
of
life
dis
Lets
the
tion
the
till
dews
of
life
life
our
cry
come
up
4.Let
our
cry
come
up
be
4.Let
4.Let
dis - til.
dis - till
4.Let our
of
ho - ly
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till
dews
Lets
ha - bi - ta - tion
&
11
ha - bi - ta - tion
our
be -
cry
come
fore
thee.
cry
come
&
&
up
be
15
up
15
&
15
be
So the
shed a-round,
So the
peo - ple shall a - dore thee And con - fess the joyful sound.
shed a-round,
Spi - rit
Thy sweet
peo - ple shall a - dore thee And con - fess the joyful sound.
So the
peo - ple shall a - dore thee And con - fess the joyful sound.
So the
peo - ple shall a - dore thee And con - fess the joyful sound.
The arranger pays homage to the bold, sometimes primitive psalm-setting style of colonial
America.
"Fugueing" was a popular musical device of the period, wherein a "Fugueing Tune" is traded back
and forth among the voice parts, forming a texture similar to the more sophiticated fugues of
European contemporaries Bach, Handel, and Mozart. The best known composer of this style was
William Billings (1746-1800). The second section of this arrangement uses the folk hymn tune
HOLY MANNA (anon), and imitates the opening of a traditional fugue, but uses the quainter
harmonic language of fugeing.
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