Keep Still and Wait

Cramer, Benjamin Keep Still and Wait, SATB Choir _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Benjamin M. Cramer

Keep Still and Wait for SATB Choir

www.benjaminmcramer.com

If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it.

I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil and its head bent low with patience.

The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish, and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky.

Then thy words will take wing in songs from every one of my birds' nests, and thy melodies will break forth in flowers in all my forest groves. ~Rabindranath Tagore (d.1941)

Dedicated with admiration to Dr.Brian A. Schmidt

Keep Still and Wait SATB Choir

Benjamin M. Cramer

Rabindranath Tagore (d.1941)

Soprano

Solemn q = 60  2    2   If

Alto

 2 2 

If

Tenor

  22 

If

Bass

 2  2

If

thou speak - est

for rehearsal only

2  2

not

 

3 2 





I

will

fill my heart





with thy









3 2

not

 











with thy











not

 

3 2 

















 

3  2











 

3   2



thou speak - est

thou speak - est



thou speak - est

not

 



 

  



I

I

I

will

will

will

 

fill my heart

fill my heart



fill my heart

3    2

 

 

with thy

with thy



 

Copyright © 2017 Benj Cramer Publications

  



 

si - lence



Solemn q = 60

2 2 



and en -











4 2







4 2

  

4 2

and en -

si - lence

si - lence

 

 

4 2



si - lence

 

4 2

 

and en -

and en -

 



4 2

Keep Still and Wait--Cramer

4 2 



dure



it.



4  2 



4  2



dure

I



  it.



  

 4   2

5  4

vi

5  4

vi

-



 5  4



gil



gil

-

  

-

 

gil



    

  

3 2

 



 

and its



 

and its





 

and its

 

 

    

will keep

 

will keep





will keep

wait



like the











 

 

 

   

3 2   head

3  2   

head

 

3       2 

like the



 





and

still

and

  

bent.

like the



night





night



with



   

5 4





5 4

with

 



 



5 4

       

with



night

    



 



and



wait

like the

night

with



   

   

   



 

4  2



wait

 





 

  

 

wait





2 2   



and

 

still

still

  



still

will keep

head

3 2



 

head

3 2



 

2  2 

  

and its

gil

11

5  4   





 2 2  I



11

vi



 

-

I

 

5

4  2  

 2 2 



it.

dure

5  4 

 2 2 

it.

dure

vi

I



4  2 

5 4 

 2 2  



5

  

 

  Mm.

    



 



Mm.

star

ry

star - ry

star - ry



 

2  2 2  2

bent



bent

4  2

2  2



4  2 

2  2

   

4  2 



low

low



4

4  2  

5 4 5 4

 

6 4

 

6 4

 

6 4

 

6 4

with

with

low

bent

 

-

5 4

star - ry

4 2 

   

 











2 2    2  2

with

with



 

6 4 6 4

Keep Still and Wait--Cramer 15

6 4

  



pa

-

6 4

 



6 4





6 4



pa

pa

pa

15

6  4   6 4

  





20

  

3







-

 

-

 





 3



  

-



  3

3

3

morn

tience.

4  4 

 

4 4

The





 

morn



 

-

   3

  



 





 3  2







van - ish,





 3



3 2

The dark - ness will

  

come,

 

 3   2

a tempo

 



van - ish,

ish,





van - ish,

 





 3



5











van - ish,

3   2   3  2







will

3 2

ish,



come,

  



 

 

 



 

accel.

 



  

morn



come,

will



 

sure - ly come,

will





will



ish,

-

-







-

  

  

   



mor - ning

tience. The

4 4



a tempo

 van



 4      4

-



The

accel.



tience. The





van

4  4 

-



dark - newss will

tience.

-

        

  4   4

-

-

dark - ness will van

 20

 

-





 





the



the







3



The dark - ness will

 



 





 







3

 

6 4 



4 4

pour





6 4 



4 4

pour







4 4

and thy

6 4 

pour

 



4 4

and thy

6  4

pour

  

6 4   

 

4 4

and thy

and thy

   

voice

voice

voice

voice

6  4 

 

4 4

Keep Still and Wait--Cramer 24

4  4 

down

4 4



down



in

6 4 



6 4 



6   4

in

4  4 

down

in

4 4 

down

 4  4 

 

gol

6 4



6 4    6   4





-

sky,

 







streams,

streams,



 

 

through the

 

   

 

streams,



4 4

den









  

streams,

4 4   



4  4   

 



through the

  

streams,









  

streams,









 





streams,





 



  



sky.

through the











sky,







 



 

6



 





streams,

streams,

  

-

 

 

 









ing





4 2

  





4 4

4  2 



 

4 4





  



   





4    2



4 4



4    2  

 

4 4



through the

 



sky.

The

 

the



Ah.







 

through

break

 

 

  

a tempo







sky.





ing





 

-

 



streams,

 

   

break

 4 4   



rit.



  

streams

den



  

through,



-



 4 4   

den

rit.

   29

-

in

4  4  



gol



24

29

gol



 4 4 

sky.

sky.

a tempo



 



 4    2 

4    2    

 

  

4 4   

4 4

Keep Still and Wait--Cramer 33

4 4

Then thy words will take

  







4   4 

   

4   4



4  4 

 

Then

Then

4   4    

thy



4  4 

rit. 

 

  

5 2

2  4

 5     2

in

in



    2 4 in

2 4 36

   in

 2 4



songs

songs



 5     2











   

  5    2  5    2

 



   

 



   













  



 



















 









  



 









then thy

 







 

wing

  





  

2 4





2 4





2 4

words

then thy words

will take





will take

2 4  







2 4



2 4

a tempo

 4      4 

  

4 4

4   4







     









nests,

  

of my birds'



a tempo

7



from ev - ery one

4 4

4 4

of my birds'

      

4  4 

will take wing,



will take wing,

from ev - ery one





 







songs

  5   2





 



then thy words

  



wing,

   

will take wing,

words,

 











  

songs

rit.

2   4

 



words





then thy words

then thy words







will take

words,

    



 

then thy

 

 2   4 36



  



Then thy words

thy

Then,

33



wing,

     

from ev - ery

   

from

        



  

 

  

Keep Still and Wait--Cramer 40

   

  

 

  

  

from ev - ery one

nests,



one



    

of my birds'

 



 

ev - ery one

40

     



from ev - ery one





of my birds'

of my

    

  







  





  

molto rit. 





nest,



of my birds'



in flo - wers

           44

tutti Break







Break

  

Break

   

Break

44 Slowly

         

  

                 in

all

my

forth,



   

molto rit. 



 

 

 

forth,



forth,



break

forth,

    

  

 

8





forth.







break

forth.

4    2

forth,

  

4 2   

  

    

 



break

4    2 



  





forth.



 

 

forth.

molto rit.

 

  



break







4 2  

 4 2  

forth.

molto rit.

4  2 

 

break

  

      

    





break

forth,

  

  



forth,

break

 





forth.

break





forth,

   

 

for - est groves.

break

  

         

  Ah,

Slowly 2 voices

break



  



forth.

Ah,



 





nests,

       



 



nests,



will break forth

break





 

 

nests,



 

and thy mel - o - dies





birds'

      





      



Waco, TX 2018