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FOUR MEDITATIONS FOR SOPRANO AND ORGAN
B RAXT O N B L A KE
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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BRAXTON BLAKE
F O U R M E D I TAT I O N S FOR SOPRANO AND ORGAN
The Morning Stars Yehud a H al evi ( c . 1 0 7 5 – 1 1 4 1 )
L et Man Remember Moshe I b n E z r a ( c . 1 0 5 5 – a f t e r 1 1 3 8 )
Prison Moshe Nat an ( m i d - f o u r t e n t h c e n t u r y )
Three Things Schelomo I b n Gab i rol ( 1 0 2 1 / 2 2 – c . 1 0 5 7 / 5 8 )
From The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetr y from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492 © 2007 by Princeton University Press Poems translated by Peter Cole Used here with per mission of the publisher
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rit.
Soprano
The 3
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Organ
poco accel.
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5
morn
9
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ing
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sing
out
to
you,
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freely
for
stars
their
glo
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ry
4
13
and
17
rit.
rive
splen
3
6
dor
de
a tempo
3
from
yours;
3
3
20
3
and the
an
gels
of
3
24
accel.
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God 3
stand 3
3
3
5
27
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30
rit.
guard
a
bove
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them,
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31
accel.
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3
3
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accel. 5
for
ev er
ex
alt
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ing
the
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accel.
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poco rit.
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name
of their
Lord.
5
3
accel.
And
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the
rit.
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6
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ly as sem
bly
rit.
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turn,
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6
50
poco accel.
ris
accel.
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51
reach
your
house
at
3
lows in
dawn.
ing to
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L E T MA N RE ME MB E R MOSHE IBN EZRA
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Organ
6
10
11
Let
man
8
20
16
re
mem
ber
through out
his
life
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he’s 3
on
his
way
toward
3 3
3
24
death: leggiero
each
day
9
27
he
tra
30
vels
3
on
ly
a
lit
33
tle
so
3
thinks
he’s
al
ways
at
rest—
10
36
3
like
some
one
piĂš legato
39
40
3
sit
ting
at
3
ease
on
a
ship
42
3
while
the
wind
3
piĂš staccato
sweeps
3
3
it
11
46
o
ver 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
50
49
the
3
depths.
3 3
3
piĂš staccato
53
rit.
3
12
P RIS O N M O S H E N ATAN =60–63 Soprano
8’+4’+2’
Organ
8’
ossia: pedal tacet until m. 5 with 16’ pedal to manual coupler until m. 5 5
Dig
a
grave
in
your heart
for
your
se
8’
4’ colla voce
10
9
cret.
3
Tel
lers
3
of
se
crets
don’t
13
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know
what
they
do.
Your
16
se
crets
your
hos
tage
3
3 3 3
20
so
long
3
3
3 3
as
it’s
14
22
accel. kept—
=140
26
=60–63 Tempo I
but once
you
8’+4’+2’
8’
ossia: simile, as in measures 1–4
30
pri
soner
is
you.
re
veal
it,
the
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T H RE E TH IN G S S C H E LO MO I B N GABIR O L
=60–63 Soprano
Organ
5
10
Three
things
meet
in
my
eyes
16
14
and
keep
the
17
thought
of
you
20
al
17
23
ways
be
fore
me:
30 28
The
skies,
32
which
make
me
think
of
your
18
36
40
Name,
accel.
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41
as
they
bear
faith
ful
wit
ness
for
46
me;
the
place
where
I
stand,
10
19
50 49
which
brings
my
mind
back
to
the
5
rit.
51
land
you
ex
tend
be
5
55
rit.
neath
=60–63
me;
60
20
61
and
bless,
my
soul,
my
Lord
at
all
70
66
times
for
heart’s
re
flec
rit. 71
tion
with
rit.
in
me.