Lead Gently, Lord - SATB or TTBB a cappella

About the Composer American composer Douglas Pew (b. 1980) is noted for his ability to strike at the root of the emotional world through his music “with a showman’s touch and a poet’s soul” (Jake Heggie). His music has been heralded as “stunning…magical” (Washington Times) and “sensual, other-worldly, expressive and showcasing a rich harmonic pallet, sure to connect with audiences, while saying something fresh, profound and meaningful” (Scarecrow Press).

Douglas has received commissions and performances from ensembles such as Washington National Opera, Atlanta Opera, NANOWorks Opera Company, Polish Chamber Choir, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, Miami University Men’s Glee Club, and the Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra. He has received multiple awards including a Barlow Endowment commission, 1 prize in the 2009 SCI/ASCAP Student Composers Commission Competition, Musica Sacra International Choral Composition Competition in Poland, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, Susan and For Schumann Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, and the Tangeman Sacred Music Center. st

Douglas holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from the University of Cincinnati, CollegeConservatory of music as well as a post-graduate certificate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland where he studied with internationally acclaimed composer Paweł Łukaszewski under the auspices of a Fulbright Grant. Douglas currently lives in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area where he teaches at Northern Kentucky University, is composer-in-residence at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, is a copyist for Cincinnati Opera, and is active as a local conductor and vocalist. His music is published by Boosey & Hawkes, Jackman Music Corporation, and Blue Shore Music. To learn more, please visit douglaspew.com.

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Commissioned by the Miami University Men’s Glee Club, Jeremy D. Jones, conductor

LEAD GENTLY, LORD for Men's Chorus TTBB a cappella

Paul Laurence Dunbar

DOUGLAS PEW

(1872 - 1906)

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2

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sooth - ing sen - tence T2

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speak;

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that

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speak,

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tence

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that

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speak;

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turn

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T1

ty

T2

V #œ

˙

toward

thine

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see.

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toward

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toward thine

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toward

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dark;

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Through

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the way

is

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through

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T1

œ

f ˙

F ˙.

f œ #œ

save

œ

#˙.

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through

mist,

the

lit

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ful

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spark,

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grope,

dark; B2

the

Save for that fit

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mist

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hope,

T2

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hope,

B1

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the

flame

of

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p œ

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flame

of

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flame

of

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w >

p œ

the

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the

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flame

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f ˙

of

f œ

of

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f ˙

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flame

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lit

F ˙

save

p œœ

the

hope,

B2

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33

T1

grope,

# œ # œ œœ œ œœœ œ J

for

lit - tle flame of

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tle

flame

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ful spark,

w

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f ˙

the

the

˙

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of

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w>

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n ˙˙ .

œ œ

for the

# ww

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w w

˙˙˙ œ #œ œ ˙

œ œ

œ

p espr. œ œ

of

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œ

#œ ˙

œ

Andante rubato q = 88 - 92

Œ

p espr. œ #œ

Lead

Œ Œ Œ

hope.

œœ

flame

œœœ œ

œ

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lit - tle flame of

espr.

ru sa lC

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F w

F ˙.

and cloud I

#w

œ œ #œ œ #œ œ for that fit

#œ œ #œ œ œ J

V œ. ?

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Save

mists

B1

grope,

I

Œ

V ˙.

T2

P œ

Through mist

V Ó

w

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y

V Œ

p #œ

29

op

4

gent - ly,

p espr. #œ œ

Lead

#œ #œ

gent - ly,

p espr. œ œ

(#

œœ )

Lead

gent - ly,

Lead

#œ

(œ )

gent - ly,

Andante rubato q = 88 - 92

Œ

Œ

# œœ

œœ

#œ

# œœ

œœ

œ #œ

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6

V œ less

T2

#œ

œ

#œ

˙.

I

hear

thy

call.

V #˙ less

B1

B2

I

hear,

˙

w

less

I

hear

#˙

˙

nw

? ˙ ?

#œ

˙

less

#œ

œ˙

˙

# ˙œ .

? ˙ #˙

P œ

#œ

nœ

œ

un -

less

I

hear

P #w

faint

T2

V #œ #œ faint

? #˙. ?

faint

#˙.

-

œ

thy

thy

call.

Œœ

˙

#œ

B2

œ

#˙

˙

F # # ˙˙ ..

ing

soul

doth

faint

-

-

Poco meno q = c80

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ing

œ

œ˙

yearn

œ

œ

Ó œ

œ

˙

F

for

thy

green

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˙

˙

yearn

for

thy

green

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doth

yearn

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#˙

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soul

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for

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F ˙.

yearn

doth

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for

doth

soul

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soul

ing

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#˙.

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_

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w

# œ˙ # œ

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call.

call.

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Pe

B1

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P

˙ n˙

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V ˙.

49

T1

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p Œ #œ

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thy

hear

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ru sa lC

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I

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Œ

_

y

T1

Rall. _

op

45

green

œ

œœ ˙

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green

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7

hills

T2

a

V #œ œ #œ #œ hills

B1

? ˙

a

-

-

hills

far;

a

far;

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? # ˙˙

#˙. # ˙.

so

let

thy

mer

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,œ

let

n˙.

thy

so

let

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#œ

U

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˙.

cy

burn-

œ œ #œ œ

mer

œ

-

cy

œ œ #œ œ

thy

mer

#œ œ œ #œ

-

Meno mosso

V 46 w

58

T1

˙˙

˙

great

T2

-

V 46 # œ˙ # œ # œ # œœ

œœ

-

great

? 46 # w

mer

# œœ

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n œœ

# ˙œ œ # ˙œ

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er,

˙

B2

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great

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great

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er,

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guid

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burn-

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guid

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cy

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guid

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thy

guid

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B1

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burn-

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let

44 # ww

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burn-

so

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cy

ru sa lC

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,

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nœ

so

far;

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,

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a

? #˙

far;

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hills B2

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#œ

p #œ

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p #œ

6 4

my

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T1

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my

p #œ

6 4

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#œ

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ing

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ing

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wœ # œ #w

p #œ

46

my

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star!

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star!

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# ww (uw )

#w

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my

star!

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24 July 2013 Crestview Hills, KY