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Comfort Ye SAT choir and piano, with optional rhythm section 4'25"

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Comfort Ye Johann G. Olearius (1611-1684); tr. Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878), alt. h=66 E¨2 G7(#9)

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Deanna Witkowski

Ab                                         



    E¨2

5

  

Ab

              

Com- fort, com - fort

    

                  

    





3

  





B¨7sus(b9)

 

     







1st x: soloist only

  

13

           

                     

G7(#9)

9 G7(#9) A E¨2                   



Db7

E¨/G

        

 

thus

 

ye

my

Ab

   



says

  

F-7



speak ye peace,

         

    

 

B¨7sus



our

God;







   



peo - ple,

      

C7(b9)

Db7





                      

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            17

B¨-7



        

  E¨/G     21



'neath

        

B Ab^7       25



to

         

      29



F7sus

       

E¨7sus

A7(b9)

 

com - fort

     

those

who

sit

           

    

C-7

their

sor

         

-

  

     

   

   

   

F7

     that

waits

         

   

in

dark -

  

ness

    

B7+

B¨-7

rows'

load.

    

G-7

C7sus

   D7

-

Db7

  

    



A-7(b5)

Je - ru

Ab^7

             



 sa lem          for



  B¨7sus

  

    

 

B¨7

           

mourn - ing



ALL SING in unison/ down an octave

A7(#11)



 

         

Speak ye



 

of

               



them;



  

E¨7sus



3

the

 



peace

 

       

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 

tell

her

  

     

4 33



   

B¨-7

E¨7sus

         

that

her

        

      37



E¨/G

war

        



fare

      

41

 



-

sins

now

A7







           E¨2



I

cov -

    

C7[äÁ]



  

  

 



             

er,

 

o



ver.

  





   Ab



Db7sus

              

                      Ab

C ALL PARTS continue to sing in unison/down the octave Ab   E¨2    G7(#9)                 



voice

                     

    

of

one

that

 

and

 

cri - eth

 





G7(#9)



                 

 



B¨7sus(b9)

 

     

Db7



3



 

    

                This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.       

her

  

-

48

Hear the

         



E¨2



is

Db7

  

B¨7sus

 

G7(#9)



 



    

44

Ab^7

in the des







     52



E¨/G

        

      56

B¨-7



    

    

-

ert



A

T

        



          

far

     call

   -

ing

 

 

near;



 

E¨7sus

  

    

to

C-7



  

   



  

   



since the

king - dom now

king - dom now

king - dom now

  

    

new

B7+

   

since the

  

    



re

  

        

Ab^7

 -

  



pent -

ance

 

   

  

since the

A7(b9)



    

     





us

5

B¨7sus



and

 

E¨/G

F-7





59

S



 

   

    

C7(b9)



B¨-7

E¨7sus

is

here.





is



here.







  

 

 

is



     





Db7

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 

Oh, that

 

Oh, that

here.

                     

A7(#11)

  Oh, that

     

    



    

    

   

    

6

64

Ab^7

A-7(b5)

warn - ing cry

warn - ing cry

            warn - ing cry



69

         



    

    

 a

 a

 





o

 o

-

o

C7sus

-



bey!



bey!

B¨7



 

way;





  

way;



a

way;

let the

   

  



    

 

  

    

  

for God

 





B¨-7

-

 val

val

 

         

E¨7sus



     

for God

  

    let the

          



val

  

    for God

Now pre - pare

             

 



F7

  

Now pre - pare

 -

  

F7sus

Now pre - pare









bey!



B¨7sus

 

G-7

       

                    

    

D7

-

-

     leys rise

     leys rise

leys rise

        

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

to

 to

        

A7

   

 to

  

         74

Ab^7

meet

Db7

him

     and the

       meet

E¨/G

hills

    

him

and the

hills

                meet him and the hills



         

     79

  

A¨-7

  

      



              

            

   

G7+

  

bow

 to

7

F-7



 



greet

him.

   





  

to

greet









 

to

greet



 

bow

bow

down

down

  







down

     

C7[äÁ]

 F#-7



B7(¨9)





him.

him.

 

























         

     

          

          

               

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 









D 83 E2    

8

    Make

 



 

straight

what

   long

A





was

crook -



D7

   ed,





  



 

make ye







make ye

D    

     



    86

     

   

make the rough

             the

crook - ed

            the crook - ed



  



  

 

ye

G#7(#9)

             

  

  





E/G#



-

   er

plac

C#7(b9)



es

 

 



 





 

  

way,

 

B7sus



plain;



  

make the

make the

    

rough

  



way,



 

F#-7



-

straight

   

 

 

straight

  

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rough

     

   90

B-7





                

E7sus

       let

your

hearts

 

              - er pla - ces plain; -



er

pla - ces

             

   94

plain;

 

E/G#

B¨7(b9)

be







 

     

  C#-7

    C7+

  

       

ly

reign.

as be - fits

   







hum - ble,

his ho

his ho



   

ly

reign.

    





ly

reign.

   

     

-

    

 

  E7sus

 

 

 

          

 



-

his ho

   

B-7

-

 

       

hum - ble,

as be - fits

  

true and hum - ble,



    

          

D7

        

    

        as be - fits

A^7



B¨7(#11)

 

For the



 

For the



  For the

       

                 

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E A^7 A#-7(b5) D#7             

1099

   

glo to

-

ry of Je - ru

-

-

ry of Je - ru



to

     

Je - ru

-



104

 



   



B7sus







      

   

    

 a for



a for



broad; them;





  

broad; them;

broad; them;

        

 

 

   

    

is that

shed waits

  

     

earth peace

earth peace

         B-7

is that

shed waits

is that

shed waits

         

E7sus

     

B¨7(¨9)

   



  

   



   

   



         

   

 

earth peace

F#7

         

now on of the

       

F#7sus

  

now on of the

B7



a for

now on of the

Lord sa - lem

            



  



               

   



the Lord sa - lem

              glo - ry of the -

C#7sus

the Lord sa - lem

       glo to

G#-7



flesh that

and all tell her

flesh that

and all tell her

flesh that

     

shall see her sins

shall see her sins

shall see her sins

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

the I

 the I



the I

  

     109

 

  

A^7

to cov

-

 to cov

-

     

-

    to



cov

-

-

   

C#7[äÁ]    

D7

ken er

  

   



          

-

 

 



       

 

 

ken er

 

word



is





 

word

is





that and

the her

word



nev -



the her



is

 

 





er

bro

 er







bro

er

bro



   







that and

the her



that and







1.

B-7

-

-

-

-

-

      

nev -

nev -





-

11

 

B7sus



-



  

112

-





ken er

  

1.

E/G#

 

ken.



 



 



ken.

           ken.







 



B¨7(#11)



Speak

 

ye

Speak

ye





Speak

 

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ye

 

  

   

12

115

2.

E/G#

war

   

C#7[äÁ]

- fare

       war

 

   





 is



o

  





is

o



 

now



now

  

  

-

-



  A2

-

-



-

ver.

-



 -

-

ver.

 -

ver.

             

       3  

 

 

   





     

   

120

E%

o

- fare

2.     

B7

is

war - fare

now



F#-7

E%

G#7(¨9)

D7

             

rit.



3

 



                                                      This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

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E%

G#7(¨9)

A2

D7sus

/B

D¨2

         

G7(#9) 

E¨2

Comfort Ye

        

G7(#9) 

E¨2

                 

A E¨2 G7(#9)                      Com - fort, com Hear the voice

E¨/G

   

 

thus ert

B¨-7

fort ye of one

my that

our and



A7(b9)

E¨7sus 

'neath king

B Ab^7     to warn

F7sus

   

-

-

  

  

their sor dom now

  

that for

-

A-7(b5) 



  

Je - ru ing cry

  

peo - ple, cri - eth

F7



  

waits God

-

Ab^7



B¨-7





rows is

load. here.

D7

G-7





sa o



for a

    



speak ye peace, in the des

B¨7sus 



Db7 



  

 

 

in dark - ness re - pent - ance

B7+





   

God; near,

who sit to new

C-7 



Db7

Ab





says far

com - fort those call - ing us

   





Bb7sus 

  

F-7

                E¨/G

Ab

witkowski/olearius



     

C7(b9)

  

Db7

Ab

-

lem bey!

B¨7sus



mourn - ing since the

E¨7sus 



A7(#11)







Speak ye Oh, that

C7sus 



B¨7 







of Now



them; way;

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

tell let

 

the peace pre - pare



her the

2

B¨-7

   

that val

  

war hills

E¨2

   

E¨2

   



A7

sins rise

I to

 

her leys

-

E¨/G

   

E¨7sus 

-



 



fare bow

Ab^7





is to

Ab

      

Ab-7



him.

F#-7      

Ab

 

 

  

E/G#



er

  

yourhearts

be

  



 

   

ces

D7



true

and



  

his

ho

-

ly

make the rough



  

D7



 

 

hum - ble,

reign.



    



E/G# C#-7 C7+ B-7 E7sus                  This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies. fits





B7sus 

plain;

A^7

ver.







B-7 E7sus B¨7(b9)                     let



F#-7

-

pla



A

C#7(b9)





B¨7sus(b9) 

was crook - ed,

ye straight what long

 

G7(#5) 

  

D E2 G#7(#9)                 Make

her the





  



-



Db7

  



     B7(b9) 

-

o

           

greet

 





 

and and

B¨7sus



F-7





1.

C7[äÁ]

G7(#9) 

    



cov - er, meet him

G7(#9) 

2.



  



now down

   

Db7 

as

be -

B¨7(#11)



For



the

3

E

A^7        glo

 

F#7sus

A#-7(b5) 

D#7

G#-7

of



the



     

-

ry

  





is

F#7 

  

E7sus 

  

    

  

  

B-7

flesh

E/G#

is

F#-7     

E2

 

E2



- en.

shall see

the



word

bro

B¨7

nev

  





to



bro

on earth



and

D7



  



all

that

B-7 

the

B¨7(#11)



 

-



 

- ken

B7sus

er



broad;

A^7



-

B7



-



C#7[äÁ]



now

B7sus

a





Lord



shed

C#7sus 



ken.





B7sus

-

-

-



-

-

G#7(b9) 

             

G#7(b9) 

-

-

-

-

D7sus 

A2



            

A2

D7sus

/B

Db

                           

rit.

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Songbooks: Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns A companion sheet music book to the 2017 trio recording. Includes 13 fully notated piano scores and lead sheets of jazz hymn arrangements for jazz trio (piano/bass/ drums) with or without assembly singing. Available as an e-book only. ** From This Place A companion 137 page sheet music book to the 2009 recording. Includes choral scores, bulletin inserts, and fully notated piano parts for 14 pieces, including the complete Evening Mass. Available as an e-book or a spiral bound book. ** –––––––––––––––––––– SATB with piano In Our Song (5’) Part of the Charles Bruffy Sacred ICON series at MusicSpoke Original text about the power of singing together.

We Are Surrounded (3’) Inspired by the Gerard Manley Hopkins line, "I say that we are wound/With mercy round and round/As if with air."

SSAA with piano Where Shadow Chases Light (3.30’) Winner of the 2016 Illinois ACDA Choral Composition Contest, this setting of text by Rabindranath Tagore features lush harmonies and lyrical melodic lines.

SSA a cappella Never Before- (3’) Originally composed for an Advent lessons and carols service, this piece imagines Mary’s response to the Annunciation. As recorded on From This Place.

SAT with piano and optional rhythm section Come and Feast A simple, joyful calypso that invites all to come and feast. Perfect for World Communion Sunday. Can be sung in unison or 3-part harmony.

Two-part vocal with piano and optional rhythm section Who Do You Say? (3’59”) Based on the question in Matthew 16 when Christ asks, "Who do you say that I am?” ** Unison vocal with piano and optional rhythm section Love Came Down (4’’) Original gospel/funk setting of the 1885 Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti.

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