Absalon fili mi
Music by Graham Keitch
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For David and Judith Acres
Absalon fili mi (SATB div)
First sung by The King's Counterpoint at Wells Cathedral evensong, July 13th 2016.
2 Samuel, 18:33
sostenuto e lamentoso
Sop
-
Ab
Alto
Ab
-
Ab
-
Tenor
Bass
-
Ab
S
7
fi
Ab
T
B
7
fi
Ab
-
sa
sa
-
sa
-
lon,
lon,
lon,
-
sa
lon,
a tempo
poco meno mosso
A
Music: Graham S Keitch, Sept 2015
- li
mi,
-
- li
sa
mi,
-
sa
Ab
-
sa - lon,
-
Ab
-
lon,
-
sa - lon,
lon,
-
Ab
Ab
-
Ab
-
Ab
Ab
sa
-
sa sa
-
sa
Ab - sa
-
-
lon
-
lon,
-
lon
-
lon,
lon.
sa
-
lon.
Ab - sa
-
lon.
Ab - sa
-
lon.
Copyright 2017, Graham S Keitch
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2 S
A
T
B
S
G S Keitch: Absalon fili mi
13
T
B
Quis
13
19
-
lon
det
ut mo - ri - ar
pro
fi
- li
fi
- li
mi,
-
fi
- li
Ab
pro
te,
-
Ab
-
pro
te,
Ab
-
Quis det
ut mo - ri - ar
Non
lon
lon
te,
Ab - sa - lon, Ab - sa - lon.
-
sa
pro
Non
sa
Ab - sa - lon, Ab - sa - lon.
mi,
-
te,
- li
Ab
pro
Ab - sa
fi
te,
Ab - sa - lon, Ab - sa - lon,
lon
mi,
-
a tempo
sa
poco meno mosso
19
sa
A
mi,
Ab - sa - lon, Ab - sa - lon.
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-
Non
S
26
lon,
A
B
Ab - sa
26
-
vam,
vi - vam,
vi - vam,
S
A
T
B
gliss. ma non troppo vi
T
G S Keitch: Absalon fili mi
32
non
non
non
poco piu moso
-
lon.
Non
vi - vam, non vi - vam,
vi
-
vi - vam
vi -
non
sed de - scen - dam 32 furioso ma non troppo
sed
de - scen - dam
in
in - fer - num
plo - rans,
in
in - fer - num
plo - rans,
vam ul
- tra,
ul - tra,
vi - vam
ul - tra,
vi - vam
non
vam,
rit.
3
ul - tra,
accel. poco cresc.
sed de - scen - dam poco cresc.
sed de - scen - dam poco cresc.
sed de - scen - dam poco cresc.
sed
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de - scen - dam
4 S
G S Keitch: Absalon fili mi
36
in
A
T
B
S
T
B
in - fer - num
sed
de - scen - dam
in
in - fer - num
plo
-
-
rans,
sed
de - scen - dam
in
in - fer - num
plo
-
in
in - fer - num
plo
-
rans,
sed
de - scen - dam
in
in - fer - num
plo
-
in
in - fer - num
plo
-
sed
de - scen - dam
in
in - fer - num
plo
-
Ab - sa
sostenuto e lamentoso
-
rans,
lon,
Ab - sa
-
lon,
rans.
Ab - sa
-
lon,
Ab - sa
-
lon,
rans.
Ab - sa
-
lon,
Ab - sa
-
lon,
-
41
rans,
plo
41
-
plo
in - fer - num
36
molto rit.
in
rans.
A
rans.
Ab - sa
-
lon,
Ab - sa
lon,
Ab - sa
-
Ab - sa
-
Ab - sa
-
Ab - sa
-
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5
G S Keitch: Absalon fili mi S
47
lon,
A
lon,
T
B
S
Ab
-
sa
-
T
-
sa
-
lon, poco decresc.
lon,
Ab
-
sa
-
lon, poco decresc.
lon,
Ab
-
sa
-
53
B
lon,
Ab
sa
-
Ab
-
sa
-
Ab
-
sa
-
lon,
lon,
lon,
Ab
-
sa
-
Ab
-
sa
-
Ab
-
sa
-
Ab
-
sa
-
lon,
*
al niente
Absalon fili mi, quis det ut moriar pro te, Absalon! Non vivam ultra, sed descendam in infernum plorans.
-
-
lon.
lon.
sa
Ab
-
lon.
53
lon, poco decresc.
lon.
A
Ab
47
poco decresc.
* the final bar should be sustained as long as possible and fade into silence
Absalon my son, if only I had died instead of you, Absalon! I shall live no more, but go down to hell, weeping.
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