Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem

For SATB choir, Soprano solo, and Chamber orchestra

IX. A Commandment

Text:

Requiem aeternam, dona eis Domine. Et lux perpetua, luceat eis.

Amen.

O let the children come unto me. Forbid them not. They do not toil, they do not spin, yet God's kingdom belongs to them. For God's kingdom belongs to them.

Text: Trad. Latin from Missa pro defunctis, Luke 18:16; 12:27, adpt.

*Notes which are reduced in size are orchestral cues, and are for rehearsal purposes only, unless the piece is performed as a "stand alone" with keyboard only.

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