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Four Anthems for the Liturgical Year for unison voices, with optional descants & lower parts appropriate for children or adults

Erik Meyer written for the choristers of Choir Camp 2017, Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia

Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (Advent) . . . . 2 A Babe is Born in Bethlehem (Christmas) . 4 There is a Green Hill (Lent) . . . . . . . . . 6 Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary (Easter) . 9

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Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers

Laurentius Laurenti (1660-1722) tr. Sarah B. Findlater (1823-1907)

         

 



   

  



   



5 descant (final verse)

    Ah

       

   

   

 9

 

ah

       the eve - ning is go forth as he a - rise, O Sun

       

 

      





 

 







    

ad - vanc - ing, ap - proach - es, so longed for,

 

       

  

  





    

  





  



 



ap - pear; and let your lights pro - claim the Bride - groom near; ap - pear; O Je - sus, now

 









 

  

ah

    

   





be - liev - ers, the mount - ain pec - ta - tion,

   

  



    

1. Re - joice, re - joice, 2.The watch - ers on 3.Our hope and ex -

   

  

 



Erik Meyer

  

 

    

  





     ah



        

 





  



  



and dark - er night is near. with al - le - lu - ias clear. o'er this be - night - ed sphere.

 

 

 

   



  

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 

   

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 

 ah

ah

    

    

 

The Bride - groom is The mar - riage feast With hearts and hands

      

 

 

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 



   

    

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 





 

   

 

 

  

rit.



    



 



  



 



    



 



 



nigh. stand. see

 





   



 

  

 

 

 

at mid - night comes the the Bride - groom is at that sets your peo - ple

  

 





    

         

  

and soon is draw - ing the gates wide o - pen we plead, O Lord, to

ah

 



    

ah

and wre - stle; of glo - ry; re - demp - tion



ah





ah

Up, pray, and watch, A - rise, O heirs the day of earth's

  

  

  

      



        

 





    

a - ris ing, is wait - ing; up - lift - ed,

 





    

  



     





3

 

cry. hand. free!

 

 

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Puer Natus

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Latin, 14th c. tr. C. P. Krauth (1823-1883) Bright, Energized, and Rhythmically Accented q=144

              

           



                                          

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 

10

     

 

    

    



A babe is born in Beth - le - hem, He does with - in a man - ger lie,

   

            



       -

     

sa the



   

 

lem, sky,

 



               

 

  

  

 

 

 

    



    

-

le - lu







          

    



     

 







   



  

His mo - ther is the vir - gin mild, Like us, in flesh of hu - man frame,

         legato

-

There - fore re - joice, Je - ru Whose throne is set a - bove

ia;

                   

al

                  

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al - le - lu

   

      





      

 

             -



 



le - lu -





 



 







 

and He the un- like in

ia,

 





 





 

   

           

   



                      

       

al



ia!

 

      



-



  



            

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 

                   

        

                       

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   

                  

        

        

f detached

   

Erik Meyer

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         

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                 

Fa - ther's on - ly Child, sin a - lone He came.

     

  



  

al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia,

 



 

            

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      

detached

     

    

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    



 

   



The Ho - ly Tri - ni - ty

                

  



       

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we

raise,

               

 

   

  

  

  



 

  

   

                                           

 

           

    

                       

 

                            



we praise,

 

al - le - lu

-

ia;

To God our cease less thanks

               

 

  



 

    

  

    



      

                           al - le - lu - ia,

       

      

  



                                     

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al - le - lu - ia.

                       

    

 



al - le - lu - ia,

al - le - lu -

                               

ia!

             



 

                                    

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There is a Green Hill

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Erik Meyer

Cecil Francis Alexander (1818-1895)







 

  

   

Mournful h=66



 

   

  



1 9          

There is a green







  

  simile

    

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where our dear Lord



 



   





  

 



 



far



 

was

cru



 

  





  



     

  

a - way,

  

ci - fied,











    

out - side

  a

 

     

  

 

   

  

   

cit - y







 

wall,

              who died

  

   

  

     

    

   

    

we can - not tell



  

                                   

  -



 



   



We may not know,





 

hill

  

   



25 2          



    

  

         

 

   



what pains

   



to

   

save

us

        

all.

   

 

he

   

 

 

 

 

had

   

to

   



  

      



bear,



         

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but we be - lieve





    

     

He die that we



       

     



49





that we might go

 

   

 







4          

 

it

was

for us



 





   

             he hung

   



   

 



  

    

 



might

be







at

last

  



   

for - giv'n,

  

 



  

to heav'n,

 



  

 

  

 



There was no oth - er

good

  

  

    

 





  



en - ough

  





        

  

 



to

make

 

 

  



 

us

   





 

to pay

 

  

  

  

  

 

the

price

 

 

  







 



 

    



    



 

blood.

   

   

  





of

   

  

  

good,

      

 





saved by his pre - cious



 

 

 



- fered there.

        

 

   

 



suf





 

and

  

he died

   

 

 

  





57



 

  

          



  

41 3          



7

sin;

 

    

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8

          65

he on - ly could







 

      

73 5   descant 





 

un - lock

  



  







 

  



 

of heav - en,

 

 

O dear - ly, dear - ly

has

he loved,

 



    

   81

 





 



     

 



  





and trust in

 

   

must

 

and we

must

love

 

  

  

us

  





love

           







him

   

him

his

    

re - deem





  



 

  -

   

Ahh



 

too,

                                   



 

  



 



in.

 





 



        



Ahh

        





Ooh



    

     

  

and let

 

we

        

     

the gate



Ooh



  

ing blood,



   



     and try

  

   

  

his

   

works

to

        

do.

   

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Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary Erik Meyer

Elizabeth Rundel Charles (1828-1896)

                

Joyful & Energetic q=138

                            

      

6

  

  

       

   

  

  

  

  

       

   

Lift your voice re - joic - ing, Ma Raise your wear - y eye - lids, Ma

    



  

 

      8

 





   

                                                    

-

ry, ry,



   



 

  



    10



 

 

 

     

Whom your tears in death were mourn - ing, All the glo - ry of the morn - ing





 

   



       

       

     

 

            







Christ has ris - en from the tomb; see him liv - ing ev - er - more;





 

on the cross a suf - f'ring vic - tim, see his count - en ance, how gra - cious,



      

 



          

 



 

 



  

now as vic - tor he is see the wounds for you he





 





 

           





come. bore.

                   





  

  

  

wel - come with your smiles re - turn pales be - fore those wounds re- deem

  





   

       

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ing. ing.

    

10 12





      

Let your al - le - lu - ias



rise!

Al - le - lu

      

                 

             

  

 

 

  

   23

 









 



        

        



  

   

 

 

2.

 



   













 



 















  



 









ev - en though they









     

life.





   

  

am the res - ur - rec - tion and the

   

Those who be - lieve in me,

ia,

             

        

"I



-

ia!





le - lu

2.

1.                                                    



-

  

al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu - ia!

Je - sus said to Ma - ry,

al

 

   

1.              

       

ia,

        

15

19

-

 

die,

 

 



  

 



will

live,





  

etc.

 

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 

  





  

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11



                   and ev -'ry - one who lives and be - lieves in



  



 

 

  

 

  



          

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           normally

 

                       

      

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Life

    



 



   



    

  

and the strength of death





   

   

  

    

     

  

  

       

   

  

  

is

bro

       

             

                                    

is yours for - ev - er, Ma

      39

  



die.

       

  

 

me will nev - er

-

ry,

 

-

ken;

     

                

for your light is come once

 

 

   



 



 

 

                

   

       





  





            







more

             

  





now your songs of joy out - pour.





                   

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

     

End - ed now the night





 

   

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

  

    



      

Let your al - le - lu - ias

                 

     

of

sor

-

row,

   

       

 





rise!





 

love has brought the

  

 

 

bless - ed



mor

 

 



  

-

row.

  

     

 



 

                -

ia,

            

 

                    

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al - le - lu - ia, al - le - lu -

  





Al - le - lu

         

 

al

-

le - lu

-

           

 





ia!

                                       

       

     

ia,

   

 

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