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Benjamin Kornelis

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross SSAATB, unaccompanied

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In memory of Jessie Kornelis, 1894-1984

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Isaac Watts, 1707

  q = 80    

soprano or tenor solo, all women or all men

6



Benjamin Kornelis, b.1963

mf When

of

    13



sur - vey

I

       Prince



pour

glo

-

 

died,

   

con - tempt

on

all

19

should boast,

est

 

my

mp

 



  

death

charm

I



that

   



For - bid

it,

Lord,

me

 

most,

  

sac



-

ri



-

that

 



All

vain

the

    

   

 

and

  

 God!



 

f

my

Christ,

     

 

loss,



    

of

     

but



 

the

the

which

  

       

in

on

count



    things

I



save

 

all sopranos and altos

pride.



 

cross

  

    

gain

      26

drous

 

rich -

my



        

ry

won -

the

   

I

      







fice

them





    through

his





©1985, Benjamin Kornelis

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3 full choir, hushed & intense

       p  blood. See, from his   p           32







38



love

head,

flow

his

hands,

his

feet,

 



sor - row

and

  

  





  

  









  

hand,

his

feet,

sor -

row





  

 



  

p

his

p

      



    

     











min

-

gled

down.

mf



Did

e'er



such

love

and

sor

and

-

row

                                    love flow min - gled down. Did e'er such love and sor - row                      44

dim.

 

 

 meet, or thorns com - pose                meet, or thorns com - pose       

     

so

rich

    so

rich

 

a

crown?

    a

crown?

  

poco piu mosso mf richly

  Were

the

      Were

the

  whole realm

 of

 



 



 

whole realm

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4

       -

 

                 na - ture mine, that were na

ture

mine,

           58



  

ing,

   maz  



maz -





     all,       all,    



  

that

were

-

far

pres - ent

a

vine,

     

64



di



     

-



f



de -



far

   

  

  

  

  

  

mands

my

mands



   my

soul,





my

small.







soul,





 



 



Love

a -

so

 

mp



my



p     

life,

  



   

my

life,

all!







life,



    

my

life,





my

        

my

my



a -

so

 







   

molto rit.



my

soul,



    

- mands

soul,

  

   de

too

  

de - mands

vine,

pp rit.

de -

Love

       

      so

small.

       

          

- ing,

too

 

       

      di

pres - ent

a

 

so

ff

       

f

51



my



my

 all!

  

Grand Rapids, Michigan - 11 March 1985

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