Verses from Solomon

Newman

Verses from Solomon soprano and organ

OK

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GOOD

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Swell:8’ Ob., Trem., 8’ Fl.

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Full Organ

Pos.: 8’ Fl. & Principal Gr.: 8’ Fl. & 8’ Principal Ped.: 8’ & 16’ Flutes and Principals

First Performance Kathryn Boline, soprano Carlye Sharpe, organ August 20, 1994 Endicott College, MA

Duration ca. 8’

55 Avenue C, #4 New York, NY 10009 www.jonathannewman.com

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GOOD

MUSIC

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for Jenn and Rock

VERSES FROM SOLOMON soprano and organ

JONATHAN NEWMAN

= ca. 65, with freedom

The voice

of my be

3

lov

ed!

be

hold,

be hold,

he

3

Pos. Box Open

3

5

3

3

com eth leap ing up on

8

the

mount

3

ains,

skip ping up on

3

3

the hills.

My

be lov

ed is

like a

Close Box

rev. 10/03

Copyright Š 1994 by Jonathan Newman, OK Feel Good Music, ASCAP For all countries All rights reserved www.jonathannewman.com

roe

or

4 11

3

Recit:

young hart:

be hold, he stand

eth be hind our wall, he

3

poco rit.

13

poco rit.

3

look eth forth at

16

A tempo

3

lat tice.

the win dows, he

shew

Meno mosso 3

My be lov ed

eth him

3

spake, and said un to

self through the

rit.

me,

Rise

20

5

ARIOSO .= ca. 45

up,

my love,

2

2

2

my fair one,

and

come a way.

For lo,

the 2

2

2

22

win

ter is past,

the rain

is

24

o

ver

and

gone;

The

poco cresc.

flow

ers

ap pear on

the

earth;

poco cresc.

3

the time

of

the sing

6 poco rit.

sub.

27

ing

of

birds

is come,

sub.

30

ten. ten.

ad lib.

the voice

of the tur

tle

heard in

is

our

A tempo

land;

The

ten. ten.

32

3

3

fig

tree

put teth forth her

green

figs, and the

vines with the ten der grape 3

3

7 35

2 3

give a good

smell.

A

rise,

my love,

2

my fair one, 2

and

come

a way.

2

38

Sw. (solo)

Pos.

Sw. 6

cresc. poco a poco

Open Box

rall.

41

O, 3

3

3

Gt.

+Sw./Gt.

Open Sw. halfway

Gt.

my

8 44 A tempo

4

dove,

that

art

2

in the clefts

of

47

the rock,

in

the

3 3

se

cret pla

ces of

the

stairs,

let

me

see

thy count

e

3

Sw.

50

nance,

let

me hear

thy

voice;

for

sweet

is

thy

Open Sw.

9 53

voice

and thy

count

e nance is

come

ly,

thy

Close

56

ad lib.

3

count

e nance is

come

ly.

This is my be lov

3

ed,

-Sw./Gt.

Gt.

60

Pos.

meno mosso

ten.

this is my

friend, 2

O

daugh ters

of Je Sw. 1

ru sa lem.

and

10 64

Set me as

a seal up on thine

heart,

as a seal

up

Sw. (solo)

67

3

on thine arm:

for

love

is strong as

death;

Pos.

70

Recit:

Let

him

kiss

me

with

the

kis

ses

of

his

mouth:

for thy

11 72

as before

3

is

love

bet ter than

wine.

Make

haste, my be lov ed,

and

Sw. (solo)

75

3 3

be thou like to a roe

or like to

a

young

hart

up on the

Pos.

78

rit.

3

mount ains

of

Sw. (solo)

spi

ces.

Pos.