God's Grandeur

God’s Grandeur For SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir

Music by Timothy Michael Powell Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins pivey

Music

Press

For my son, Daniel Richard Powell, at his baptism May 6, 2012

God's Grandeur for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir



Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

With intensity 

Soprano

             

The

Soprano 2

The

Alto

        

The

Alto 2

      

The

Tenor

        

The

Tenor 2

                 

The

Bass

Bass 2

        

For rehearsal purposes only

world

 world

 world

 world

 world

 world







is

charged.





is

charged.





is

charged.





is

charged.





is

charged.





is

charged.







The

world

is



charged.

The

world

is

charged.

      Piano



Timothy Michael Powell ASCAP

       















 

  

 

  



 

  



 

  



is

 

  





  



    





The world

 is

 

The world

The world

The world

The world

The world

  



is



is



is

 is



The world

is

The world

is



 

 



 

  

 

 

  





   

© Copyright 2012 Spivey Music Press and Timothy Michael Powell. All Rights Reserved Text: Public Domain, 1877 by Gerard Manley Hopkins Promote the composition and performance of new music by refusing to photocopy this music.

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4

S



     charged.

  

S2

charged.

    

A

charged.

   

A2

charged.

T

T2

B



    





   

 

piu

Pno.

The

 

  

The

The





piu



 

 

  

 



 

  

  

 

   

 



 

  

The

 

The





charged







is





charged

charged



charged



world

 

is

charged

piu





world

is

charged

piu







world

2





is













with



world piu

charged



is

piu  





world









   

The



is

piu



is

world

  

charged.



world

 



The





is

  

charged.



world

 

charged.

4

The

  

charged.

B2

 

  

piu

charged





the





with

the





with



the



with



the









with

the





with

the





with

the





with

the

  

 



 









 



 

 

 





7

S





  



gran

    

S2



gran

    

A

gran

    

A2

gran



T



  

gran

    

T2

gran

   

B

gran

      

B2

gran

7

Pno.

         

 rit. 

 -

deur,

 rit. 

 -

gran

deur,

gran rit.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-



-



of







-

deur

of





of





deur

rit.





-

deur

of

of

 deur

of

rit.





-

deur

of



 





deur

 





-

-



deur



rit.

-

-

-

rit.

-



deur

rit.

  



of



a tempo

God!

     

a tempo

God!





a tempo

God!



God!





God!



God!



God!

  

a tempo



a tempo





It

will

a tempo





It

will

 

a tempo





It

a tempo



God!

It

 



   



  



   

 



3



will



will

 

A 9

S





  



A

A2

T

T2

   



    





    



    

 

B

 

B2

  

Pno.









flame out,

 



 





flame out,











 







flame out,

 





 









it

will





it

will





flame out,





flame out,

 







it

will





it

will

flame out,











flame out,





flame out,

 

flame

out,

 

 

flame

out,

       

  



flame out,





flame out,

flame out,

A

9



flame out,

  

S2



  

 





 



 



 





4







 



    

S

flame

S2

A

A2

T

T2

B



    

flame

 out,



    









 

 





 





flame

 

flame

flame

  

   

flame



 

out,

like

flame

Pno.

  

 

       

shin

like

   

11

like

out,





 

-

shin







out,

like





like

 



5

from





ing

from





ing

from





ing

from





ing

from





-

ing

from

shook

-

ing

from

shook

-

-

-

 -

-

-

 -

-

-



shin



-

-

shin

-

-

 shin

ing

 -

 

-

-





-

-









 

-



out,



-



   

flame

B2

shin

shin







like

  



shin

like

out,

out,



like

out,

   



 



11







shook





shook





shook





shook





 



 

ing

from

shook

 -



shook











 

 

 

 







   

cresc.          

   



    



B

13

S

foil;

S2

foil;

A

foil;

A2

    



   



foil;

T

foil;

T2

B2

  

cresc.       

It

ga - thers

     

cresc.





foil;

         

 







to

a

       It ga - thers



to







to

a

cresc.

cresc.       

It

ga - thers

cresc.       

It

ga - thers

ga - thers

   

cresc.

It



 



 



ga - thers

B

 



 



  



  











great - ness.

to

It



a

ga - thers

It

cresc.         

 

to



   

foil;









13

Pno.



ga - thers

    

foil;

B



It



a

a

great - ness.

It

 

great - ness.

great - ness.

 



to

a





to

a





to

a

 



great - ness.

 

 

great - ness.

It

   

It

  It

 

great - ness.

 

 

It

great - ness.



 

 

It

  It



 

It

  

 





  

  



 

  

 





 

  



  

6

     







ga - thers

      

to

a







16

S

S2

ga

A

A2

T

T2









thers

to

a

  



ga - thers



to



  





to



ga - thers



ga - thers

     

to

a







     

thers

to







to

a

a

     



  

  

  

 

 

 

  

   

 

 

ga - thers

16

Pno.

a



ga - thers

B2

a



-



 

   

great

   

great

    

great

 

great

   

great



to



great

great

      

ga

B

-

  

a

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-





ness,

like





ness,







the

like



the









ness,

like

the







 

ness,

like

the







ness,

like

the







ness,

like

the







ness,

like

the

 





ness,

like

the

  

  







  

   

 





great

7

-





cresc.       

C

18

S

ooze

S2

cresc.       

ooze

A

 

cresc.       cresc.      

of

 

ooze

T2

of

cresc.      

 cresc.     

 

ooze

B

of



ooze

B2

of

 

     cresc.   

 cresc.     



ooze

oil,

  

of

ooze

T

of

 

ooze

A2

  

oil,



 

like the

 

oil,

like the

 

 

oil,

like the

 

 

oil,

of

oil,





of

oil,

 



 

 





like the

oil,



 

like the

 

C

like the





  like the





  like the





ooze

  







stretched

  







of





ooze

of

 

 

ooze

of

 

ooze

 

of

 

 

ooze

of

 

 

ooze







ooze







ooze

oil

oil

 

 

 

 

stretched

oil stretched

oil stretched





















oil stretched



of

oil





of

oil





of

oil

stretched



stretched

     





  





 







  







    











 















18

Pno.



stretched



8



20

S

S2

A

A2

T

T2

B

  

      Crushed.

     

Crushed.

     

Crushed.



     









Crushed.

 

 



Crushed.

 





Crushed.

    

Crushed.

B2

       









Why

do

men

then

now











Why

do

men

then

now









Why

do

men







Why

do

men





do



men

then

now









Broadly



Broadly



Broadly



Why

then





then







not wreck



his





not wreck



now

not





his









wreck

now

not

wreck















Why Broadly







Why Broadly





















do

men

then

now











    



     



Why

do

men

then

now









do

men

then

 















9

now











his

his



not wreck

his

Broadly



20





Broadly



Crushed.

Pno.





Broadly



not wreck

his



not wreck

his



not wreck

his



  



    

22

S

rod?

S2

   

rod?

A

A2

T

T2

B



















a tempo

   

rod?



rod?



rod?

   



    a tempo







a tempo



  





  

Pno.

-

 



tions have



tions have



  

rit.



Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra - tions



a tempo



a tempo



a tempo

 



   

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions have



   

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions have

     

 

 

      





 







 







 





10

 

poco meno mosso

trod;





poco meno mosso

trod;





poco meno mosso

trod;

 poco meno mosso 

trod;

Ge - ne - ra - tions

 

trod;



 rit.    



poco meno mosso

trod;

Ge - ne - ra - tions a tempo

 



 rit.    





22

-

D

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra - tions a tempo

   

rod?



rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra

rod?

B2

  

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra

rod?





  

rit.

 poco meno mosso 



pedantic poco meno mosso

            trod, have trod, have trod, have trod, have  pedantic poco meno mosso             trod, have trod, have trod, have trod, have

D

  















25

S

S2

A

A2

T









  



   



    



    

    

And all is

    

And all is

    

And all is



 



 

    

And all is



 

trod, have trod, have trod, have trod,

T2

B

              trod, have trod, have trod, have trod,  

 



 



 



 

trod, have trod, have trod, have trod,

B2

 

with trade;

 

    

seared

seared

with trade;

 

 

seared

with

 

 

seared

 

with



 



 



 



 



trade;

trade;



bleared,



bleared,



bleared,



bleared,

 



have

trod, have trod, have

trod, have trod, have



      trod, have trod, have

     trod, have trod, have

have



 



 



 



 



have

trod, have trod, have

trod, have trod, have

            trod, have trod, have trod, have trod, have

      trod, have trod, have

      trod, have trod, have

       

   



25

Pno.



    

 

 



 



 



 

11

   

 



  





 

 

 





















27

S1

S2

A2

A2

T

T2





 

  



 

  



  



  



smeared

with

smeared

with

 

smeared

with

 

smeared

 



with

 

trod, have trod;

    



 



 

trod, have trod;

B

   

trod, have trod;

B2

   



 

trod, have trod;

            

with

toil;

toil;

toil;



   



 



  

wears smudge



  

And wears





wears



  

And

man's

wears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

man's smudge

with

toil;

And

wears

man's smudge





toil;





with

toil;

    

And



 

wears

wears

    

12

 



  and

  and

 

man's smudge

    

And



and

 

man's smudge

  

      





And

with

wears



toil;

  

27

Pno.



toil;





 

and





    



    





29

S

S2

A

A2

T





smudge

shares

    



shares

      

      

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



   

  





soil







  the

the

soil

  the





    

13



soil





 







 

the

the



soil



the



soil

 

   

man's smell:







man's smell:

shares

Pno.





the

the



man's smell:

      

    





man's smell:

     

29





shares

B2



smell:

   



soil







shares

B



shares

shares

T2



the





 the

 



soil

soil

 



soil

soil

 





 











 

  the

  the

   

31

S

S2

A

A2

T





     soil











soil



bare





soil

is

  

          

            



now,



now,



bare

  nor can



bare



now,



now,

is

bare





nor

can





nor

can





a tempo

a tempo

now,



is

bare

now,



bare

now,

 



 

  



feel





feel







foot





foot





nor

can





nor

can



poco meno mosso



foot

now,



is













a tempo

a tempo

poco meno mosso





foot

a tempo

poco meno mosso





a tempo

a tempo

poco meno mosso

bare





nor can

poco meno mosso



is

       

 

poco meno mosso



31

     



poco meno mosso

is

soil

Pno.

bare

is

soil

soil

B2

is

  

soil

B



         

soil

T2

poco meno mosso

  

14



foot

 foot

 



feel





feel







foot feel





foot feel



a tempo

 





nor

feel





nor

feel













be - ing

be - ing

be - ing





be - ing













be - ing

be - ing

be - ing





be - ing

 

 













 

 

















34

S

S2

A

A2

rit.





shod. rit.





shod.



    rit.       rit.       rit.  

shod,

B

B2

   

And for

rit.



shod, rit.



shod,



feel





be - ing

all

 slower Gratiously       all



be - ing

shod.













feel

feel



feel

be - ing

be - ing

this,





 

na - ture is

   3

this,

na - ture is

this,

   3

slower Gratiously         

       







for

for

shod,

for





E

         



15

 all

 slower Gratiously        



na - ture is

for

 slower Gratiously      

shod,

 

3   

 slower Gratiously      

all

shod.



na - ture is

 slower Gratiously      





3   

this,

slower Gratiously

        

 slower Gratiously      

all



34

Pno.

 



shod.

shod,

T2

And for

rit.

shod.

T

 

E

all

 all

 all

    3

 



    



     



     



    



37

S





ne - ver spent;

S2



  

    

this,

T2

this,

B

    

     

























 





3













fresh - ness





 



fresh - ness

 







fresh - ness

  3



 

fresh - ness

  

 

Pno.

     







3

There lives

 







deep



 



  

 

16





deep

down



 down





down





deep

down





deep

down





deep

down





deep

 



  



down

There lives the dear - est fresh - ness deep



this,







There lives

     37



There lives

this,

B2



3

There lives

    



There lives the dear - est fresh - ness deep

ne - ver spent;

T



There lives the dear - est fresh - ness

ne - ver spent;

A2



There lives the dear - est fresh - ness

ne - ver spent;

A



3

things;



  

 

And

 



And





And



And





things;



things;



things;



things;









things;

things;

down









 

 

   



things;



     

40

S

cresc.

though

S2

     

cresc.

though

A

     

cresc.

though

A2

    

cresc.

though

T

T2







cresc.

though

     

cresc.

though

B

     

cresc.

though

B2

     

cresc.

though

  





the

  







the

the

last lights off

last lights off



the

  



  





the

  







  





 





the

the

the

the

the

 

the



last lights off

last lights off

last lights off

last lights off



last lights off







last lights off



the



the



the

 the

 the



black West went

Oh

morn - ing,

Oh







  



 

black West went



Oh





West

went

Oh





West









went





went





black

black

West

West

West

went





West

 











      

  

 

 

 

 



Pno.

  



      

40





went



17





went



Oh











morn!

 morn!



Oh





morn!

Oh







Oh



Oh

morn!

morn!



Oh





Oh



morn - ing,

 morn!



   





Oh

 Oh

 Oh

 Oh



 

Oh

 

 

S

F

       

43



morn - ing,

S2

Oh

       



morn - ing,

A

  







    





Oh

morn





    

Oh



    



morn!

F

       

43

Pno.

Oh

    

morn!

B2

Oh

     



morn

Oh

Oh

-

-

-

-

-





 

 





  









  



















the



the

ing

brown

brown

at

  

ing

at

 



ing

at

-

 



ing

at

 



brink







brink

the brown brink

the brown brink













the brown brink



the brown brink













Oh



Oh





springs,

Oh





ing

at









 

 

 









 

Oh



springs,

-

the brown brink



east - ward, springs,





Oh

east - ward, springs,

 

18

Oh





at







ing







east - ward, springs,

the brown brink





east - ward, springs,

-

 morn







-

 morn



at

-

morn



at

morn - ing

morn

morn!

B

 



morn!

T2



morn - ing



morn!

T

 

    

morn!

A2

Oh



springs,

  

Oh



 springs,



Oh

 

 

 



        

46

S

morn - ing,

S2

        

morn - ing,

A

       

A2

morn!

T2

    

morn!

B

     

morn!

B2

     

morn!

   

46

Pno.

morn - ing,

Oh

morn!



  



Oh

morn - ing,

Oh

Oh





Oh

 

 

Oh





morn!

Oh















   

 







at

the







morn - ing Building



morn - ing Building





morn - ing



morn -

the





at

-

- ing



 

-

- ing

 

Building

-

- ing



Building

morn -

 

     



19

-



the

 



morn -



at

Building

Oh

 



morn -



morn!





Oh



Building

Building



morn!

Oh



morn!



morn! Oh

Oh







morn! Oh

Oh

    

      

Oh



morn - ing,

T



Oh

           

  



morn - ing,





Building















brown

brown

brown

at



at

 at







brink





brink









brink

the brown brink













the brown brink

the brown brink

 

at











 









- ing











the brown brink

49

S

S2



 



    



    



  



Oh



east - ward, springs,

A

east - ward, springs,

A2



east - ward, springs,

T

    

T2

    

 Oh

    



    



springs,

B2

      

Pno.

      



cresc.



cresc.

 

Oh



 





morn - ing

 



cresc.



at

at

 

morn - ing cresc.

at

 

morn - ing



at

 

morn - ing



at

 

morn - ing





 

at

 

morn - ing

Oh

springs,

49



cresc.

Oh

springs,

B



cresc.

Oh



springs,



Oh



morn-ing cresc.

Oh



cresc.

at

 

  

the brown



brink



   



   



   



   



   



the

the

the

the

the

the

brown

brown

brown

brown

brown

brown

brink





  





no rit.

ward,

no rit.

     



     



 





 





no rit.

east



brink

-

ward,

no rit.

east

-

no rit.

ward,

east - ward,

no rit.

morn - ing

at

the

 

  

 

 

 

 





 











 















 



  



20

brown

 

-

east - ward,

brink

   



ward,

east - ward,

brink

brink

    

-

no rit.

east

brink

brink



east

  



    

no rit.

east - ward,

S



        springs!

S2

        

 

springs!

A

        



        



springs!

A2

springs!

T

B

B2

    



   



       

      

  

             

springs!

springs!

springs!

         

52

Pno.

      

  



   

      

springs!

T2

G

 

  

   



   



G

  



 3

Be - cause



 3

Be - cause



 3



Be - cause



Be - cause

  



 3

3



the



the



the



the









3



the











Be - cause

Be - cause 3

Be - cause 3

Be - cause

the



the



the

  

 









  

 







 

21

3

3









54

S

S2

A

A2

T

T2

B



Ho

Ho













Ho



Ho



Ho



Ho

    Ho

B2

-



   

    Ho

  

  

ly

  

-

-

-

ly

ly



Pno.

      

Ghost





Ghost











-

  

ly

Ghost

Ghost

  

-

ly

-

  

ly

Ghost

Ghost





 



 

 

 

ov - er



 

ly



3

3



ov - er



-





  

Ghost



ov - er





ly











54



Ghost



3



3

the

bent







World







the



bent



World





bent



World





 

3



3



the

 

ov - er

the

 

ov - er

the

 





 

3

3

bent

World





bent

   



ten.

World

World

ov - er

22







World

bent

3

 

bent





the

ov - er



the

 







 



bent





3



the

 



ov - er





ten.

World





 



   

57

S

broods

S2

   



broods

A

A2

T









 

broods

 

broods

    

broods

T2

    

broods

B

   

broods

B2

     

broods

57



Pno.



 





with

warm





with

warm





with

warm





with

warm





with

warm





with

warm



with



with

H





breast,

 

  

  

    with

breast,

  

 

 

breast,



H



breast,



23

 



 















warm Building

warm Building

warm Building





warm Building

with

with

   

Building

with

breast,

 warm

with

 



Building

with

 

 warm

with

 

warm

 

 



breast,







Building

with

breast,

warm



  

breast,



 

 





warm Building





warm

 



  

 



 

60

S

S2







 

breast,

and with

    



breast,

A

    



     



breast,

T

T2





 



breast,

          







and with



 

and with

           

 

   



ah!





and with





ah!



and with

 

ah!

 

ah!

ah!

  ah!





 





 









     



  

  

 

ah!



24

ah!









 



and with





and with





 



and with

and with

 

 ah!





ah!

and with

and with



ah!





ah!

 



ah!



and with

 

and with



ah!



and with

 



 



and with



and with

60

        



and with

breast,

Pno.



and with



breast,

B2



and with

breast,

B



and with

breast,

A2





ah!

 





and with





and with









ah!

 

 

 







   

  

 

 

 



and with

and with

I

    Broadly         

63

S1

ah!

S2

with

with

ah!

with

    Broadly         ah!

A2

with

    Broadly         ah!

A1

ah!

with

ah!

with

    Broadly         ah!

with

ah!

with

          Broadly

T1

ah!

with

ah!

with

           Broadly

T2

ah!

B1

Broadly   

ah!

B2

Broadly   

with







with

ah!

with



with

ah!

with









          



 

 

 









ah!

with

Molto rit.



ah!

with





















Molto rit.

ah!



ah!



ah!









ah!

with



Molto rit.



ah!

with

Molto rit.



ah!















ah!



















with bright





with bright





ah!





with bright

ah!





with bright



ah!



with bright





with bright







wings!

 



wings!

 

wings!

 wings!

 

wings!





wings!

 

wings!

 (



)

ah!

 

 

 

 



  

  

 









 

 

 



 

 

 

with bright

 

with



25



ah!





with bright

ah!

with

Molto rit.





ah!

with

Molto rit.





with

Molto rit.



   

63

Pno.



ah!



ah!

I

with

Molto rit.

wings!

   