CH0023-01 Bullock, William J. - Creator of the Stars of Night PREVIEW

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ed. William J. Bullock

CREATOR OF THE STARS OF NIGHT

TUX PEOPLE'S MUSIC.

Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
SATB VOICES
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA

ABOUT:

WilliamJ.BullockexpertlymarriesGregorianchantwithversesfromRenaissance masterTomásLuisdeVictoriainthisarrangement,idealforexperiencedchurch choirs.HisowntranslationsofVictoria’sversesmaketheLatinVesperhymn’s messageaccessibleforEnglishspeakers.

FROMTHECOMPOSER:

Victoria’smotetwascomposedsome400yearsago,andtheGregorianchantitis baseduponis700-yearsolderstill.Settothequintessentialadventtext,it introducesthefirststageoftheChristmasstorybymoldingvariouslyornamented versionsofitschantsourceintofoursimultaneouslysoundingvoiceparts(soprano, alto,tenor,bass).Variedfragmentsofthechant’sfourphrasesresoundamongthe parts,unifyingthework’smetricallydiversetextureintoacoherentwhole.Victoria wasamasterofthisRenaissancecompositionalstyle.

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*Thearrangementmakesuseofthesecondandthirdverses (transposedupaminorthird)ofthecomposer's1581setting ofthistext.

†Stressnormallyfallsonthefirstandthirdquarternotesofeach measure.Whenthispatternisaltered,thechangeisnotatedabove presenceofstresswiththeacutesymbol(). thenotes:absenceofstresswiththebrevesymbol(˘),

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      Christ,Redeemer     Christ,Redeemer     
      ofusall,we     ofusall,we            prayyouhearus     prayyouhearus     CH0023-01 CREATOR
Gregorianchant(c.10thcentury) *TomásLuisdeVictoria(1548-1611) †ArrangedbyWilliamJ.Bullock 2012 Copyright©2022T.U.X.People'sMusicPublishingCompany,LLC.InternationalCopyrightSecured. PrintedandengravedintheU.S.A.AllRightsReservedincludingPublicPerformance. LearnmoreaboutallofouramazingtitlesatTuxpeoplesmusic.com forSATBVoices
forfirstSundayofAdvent,translatedbythearranger, after Hymnal 1940 andJohnMasonNeale
OF THE STARS OF NIGHT
Fourvssof7th-centuryLatinVesperhymn
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                        16          mal    causethe  curse                mal    cursecould    primal    coulddoom              cursecould       doomtodeath  curse     todeathour                doomtodeath      our    could    universe,                                       20    ouru     uni     doomtodeath                    verse,coulddoomto    ouru    could                      niverse,could     deathouru   niverse.    doomtodeath                    doomtodeath       ni       ouruni               ----3 CH0023-01
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                        24     ouru    verse,ouru        verse,ouru                  niverse.     niverse.So   So       niverse.So                      come,OSav    come,     come,OSavior,               Socome,O       vior,come,O      OSav   proffer               -                        28       Savior,prof        Savior,pro     ior,pro   grace                     fer     fer     fer                   gracetosaveand  grace   grace     tosaveand                healourtroubled     tosaveand     tosaveand    healour             --4 CH0023-01
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                        32       race,our      healourtrou    healour   troubled                   troubled    bledrace,   troubled       race,tosaveand                   race,tosaveand     tosaveand   race,      healourtroubled                     healour    healour     tosaveand       race,tosaveand                --                                    36    trou   trou    healour     healourtrou                bled      troubled   bled            race.     bledrace.  race.  race.           As    As            Chant Chant        thissadworlddraws     thissadworlddraws       5 CH0023-01 PERUSALCOPY legaluserequirespurchase

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                                                                                    41     ontowardnight,O     ontowardnight,O             come,butnotin     come,butnotin             splendorbright,not      splendorbright,not             asamonarch,     asamonarch,       -                                                                        45     butthechildof     butthechildof            Mary,blameless     Mary,blameless             mothermild.     mothermild.          At   At         Victoria's Vs 3 Victoria's Vs 3 Victoria's Vs 3 Victoria's Vs 3 6 CH0023-01
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                        49   At   yourgreat   your  At              name,O   great   yourgreat          your        Je  name,  name,            greatname,         OJe  O                                   53   O         Je             Jesus    susnow   us   sus,           now     allknees   nowall    nowall              mustbend,     kneesmustbend,     kneesmustbend,            All     allheartsmust    allhearts     allheartsmust            7 CH0023-01
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                        58   kneesmust       bow,allknees     mustbow,    bow,all                   bend,allhearts      mustbend     allkneesmust      kneesmust                      must      allheartsmust      bend,allheartsmust     bend,allheartsmust                   bow.      bow.Allthings  bow.    bow.All                                   62      onearthwith        thingsonearth,          All        one     Allthings    withone                    things          onearthwith   ac                 onearth    accord,    oneaccord,      cord,all             -8 CH0023-01
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                        66       withone    all     allthngson     thingsonearthwith                            thingsonearthwith    earthwith  one                   ac   oneac   oneac   ac               cord,likethosein     cord,likethosein  cord,   cord,           -                        70    hea’vn,shall     heav’n,shallcall      likethosein             callyou      you        heav’n,shallcall             Lord.      Lord,likethosein    likethosein       you                       heav’nshallcall   heav’n,shall       Lord,likethosein               9 CH0023-01
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                        74        callyou    heav’nshallcall           All    youLord.    Lord.All                           thingson     Allthingson    thingsonearth   you               earth   earthshall        shallcall      Lord.Allthingson                 shallcall    call      you   earthshall                                                            79      you    you         Lord,shallcall    callyou                   rit.  Lord.  Lord.     youLord.  Lord.                        A    A    A    A            Meno mosso  = 50    men.   men.    men.    men.     -10 PERUSALCOPY legaluserequirespurchase

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