Dedicated to Dr. Andy Potter
The Greatest of Them
From 1 Corinthians 13
SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BASS
Piano
Gently (q = ca. 98)
Andrew M. Rodriguez (b. 1989)
Gently (q = ca. 98)
mp ad lib. unless noted otherwise
6
A
mf
mf
If
A
I could speak
If
lan - guag - es of men,
of
the
lan - guag - es of men,
of
I could speak
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the
2
11
an - gels
an - gels
too, And
16
love,
B
gift
of pro - phe - cy,
mf
I am on - ly a
cym bal.
clash - ing
cym bal.
mf I am on - ly a
mp
And have
mf
And know
clash - ing
3
3
3
the gift,
If I should have
the
love,
I shouldhave mp
no
B
have
And
mf If
no
too,
have
such per - fect
mf
and know - ledge in
all
sec
-
ret
its eve
-
ry
truths,
21
faith
f
3
that I could move moun -
f 3
form,
that I could move f
3
f
I could move 3
that I could move 3
f
3
-
-
moun - tains,
moun
tains,
moun
poco rit. mp
mp
p
But have no love, mp p
love,
tains, mp
But have no love,
tains, poco rit.
p
pp
3
meno mosso p
3
then I am no
-
thing.
3
then I am no
-
thing.
3
then I am no p
3
then I am no meno mosso
-
thing.
-
thing.
28
A tempo
A tempo
mp ad lib.
4
34
mp
If I shoulddole
mp
If I shoulddole
C
C
mp
mp
love,
But have no love,
love,
mf
no good
mf
I shoulddole
cha - ri - ty,
cha - ri - ty,
but
have no
but
have no
f
at all.
at all.
D
I get from it no good
mf
out ev -'ry - thing,
for
at all.
I get from it no good
for
no good mf
If
out ev -'ry - thing,
out ev-'ry - thing I have
But have no love,
I shoulddole
40
If
out ev-'ry - thing I have
Love
so pa - tient
f
Love f
is
Love
is
so
pa - tient
is
so
pa - tient
f
at all.
is
Love
D
so pa - tient
f
46
and so kind;
and so kind;
and
so
mp
53
dure
in
a - ny - thing.
in
a
en - dure in a
-
-
en - dure in
a - ny- thing.
poco rit. mp
3
Love ne - ver
fails, mp
Love,
mp
pow'r
to en-
It gives us pow'r,
f
pow'r
ne - ver fails. p 3
Love ne - ver fails.
p
3
Love ne - ver fails.
p
3
fails,
A tempo
mp
f
3
Love ne - ver poco rit.
p
mp
ny - thing.
Love,
f sub.
mf
ny - thing.
to en-
dure
It keeps up hope,
kind; It ex - er- cis - es faith,,
mp
in ev -'ry - thing.
sub. mp
It keeps up hope in ev -'ry - thing, it gives us pow'r
and
mp
sub. mp
so kind; It ex - er- cis - es faith
f
5
ne - ver fails. A tempo
6
E
60
p
Child, mp
When
3
I
was a
child,
p (falsetto)
Child,
mf
mp
3
When I was a
Child,
I
talked,
Child,
3
child,
I talked like a child,
p E
65
Child,
I
thought,
I thought like a child,
Child,
I
mf
mf
like
a
like
child,
a
child,
mf ord.
rea - soned
mf
like
like
a
child,
a
child,
When I be - came a
70
7
a
man,
man, mp
man, mp
man,
73
I
dim, f
f
For now we see a
now,
dim,
laid
a - side my
child - ish ways.
ways,
ways,
For now we see a
poco rit. f
For now we see a
a
dim,
dim,
dim
re - flec - tion,
f
dim, poco rit.
dim,
rit.
meno mosso mp
in a mp
look - ing
in
look - ing
a
glass,
p
look
-
look
p
ing
p
meno mosso
glass,
glass.
-
ing
glass.
rit.
pp
8
Maestoso (q = ca. 76) mp
78
But then we shall see
82
face
face
face,
to face,
*
we shall see face to face,
to face,
face to,
to
face,
face
face
to face,
face,
face to,
mf
we
shall see
* The section marked "Maestoso" should be sung a cappella. However, if necessary for the sake of intonation, please use the accompaniment provided. Play quietly with minimal interference.
face,
to
to
face.
we
shall
see
face.
mp
face to face.
face,
f
face to
mf
face,
f
f
face,
f
to, face to
to face,
face
to
Face
face
mp
see
shall
to face,
mp
face to
face
mf
to
we
F
to face,
face
mf
Face
face
We shall see
Maestoso (q = ca. 76)
mp
mp
face
F
Now what
face to
face.
I
9
87
mp
Now what I
Now what I
know
f
per - fect,
mf
f
per - fect,
per - fect,
shall know
per - fect - ly,
f
f
per - fect - ly,
-
fect,
Now what
p
As
God
mp
knows,
knows me,
p
As
God
im-
But then I
as
God
im-
mp
knows
mf
as
mp
As God knows me,
mf
As God knows me,
im,
Now what I know is im,
p
im-
mp
mp
im,
I know
mf
per - fect - ly,
im - per
mp
im - per - fect,
per - fect - ly,
93
I know,
is
mf
is
p
Now what
know
know,
mp
mf
knows me, mp
God
God
as
knows
knows
10
99
rit.
me,
as
me,
me,
as
mf
God
pp
knows me.
107
Come,
p
come,
come,
come,
come,
come,
come,
set a - side.
what's im - per -fect will be
set a - side.
come,
what's im - per - fect will be
But when per - fec -tion comes,
mp gently
come,
But when per - fec -tion comes,
mf
come,
mp gently
come,
come,
Come,
G Faster (q = ca. 90)
rit.
Come.
knows me.
Come. pp
knows,God knows, God knows me.
p
God
God knows, God knows me.
as
God, as
God
G Faster (q = ca. 90)
112
come,
come,
Im
For what
For what
I
I
knew was
knew was
But
then
I
But
then
I
Im
-
mf
im
shall
shall
per -
im
-
know
-
per
-
know
-
per
per
mp
as
per - fect - ly,
per - fect - ly,
-
fect,
fect,
fect,
God
knows
mp
as
mp
as
me.
God
knows
-
-
fect,
per - fect - ly,
know,
mf
-
mf
-
-
115
mf
come,
11
12
rit.
119
God knows me.
me.
H
And so these three,
And so these three,
faith,
mp
and
love f
faith,
hope,
and
Faith, mp
Faith,
hope,
hope,
and
love f
en - dure,
p
and
en - dure, p
love
f
as God knows me.
hope,
mp
p
p
rit. f
Tempo rubato (q = ca. 72)
p
love
en - dure, p
en - dure,
H
rit.
Tempo rubato (q = ca. 72) rit.
p
I
p
A tempo, moving along
127
p
I
p
but the great est of them,
p
but the great est of them,
rit.
but the great est of them,
p
mp
A tempo, moving along
But the great est of them,
But the great est of them,
f
mp
but the great est of them, mp
of
of
The great est of mp The great est of
rit.
13
133
them
them
them
them
p
A tempo
p
is p
love.
is p
love.
is
love.
is
love.
p
A tempo
137
rall.
pp rall.
August 31, 2016 Champaign, IL