Timothy Baxter: King of Glorie

Timothy Baxter

King of Glorie (1968)

Motet for choir and organ

Dur. 3′

SCORE

Text: George Herbert (1593-1633)

Timothy Baxter

King of Glorie (1968)

Motet for choir and organ

Dur. 3′

PREFACE

The motet, King of Glorie was written for a small 3-part church choir which I directed in the 1960’s. It was first performed at the St. Mellitus Festival and later included in a choral concert in London for which an optional alto part was added.

Timothy Baxter

The text is by the seventeenth century divine George Herbert:

1 - King of glorie, King of peace, I will love Thee

And that love may never cease, I will move Thee

Thou hast granted my request, Thou hast heard me: Thou didst note my working breast

Thou hast spared me.

2 - Wherefore with my utmost art I will sing Thee, And the cream of all my heart I will bring Thee

Though my sins against me cried, Thou dids’t cleare me; And alone when they replied Thou dids’t heare me

3 - Sev’n whole days, not one in sev’n I will praise thee, In my heart though not in heaven I can raise Thee, ‘Thou grew’st soft and moist with tears Thou relentedst And when justice call’d for fears

Thou dissentedst.

4 - Small it is in this poore sort To enrol Thee Ev’n eternitie’s too short To extol Thee.

King of Glorie

        h. = 68 Vivace

Choir ORGAN      (optional alto part)       Gt. f              Sw.              Gt.            Sw.                                     9                                 Choir Org.        S (A) 1.  King f  of  glo   ry  - king  of  peace,    I  will  love   thee:     T B  f                                                     18 Choir Org.        And  that  love  may  ne   ver  - cease   I  will       love  may  ne   ver  - cease   I  will                                Sw.8'  mp                                      1

27                                         Choir Org      move  thee    Thou mf   hast gran    ted  - my  re  quest,   move  thee    Thou mf  hast gran    ted  - my  re  quest                         reduce                                                         36                                                   Choir Org.      thou hast  heard  me:    Thou mf  didstnote   my  wor  king  - breast,  thou  hast  spared me.   thou hast  heard  me    Thou  didstnote   my  wor  king  - breast,   thou  hast  spared me.       Gt. (flutes)  mp             Sw.            mp                             mp          Sw. to Ped.      45 Choir Org.                                        mf                                          cresc.         2

52                                                 S A. T. B. Org.         S  2. Where f  fore  - with  my  ut  most     A.             T. 2. Where  fore    B.      Gt.                      mf   flutes                  f                    Gt.    mp                   59                                                         S. A T. B. Org.      art  I  will  sing  thee,  and  the  cream  of  all   my  - heart                    with  my  ut  most  - art  I  will  sing  thee,  and  the  cream  of  all   my                                                                                    8'  mf        3

67                                                         S A. T B. Org.       I  will  bring  thee   Though mp  mysins    a  gainst  - me                      heart   I  will  bring  thee   - Though mp   mysins    a  gainst  - me  cried,     thou didst  cleare                                                     + mixture                                          +16'                     76                                                                                                                 S A. T B. Org.      cried,    thou didst  cleare  me;   and mf   a lone   - when  they  re  plied,  - Thou  didst                         me;    and mf  a lone   - when  they  re  plied,  - Thou  didst  heare me                                                                               4

              85                             S. A T. B. Org.      heare me.        heare me.                         Gt. mf                                      90             S A. T B. Org.        3.  Sev'n  whole  days,  not               3.  Sev'n  whole  days,  not                                mf                              5

            96                                                             S A. T B. Org.      one  in  sev'n   I  will  praise  thee,  in  my  heart  though  not   in  - heav'n  I  can                   I  can     one  in  sev'n  I  will  praise  thee,  in  my  heart  though  not   in  - heav'n  I  can                  I  can                                                                   105                                                 S. A T. B. Org.      rai seraise  thee,   Thou  grew'st  soft  and  moist  with  tears, Thou re  lent  - est:                      rai seraise  thee,    And when                 Sw.                 Ob f      Sw      p               mp    6

114                                                 S. A T. B. Org.        4.  Small mf  itis    in      4.  Small mf  itis    in     jus  tice - call'd  for  fears  thou  dis  sent - edst.  4.  Sm mf  itis    in           4.  Small mp  itis    in                Gt. mp                                                                     122 S. A T. B. Org.      this   poore  - sort    to  en  rol  - Thee:  Ev'n mf  e ter    - ni    this  poore  sort    to  en  rol   mf Ev'n  e ter    - ni  -   this  poore  - sort    to  en  rol  - Thee: Thee:  mf Ev'n   e ter    - ni - this  poore  sort    to  en  rol  - Thee:   mf Ev'n   e ter    - ni  -                           più f                                                                                              7

128 S. A T. B. Org.      tie's  too  - short   to  ex  tol  - thee   Ev'n f  e ter    ni  -  tie's  too - short    to  ex  tol - thee   f Ev'n  e    - ni    tie's  too  - short    to ex  tol - thee   f Ev'n  e ter ter    - ni - tie's  too  - short   to  ex tol  - thee   f Ev'n  e ter    - ni  -  mf                         f                                                         f   134 S. A T. B. Org.      tie's   too  short   to  ex  tol   - thee,   to  ex  tol   - thee,    tie's  too  short    to  ex   tol  - thee,  to  ex   tol   - thee,     tie's  too  short    to  ex  tol  - thee,   to  ex  tol   - thee,   tie's  too  short    to f  ex  tol  - thee,   to   ex  tol   - thee,     ex                                                                        8

141 rall. A tempo S. A T. B. Org.       Ev'n   e ter    ni  - tie's   too  short   to   ex   tol   - thee        Ev'n  e ter    - ni  - tie's  too  short    to   ex   tol   - thee         Ev'n  e ter    - ni  - tie's  too  short    to   ex   tol  - thee      tol  thee   e ter    - ni  - tie's  - too  short   to   ex   tol  - thee                                     Rall.        Gt. f A tempo                                             148         Org.                                                             153                         Org.                              ff                                           ed.2008 9

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