When David Heard

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When David Heard

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for SATB choir a capella with divisi

Red Pine Music Press ianacook.com

RP026

When David Heard

for SATB choir a capella with divisi Ian A. Cook Duration: 5'30"

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Text adapted from 2 Samuel 18:33

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When David heard that Absalom had been slain, he went up to his chamber over the gate and wept. “O my son Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom, my son! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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The story of David and Absalom is almost cinematic in its drama. Rape, murder, revenge, exile, revolt, banishment, and war make up this story of King David and his son and usurper Absalom. Yet even after all of this strife, when Absalom is slain on the battlefield, David is wracked with guilt and sorrow; he goes up to his chamber and weeps, crying out the name of his son in anguish and despair. When David Heard depicts this raw emotional response, the grieving of a father for his son, the love which has outlived past acrimony.

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When David Heard for SATB choir with divisi, a capella

adapted from 2 Samuel 18:33

Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2015

Grave q = 46

Soprano

   pp   

  

When

Da

 -

vid

  pp   

  

When

Da



-

vid

Tenor

  

Da



-

Bass

When



heard,



when

Da

when

Da

 when

  

Da

vid



-

vid

  



heard,

  



-

vid

heard,

-

vid

heard,

 Da





when

Da

  -

vid

-



heard,

 

when

Da



 





    

  



  



 



when



heard,



when



  



Da - vid

  

p cresc. poco a poco

Da

-

 vid

  

p cresc. poco a poco







vid

heard,

when

 

 

when

   

Da

-



-

vid

heard,

when

Da

-



 





 

 



 

Da



  

 

   

-

 vid

 

vid

 

vid



re

co

 





p cresc. poco a poco

p cresc. poco a poco

 

    





lS

Grave q = 46 pp

    

  



sa

Grave q = 46

  pp     When



heard,

ru Grave q = 46

Alto

  

Copyright © 2015 by Ian A. Cook and Red Pine Music Press. All rights are reserved.

Ian A. Cook is a member of ASCAP. Please report all performances of his works at http://ianacook.com/performance-notification/

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When David Heard — Ian A. Cook

    7

S.

  

heard,

when

    

Pe A.



heard,

T.

    

when

Da

-

Da

-

  



when



 

Da

   

  

          when

 



  

  



Da - vid

B.





heard

   



     

mp



mp

  



Da

   Da

heard,

when

Da

-

vid







  

-



-



vid

heard,

vid

    -

-



 

  



vid



vid





-

vid

  

heard that



heard,

when

    heard,

vid



 

  



 

   



 

 



 

     



   

    

heard,





 

heard,

heard, when

Da - vid

heard,







  







-

 

sa - lom

  

Da

 

  



-



heard,

   

 

  



  



heard,





 

Da - vid

 



Ab

   

-





  



vid

  

heard,

when





Da

 

heard,



-

  

when





vid

-

 

 



vid

 

 -

vid

 

 







had

been





 



 

vid

heard

 

 

 

when

Da



 

when

Da

 

  

     

 

 

  

 

   

-

vid



 



 



 

heard



-

 

heard

re





-

when

            

mp



Da

when

     



-

co

T.

    



Da

  

when

A.

-

-



Da

lS

mf

13

vid

Da

when

when

sa

    



when

   

S.

   



  

  







heard,



when

heard,



  

ru

    

heard,

  



Da - vid

  

heard,

B.

  



  







 

When David Heard — Ian A. Cook

      18

S.

  

slain,

A.

T.

that

     





that

Ab

mp

    

-

sa - lom

-

sa

that

Ab

-

 

  

  

 



O

A.

my

B.

my

    

 

   

 



 

 

lom



sa - lom



  

 



 



  



son…”

son…”





    



been



had

       

 

   



had

been

   



had

 

 

  

 

   

   



(n)

  

   





  

went

slain,

(n)

 



 

 

up

  

(n)

 

  

  





  p



he

been

  

   

      

  

slain,

   



p

he



 

 

slain,

 

been

  (n)

  

 

    p

   



  



p

slain,



Ab - sa - lom (m)



   



       

pp



“O,



(n)

  

slain,

had

  

  





Ab - sa - lom (m)

   

   



 

went

   

 

   

 

re

   



co

T.

  





          O

pp

  

  

lS

           23

S.

been

sa

 

    

-



had

   





  

   



     



Ab

mp

 

“O,

 

 

  

ooh,

ru

B.

     

  

mf

Pe

mp

sub. p

5

     

  





   

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When David Heard — Ian A. Cook

      27

S.

    to his



cham - ber,

Pe A.

   

up

T.

   

to his





cham - ber,

    

   

     

   

      

 

 

 

     

32

A.

 

  

 



mp cresc. poco a poco

  

  



 

and





 



  



  

 





cham - ber

 

 

gate

3

  

o - ver the



gate

  

 

(n)

  











 



 

wept,

    

wept,

 









 

he

went

up

 

   





   



     

wept,

 







and

wept,

and





went

up

and

wept,



 





and



poco accel.

poco accel.

and





 

 

wept,



 

    





 



poco accel.

 





poco accel.

 

went

 



 

 

 

he

3



and

 

mp cresc. poco a poco

  

  

   

 

   



o - ver the

 



wept,

re



       

 

cham - ber

  

(n)

he

up,



 

to his



3

  

 

wept,

   

went up

 



mp cresc. poco a poco

and

          

 



co

B.



 

and

mp cresc. poco a poco

       

 

been slain,

 



and wept,

T.

been slain,

had

and wept,

    

    

lS

     

to his

sa



had

 

 

went up

he

     

    

S.

he

ru

B.

    

 

  



 

 

 

  



 

 

When David Heard — Ian A. Cook A tempo f ff

molto rall.

      35

S.

wept,

      and

wept,

and

Pe

molto rall.

   



A.

         and

T.





he

went

wept,

  

 

 

 

 

  

up

and

wept.



 











 





 

my

son

Ab

son,

      



son

Ab





 



 



 





 



  

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  



  

  

-

 my

     

f



 





  



sa - lom,

 



 

 



 

 



 



 my

    



sa - lom,









“O

f

-



my

A tempo ff

wept.

 

my







  

  



  

Ab

-

f



  

Ab

-

   





 

    

 

son

my

f



son

  



 

  



 

sa - lom,

sa - lom,

re

    

 



“O





my

A tempo ff

co

my

 





O

      son,







O

dim.  non   

    



 







my

lS

dim.   non   

son

B.

f







“O

 

son,

T.



wept.

f

son,

A.

 



 

40

S.

 



and



A tempo ff

sa

    

f

and



“O

molto rall.

wept,





molto rall.



and



  

and

 

wept.

ru

B.

    

wept,



7

 



  

     









 

8

When David Heard — Ian A. Cook mf

        44

S.

Ab

   -



  mf      Ab

T.

    

-

mf







my

son,

my

mf

 

    

49

A.

B.

      





my

son!

pp





my

son!

 

my

son,

    



 

Ab

  

 

   (n)

   (n)

    pp

on - ly,

     pp

If

on - ly,

     



  



 

 





 

on - ly

I

had

       if



on - ly

  

I

had





sa - lom,

p







my

son,

my

p

 

 

 

died,





my

      

 

   

if

on - ly

I

had

      

died,



 

son,

       



  

-

    

     



 

  

     

 



if

sa - lom,

my

  

     

-

if

on - ly

I

had

re

son!

 

  

   

  

  

 

  



 

  

p



mp

son,

  

    

my

   

 

    



son,

mp

If



my

    

Ab

son,

  



 

  



     son!

   



son,

co

T.

   

pp

son,

son,

my

lS

   

 

 

son,

 

sa

       

S.

my

my

p

   

    

  

  

  

sa - lom,

  

son,

mp



    

my



my

ru

B.

     

  

sa - lom,

Pe A.

mp

   





 

    

 

 

When David Heard — Ian A. Cook

       54

S.

   



Pe A.

T.



     died

      

in - stead of

       died

60

S.





 



 

 

 

 

 

my

son,

my

son,

my

son,



   

p

pp





A.





      



   



  

 



 





T.

B.

        



 



 



 



 



 



      

-

sa

-

lom,

 



 



   



 



 

 





 

son,

pp



 



 

pp



 



 



you!

  

 

 

 

     

 



poco rall. pp











A tempo p

   Ab

poco rall. pp

-

A tempo p

   

    

Ab

 

poco rall.

 

 

poco rall.

 

   





      

   

 

O



 

-









     sa

-



lom,

my

    

 

sa

my

-

lom,

A tempo



 



A tempo

 





re

   



Ab

    



p

my



you!

 

 

son,

co

O

my





O

    



son,

lS

    





 

my

in - stead of

pp

   

           

sa

    



in - stead of

you,

  

  

p

          



    

  

 

   

you,

in - stead of

      



   

ru

B.

      

   

9



     

  



    

 



10

When David Heard — Ian A. Cook

    67

S.

  



son,

my

son,

Pe

   

  

  

A.

    



son,

T.

my

 



poco rall.

A.

  

my



poco rall.

B.

    





O

my

p



 

O

my

 

son,





my





son,







p

my



son,

my

son,









son,

 

 

 



  

 





 

son,



  

 





son!”

 



  

     



 

 

my

son,



son!”

son,

 

son,

my



mp

my

son,

my

son,



pp



 



p

my



mp

pp

pp





my



son!”





my

son!”

 

 

my

son!”

   





   

re

    



 

my

my

my

my

    

son,





co

poco rall.





pp

son,

T.



poco rall.

     

son,

p

  

 



son,



lS

   

   



sa

S.

my

  



 

71



son,



    



my

ru

B.

   











    