The Music of
James Deignan
Cry of the Holy Child SATB
Poem by Euan Tait
JDM0009
Commissioned by Curtis Kettler for the Southwest Christian High School Chamber Singers and Concert Choir
Alto
Tenor
Bass
5
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P piu mosso q=85 #### œ œ œ œ & P #### œ V ? ####
cry
to the
hum - an
heart
an
in - fant cry
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Liv - ing word
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to the
hum - an heart
to the
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j œ œ.
hum - an heart an
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inf - ant
j œ œ œ œ œ a
œ œ cry
∑
P Œ ‰ œj 43 The
rit.
inf - ant cry
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ cry
the
∑
∑
Christ's first
B
Christ's first cry
#### 4 V 4
Christ's first
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James Deignan (2016) Poem by Euan Tait
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Soprano
Cry of the Holy Child
a
word - less hun - ger
43
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Pœ Œ ‰ J 43 The
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Cry of the Holy Child
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wel - come
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pain
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long
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that
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that
their days
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flash of song they did - n't
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flash of song they did - n't
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turned a - way
to
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20
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sta - ble
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kings
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end - less ly call - ing
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kings end - less - ly call - ing
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kings end - less - ly call - ing
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es
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Cry of the Holy Child
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call - ing
ing
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Cry of the Holy Child
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p
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called back
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called back
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God
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called
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and
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called back
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subito
and
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p ˙ nœ œ
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called
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back
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sud - den - ly wel - come home at - last
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home
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at
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at
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last
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Cry of the Holy Child
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rit.
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home
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p ˙.
God's
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ho - ly
fam - ily
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p ˙.
mm
rit.
œ- œ- œ ˙ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ - - -
stunned by this birth
how
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gen - tle wait - ing
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wait - ing
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gile life be - comes
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life be - comes
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3
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q=75, slower (more contemplative)
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bur - ning
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p œ
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con - ceived
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through her
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through her
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through her
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through her
Cry of the Holy Child
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# # # # Œ Œ ‰ œj ˙ œ 2 ˙ 3 ˙. & 4 4 ˙. ˙. œ œ ˙ Mag - ni - fi
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cat
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cieved through her
"yes"
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42 œ œ 43 ˙
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fi
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cat!
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fi
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ceived through her
ceived through her
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42 œ œ 43 ˙
fi - cat!
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cieved
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f ˙˙ .. f ˙. f ˙.
"yes"
"yes"
ƒ U ˙.
˙. P Œ Œ ‰ œj 44
Primo Tempo
Solo: "Yes!"
Ó.
And
P 4 Œ Œ ‰ œj 4 And
∑
P 4 Œ Œ ‰ œj 4 And
∑
P Œ Œ ‰ œJ 44 And
Cry of the Holy Child
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now our hearts
j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ
re - turn
j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ˙
now our hearts
j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ
re - turn
j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ˙
now our hearts
j œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ
j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ˙
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now our hearts
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what
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we were
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what we
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we were
what we
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re - turn
to
to
to
our for
got - ten beau - ty
our for - got - ten beau - ty
our for - got - ten beau - ty
j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ
re - turn
to
and what we were
and what we were
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our for - got - ten beau - ty
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and what we were
and what we were
44 3 œ œ œ œ œ
at
home
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˙.
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42 ˙
44 3 œ œ œ œ œ
w
œ œ ˙-
42 ˙
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j œ . œ œ œ-
re - ig - nites
re - ig - nites
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42
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we are ag - ain
wœ œ ˙
44
3
we are ag - ain
we are ag - ain
we are ag - ain
at
at
at
home
home
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home
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Cry of the Holy Child rit.
œ œ œ. œ œ ˙.
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in
œ œ œ œ
on - ly
p
the cry
rit.
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of
Christ
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on - ly
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in
a tempo
in the
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on - ly
in the
the
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w
w
w
w
w
w
cry
of
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cry
˙.
cry
of
Christ
w
on - ly in
œ w
of
Christ
the
cry
w
˙ of
Christ
w
ww
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