Jesus Wept for SATB Choir

Keane Southard

Jesus Wept for

a cappella SATB choir

(2018) (Duration: c. 8 min.)

Program notes: Jesus Wept for SATB choir was begun in early 2018 and completed in November of that same year after a long hiatus in between. It is a setting of the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible (John 11:35) which consists of just the two words of my piece's title.

I've removed the verse from its original context in order to suggest that Jesus weeps for all the suffering that humankind has inflicted on our planet, other beings, and ourselves despite his teaching us to love others as we love ourselves. This is a lamentation for our collective suffering as a result of our failures to see every place as sacred, everywhere as our home, and everyone as our brothers and sisters.

Keane Southard 2018

Performance instructions: 1. Glissandi in this piece are very important. All glissandi should last the entire duration and move at a steady velocity. If anything, the glissandi should be over-emphasized.

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Jesus Wept SOPRANO

      

q = 42

    

ALTO

Keane Southard   

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Je - sus

    

TENOR

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p

Je - sus

Piano Reduction (for rehearsal only)

       9

 

 





Je - sus

      f     



Je - sus

f

         Je           f

 - sus



     

mf











  





   

 





p





sus



   

wept

mp

  

wept

    wept

p

 



wept

mp



wept



p

  

wept

A                      

©2018

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p

mp

p

Je - sus

   



wept



 

  

wept

sus

wept

p

wept





mp

Je - sus

p

wept

sus





wept

Je -

  

   



  



  



mp

p

  



mf

             

mp

Je -





A

      

wept



       

wept

 

 

Je -

  

      

wept



wept

Je - sus

mp

wept

 

wept

Je - sus

  

Je - sus

                

  

wept

q = 42

     

f

          

 

Je - sus

        BASS         

mp



 

wept

   

 





   



B

2



         17

   

mf

Oh





Je - sus



Oh



Je - sus



mf

wept

wept

mf

mf

          Oh



    



 



p        

 

Je

wept





 



p

 

-

-

mp



      Je

p

-



sus

 -

mp

-

  -

 sus

wept



wept

sus

mp

-

-

sus



  

  mp 

-





               

 



p

mp

Je

-

 p

 





  sus



wept

p

sus

sus









wept

      





 

sus

mp



 

Je -

sus

 

wept



p

   wept



Je - sus

wept

mp



 

p

-

sus

   

p

  

Je



-

 

 

        



wept

         

Je

  mp 

wept

p

-



wept

mp

Je

                  

-

p

       

wept

Je

 

p

p   mp         

wept



Je - sus

 

mp

wept

         



sus



  mp 

wept

p



Je - sus

p

  

              Je

  

sus



q = 52

  

Je

p



-

  

B A little faster, con poco rubato           

(2+3)



p

            

p   mp      

(2+3)

            Je



wept

 

p

p

sus

mp

            mp

      

-

Je

wept

mp

Je





wept

     

 

    

25

Je - sus



p p mp                 

poco rit.

    

    

wept

   

              Oh Je - sus wept 

wept

p

mf

 

p

       wept

(2+3) A little faster, con poco rubato

poco rit.

mf

q = 52

wept

              



 

C

(3+2)

32             

mp

Je

mf

-

sus

  mp    -

       Je

Je

sus

wept

mf

    -

sus

mp



p

    

mp

mf



 



  

 

mf



p

 

-

C      



 

 



 

   



  



  

 

wept

Je

(2+3)

              39

f

Je

mp

-

  f    Je

       Je

sus

 -

f

sus

 -

sus

wept

 

mp





wept

 

mp





-

sus

wept

      



  

     

 



 

 



-



sus

-



sus

-

sus



Je

mf

     Je

-

sus



D  



 

 

 













-



sus

  



p

 

    

  

 

  

(3+2) p

mf

       Je

-

sus

wept

-

sus

Je

-

sus

wept

mf  mp  p             sus

mp

  

p

mf

-



     

 



   

Je



wept

mp

Je

mp

wept

p mf mf  mp  p               

Je

mp

Je

    

Je

wept

f

mf

Je

            





D

sus

mf

sus



wept

      

-



sus

mf

Je

      

mp         

             

Je

-

sus

Je

mp

    Je

-

sus









 

 

 



wept

  

-

 

p

 

sus



     

mf

Je

wept

          

-

3

(2+2+3) mp

      

wept

mf

Je



p

    

(2+3)



-

p

 

sus

wept

mf

p

wept

      Je

-

sus















  





  





 

    Oh





   Oh









      



4

(q = 34)

rit.

q = 42

 mp  mf                  45

f

Je

     

-

sus

Je

-

sus

Je

-

sus

pp



wept

f

          Je

Je - sus Je - sus

Je - sus Je - sus



    

-

sus

 

 

E 52     f  

wept

pp

p

mp

wept

wept

pp  mf  mp          

  

Je -

 

  

       f

  

Je - sus wept

f

-

     sus

wept

   



f

-

sus

E          

wept

wept

 

 



Je - sus wept



     

 

wept



sus

Je

-

sus

wept

 



 

  

cresc.



 

 

Je - sus





sus

  

cresc.

  

wept

 

sus

   

 



mp

wept





 



Je -



  

wept

sus

  





  

Je - sus

Je - sus         

wept

Je -



    







    

 



sus

               





wept

Je - sus

  



   





wept

wept     

wept

         

wept                Je - sus



Je - sus wept

Je - sus

wept



         

Je - sus

  



Je - sus wept

Je - sus

wept

wept

 

  

 



  



 

Je - sus wept Je - sus                           

cresc.       Je -



 

 

 

  

Je - sus

wept

Je - sus

    



 cresc.       Je -





   

wept

wept

q = 42

 

 

p

wept

(q = 34)

rit.





wept

                                    

Je



p pp mp  mf  mp          

f  mf  mp                  Je - sus Je - sus Je - sus Je - sus Je - sus Je - sus

   



mp

f

Je - sus Je - sus

       Je

p



wept

  

wept

  

wept

                              

5 fff wept

F     

 60          wept

wept

           wept

wept

wept

 

  wept

wept

wept

wept

fff wept

    

 

wept

  wept

wept

wept

wept



   

wept wept                     

 

wept

wept

wept

wept

 



wept

    

p

 

wept

     

   



wept

wept

     wept

wept

     

  

wept

           

F        

    

       

      

   

            

   

          

       

      

      

     

     



p

wept

wept

wept

fff wept

wept

     wept

 

 

   

wept

wept

wept

wept

     

 

wept

wept wept                     wept

wept

 

 

fff wept

          wept

        



wept

wept

wept

molto rit. wept

molto rit.



6

G A tempo p        



67

  

Je

  p     Je

-

 -

    

sus wept

  

 

sus

wept

p

        Je



 -

Je

 

sus

wept

Je

-

sus

wept

G A tempo          





    



-

 -

sus wept

 -

-

sus

 

 

 

wept

 

sus

wept

-





   

 

-

 

wept

Je

-

sus

wept

 





   



 

        

- sus wept

   

  

wept

      sus

  

pp

 

Je

-





sus

wept







wept

pp

 Je





-

pp

wept

-

Je



sus

 pp 

-



wept

  -



wept



Je

wept



sus

  

    

rit.

A tempo

poco rit.

sus

 wept



 

e = 60 ppp



-

  

  







wept

wept

ppp





wept



wept

ppp





 





 

  

wept



wept





wept





ppp



wept

p



ppp

wept



ppp

 

   

       

(very slow gliss.)

wept

H poco rit.

  



A tempo

    

    

 

   

rit.













 

e = 60



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

  

-

sus

 



sus

 

H 74



 Je

  Je

-





wept

 

    

  



Je -



 

sus





sus wept



Je

Je

-

sus



 

wept

  



Je





Je



 

sus

  

 

Je

 



  

Je

   

  

Je

 

  

p





