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Winner of the 2015 Presbyterian Association of Musicians Choral Composition Competition

Praise from Three Anthems on poems by George Herbert George Herbert (1593-1633)

Erik Meyer

1 Moderately Slow q=72      p S        King

     

A

        King

     B  

glo - ry,

 

of

p

King

of

     



p

     

  S   

of

glo

A

 T         B  

  and that

         

 

King

 



  

love

may

nev - er cease,

  

 

love

love

may

nev - er cease,

  

may

nev - er cease,

that

love

may

   

 

 

that

King

     

  

     

peace,

I

will

love

thee;

love

thee;

will

of

peace,

  

I

will

   

 

  

will

move

thee.

I

will

move

I

will

I

will

 

 

 

move

thee.

move

thee.

  

 

thee.

 

 



  

 

 

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thee;

love

   



will

I

I

   

 

  

 

thee;

I

peace,

  

love

  

of

 

 

    

 

nev - er cease,

 

peace,

of

  

and that

and

 

and

ry,

glo - ry,



of

 

 

King

 

 -

King

glo - ry,

6

   

p

King p

T

of

 

 


2

   mf        S   11

Thou hast grant- ed

my re- quest,

  



thou hast heard

me;

               mf

A

Thou hast grant- ed mf

my re- quest,

thou hast heard

 mp

    

mf

    

  

  S    

 

 

17

thou hast spared

       

A

thou hast spared

my re- quest,

  

  

  

me; thou didst note mp

me.

mf

 

           thou hast spared me.

T

 B     

thou hast spared

                  

  

        thou didst note my work - ing breast,

mp

       

me;

    

  

thou didst note my work - ing breast,

  



mp



 

  

          

     

  



I will sing

thee,

    

    

Where - fore with my

mf

Where - fore with my

mf

 

mf

me.

 mf 

ut - most art

ut - most art

     

Where - fore with my

 

ut - most art

I will sing

 

 

 

I will sing

thee,

  

ut - most art

I will sing

thee,

       

   

    

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 

thee,

           

Where - fore with my

 

    

  

my work - ing breast,

2

 

me.

thou hast heard

 

thou didst note my work - ing breast,

        

            T      Thou hast grant-ed my re- quest, thou hast heard me; mf               B    Thou hast grant- ed

mp

       

  

 

 

and the

 

  


3

  S   

and

the

cream

of

23

A

    

and

the

cream

      and

T

  the

cream

     B   cream

all

my

heart

I

of

all

my

heart

I

of

all

my

heart

I

of

all

my

heart

I

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

   S  

27

Though my

    

A

my

       sins, my

T

B

    

sins

     f     

sins

a - gainst

sins

sins

a - gainst

a - gainst

cried,



 





me

cried,

 me

 me

a - gainst me

 

 

 cried,

f

will bring

  

          

 

thee.

f

will bring

f

  

mp

 

cried,

thou didst mp

me;

clear

  

 

 mp  

  



 

 p

and

a -





    

me;

thou didst clear

 

me;

Though my

mp

thou didst clear mp



thou didst clear

Though

 

thee.



Though my

will bring

  

 thee.

f

thee.

will bring

me;

  

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  


4

 p S    31

and

   

A

rit.

a - lone, when

 when

p          and a - lone, when

   B  

they

re

-

  they

rit.

re

-

plied,

 

plied,

   

they

re

rit.

-

plied,

 

p

and

a - lone, when

they

re

-

 

  rit. 

 

   

     p

    

   mf S    

plied,

not one in sev'n, I will praise

Sev'n whole days,

 

not one in sev'n, I will praise

           

     

hear

me.

   

thou

thou

pp

pp

didst

 thee;

 thee;

 thee;

   

hear

  

 

hear

me.

 

 

 

hear

  

me.

didst

thou didst

not one in sev'n, I will praise thee;

     

 

pp

            T     Sev'n whole days, not one in sev'n, I will praise mf              B     

  

thou didst

          

Sev'n whole days, mf

      mf     

  

Sev'n whole days,

 mf    

pp

  

3

35

A

rit.

lone,

T

 

me.

    

mp

    

in my heart, though

mp

    

 

  

not in heav'n,

  

in my heart, though mp

not in heav'n,

in my heart, though

not in heav'n,

    

  

 mp             in my heart,

my heart, though not in heav'n,

 

     mp        

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 

  

  


   S     42

I

   

A

can raise

thee;

    I

can

raise

         I can raise

T

    B    I

         

can raise



  

47

thee;

   

A

 thee;

      thee;

T

 

  S   

  

 

e'en

e -

 B    

 

small it

   

 

thee;

small it

 

 

 

 

f

is,

it

small it f

 

  

 

 

-

mp

 

e'en

e - ter - ni - ty's too

 mp 

 

 short

 short

  

too

  

  

 

to

 

en - roll

    en - roll

ex - tol

to

en - roll

  

  

thee.

p

   

short

to

ex -

p

short

to

ex - tol

 p  

      

 thee.

      

    

 

ex - tol

     

to

 

  

p

en - roll

  

to

  

to p

   

ni - ty's

  

 

 

ter

  

  

this poor sort

e -

   

this poor sort

in

ni - ty's too

   

  

is,

in

to

it

f

is,

this poor sort

is,

e - ter - ni - ty's too

   

in

  

   

e'en

   

is,

  

this poor sort

 

mp

in

 f   

mp

   

is,

   

-

thee;

          

   

thee;

   

f

small it

thee;

5

ter mp

 

e'en

tol

 

 

thee.

 

thee.

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