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GARRETT HOPE

Stay For SATB choir a capella

Text by John Donne (1572–1631)

Frog Princess Publishing, ASCAP

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Duration: ca. 5 minutes

Stay, O Sweet by John Donne (1572–1631) Stay, O sweet, and do not rise! The light that shines comes from thine eyes; The day breaks not: it is my heart, Because that you and I must part. Stay! or else my joys will die, And perish in their infancy.

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Commissioned by Dr. Therees Hibbard and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Choir

Stay JOHN DONNE (1572-1631)

GARRETT HOPE

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Piano (Rehearsal only)

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© 2010, Garrett Evan Hope, Frog Princess Publishing. ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.

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2 12

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˙

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rise;

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3

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26

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4

Slightly faster 39

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5

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62

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6

Slowly mf

mf

69

° &

or

else my joys

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4 œ ˙™ 4

2 3 #œ œ œ #œ 4 œ œ 4 #˙ ™

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die, Stay,

or

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2 4

& Œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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die,

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3 4 ˙™

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will die,

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else my joys

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or

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die,

or

else

mf

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will

4 4w

die,

w

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or

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