Agnus Dei

Newman Chang

AGNUS DEI

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a cappella chorus vocal trio

OK

FEEL

GOOD

M U S I C

AGNUS DEI from Mass Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Instead of mercy, Lord please give us lovers whose breath at night comes out as light Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: Instead of mercy, Lord please give us Octobers and red leaves that land gently on ants have mercy on us.

Instead of mercy, Lord please give us wind that we can lift and toss.

Lord please give us rain that dimples the lake like hooves Lord please give us fires with sparks shaped like question marks Instead of mercy, Lord please give us snowflakes that don’t disappear once they touch us, as if we are burning Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: Instead of mercy, Lord please give us pines that meet at the top grant us peace. like prayer.

—Victoria Chang & The Book of Common Prayer

ca. 7’

www.jonathannewman.com

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OK

FEEL

GOOD

MUSIC

commissioned by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

AGNUS DEI from Mass for a cappella chorus and vocal trio

VICTORIA CHANG

Largo, Solemn (  = ca. 48)

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ALTO

Lamb

TEN/BAR

SOPRANO

ALTO

TENOR

BASS

6/18 1st Ed.

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   

of God

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CHORUS

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Lamb of

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JONATHAN NEWMAN

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God

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Lamb of God you

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Lamb of God you

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Copyright © 2018 by Jonathan Newman, OK Feel Good Music (ASCAP) For all countries All rights reserved

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2

16

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 più          

 più            

hooves Lord

B

hooves Lord







 

please give

   

please give

  

  

Lord please give us rain

T



wind

Lord please give us rain

più       

  





we

we

lift

 

us

  

us

and

lift

and

rain

that



 



rain

that

 

that dim - ples the

  

  

please give us rain

toss







      

that dim - ples the

  

 

toss

  

     

please give us rain



      

 

that

 

that

dim - ples

dim - ples



lake



lake

 



with



with



the lake



the lake

 

 

  

with

rit.

 

 



 

hooves

hooves

dim - ples the lake with hooves

 

 

with

         

 

   

dim - ples the lake with hooves

  



10

S

Tempo Primo (  = ca. 48)

 cresc. poco a poco   34       

 cresc. poco a poco          Lord

A

please give

 cresc. poco a poco Lord               Lord

T

please give us

 cresc. poco a poco        Lord

B

Lord,

  37

S

A

T

B

us

  

please give us

give

  

   

fires

      

give us



fires

       

give us

 

fires       fires,

fires

   

fires

       

fires

     

please give us

 

 



  

Lord

  

   

Lord

  

     

          

fires give us

fires

please give us

fires

   

 

give

allarg.

give



    

fires,

 

       





         

fires

us fires

with



fires

      

with

       fires



Lord

 

fires

fires

fires

fires,

fires       

Lord please give us

 

us

    

    

with

     

with

with

    with

   

   

11

      

Largo, Grandly

40

S1

     

sparks

S2

     





sparks

        

A

 



sparks

sparks

T

          sparks

B



shaped

      



     

S

A



shaped

  

  

   

shaped

 

shaped

       

Lord

 

Lord please give

T

     

marks

B

marks

   

 

Lord

 

poco cresc.



  

Lord

  

poco cresc.

Lord

like



 

ques



like

         please

please

  

  

Lord please give poco cresc.

 

like

please

give

   

    

 

ques

 

-

ques

-

 

ques

-



ques

-

 

-

tion

-

tion





tion

 

tion

-

tion

            

          us

  

give

us

give

us

 



tion -

Lord please give us

   

tion

like ques

-



 

-

       

like

shaped

please give

 

    

like

poco cresc.

Lord

like

shaped

sparks

43



          shaped like ques sparks

shaped

sparks



snow



snow

   

       snow

snow

-

flakes

 

-

flakes

   

    

-

flakes

-

     

flakes

12

 cresc.   46                        Tempo primo

S

 cresc.             give us

A

give us

T

B

   

S1

       

                    

B

   

touch

x

-

dis -





don’t



  





 



don’t







dis



us

     



-



 

- ap

-

  ap

    

-

pear

-



as

us

  

as

  



us

as

us





pear

 



once

        dis - ap - pear

-



 

poco rit.

that don’t dis - ap - pear

- flakes that don’t

 



flakes

         

Suspended, as before

touch

T

    

that

touch

A

snow -

    

touch

S2

-

that

     

50

snow

= 

2







if





if

  as

  if



they

 

              

 

   we

  if

 

we

13

  

 

52

S1

S2

  

we

A

T

B

 

 

we

S

A

T

B

















 



      

       

        

   

     





 



of



God

   

 Lamb

   

are

burn

   



 

are



are

 

of

 

Lamb

    

       

Lamb

 

Lamb

Lamb

-

burn

-

burn

-

 

 

of

 

of

  

of

 

of

God,

    

God,

   

God,

God,









-



-



-

-





ing



ing





ing





God

  





2



ing





     

 



  

   

-

burn

   





    



   



are

Tempo Primo, Solemn (  = ca. 48) Lamb

T/B





 

54

A







 

= 





 

   poco

you take

   poco

you take

    poco

you take

   poco

you take

   

 

a - way

the

a - way

the

a - way

the

a - way

the

  

   

  

 

   

 



14

S

56     



sins

A

T



 

sins

of

the



 

of

      

  

of

   

the

 



sins

of

58     

S

A

   

world:

  

 



T





mer - cy

B

      

Lord







Lord please

 

please



world:

world:



       

 



give

 

give

In

   

 

pines that



    

us pines



us



pines

   us

 



       

world:

mer - cy Lord please give

   

    

 

the

With romance, as before

   



the



sins

B

  

meet

  





In - stead

-





stead

   





    



 



of

 



of



at



 







the

 

    

pines that meet

at

the

that meet



 

       

  

   

pines that meet

at



at

the

 

the

   

A

T/B

S

60       



       

top



        top

A



     

top

T

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top

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rall.

peace.

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