God's Grandeur

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God’s Grandeur For SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir

Music by Timothy Michael Powell Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins pivey

Music

Press


For my son, Daniel Richard Powell, at his baptism May 6, 2012

God's Grandeur for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir



Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

With intensity 

Soprano

             

The

Soprano 2

The

Alto

        

The

Alto 2

      

The

Tenor

        

The

Tenor 2

                 

The

Bass

Bass 2

        

For rehearsal purposes only

world

 world

 world

 world

 world

 world



is

charged.

is

charged.



is

charged.



is

charged.



is

charged.



is

charged.





The

world

is

charged.

The

world

is

charged.

      Piano

Timothy Michael Powell ASCAP

       









 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

is

 

  

  

    

The world

 is

 

The world

The world

The world

The world

The world

  

is

is

is

 is

The world

is

The world

is

 

 

 

  

 

 

  





   

© Copyright 2012 Spivey Music Press and Timothy Michael Powell. All Rights Reserved Text: Public Domain, 1877 by Gerard Manley Hopkins Promote the composition and performance of new music by refusing to photocopy this music.


4

S

     charged.

  

S2

charged.

    

A

charged.

   

A2

charged.

T

T2

B

    



   

 

piu

Pno.

The

 

  

The

The

piu



 

 

  

 



 

  

  

 

   

 

 

  

The

 

The



charged

is

charged

charged

charged

world

 

is

charged

piu

world

is

charged

piu

world

2

is



with

world piu

charged

is

piu  

world



   

The

is

piu

is

world

  

charged.

world

 

The



is

  

charged.

world

 

charged.

4

The

  

charged.

B2

 

  

piu

charged

the

with

the

with

the

with

the

with

the

with

the

with

the

with

the

  

 

 





 

 

 

 




7

S



  

gran

    

S2

gran

    

A

gran

    

A2

gran

T



  

gran

    

T2

gran

   

B

gran

      

B2

gran

7

Pno.

         

 rit. 

 -

deur,

 rit. 

 -

gran

deur,

gran rit.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-



of



-

deur

of

of

deur

rit.

-

deur

of

of

 deur

of

rit.

-

deur

of

 

deur

 

-

-

deur

rit.

-

-

-

rit.

-

deur

rit.

  

of

a tempo

God!

     

a tempo

God!



a tempo

God!



God!



God!

God!

God!

  

a tempo

a tempo

It

will

a tempo

It

will

 

a tempo

It

a tempo

God!

It

 



   

  

   

 



3

will

will

 


A 9

S



  

A

A2

T

T2

   

    

    

    

 

B

 

B2

  

Pno.

flame out,

 

 

flame out,

 

flame out,

 

 

it

will

it

will

flame out,

flame out,

 



it

will

it

will

flame out,

flame out,



flame out,

 

flame

out,

 

 

flame

out,

       

  

flame out,

flame out,

flame out,

A

9

flame out,

  

S2

  

 

 

 

 

4

 


    

S

flame

S2

A

A2

T

T2

B

    

flame

 out,

    

 

 

 

flame

 

flame

flame

  

   

flame

 

out,

like

flame

Pno.

  

 

       

shin

like

   

11

like

out,

 

-

shin







out,

like





like

 

5

from

ing

from

ing

from

ing

from

ing

from

-

ing

from

shook

-

ing

from

shook

-

-

-

 -

-

-

 -

-

-

shin



-

-

shin

-

-

 shin

ing

 -

 

-

-

-

-



 

-



out,

-



   

flame

B2

shin

shin



like

  

shin

like

out,

out,



like

out,

   



 

11

shook

shook

shook

shook

 

 

ing

from

shook

 -

shook











 

 

 

 








   

cresc.          

   



    



B

13

S

foil;

S2

foil;

A

foil;

A2

    



   



foil;

T

foil;

T2

B2

  

cresc.       

It

ga - thers

     

cresc.

foil;

         

 

to

a

       It ga - thers

to

to

a

cresc.

cresc.       

It

ga - thers

cresc.       

It

ga - thers

ga - thers

   

cresc.

It



 



 



ga - thers

B

 



 



  



  











great - ness.

to

It



a

ga - thers

It

cresc.         

 

to

   

foil;





13

Pno.

ga - thers

    

foil;

B

It

a

a

great - ness.

It

 

great - ness.

great - ness.

 

to

a

to

a

to

a

 



great - ness.

 

 

great - ness.

It

   

It

  It

 

great - ness.

 

 

It

great - ness.

 

 

It

  It



 

It

  

 





  

  



 

  

 





 

  



  

6


     



ga - thers

      

to

a



16

S

S2

ga

A

A2

T

T2





thers

to

a

  



ga - thers

to

  



to

ga - thers

ga - thers

     

to

a



     

thers

to



to

a

a

     



  

  

  

 

 

 

  

   

 

 

ga - thers

16

Pno.

a

ga - thers

B2

a



-

 

   

great

   

great

    

great

 

great

   

great

to

great

great

      

ga

B

-

  

a

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-



ness,

like



ness,



the

like

the

ness,

like

the



 

ness,

like

the



ness,

like

the



ness,

like

the



ness,

like

the

 

ness,

like

the

  

  





  

   

 



great

7

-




cresc.       

C

18

S

ooze

S2

cresc.       

ooze

A

 

cresc.       cresc.      

of

 

ooze

T2

of

cresc.      

 cresc.     

 

ooze

B

of

ooze

B2

of

 

     cresc.   

 cresc.     

ooze

oil,

  

of

ooze

T

of

 

ooze

A2

  

oil,

 

like the

 

oil,

like the

 

 

oil,

like the

 

 

oil,

of

oil,



of

oil,

 



 

 





like the

oil,

 

like the

 

C

like the

  like the

  like the

ooze

  

stretched

  

of

ooze

of

 

 

ooze

of

 

ooze

 

of

 

 

ooze

of

 

 

ooze



ooze



ooze

oil

oil

 

 

 

 

stretched

oil stretched

oil stretched



oil stretched



of

oil



of

oil



of

oil

stretched

stretched

     

  

 



  



    



 









18

Pno.

stretched



8




20

S

S2

A

A2

T

T2

B

  

      Crushed.

     

Crushed.

     

Crushed.

     





Crushed.

 

 

Crushed.

 

Crushed.

    

Crushed.

B2

       



Why

do

men

then

now



Why

do

men

then

now



Why

do

men

Why

do

men

do

men

then

now



Broadly

Broadly

Broadly

Why

then



then



not wreck

his



not wreck

now

not

his





wreck

now

not

wreck







Why Broadly



Why Broadly















do

men

then

now



    

     



Why

do

men

then

now



do

men

then

 















9

now





his

his

not wreck

his

Broadly

20

Broadly

Crushed.

Pno.

Broadly

not wreck

his

not wreck

his

not wreck

his

  


    

22

S

rod?

S2

   

rod?

A

A2

T

T2

B











a tempo

   

rod?



rod?



rod?

   

    a tempo

a tempo

  

  

Pno.

-

 

tions have

tions have

  

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra - tions

a tempo

a tempo

a tempo

 

   

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions have

   

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions have

     

 

 

      

 



 







 





10

 

poco meno mosso

trod;

poco meno mosso

trod;

poco meno mosso

trod;

 poco meno mosso 

trod;

Ge - ne - ra - tions

 

trod;

 rit.    

poco meno mosso

trod;

Ge - ne - ra - tions a tempo

 

 rit.    

22

-

D

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra - tions a tempo

   

rod?

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra

rod?

B2

  

rit.

Ge - ne - ra - tions, ge - ne - ra

rod?



  

rit.

 poco meno mosso 

pedantic poco meno mosso

            trod, have trod, have trod, have trod, have  pedantic poco meno mosso             trod, have trod, have trod, have trod, have

D

  








25

S

S2

A

A2

T



  

   

    

    

    

And all is

    

And all is

    

And all is

 

 

    

And all is

 

trod, have trod, have trod, have trod,

T2

B

              trod, have trod, have trod, have trod,  

 



 



 



 

trod, have trod, have trod, have trod,

B2

 

with trade;

 

    

seared

seared

with trade;

 

 

seared

with

 

 

seared

 

with

 

 

 

 

trade;

trade;

bleared,

bleared,

bleared,

bleared,

 

have

trod, have trod, have

trod, have trod, have

      trod, have trod, have

     trod, have trod, have

have



 

 

 

 

have

trod, have trod, have

trod, have trod, have

            trod, have trod, have trod, have trod, have

      trod, have trod, have

      trod, have trod, have

       

   

25

Pno.

    

 

 



 



 



 

11

   

 



  



 

 

 














27

S1

S2

A2

A2

T

T2



 

  

 

  

  

  

smeared

with

smeared

with

 

smeared

with

 

smeared

 

with

 

trod, have trod;

    

 

 

trod, have trod;

B

   

trod, have trod;

B2

   

 

trod, have trod;

            

with

toil;

toil;

toil;



   



 

  

wears smudge



  

And wears



wears

  

And

man's

wears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

man's smudge

with

toil;

And

wears

man's smudge



toil;



with

toil;

    

And



 

wears

wears

    

12

 

  and

  and

 

man's smudge

    

And

and

 

man's smudge

  

      

And

with

wears

toil;

  

27

Pno.

toil;

 

and

    


    



29

S

S2

A

A2

T

smudge

shares

    



shares

      

      

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  



soil

  the

the

soil

  the

    

13



soil

 



 

the

the

soil



the

soil

 

   

man's smell:

man's smell:

shares

Pno.

the

the

man's smell:

      

    

man's smell:

     

29



shares

B2

smell:

   

soil



shares

B

shares

shares

T2



the

 the

 

soil

soil

 

soil

soil

 

 



 

  the

  the

   


31

S

S2

A

A2

T



     soil





soil

bare

soil

is

  

          

            

now,

now,



bare

  nor can



bare



now,



now,

is

bare

nor

can

nor

can



a tempo

a tempo

now,



is

bare

now,



bare

now,

 



 

  

feel

feel



foot



foot

nor

can

nor

can

poco meno mosso

foot

now,



is







a tempo

a tempo

poco meno mosso

foot

a tempo

poco meno mosso



a tempo

a tempo

poco meno mosso

bare



nor can

poco meno mosso

is

       

 

poco meno mosso

31

     

poco meno mosso

is

soil

Pno.

bare

is

soil

soil

B2

is

  

soil

B

         

soil

T2

poco meno mosso

  

14



foot

 foot

 

feel

feel



foot feel



foot feel

a tempo

 

nor

feel

nor

feel

be - ing

be - ing

be - ing

be - ing



be - ing

be - ing

be - ing



be - ing

 

 









 

 












34

S

S2

A

A2

rit.



shod. rit.



shod.

    rit.       rit.       rit.  

shod,

B

B2

   

And for

rit.

shod, rit.

shod,

feel

be - ing

all

 slower Gratiously       all

be - ing

shod.





feel

feel

feel

be - ing

be - ing

this,





 

na - ture is

   3

this,

na - ture is

this,

   3

slower Gratiously         

       

for

for

shod,

for

E

         



15

 all

 slower Gratiously        

na - ture is

for

 slower Gratiously      

shod,

 

3   

 slower Gratiously      

all

shod.

na - ture is

 slower Gratiously      

3   

this,

slower Gratiously

        

 slower Gratiously      

all

34

Pno.

 

shod.

shod,

T2

And for

rit.

shod.

T

 

E

all

 all

 all

    3

 




    

     

     

    

37

S

ne - ver spent;

S2

  

    

this,

T2

this,

B

    

     

 



3

fresh - ness





 



fresh - ness

 







fresh - ness

  3



 

fresh - ness

  

 

Pno.

     

3

There lives

 

deep

 

  

 

16



deep

down

 down

down

deep

down

deep

down

deep

down

deep

 

  

down

There lives the dear - est fresh - ness deep

this,

There lives

     37

There lives

this,

B2

3

There lives

    

There lives the dear - est fresh - ness deep

ne - ver spent;

T

There lives the dear - est fresh - ness

ne - ver spent;

A2

There lives the dear - est fresh - ness

ne - ver spent;

A

3

things;

  

 

And

 



And



And



And



things;

things;

things;

things;





things;

things;

down





 

 

   

things;




     

40

S

cresc.

though

S2

     

cresc.

though

A

     

cresc.

though

A2

    

cresc.

though

T

T2





cresc.

though

     

cresc.

though

B

     

cresc.

though

B2

     

cresc.

though

  

the

  

the

the

last lights off

last lights off

the

  

  

the

  

  

 

the

the

the

the

the

 

the

last lights off

last lights off

last lights off

last lights off

last lights off

last lights off

the

the

the

 the

 the

black West went

Oh

morn - ing,

Oh



  

 

black West went

Oh



West

went

Oh



West

went

went

black

black

West

West

West

went

West

 











      

  

 

 

 

 



Pno.

  

      

40



went

17

went

Oh



morn!

 morn!

Oh



morn!

Oh

Oh

Oh

morn!

morn!

Oh

Oh

morn - ing,

 morn!

   





Oh

 Oh

 Oh

 Oh

 

Oh

 

 


S

F

       

43

morn - ing,

S2

Oh

       

morn - ing,

A

  



    



Oh

morn



    

Oh

    

morn!

F

       

43

Pno.

Oh

    

morn!

B2

Oh

     



morn

Oh

Oh

-

-

-

-

-

 

 





  

  

the

the

ing

brown

brown

at

  

ing

at

 

ing

at

-

 

ing

at

 

brink



brink

the brown brink

the brown brink

the brown brink



the brown brink



Oh

Oh

springs,

Oh

ing

at









 

 

 









 

Oh

springs,

-

the brown brink

east - ward, springs,

Oh

east - ward, springs,

 

18

Oh

at



ing

east - ward, springs,

the brown brink

east - ward, springs,

-

 morn

-

 morn

at

-

morn

at

morn - ing

morn

morn!

B

 

morn!

T2

morn - ing

morn!

T

 

    

morn!

A2

Oh

springs,

  

Oh

 springs,

Oh

 

 

 




        

46

S

morn - ing,

S2

        

morn - ing,

A

       

A2

morn!

T2

    

morn!

B

     

morn!

B2

     

morn!

   

46

Pno.

morn - ing,

Oh

morn!

  

Oh

morn - ing,

Oh

Oh

Oh

 

 

Oh

morn!

Oh





   

 





at

the

morn - ing Building



morn - ing Building



morn - ing



morn -

the

at

-

- ing

 

-

- ing

 

Building

-

- ing



Building

morn -

 

     

19

-



the

 



morn -

at

Building

Oh

 

morn -

morn!



Oh

Building

Building

morn!

Oh



morn!

morn! Oh

Oh

morn! Oh

Oh

    

      

Oh

morn - ing,

T



Oh

           

  

morn - ing,

Building

brown

brown

brown

at

at

 at

brink

brink

brink

the brown brink

the brown brink

the brown brink

 

at











 









- ing

the brown brink


49

S

S2

 



    

    

  

Oh

east - ward, springs,

A

east - ward, springs,

A2

east - ward, springs,

T

    

T2

    

 Oh

    

    

springs,

B2

      

Pno.

      

cresc.

cresc.

 

Oh



 



morn - ing

 

cresc.

at

at

 

morn - ing cresc.

at

 

morn - ing



at

 

morn - ing



at

 

morn - ing

 

at

 

morn - ing

Oh

springs,

49

cresc.

Oh

springs,

B

cresc.

Oh

springs,

Oh

morn-ing cresc.

Oh

cresc.

at

 

  

the brown

brink

   

   

   

   

   

the

the

the

the

the

the

brown

brown

brown

brown

brown

brown

brink

  

no rit.

ward,

no rit.

     

     

 

 

no rit.

east

brink

-

ward,

no rit.

east

-

no rit.

ward,

east - ward,

no rit.

morn - ing

at

the

 

  

 

 

 

 





 







 















 

  

20

brown

 

-

east - ward,

brink

   

ward,

east - ward,

brink

brink

    

-

no rit.

east

brink

brink

east

  

    

no rit.

east - ward,


S

        springs!

S2

        

 

springs!

A

        



        



springs!

A2

springs!

T

B

B2

    

   

       

      

  

             

springs!

springs!

springs!

         

52

Pno.

      

  

   

      

springs!

T2

G

 

  

   

   

G

  

 3

Be - cause

 3

Be - cause

 3

Be - cause

Be - cause

  

 3

3

the

the

the

the

3

the

Be - cause

Be - cause 3

Be - cause 3

Be - cause

the

the

the

  

 

  

 





 

21

3

3






54

S

S2

A

A2

T

T2

B



Ho

Ho







Ho

Ho



Ho



Ho

    Ho

B2

-



   

    Ho

  

  

ly

  

-

-

-

ly

ly

Pno.

      

Ghost

Ghost

-

  

ly

Ghost

Ghost

  

-

ly

-

  

ly

Ghost

Ghost

 



 

 

 

ov - er

 

ly

3

3

ov - er

-

  

Ghost

ov - er

ly

54



Ghost

3

3

the

bent

World

the

bent

World

bent

World

 

3

3

the

 

ov - er

the

 

ov - er

the

 





 

3

3

bent

World

bent

   

ten.

World

World

ov - er

22

World

bent

3

 

bent

the

ov - er

the

 

 

bent

3

the

 

ov - er

ten.

World

 


   

57

S

broods

S2

   

broods

A

A2

T





 

broods

 

broods

    

broods

T2

    

broods

B

   

broods

B2

     

broods

57

Pno.



 

with

warm

with

warm

with

warm

with

warm

with

warm

with

warm

with

with

H



breast,

 

  

  

    with

breast,

  

 

 

breast,

H

breast,



23

 

 

warm Building

warm Building

warm Building

warm Building

with

with

   

Building

with

breast,

 warm

with

 



Building

with

 

 warm

with

 

warm

 

 

breast,





Building

with

breast,

warm

  

breast,

 

 

warm Building

warm

 



  

 

 


60

S

S2



 

breast,

and with

    

breast,

A

    

     

breast,

T

T2



 

breast,

          

and with

 

and with

           

 

   

ah!

and with



ah!

and with

 

ah!

 

ah!

ah!

  ah!

 

 





     

  

  

 

ah!

24

ah!







 

and with

and with

 

and with

and with

 

 ah!

ah!

and with

and with

ah!

ah!

 



ah!

and with

 

and with



ah!

and with

 

 

and with

and with

60

        

and with

breast,

Pno.

and with

breast,

B2

and with

breast,

B

and with

breast,

A2

ah!

 



and with

and with

ah!

 

 

 





   

  

 

 

 



and with

and with


I

    Broadly         

63

S1

ah!

S2

with

with

ah!

with

    Broadly         ah!

A2

with

    Broadly         ah!

A1

ah!

with

ah!

with

    Broadly         ah!

with

ah!

with

          Broadly

T1

ah!

with

ah!

with

           Broadly

T2

ah!

B1

Broadly   

ah!

B2

Broadly   

with

with

ah!

with

with

ah!

with





          



 

 

 

ah!

with

Molto rit.

ah!

with

Molto rit.

ah!

ah!

ah!

ah!

with

Molto rit.

ah!

with

Molto rit.

ah!

ah!

with bright

with bright

ah!

with bright

ah!

with bright

ah!

with bright

with bright

wings!

 

wings!

 

wings!

 wings!

 

wings!

wings!

 

wings!

 (

)

ah!

 

 

 

 



  

  

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

with bright

 

with



25

ah!

with bright

ah!

with

Molto rit.

ah!

with

Molto rit.

with

Molto rit.

   

63

Pno.



ah!

ah!

I

with

Molto rit.

wings!

   


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