For Us. Living. A Requiem. Alfred V. Fedak. Memory William. Ethel Lamere

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1 or Us Livig A Requiem Alred V edak Memory William Ethel Lamere

2 or Us the Livig: A Requiem Alred V edak I Memory o William ad Ethel Lamere I Setece: All We Go Do to the Dust All e go do to the dust, yet eve at the grave e make our sog: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Orthodox Kotakio or the Dearted II Itroit: Requiem æteram Requiem æteram doa eis Domie, et lux eretua luceat eis Te decet hymus, Deus i Sio, et tii redetur votum i Jerusalem Exaudi oratioem meam: ad te omis caro veiet Eteral rest grat uto them, O Lord, ad may eretual light shie uo them Hyms ill e sug to you, O God i Zio, ad to you ill homage e aid i Jerusalem Hear my rayer: to you shall all lesh come III Kyrie eleiso Kyrie eleiso Christe EleisoKyrie eleiso Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy IV The Lord Is My Sheherd The Lord is my Sheherd; I shall ot e i at He makes me lie do i gree astures ad leads me eside still aters He restores my soul ad guides me alog right athays or his Name s sake Though I alk through the valley o the shado o death, I shall ear o evil, or you are ith me, Your rod ad your sta, they comort me You sread a tale eore me i the resece o those ho troule me You have aoited my head ith oil, my cu overlos Surely your goodess ad mercy shall ollo me all the days o my lie, ad I shall dell i the house o the Lord or ever Traslatio rom the Book o Commo rayer (1979) V Sactus Beedictus Sactus, Sactus, Sactus, Domius Deus Saaoth! lei sut cli et terra Gloria tua Hosaa i excelsis! Beedictus qui veit i omiee Domii Hosaa i excelsis! Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God o Hosts! Heave ad earth are ull o your glory Hosaa i the highest! Blessed is He ho comes i the Name o the Lord Hosaa i the highest! VI ie Jesu (sorao solo) ie Jesu Domie, doa eis requiem Doa eis semiteram requiem Getle Lord Jesus, grat them rest Grat them eteral rest VII Agus Dei (Chacoe) Agus Dei, qui tollis eccata mudi, miserere ois Agus Dei, qui tollis eccata mudi, miserere ois Agus Dei, qui tollis eccata mudi, doa eis requiem Doa ois requiem Lam o God, ho takes aay the sis o the orld, have mercy o us Lam o God, ho takes aay the sis o the orld, have mercy o us Lam o God, ho takes aay the sis o the orld, grat them rest Grat us rest VIII Valedictio The souls o the righteous are i the had o God, ad there o tormet shall touch them I the sight o the uise they seemed to die, ut they are at eace Come the, e oyul or the righteous, or they shall e gathered together, Ad shall raise the eteral God orever Ame Wisdom :1-, Toit 1:1

3 rom the Comoser Alred V edak or Us the Livig as commissioed y Cliord Lamere o Alay, Ne York, to hoor the memory o his arets, William ad Ethel Lamere But hile the ork as iteded as a memorial to to seciic idividuals, its message is uiversal or although it ully ackoledges the ti realities o death ad grie, or Us the Livig is meat to serve as a grateul airmatio o the git o lie, ad as a exressio o comort, cosolatio, hoe, ad ecouragemet to all ho have suered loss It is, quite literally, a requiem or us, the livig The title, o course, is dra rom Araham Licol s Gettysurg Address, hich (to arahrase) admits that there is, i truth, very little hich e the livig ca do to hoor our dearted loved oes, excet to commit ourselves to the olest riciles y hich they lived, ad to comlete the ork hich they let uiished Simly ut, e est hoor our dead y the ay e live The ork s oeig movemet quotes the Easter Orthodox Kotakio or the Dearted: All e go do to the dust, yet eve at the grave e make our sog: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia While this oeig setece is, i reality, a death setece, at its heart lies a heroic existetialism: there is somethig ersistetly ad oyully deiat aout sigig Alleluias at oe s o grave, or or that matter, at the start o a choral requiem or Us the Livig as coceived as a cocert ork, ut oe o its ords ould seem out o lace at a church ueral or memorial service To the traditioal liturgical texts (Itroit, Kyrie, Sactus ad Beedictus, ie Jesu, ad Agus Dei) I have added, esides the Orthodox verse quoted aove, a settig o salm 2, ad a ial sectio called Valedictio (meaig a leave-takig or areell), hich icludes to assages rom the Aocryha: the ell-ko Justorum aimae ( The Souls o the Righteous ) rom the Book o Wisdom, ad a verse rom the ook o Toit The closig measures o the Agus Dei urther uderscore the ork s real itet: the rayer s ial etitio, Doa eis requiem (grat them rest) ecomes Doa ois requiem grat us rest or Us the Livig as irst erormed o Aril 22, 2007, y the Burt Hills Oratorio Society ad Orchestra, Rad Reeves, Director, i Memorial Chael, Uio College, Scheectady, Ne York The sorao soloist as Gee Marie Callaha Ker Orchestratio SATB choir ad orga or 2 lutes 2 Ooes 1 Eglish Hor 2 Bassoos 2 Hors Har SATB choir 2 Violi I 2 Violi II 2 Viola 2 Cello 1 Cotraass Orga Availale o retal or or urchase

4 I Setece: All We Go Do to the Dust With great sadess ad oility, ut ot too sloly (h=69) (q=q) 2 2 legato, 2 2, 2 2 Alred V edak V 2 Teors 2 All e go Basses, 2 2 dim 2, 2 (h=h) 2 < 2 < < < < < Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

5 20 V do to the dust, All e go do to the oco < < _ 2 V dust, go do to the dust, do to the dust, SA 1 TB ẇ oco cresc Yet Yet e e - ve - ve at the grave, e - oco a oco accelerado at the oco a oco accelerado ẇ grave, cresc cresc ve 0-20 or Us the Livig: A Requiem

6 7 cresc e - ve at the grave, at the grave e make our sog, at the grave, e - ve cresc at the ẇ grave Emhatically _ Relaxig dim " e make our _ sog dim " ẇ Relaxig dim " (ith trasaret urity) a temo rimo 2 Al - le - lu - ia, Al - le - lu - ia, Al le or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

7 II Itroit: Requiem æteram 6 uis Re- qui-em æ - ter - am do-a e is, uis - Do -mi-e, et lux er - J armly (q = h o the recedig) J J J J < < div div J J e - tu - a lu - ce - at e - is Re - qui - em æ - ter - am Alred V edak 11 do - a e - is, Do - mi - e, et lux er - e - tu - a lu - J J lu -ce - at J ce - at J or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20 Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music

8 16 e - is Te de - cet hym - De - us i Si - o, et < J us, J De - - us i Si - J o, 21 J ti - i re - de - tur vo - tum i Je - ru - sa - lem J J 26 oco rit uis a temo TB J Re - qui -em æ - ter - am do - a e - is, 0-20 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 9

9 Getly (q=66) TB Ky - - ri - e e le - i - so Ky ri - III Kyrie Eleiso ull choir Alred V edak 6, Trele voices e e le - i - so Chri ste e -, 11 ull choir - - le - i - so Chri ste e le - i - Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music 1 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

10 IV The Lord Is My Sheherd salm 2 Alred V edak Laguidly (q =ca ) Soraos The Lord is my ed Ma She - herd I shall ot e i at ed 7 Altos He makes me lie do i gree as - tures ad leads me e - side still 16 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20 Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music

11 10 a - ters Teors Basses uis He re - stores my 1 soul J ad guides me a - log right ath -ays or his Name s 16 SA uis sake TB uis Though I J alk through the val - ley o the A 0-20 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 17

12 19 shad - o o death I shall ear o e - vil or oco a oco accelerado J you are ith me, your J _ A _ oco a oco accelerado _ A _ 22 rod ad your sta, they A J J com - ort me, they com A J dim e rit dim e rit oco a oco rit _ ort _ 1 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

13 V Sactus With oyul eergy ad drive (q=ca 160) Alred V edak 6 10 ƒ SA 1 TB Sac - tus, Sac - tus, Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music 22 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

14 19 _ Sac - tus, Sac - tus Do - mi - us De - _ us, 2 J Do - mi - us De - us Sa - a - oth! J or Us the Livig: A Requiem 2

15 le - i sut c - li et ter - ra, le - i sut c - li et uis le - i sut c - li et ter - ra, 1 ter - ra, le - i sut c - li et ter - le - i sut c - li et ter - ra, ter - ra ra 6 glo - ri - a tu - a Ho - sa - glo - ri - a tu - a a 2 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

16 2 7 i ex Ho _ - cel - sis Ho - sa - a i ex - - sa - a i ex - cel - sis, Ho - _ 62 cel _ sa - sis, Ho - sa - a, Ho - sa - - a i ex - cel - sis, i ex - cel - sis a, Ho Ho - sa sa - a! a ƒ l l segue segue 0-20 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 2

17 67 B Reveretly; hym-like, ut ot too slo (q=) Be - e - dic - tus, e - e - dic - tus qui ve - it, qui ve - it i 7 o - mi - e Do - mi-i Be TB - - e - dic - tus, e - - e - 7 dic - tus qui ve - it, qui ve - it i o - mi - e Do - mi - i 26 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

18 VI ie Jesu With getle exressio; like a lullay (q=) Solo Sorao J i - e Je - su Do - mi-e, Alred V edak J i - e Je - su Do - mi -e, Do-a e - is re-qui-em, 9 oco rit Do - a e - is re - qui -em violi _ a temo oco rit a temo Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music 0-or Us the Livig: A Requiem-0-20

19 π Mistico (q=69) VII Agus Dei (Chacoe) Alred V edak 9 17 TB uiso Ag J - us De - i, qui tol - lis, qui tol - lis, qui - tol - lis ec -ca - ta J J TB 22 SA uiso mi - se - re - re o - is Ag - us De - i, qui J J mu - di, or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20 Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music

20 27 J tol - lis, qui tol - lis, qui tol - lis ec-ca -ta mu - di, mi - se - re - re o - is J 7 1 SA uiso Ag uiso TB J - us De - i, qui tol - lis ec - ca - ta mu - di mi - se - re - re o or Us the Livig: A Requiem

21 6 is oco rit a temo Ag J - us De - i, J oco rit a temo J J 1, qui tol - lis ec - ca - ta mu - di, mi - se - re - re o - is, mu - di, mi - se - re - re cresc mi -se - re - re o - is cresc Ag - us De - i, qui tol - lis, qui uis o - is, o - 6 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20 is Maestoso uis J J J J J J

22 VIII Valedictio Wisdom :1 ; Toit 1: J With quiet coidece (q=0) te, J armly te,, Alred V edak _ The souls o the right - eous are _ (q=q) i the had o God, ad there, ad there, o _ tor - met shall touch them _ or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20 Coyright 2007 Selah ulishig Co, Ic selahucom rited i the USA o recycled aer It is illegal to hotocoy this music

23 22 I the sight o the u - ise, i the I the sight o the u-ise, 26 sight o the u - ise, i the sight o the u - i the sight o the u - ise, 29 (oco) _ molto rit ise they seemed to (oco) die,, _, legato molto rit 0-20 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 9

24 ut they are at eace, they are at a temo 9 eace, they are at at eace, at eace, at eace eace oco rit oco rit oco meo mosso cresc oco rit 0 or Us the Livig: A Requiem 0-20

LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONS

LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONS ERORMANCE NOTES These acclamatios ere composed or the Cotemporary Choir at Our Lady o Mt Carmel Church i Chicago These texts, hich oer great dramatic possiilities, are coupled ith music that allos the