Gwyneth Walker. Peace Attend Thee for Youth Chorus and Women s Chorus (SSA)

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1 Gyneth Walker eace ttend Thee or Youth Chorus and Women s Chorus (SS)

2 eace ttend Thee duration: 30 ECE TTEND THEE is an adatation o the traditional Welsh olk song ll Through the Night. This ne version scored or omen s chorus and treble voices exresses a mother s care or her child and eseciy the grie uon losing her child. The mother as unable to rotect her child rom harm. So she rays instead that eace attend thee on the inal ourney...home The mother is surrounded by silence and darkness. Her heart is bound in sorro but she hoes or the strength to last or another day to endure The children s voices oin ith the omen s chorus on the climactic hrase o hoe and light to reach tomorro... Secial musical eatures hich might dra the attention o the listener are the change o mode (to a Lydian heightened th ste ) in the irst verse suggesting the child rising to heaven and the andering 8thnote accomaniment in the minstrel verse. The next verse mentions the solemn bell ringing and the children s voices echo the bell rom aar. The deth o the mother s desair near the end o the song brings the chorus into its loest range to then rise ith the hoe and light. The inal chord is a gentle cluster as the voices o the mothers surround and comort the child. This song as insired by the tragic shooting deaths o children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Neton CT in December o Neton is not ar rom the comoser s home in Ne Canaan CT. Widely erormed throughout the country the music o merican comoser Gyneth Walker is beloved by erormers and audiences alike or its energy beauty reverence drama and humor. Dr. Gyneth Walker (b. 197) is a graduate o Bron University and the Hartt School o Music. She holds B.. M.M. and D.M.. degrees in Music Comosition. ormer aculty member o the Oberlin College Conservatory she resigned rom academic emloyment in 1982 in order to ursue a career as a ulltime comoser. or nearly 30 years she lived on a dairy arm in Braintree Vermont. She no divides her time beteen her childhood hometon o Ne Canaan Connecticut and the musical communities o Sarasota lorida and Randolh Vermont. Gyneth Walker has been a roud resident o Vermont or many years. She is the reciient o the Year 2000 Lietime chievement ard rom the Vermont rts Council as ell as the 2008 thenaeum ard or chievement in the rts and Humanities rom the St. ohnsbury (VT) thenaeum. In 2012 she as elected as a ello o the Vermont cademy o rts and Sciences. Walker s catalog includes over 300 commissioned orks or orchestra chamber ensembles chorus and solo voice. secial interest has been dramatic orks that combine music ith readings acting and movement. The music o Gyneth Walker is ublished by E. C. Schirmer (choral and vocal music) and Lauren Keiser Music (orchestral and instrumental music). urther inormation concerning Gyneth Walker and her orks is available at.gynethalker.com

3 Harold Boulton 18 alt. Thomas Olihant 1862 alt. G. Walker alt. Sorano 1 Sorano 2 lto iano (or rehearsal only) With gentle motion q = 88. h.. h. h With gentle motion q = 88 eace ttend Thee or Youth Chorus and Women s Chorus (SS).. Youth Chorus eaceully unis.. ah ah... ah.. r Hyd Y Nos ( ll Through the Night ) Welsh olk melody arr. Gyneth Walker VERSE 1 () eaceully. Slee my child and () eaceully. Slee my child and () eaceully. Slee my child and... eace at tend thee Guard ian an gels. eace at tend thee Guard ian an gels. eace at tend thee Guard ian an gels.. Coyright 2008 by Gyneth Walker 252 ark Street Ne Canaan CT 0680.gynethalker.com ll rights reserved

4 2 10. B. God ill send thee. God ill send thee. God ill send thee B delicately n.... Sot the dro sy.... Sot the dro sy delicately.... n delicately Sot the dro sy 1 oco rit..... hours are cree ing hill and dale in slum ber slee ing.... hours are cree ing hill and dale in slum ber slee ing.... hours are cree ing hill and dale in slum ber slee ing oco rit Walker eace ttend Thee

5 17 a temo. 3 h. I my lov ing vig il kee ing. ah.... I my lov ing vig il kee ing I I my loving a vig il kee ing. a temo rit... h.. ah.. h. h. ah.. ah rit. Walker eace ttend Thee

6 25 VERSE 2 C Slightly aster q = 96. ith armth. While the moon ith armth. her While the moon ith armth. her While the moon her atch is kee ing atch is kee ing atch is kee ing h h h C Slightly aster q = div.. While the ear y orld is sleeing. While the ear y orld is sleeing. While the ear y orld is sleeing.. h h h Walker eace ttend Thee

7 33 D unis. 5 ( ). O er thy sir it gent ly steal ing vis ions o de light re veal ing ( ). O er thy sir it gent ly steal ing vis ions o de light re veal ing ( ). h O er thy sir it gent ly steal ing vis ions o de light re veal ing.. ah.. D. 37. div. breathes a ure. and ho ly eel ing breathes a ure. breathes a ure. breathes a ure and and and ho ly eel ing ho ly eel ing ho ly eel ing h night night.. Walker eace ttend Thee

8 6 1 rit. E With motion q = 108 night night. night night la la la la la la la (as a andering minstrel).... la la la la (as a andering minstrel) la la la la la la la la. rit. E With motion q = unis. VERSE 3. 6 Though I roam a la la la la la la la la.... la la la la la la la la la la la la ( ) ( ) la la la la la la la la Walker eace ttend Thee

9 min strel lone ly N la la la la la la la la la la..... la la la la la la. n la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la My seet har sings. My seet har sings la la la la la la la la rais es on ly. rais es on ly... N la la la la la la la la la la..... la la la la la la. n Walker eace ttend Thee

10 8 53. n. G.... Love s young dream a la la la la la la la la n la n. n la la la la la la la G.... Love s young dream a.... Love s young dream a las is o ver. Yet my strains o love sh hov er las is o ver. Yet my strains o love sh hov er.... las is o ver. Yet my strains o love sh hov er Walker eace ttend Thee

11 59 ( ) near the heart o. near the heart o my be lov ed. my be lov ed... N la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la..... la la la la la la. n 61 div. ( ) ( ) ( ) Walker eace ttend Thee

12 10 6 unis. oco rit. VERSE H ^ Hark... ^ Hark a sol emn bell is ring ^ Moderate temo q = 100 Hark a sol emn bell is ring v Hark a sol emn bell is ring div. > > > ing ing ing (as an echo rom aar) ring ing oco rit. H Moderate temo q = ( ) unis. ^ ( ). clear ( ) clear ( ) clear. Thou... ^ Thou my love to hea ven ^ Thou my love to hea ven v Thou my love to hea ven Walker eace ttend Thee

13 70 div. unis. 11 > ing > ing ing ing ( ). home ( ). ing > ing ing ing home ( ) home. 73 I I h.... Earth ly dust rom o thee sha ken soul im mor tal.... Earth ly dust rom o thee sha ken soul im mor tal.... Earth ly dust rom o thee sha ken soul im mor tal Walker eace ttend Thee

14 12 76 oco rit.... sh a a ken ith the i nal our ney ta ken... sh a a ken ith the i nal our ney ta ken.. sh a ak en and ith thy i nal thy ourney ta ken oco rit.. Same temo q = 100 h.. Same temo q = 100. ah n rit. home night home night home home night home home night home rit. Walker eace ttend Thee

15 83 VERSE 5 Sloly q = 88 ith deth and darkness 13. sread ing. Dee the si lence round us sread ing dark the ath that Dee the si lence round us sread ing Dee the si lence round us sread ing dark the ath that. dark the ath that Sloly q = 88 ith deth and darkness cresc. oco a oco tread ing sor e are tread ing though our hearts are bound in sor ro cresc. oco a oco. cresc. oco a oco ro e are tread ing though our hearts are bound in sor ro. cresc. oco a oco. e are tread ing though our hearts are bound in sor ro..... Walker eace ttend Thee

16 1 89 K Grandly triumhantly.. rom the rays o rom the rays o. rom the rays o e bor ro dan e bor ro dan e bor ro. dan e bor ro hoe and light to. hoe and light to. hoe and light to. hoe and light to... K Grandly triumhantly.. 92 reach to mor ro night reach to mor ro night reach to mor ro night reach to mor ro night Walker eace ttend Thee

17 95 L 15.. my child.... at tend thee Slee my child and eace at tend thee L. Slee Slee my my child... child.... eace eace. at at tend tend thee thee 99 *Ossia rit. to end. through the U U π π. rit. to end.. through through through U U U U π π *The smer notes are an otional harmony or loer voices. Unison is reerred. Walker eace ttend Thee 30 October Randolh Vermont