They Lie at Rest They lie at rest, our blessed dead; The dew drops cool above their head, They knew not when fleet summer fled. Together all, yet each alone; Each laid at rest beneath his own Smooth turf and white allotted stone. When shall our slumber sink so deep? And eyes that wept and eyes that weep Weep not in the sufficient sleep? God be with you, our great and small, Our loves, our best beloved of all, Our own beyond the salt sea-wall. Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894)
for Gretchen Kemp and the East Ridge High School Concert Choir and Terri Jo Fox and the Lake Minneola High School Choirs
They Lie at Rest
Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894) q = 66
SOPRANO
p
lie
at
rest,
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at
rest,
TENOR
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p
lie
at
rest,
our mf
lie
at
rest,
lie
at
rest,
mf
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dead;
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dead;
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dead;
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they
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p
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q = 66
BASS
(for rehearsal only)
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dead;
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p
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know
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know
not
know
not
when
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laid
at
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or
white
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turf
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turf
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white
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turf
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mf
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lot
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own
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own
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own
his
ted
stone.
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stone.
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stone.
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stone.
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Smooth
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own
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p
26
When
shall
p
p
When
shall
When
our
slum - ber
sink
our
so
deep,
sink
so
slum - ber
sink
so
deep,
p
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deep,
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p
30
f
And
our
shall
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eyes
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eyes
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eyes
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and
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p
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p
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wept
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p
deep,
eyes
that
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weep
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that
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34
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in
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mp
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not
in
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mf
not
in
mp
Weep
not
mp
mp
38
p
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mf
be
p
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be
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p
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be
with
with
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the
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cient
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sleep? mp
cient
sleep? mp
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mf
great
cient
sleep?
and
mf
our
you,
our
you,
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suf - fi
mp
suf - fi
the
in
9
mp
great mf
great mf
p sub.
p sub.
and
small,
and
small, p sub.
small, p sub.
you,
our
with
great
mf
and
small,
p sub.
10
mp
42
Our
loves,
mp
our
best
loves,
47
mp
mp
pp
our pp
our
pp
our pp
all,
mp
loved
of
all
loved
of
all
loved mf
mf
mf
of
own
own
mp
mp
yond
the
yond
the
yond
the
yond
the
be
be
own
be
rit.
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own
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-
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salt
salt
salt
salt
sea
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sea
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wall.
-
wall.
sea
wall.
sea
mp
be
all
rit.
our
pp
of
loved mf
best
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mp
best
loves,
be
best
loves,
mp
mf
-
wall.
Additional choral works by Dennis Tobenski
Elegy (2002) for flute, trumpet, chimes, and SATB choir texts: Dennis Tobenski, Mary Elizabeth Frye
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (from Elegy) (2002) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Mary Elizabeth Frye
Fair Robin I Love (2005) for SATB choir, a cappella text: John Dryden
The Gallant Weaver (2005, arr. 2011) for SATB choir with piano text: Robert Burns
Jabberwocky (2002) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Lewis Carroll
My True Love Hath My Heart (2003) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Sir Philip Sidney
Spirit Song Over the Waters (2002) for SATB choir with piano text: JohannWolfgang von Goethe
Take All My Loves (2009) for SATB choir, a cappella text: William Shakespeare
To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence (2010) for SATB choir, a cappella text: James Elroy Flecker
When Music Sounds (2012) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Walter de la Mare
All works are available digitally at http://newmusicshelf.com/dennistobenski. For print copies, send inquiries to dennis@dennistobenski.com
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