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How Do I Love Thee? for my husband Tom

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) With Feeling q = 60

   mp SOPRANO   

How mp

ALTO

    

How mp

TENOR

     How mp

BASS

    

How

       do

I

love

thee?

How

I

love

How

       do

I

love

I

love

     

do

ways, mf

let

thee?

How

do

How

do

PIANO

p

   

S.

     

A.

   

the

   

let

me count the

do

mp



ways.

ways.

I

  I

  I

  I

 ways, mf

   



   

 

   



     

mf

         love thee to



 

the depth and breadth and height

         love thee to

rit.

the depth and breadth and height

         love thee to



the depth and breadth and height

         love thee to

  



the depth and breadth and height

     mf

my soul can reach mf

     

my soul can

reach

mf       my soul can reach

mf       my soul can reach

rit.



      

 

 

 

 

 

      mf

mp

           

me count the

ways,

          

 

ways, mf

a tempo

          

Pno.

the

           me count the

love thee? Count

            let me count the ways.

let

I

the

mp

B.

love thee? Count

 

mp

T.

I



ways.



love thee? Let me count the

   

   

ways,

I

rall.

mp

4

    

With Feeling q = 60

    

love thee? Let me count the

     

thee?

I

        

       do

mf

thee?

Debra Scroggins (ASCAP)

        

       do

a tempo

rall.

   

     

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2 8

S.

when feel - ing out

A.

        3

of sight mp

for

of sight mp

for

         when feel - ing out of sight

for

of sight

for

             

S.

A.

to the lev - el

T.

B.

rit.



of eve - ry - day's

         



of eve - ry - day's

             to the lev - el of eve - ry - day's           to the lev - el



of eve - ry - day's

a tempo

Pno.

                 

Be - ing and i - deal

Be - ing and i - deal

        mp          

a tempo

to the lev - el

3

            11

the ends of



   

most qui - et

   

most qui - et

     

 

most qui - et

 

rit.

 

 need, p

Grace. mp

 

p

 need,

  

love thee

   

Grace.

I

love thee

           

mp

a tempo

  

mp

mf

by sun and

can - dle - light, mf

    mp

by sun

need,

I

 

love thee

   

need,

I

Grace. mp

 

love thee

   

Grace. mp

p

I

   

p

most qui - et

 

p

    

rit.

a tempo

Pno.

the ends of

Be - ing and i - deal

     3    

         when feel - ing out

the ends of

mp

Be - ing and i - deal

 3        

mp

B.

the ends of

 3        

        when feel - ing out

T.

rit.

mp

a tempo

         

and

       

mf

by sun and

can - dle - light,

mp

mf

by sun and

can - dle - light,

   

  

can - dle - light,

mp

   

  

  

   

  

a tempo

     mp

    

mf

  

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     

 


rit.

S.

mp

A.

I love thee

free - ly,

f

free - ly,

I love thee

free - ly, mf

                can -dle - light. I love thee free

  - ly,

B.

can - dle - light.

I love thee

  

free - ly,

free -

free - ly,



  

 

     

f

20

S.

men

A.

men

T.

B.

      men       men

     

Pno.

      

strive

for

strive

for

strive

for

f

   

strive

for



     

 

 

  

I love thee

I love thee

     

Gently q=c. 68

 

I love thee

     



rall.

   

pure - ly,

Gently q=c. 68

      

 

 

pure - ly

   

pure - ly,

pure - ly

    

pure - ly,

  

pure - ly

   

pure - ly,

           

Right;

  

 mf

       

  

 

   

           

Right;

 

as

  

I love thee



       

 

f

  

 

 as

    

rall.



Right;

f

   

free - ly,

Right;

f

    

free - ly,

f

     

as mf

mf

  



 

ly,

mf

mp

f

 

Piu mosso q=c.84 rit.                 

Pno.

as

mf

mp

mf              

free - ly,

free - ly, f

 



f

free - ly,

  

mf

  

mf

                can - dle - light. mp

T.

mf

15               

can - dle - light. mp

3

Piu mosso q=c.84

pure - ly

 



          

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4 25

S.

      

mf

  

as they turn from Praise.

A.

     

I

B.

     

 

  

I

love thee with a

I

  mf

 

love thee with a

     

 

griefs,

    

and

 

griefs,

T.

B.

      griefs,      

and

  and

 

griefs,

use

in my old

a pas -sion put to

   

 use

in my old

and

     

     

pas - sion,

a pas -sion put to

use

     

 

    in my old

    in my old

                      

  

a tempo

mp

 

  

I

 

  

   

     

I

love thee with a love mf

      

 

with my child - hood's faith. mp

  

love thee with a love mf

 

with my child - hood's faith. mp

 

with my child - hood's faith.

I

love thee with a love mf

 

      

I

love thee with a love

a tempo

    

    

  



mp

  

      

mf

      

 

with my child - hood's faith. mp

rit.

Pno.

pas -sion,

       

  

rit. 29

A.

a pas -sion put to

   

mf                                    as they turn from Praise. I love thee with a pas - sion, a pas -sion put to use mf                                  



S.

pas - sion,

                        

as they turn from Praise.

Pno.

love thee with a

mf

as they turn from Praise.

T.

               

  

  

       I seemed to lose

with

        I seemed to lose

with

        I seemed to lose

with

       I seemed to lose

     

mf

mp

 

      

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34

S.

A.

T.

    

my

lost

my

lost

     my

mp

mf

 

saints,

-

 

saints,

-

B.

my

lost

saints,

  

Pno.

  

    



life!

A.

   

I



life!

T.

B.

     life!     

I

 I



life!

I

     

 

thee

with the breath,

-

I



-

I

I



 love

love thee

 

love thee,

I

I



 

love thee

Moving ahead q=c. 84

love thee

 

thee,

 

 

 

with the breath,

love thee!

 

 

love thee!

 

 

 I

love thee!

 

 I

love thee!

 

of all my

 I

 I

 

 

with the

breath, the smiles,the tears, of

all my

 

f      

 

with the breath,

  

  

 

love thee

  

the smiles,the tears, of

      

all my

    

f

   with the

          

breath,

   with the

breath,

mf

love thee

 

f      

of all my

  the

smiles,

 the

mf

love thee

 

  

the smiles,the tears,

mf

love thee

 

     

 

   with the

breath,

mf

   with the

breath,

       mf

  the

  the

  the

 

smiles,

the

smiles,

 smiles,

  

  the

 the

 

                         This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies. Pno.

       



the smiles,the tears,

 

         

  

 

mf

40

S.

 

love

 

love thee,

 

saints,

I



mf

 

 

I

 

f        f

 

mp

   

love thee,

mf

 

 



mf

 

mp

lost

I



 

mp

   

5

Moving ahead q=c. 84


6

45

S.

       tears

A.

of

    

T.

B.

of

      tears

tears

           God

T.

 

all

my

life!

 

all

my

   

 

mp

 choose,

mp

mf

And, if

And, if

  

    

 

 choose,

and,

        God choose, if

mp

    

God choose,

 if

if

Pno.

   

 

and,if

  

  if

God choose,

and,if

 

choose,

and,if

rit.

    -

   

ter

af

God choose, I shall love thee bet -

God choose, and,

if

mf

       God choose,

and,

if

       

    

God choose, I shall love thee bet

    

 

-

   

God choose, I shall love thee bet

mf

God

 

 -

ter

af

ter

af

ter

af

ter

-

ter

mf

      

and,if



Freely

God choose, I shall love thee bet

With passion q=c.84

   

 

 

choose,

God choose,

    



mf     

lifef!

if

choose,

God

And, if

f

God

 mf    

With passion q=c.84

and,

mp

B.

    

life! f

    

 

mf



And, if



 

Freely

mf

f

God

A.

life! f

                       

51

S.

my

my

of

     

Pno.

all

all

of

     

 

tears

 mf    

f

 

         

     

 

-

 -

ter

 -

ter

rit.

     

 

 

       

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Molto espressivo q=c.88 f

56

S.

     

   

death.

A.

f

   

      death.

T.

B.

f

      death.

   

f

    

   

death.

     

Pno.

 

Molto espressivo q=c.88

 

f



          

  

 

  

    

 

      

 

 

                    

rit.

lunga

S.

    

 

A.

   

 

        

 

 

60

T.

B.

        

 

 

 

rit.

 

 

    

    ff

                                     This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies. Pno.

lunga

 


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