O tu suavissima virga
Music by Graham Keitch With the addition of some of Hildegard von Bingen’s original writing as performed at the premiere in Canterbury Cathedral
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For David and Judith Acres and The King's Counterpoint First performed at Evensong, Canterbury Cathedral, August 8th 2018
O tu suavissima virga (SATB (div) and sop soloist)
Graham S Keitch Nov 2017
Text: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) From the Respond of the Virgin Mary (Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations) Π= 65 rubato e ad libitum (descending quavers slightly more hurried)
Solo
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3
O
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fron
tu
sua - vis - si
dens de
stir
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pe
ma
Ies - se,
vir
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ga
poco rit.
O
quam
mag
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na
vir
O tu suavissima virga frondens de stirpe Jesse, O quam magna virtus est quod divinitas in pulcherrimam filiam aspexit, sicut aquila in solem oculum suum ponit: Cum supernus Pater claritatem Virginis adtendit ubi Verbum suum in ipsa incarnari voluit.
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tus
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O sweetest branch, you bloom from Jesse’s stock! How great the mighty power, that divinity upon a daughter’s beauty gazed an eagle turns his eye into the sun: As Heaven’s Father tended to the Virgin’s splendor when he willed his Word in her to be incarnate.
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O
sua
sua
sua
in pul - cher - ri
tu
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vis - si
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vis - si
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O
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vis - si
ma
ma
sua
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poco rit.
vis - si - ma,
vir - ga
vis - si - ma,
vir - ga
ma
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tu
fi - li - am a - spe - xit
vis - si - ma,
mam
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sua
vis - si - ma
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sua
tu
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sua
O
vir - ga
vir - ga
O
tu
a tempo
fron
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fron - dens
de
fron - dens
de
fron - dens
de
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rit.
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affettuoso
poco meno mosso cresc.
cresc. stir - pe Ie sse, O quam 14 cresc. 14
stir
pe
Ie
stir
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pe
Ie
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stir
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quod
vir - tus est
quod
vir - tus est quod
sse,
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sse,
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sse,
vir - tus est
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vir - tus est
quod
di - vi
di
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di
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quam
quam
cresc.
poco rit.
vi - ni - tas
in
na
mag - na
mag - na
in
pul - che - rri - mam
in
vi - ni - tas
a primo tempo
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mag
quam mag - na
O
vi - ni - tas
di
O
ni - tas
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O
pul - che - rri - mam
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in
pul - che -
pul - che - rri - mam
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rri - mam
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o
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spe - xit, subito
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fi - li - am
cu - lum
o - cu
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a
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subito
fi - li - am
25
subito
a spe - xit, si - cut a - qui - la in so lem subito
fi - li - am a
fi - li - am
25
spe - xit,
suum
lum
suum
o
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cu - lum
suum
o
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cu
suum
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lum
poco rit.
po - nit:
po - nit:
po - nit:
po - nit:
a - qui - la in
so
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lem
si - cut a - qui - la
a - spe - xit,
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si - cut
in
si - cut
so
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lem -
a - qui - la
in
so - lem
a tempo espress.
Cum
su - per - nus
Pa
Cum
Pa
su - per - nus
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Cum
su - per - nus Pa
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Cum
su - per - nus Pa
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ter
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poco cresc.
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poco cresc.
gi - nis
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Vir
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ten - dit
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tem
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ri - ta
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ter
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bum
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bum
bum
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a -
bum
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47
suum
suum
suum
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in
in
53
53
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53
ip - sa
ip - sa
ip - sa
in
ip - sa
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a tempo Π= 65
O
vo
in - ca - na - ri
Solo
in - ca - na - ri
vo
tu
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lu
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lu
in - ca - na - ri
vo
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lu
ma
vir
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poco a poco dim.
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poco a poco dim.
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poco a poco dim.
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poco a poco dim.
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lu
vo
sua - vis - si
in - ca - na - ri
53
in
47
T
47
53
A
suum
S
poco rit.
it.
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ga
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fron
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dens de
stir
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pe Ies - se,
O
quam
rit.
mag
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na
vir
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Optional repeat: Bar 33 (Cum supernus etc) to bar 53, without solo.
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tus.
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