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Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for the Biennial National Convention Minneapolis, Minnesota June 2008 Written in friendship and gratitude for Philip Brunelle and John Neuchterlein
The Love of God for SATB Choir & Organ
Words by Dante Alighieri
Music by Aaron Jay Kernis (2007)
translated by Stephen Mitchell
Soprano
Majestic h = 56
Alto
Tenor
f
The f
love
The love Majestic h = 56 3 6 ff poco f
Bass
Organ
Pedal
ff
4
T.
B.
Org.
© Copyright 2007 by AJK Music Text © Copyright by Stephen Mitchell. Used by permission.
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6
S.
A.
f-sf
ut - ter - a
T.
ut - ter - a - ble
Org.
6
6
p
The love
A.
p
love
T.
B.
Org.
and
per
-
-
per
-
-
fect,
6
fect,
f
5
5
The
and
7
S.
- ble
f-sf
B.
f
p
of
of
3 6 6 6
p
3
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3
10
S.
sfp
God
God
flows,
sfp
God
sfp
A.
The love of God,
The love of God
Org.
f
f
God,
flows,
of
3
f
3
flows,
3
flows,
f
God
flows,
mf
f
3
3
flows,
6
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mf
The love of God
3
flows,
mf
The love of
B.
f
the love
mf
B.
mf
T.
3
flows,
God
T.
f, bring out
A.
flows,
sfp
S.
f, bring out
6
16
48
S.
mf
mp
mp
So
self;
mf
A.
self;
T.
B.
gives
it
it
Org.
S.
gives,
gives,
gives, mf
mf
gives,
Org.
gives
mf
So
self,
f
it
-
self,
the more it
f
gives
and
cresc.
as we grow clear
B.
-
50 mf legato cresc. legato
T.
it
it
it
-
that
-
self,
the more it
3 3 6 6 6 6 6
as we grow clear
A.
it
f
o
and
o
cresc. legato
we grow clear
cresc. legato as
-
pen,
as
we grow clear
pen,
and
and
moving forward
clear,
-
clear,
o - pen,
o - pen,
clear
clear
clear
and
o - pen
and
o - pen
and
o
and
o
-
-
pen
pen
the
the
the
the
moving forward
3 6
mf
clear
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3
6 6
poco f
53 f
Poco Più h = 60
S.
more
A.
f
more f
T.
B.
com
more f more
com
-
-
plete
plete
com - plete
com
the
joy,
more
the
joy,
the more
-
plete
the
plete
com -
Org.
S.
poco f
56
more com-plete the
A.
B.
Org.
more com-plete
the joy
more
more
the joy
joy of
joy of
fp
fp
more com-plete the
T.
the joy
joy,
Poco Più h = 60
more
the joy
17
hea -ven is,
the joy
mf
hea -ven is,
more
f
f
mf
f
com - plete
the joy f
more com-plete the joy of hea -ven is, the more com - plete the joy cresc. the
joy of
hea -ven is, f
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the more mf
com - plete
the joy f
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59
S.
A.
T.
B.
Maestoso h = 56
And f
f
the more
And
the more
And
A.
T.
B.
souls,
f
who
res
-
who
res
-
the more
o
-
o
-
the more
poco rall.
souls
souls
souls
the more
souls
poco rall.
3
3
nate
to
-
geth - er,
who
to
-
geth - er,
who
who
the more
who
nate
res
-
res
-
o - nate
to
-
geth - er,
who
o - nate
to
-
geth - er,
who
6 6 6 6 6
f
Org.
souls,
the more
64
S.
souls,
f
Maestoso h = 56
souls,
f
Org.
the more
And
f
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S.
66
-
-
res
A.
T.
B.
res
res
S.
res
B.
- geth - er,
the
the
o - nate
the
-
o -nate
to
-
- geth - er,
the
great - er
the
great - er
the
great - er
più f 68
ten più f
si - ty
of
-
-
si - ty
si - ty
of
-
si - ty
3
of
3
of
great - er
the
the
in
in
in
in
-
-
-
-
6 6 3 6 6 3
ten
Org.
-
ten più f
T.
ten più f
A.
to
o - nate
Org.
o - nate
-
19
6
più f
their
love,
their
love,
their
love,
their
love,
più f
più f più f
3
3
3
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3
3
3
3
3
20
S.
71
A.
T.
B.
Org.
A.
T.
B.
3
3
mir -
ror
-
3
3
3
3
for f
for f
for f
for
Più maestoso h = 54
3
3
f
3
3
- like,
mir - ror mir -
3
3
ror
mir -
ror
-
- like,
-
- like,
-
- like,
6
Org.
3
3
3
poco rit.
73
S.
Più maestoso h = 54
poco rit.
6
6
3
6
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S.
S.
A.
A.
T.
T.
B.
for mir ror - like,
mir- ror
B.
for mir ror - like,
mir- ror
Org.
like,
for mir ror - like,
mir- ror
for mir ror - like,
-
for mir ror - like,
like,
-
like,
-
like,
each
mir- ror
-
mir- ror
re
soul
re
soul
re
soul
re
re
-
-
-
-
re
like,
-
re
-
-
like,
-
soul
poco allarg.
-
like,
mir- ror
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like,
each
-
for mir ror - like,
each
mir - ror
mir- ror
each
for mir ror - like,
-
for mir ror - like,
poco allarg.
6
3
più f
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6
6
22
A tempo
76
S.
ff
3
poco. 3
3
3
A.
ff
A.
3
3
3
T.
T.
B.
3
ff
3
B.
3
Org.
f
3
3
re - flects,
3
*
3
3
re - flects,
flects
re
re - flects
re
-
flects,
3
re
* if it's not possible to decrescendo, omit C#
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ff
-
ff
3
3
re
3
-
re
re - flects,
re - flects,
3
A tempo
re -
re poco
re - flects
re - flects
f
3
3
re -
poco
3
3
3
3
3
3
flects
flects,
3
3
re
3
re - flects
re - flects poco
3
f
re - flects
re
re - flects,
flects,
3
re - flects,
3
flects,
f
flects, ff
3
re
3
3
re - flects
3
flects,
3
re - flects,
3
3
3
re - flects
re - flects
3
3
flects, ff
re - flects,
flects, ff
3
3
re - flects,
ff
flects,
3
3
flects
S.
3
-
23
f
3
77
S.
flects
S.
f
flects f
A.
flects
flects
T.
T.
ff
re ff
B.
flects,
B.
ff
flects,
Org.
3 f
-
re
ff
-
re
flects
-
re
flects
-
thers,
re
3
-
-
-
re
3
o - thers ff-f
the
the
flects
the
flects
the
re
o - thers,
re
ff-f
3
o - thers, ff-f
re
3
-
-
-
ff
o - thers,
ff-f
-
re
3
-
o - thers
the
3
o
the
re
-
3
f
A.
thers,
o
the
the
ff
o - thers,
6 3
6
6
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