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Philip Le Bas

Drop, drop slow tears

SM-000284369
Sheet music file
PDF, 442.3 Kb (5 p.)

Description

Composer
Philip Le Bas
Lyricist
Phineas Fletcher
Publisher
Philip Le Bas
Genre
Religious / Christian
Instrumentation
Mixed choir
Scored for
Choir
Type of score
Full score
Key
F minor
Duration
3'0"
Language
English
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
2016
Description
A short setting by Philip Le Bas of the classic words of the Jacobean poet Phineas Fletcher. This passionate poem expresses heartfelt regret and penitential remorse for sin. It was most famously set to music as a hymn by Orlando Gibbons and more recently as an anthem by William Walton. This new anthem for SATB choir tries to capture in a more modern way the drama and depth of the words, while retaining a simplicity that enables it to be sung by a church choir. It is particularly suitable for Holy Week services or more generally in Advent and Lent.

DROP, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beauteous feet
Which brought from Heaven
The news and Prince of Peace:
Cease not, wet eyes,
His mercy to entreat;
To cry for vengeance
Sin doth never cease.
In your deep floods
Drown all my faults and fears;
Nor let His eye
See sin, but through my tears.
Upload date
31 Mar 2017
Total downloads
5

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