i Thank You God Insert Final
-
Upload
derrick-jake-kam -
Category
Documents
-
view
99 -
download
0
Transcript of i Thank You God Insert Final
‘You,’ ‘opclusters aflexible, ta i thank Yodedicated
Changes
The 2009 edition, prequest –section of When I ormade a lotrees’ sectbefore the One sectionow the elike roundword “ope Then, literYou God woccurred tpiece, i wiof my earsI can remeffortlessl The pieceactually pcould see though, wthe ‘cleveacademic I conductedid, not eversion ofuntil the ethe text nmeasures So here nconductinwhich veryou to coagain.
ened,’ ‘God’) aare meticulouslaking great care
ou God for mosd with love to A
in “i thank Yo
revised editionublished in 200– the rest of thf a work after p
riginally premieot of changes dtion, re‐voiced ey first perform
on I didn’t chaneyes of my eyesd, and I felt thaened.”
rally the night was the third ito me that I coill wade out, ats” section, echomember feelingly manipulating
e was publisheperformed. Andthe otherwise
was this: it comer’ writing, and writing and… p
ed that versioneven once. So f i thank You Goend of time. It’snow explodes every time I st
now, available ng or singing i trsion to do (thensider the inse
About th
i thank YoSongs of Fwill wade as shiny settings of
are intentionally balanced ane to paint each
st this amazing nthony, Julia an
ou God for mo
n of i thank You00, which is noe work remainublication has i
ered i thank Youduring those fisome chords, e
med it.
nge, and that I s are opened.” at it elegantly s
before I sent bin a set of threould tie the wht the end of i thoing the first leg actual pride g motivic mater
d, and it mustd when I heardexcellent choir
mpletely maskedthe most impo
pride.
for years, tryinwhen Polyphood. That’s the os so much moreoff the page. art to overthin
for everyone,thank You Gode published or ert. For me, the
e Work
ou God for moFaith, which alsout and hope,and brilliant f the words pally designed tond tuned. The word of this m
day received itnd Thomas Silv
ost this amaz
u God for most longer availabns as it was firsits own interest
u God with Nortrst rehearsals. etc. I did all of t
loved, was theFor that first p
set up the next
back the final pee pieces (the ole set togethehank You God. eaps in i will wa– a very ’sch
rial.
t have been a d it, I was horrir sweating just d the meaning ortant sentence
ng every way I cony asked to seone they recorde simple, and hIt was a greatk while I’m writ
is the insert d for most this the ‘urtext’), pe published ver
ost this amazio includes the , faith, life, loveand many of ainting the indeo shimmer; theperformance s
magnificent poem
ts premiere onestri.
ing day”
t this amazing dble. Page 12 hasst published. Tting story.
thern Arizona UI rewrote the this in the few d
e text “now theperformance it t section, a clus
roofs for publicThree Songs ofer by quoting tSo I quickly rewade out, and senholarly’ pride
year before I ified. It was ridto make it souof the words. e in the poem j
could think of tee the score, Ided, and that’s humble, and to t lesson for mting.
that restores amazing day aplease know thrsion is a versio
ing day is oneE. E. Cumminge. The poetry sthe chords (
escribable, e.g.ey will do so oshould be dynm.
October 3, 19
day replaces ths been exchanghe decision to
University back ‘for the leapindays I had with
e ears of my eawas just a simpster‐y meditatio
cation, I freakef Faith), and it he beginning owrote the “nownt it off to the – for so brillia
heard the newdiculously difficnd natural. MuThe text becamjust vanished i
to make it workI sent them ththe one I’ll do my ears, the m
me, and I think
the original. Ifand are trying hat I strongly eon I’d rather n
‐ Eric
e of Three gs poems i strikes me especially ‘infinite,’ only if the namic and
99, and is
he original ged at my rewrite a
in 1999, I ng greenly h the choir
ars awake, ple chant‐on on the
ed. i thank suddenly
of the first w the ears publisher. antly and
w version cult, and I ch worse, me lost in n a fog of
k. It never e original from now
meaning of k of those
f you are to decide encourage ever hear
Whitacre
Copyright © 2009 Eric Whitacre
SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BASS
now the ears of my ears a -
q = 84
now the ears of my
now the ears of my ears a -
now the ears of my
wake, now the eyes of my
ears a - wake, now the eyes of my
wake, now the eyes of my
ears a - wake, now the eyes of my
eyes are o pened...- - - -
rit.
eyes are o pened...- - - - -
eyes are o pened...- - - - - -
eyes are o pened...- - - - - - - -
i thank You God for most this amazing day
Eric Whitacre
insert to replace measures 76-83
(continue on as per printed on score)