Premiered at Night Song, Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director, by Canticum vespertinum, 3 February 2013, First Church in Cambridge (USA), Congregational

Psalm 134 (Behold Now, Bless God)*

Behold now, bless God, all you servants of God, you that stand by night in the house of God. Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless God; God, maker of heaven and earth, bless you out of Zion.

Music by Patricia Van Ness (1951) The from Score rev. 25 May 2017 The *from MUSIC FOR THE , St. Benedict: dedicated in its entirety to Peter Sykes Note: This piece creates single lines between parts and is to be as seamless as possible.

q = 50 mf Sempre molto legato. 3 SOPRANO ° b 4 Ï Ï Ï ú &b b4 · Ï ú Î Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï J ä Ï Ï Ï Be-hold, be - hold now, bless bless

mf Sempre molto legato. mp ALTO b 4 &b b · Î ä 4 Ï ú ú ú Ï™ ú Be-hold, be - hold now bless mf Sempre molto legato. mp j 3 TENOR bb 4 ÏbÏ Ï Ï Ï Î ú Ï ä Î î · & b4 Ï™ Ï J ‹ (Be - - - (hold mp Sempre molto legato.

BASS ? 4 ú™ Ï ú bbb4 î · · ¢ (Be - -

Copyright © -2012-2013 Patricia Van Ness (all rights reserved) www.PatriciaVanNess.com 2 Van Ness, Music for the Psalms, Psalm 134 5 ° b &b b ú ú ú î · · · · bless God, mf bb ä Î î · ä î · · & b j Ï Ï Ï Ï j Ï bÏ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï all youser-vants of God, mf 3 3 b ú j j Ï Ï Ï Ï &b b ™ Ï w Ï ä Î î Ï ú ä Ï Ï ÏÏÏ ä J ÏÏ Ï ú ‹ bless God, of God, you thatstand by night, ? b Ï ú™ ú ú Ï Ï b b · · J ä ú w ¢ all you that stand night

11 A Slightly louder; moving lines prominant ° b w j &b b · · Ï Î · Ï ú Ï ä of God. Lift 3 b j &b b j ä j ä ä Î Î Ï ä Î î î Î j ä ú Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ú™ ú Ï Ï night in the house of Lift 3 3 bb j ä Î Ï Ï j ä î · j ÏbÏ Ï Ï Ï Ï î & b ú Ï Ï Ï Ï™ Ï ‹ house Lift mf ú ? j Ï Ï Ï ú™ Ï ú bbb ú Ï ä Î Î Ï Î · ¢ house Lift

16 3 ° b Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï &b b Ï ÏÏÏÏ Ï J ä Ï Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú î Ï Ï ú lift up your hands in the ho - ly place, and bless mf b &b b Î Ï Ï™ ä Î · ú ú ú™ bÏ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï lift hands ho - ly and bless bless Ï bb ú Ï ä Ï ú ú ú Ï ú î & b J ™ w ‹ lift hands ho - ly place, and Ï ? Ï w bbb J ä Î î · î Î · ¢ place Van Ness, Music for the Psalms, Psalm 134 3 21 ° bb ä j ä Î & b Ï Ï Ï™ ú ú w ú Ï God; hea - ven, earth, b &b b j ä ä · Ï ú ú w Ï GÏod; God™ , hea - ven earth

3 3 bb j ä Ï Ï Ï Ï ä Ï Ï Ï ú ú Ï ä Ï & b Ï ú™ Ï Ï J Ï Ï J ‹ God; ma-ker of hea - ven, and earth bless ? ú Ï™ w ú Ï bbb ú ú ä J ä Î ¢ bless God; hea - ven earth

25 ° b &b b · Ï ú™ Ï Ï Ï Ï w of Zi - - on. of Zi - on.

bbb î Î Î Ï Ï ú™ Ï ä · & Ï Ï Ï J out bless Zi - on. 3 3 bb Ï Ï Î Ï Ï Ï Ï î Ï Ï î Î · & b Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ‹ you out of of 3 3 ? Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï bbb Ï Î Ï J ä Î î · ¢ bless you bless you out of