In the Bleak Midwinter / Holst, arr. Abbie Betinis SSAA chorus, 2 soloists, piano $2.50 / AB-047-10 A B B I E B E T I N I S

SSAA arr. commissioned by Kathleen Rodde for Cantamus Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

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Abbie Betinis Music Co. www.abbiebetinis.com 2 AB-047-10 SSAA arr. commissioned by Kathleen Rodde for Cantamus, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2011 SATB (original) commissioned by Ruth Palmer, Director of Music Ministries, Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2007 Dedicated to one of pure heart, hope and joy.

CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (v.1) arr. ABBIE BETINIS John Andrew Storey (v.2) orig. Gustav Holst Rossetti/Betinis (v.3, 4)

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* P Solo bb 2 j j & b " 4 " c œ. œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ. œ œ In the bleak mid --win ter frost- y wind madeœ

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Solo j bb Œ j & b ˙. œ. œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ ˙. Œ moan, earth stood hard as i- ron, wa - ter like a stone;

‰ œœ œœ. ˙˙ œ œ - œ œ b j œ œœ œœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ- œ & b b ‰ œ ‰ J œ ˙ ‰ Pno. ! œ Œ ˙ ‰ j ‰ j ? bbb œ œ ˙˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œœ ˙˙ & w w œ w œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ * Solo, or alto section soli œ © Abbie Betinis (ASCAP), October 2011. Order online at www.abbiebetinis.com PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 3

a tempo 20 poco rit. # Solo bb j b b b & b ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ b b b w " win- ter long a - go.

a tempo poco rit. # S1 bb b b b & b " " b b b œ œ œA œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ Snow on snow, snow on snow, a tempo poco rit. # S2 b b b & b b " " b b bb Ó œ œA œ ˙ œ œ œ Snowœ on snow, snowœ on a tempo

A1 b b b & b b " " b b bb " " a tempo poco rit. A2 b b b & b b " " b b bb " "

poco rit. a tempo - œ œ ˙- ˙ ˙ A˙ bb ‰ J œ œ œ ˙ bb b b ˙ A ˙ w & b ˙ b b ˙ ˙ w Pno. , glassy ! - P œ ˙ ˙- ˙ b Œ ˙ ? ˙ & b b ˙ bb b b ˙ ˙ g w w b b ˙ g w g w PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie 4 In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 24 S1 b b & b b bb

S2 b b & b b bb

A1 b b & b b bb

# A2 b b & b b bb ˙.

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28 S1 b b & b b bb ˙ ˙ œ. œ œ ˙. Œ œ. œ œ œ strang- er, so theJ gos- pelsœ say, cra- dledJ in a

Snow on snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, S2 b b b & b b b œ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, snow on

A1 bb b b & b b œ Œ œ œ œ œ w ˙ Ó œ œ œ œ ˙ Snow on snow, Snow on snow,

A2 bbbb b Œ Œ & b œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ Snow onœ ˙ snow, ˙ onœ snow, Snow on œ snow,˙.

˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ bb b b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ & b b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ Pno. ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ? b b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b b bb ˙ ˙ g˙ PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE˙ PROHIBITED. g˙ Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 5 32 F S1 b b j & b b bb ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ ˙. Œ œ. œ œ œ man- ger and a bed of hay; in theJ bleak mid -

snow on snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, on snow on snow,

S2 bb b b œ œ œ & b b œ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ˙œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, snow on snow, on snow, P A1 bb b b Œ Œ j & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ snow on snow,˙ onœ snow inœ. the bleak mid -

A2 P bbbb b Œ & b œ œ œ. j œ snowœ onœ ˙ snow, ˙. onœ snow,˙. in theœ bleakœ mid - j œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ Ó ˙ œ œ œ. b b b ˙ ˙ ˙. ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ & b b b ˙ ˙. œ ˙ œ ˙ œ Pno. ˙ œ œ œ . ˙ œ ˙ j œ g ˙ ‰ ? b b b g ˙ g˙. g ˙ g ˙ w œ b b b g ˙ g˙. g ˙ g g ˙ g˙. g ˙ w 36

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f S2 bb b b œ n nbb & b b ˙ œ œ œ n b w " " baœ -œ by, Je --- sus Christ. f A1 bb b b n nbb & b b œ œ œ œ Ó œ œ œ n b wN " " ba --- by, Jeœ - sus Christ. f A2 b b bb b n nbbb " " & b œ ˙ œ œ œ n w babe,˙ Maœ -ryœ andœ her babe, Je- sus Christ.

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45 P P S1 b œ œ œ œ & b b " œ œ œ œ ŒÓ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ An- gels and arch-- an gels TheyJ may have thronged the P P S2 b " œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j & b b œ œ ŒÓ œ œ œ œ œ An- gels and arch-- an gels Theyœ may have thronged theœ F A1 b Œ & b b Œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. j ˙. An- gels and arch ----an gels May have thronged theœ air, F A2 b Œ & b b Œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. j ˙. An- gels and arch ----an gels May have thronged theœ air,

œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ b œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ Pno. F ˙. ˙ ˙ ˙ ? œ ˙. ˙ ˙ ˙ œ bbb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCEœ PROHIBITED. œ Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 7 49 S1 b & b b

S2 b & b b

A1 b & b b

A2 b & b b œ Shep- herds, beasts and wise men, there, mayœ haveœ gathœ - eredœ œ

œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ Pno. ˙. ˙ ˙ ˙ ? œ ˙. ˙ ˙ ˙ bbb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

53 F 3 p S1 b œ & b b œ. ‰ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ " ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. Œ But on- ly his moth- er JIn her ten- der bliss

F 3 p S2 b j & b b œ. ‰ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ " ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. Œ But on- ly his moth- er In her ten- der bliss P A1 bb . j . & b w œ ˙. œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ " Oo... In her ten- der bliss poco a poco cresc. P A2 b P & b b j Œ ‰ w ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. j œ Oo... Inœ. her ten- der bliss œBlessedœ thisœ newœ re -

œ ˙ w ˙ œ ˙ ˙ . œ bb w Œ ˙ ˙ ˙. & b w ˙ Pno. P p ‰ j ˙ Œ œ ˙ ? b w œ b b w w w w wPERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. w Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie 8 In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 58 F ƒ S1 b 6 Œ ˙ œ ˙. & b b " 4 œ œ c œ œ œ œ œ Blessed re - deem - er, blessed him F ƒ S2 b Ó Œ‰ j 6 w œ & b b œ 4 œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ c œ œ œ Blessed > this new re - deem - er, blessed him

poco a poco cresc. P ƒ A1 b b b ‰ j œ 46 œ œ œ ‰ œ œ. œ c w œ & œ œ œ œ J J œ œ Blessed this new re --deem er, blessed this re - deem - er, blessedœ him ƒ F A2 b 6 ˙ ‰ j œ & b b 4 œ œ c ˙ œ œ œ œ deem˙ - er,˙ blessedœ thisœ new˙b reœ --deem er, blessedœ this new re -

b 6 & b b " 4 " c " " Pno. ? 6 bbb " 4 " c " "

62 warmly P p S1 bb n b b b . œA œ & b œ œ œb œ ˙ œ œ œb œ ˙ œ œ œb œ œ œ œ œ n nb b b œ J œ Mm... Mm... Mm... Mm...

warmly P p S2 b j n b b b j & b b ˙ œ œb œ œ ˙ œ œb œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œb n nb b b œ. œ œ œ Mm... Mm... With a Mm...

molto warmly P F p A1 b Œ n b b b & b b œ œb œ w Ó œ n nb b b With a kiss. Withœb a kiss.˙. Mm...œ

molto F p warmly A2 b n b b b & b b œ ˙. ˙ Ó Ó œ n nb b b deem- er Withœb a kiss.˙. Mm...œ

˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ n b w & b b ˙b ˙ ˙ ˙ n nb bbbb w Pno.

? b w w w n b b b b b w w w n nb b b w PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 9 66 espressivo F Solo b œ œ œ & b bbbb ‰ œ œ œ ˙ Œ‰ œ œ ˙ Œ " WhatJ can I give you, poorJ as I am? espressivo F Solo b b b j j . & b b b Ó ‰ œ œ œ œ ˙. Œ‰ œ œ œ ˙ Œ What can I give you, poor as I am?

S1S j j b b b . œ œ & b b b ˙ ˙ ˙œ. œ œ œ w œ ˙ œœ ˙ œ (mm...) . œ œ

A b j & b bbbb j œ œ ˙. œ œ. œ œ œ ˙w ˙ œ. œ œ œ (mm...) œ. J œ

b j j b bb b ˙ œ. œ œ w ˙ œœ. œ œ œ & b ˙ ˙ ˙. œœ œ œ. ˙ œ œ œ Pno. piano reduction (as necessary) œ ˙ œ œ. œ œ œ w ˙ œ ? b . J ˙ œ. œ œ b bbbb J

70 Solo b b œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ & b b bb ‰ œ œ œ œ w " IfJ I were a shep- herd I would bring a lamb;

Solo b b œ j & b b bb " " ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ Ifœ œ I were a wise man I would do my

S S1 bb b b ˙. œ & b b ˙ ˙ œ˙. œ ˙ œ w˙ ˙b ˙ ˙b (mm...)

A b b b & b b b . w˙ œ ˙ œœ œ œ˙ ˙. ˙ ˙. œ œ (mm...) ˙

bbbb b ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙. œ & b ˙˙. ˙ œ ˙. œ w˙ ˙b ˙ ˙b Pno. w ˙ œ œ œw ˙. ˙. œ ? b œ œ ˙ œ b bbbb PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie 10 In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr.

74 poco rit. a tempo Solo b b j œ ˙ œ œ œ & b b bb ‰ œ œ œ œ ˙ " " ‰ œ œ œ œ I would do my part; YetJ what I can I give you: poco rit. a tempo P Solo b b - ˙ ˙ & b b bb ˙. Œ " Ó ‰ œ œ- œ- ˙ ˙ part; YetJ what I can I give you:

poco rit. a tempo j S1S bb b b ˙ ˙ œ œ Œ œ. œ œ œ & b b ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙œ. œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙w ˙ (mm...) Oo...

A bbbb b Œ & b ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ˙. j œ œ (mm...)˙ ˙ œ˙ Oo...œ. œ œ ˙ œ

poco rit. a tempo j b b b ˙ œ Œ . œ œ & b b b ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ˙. œ œ œ ˙ œ w˙ ˙ Pno. œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙. œ œ ˙. œ ? b Œ œ. œ b bbbb J

79 cresc. f P Solo b b ˙. œ j œ ˙ j œ ˙ & b b bb ˙. Œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ Give my heart. I give my heart... I give my heart... cresc. f P Solo b b b ˙. œ ˙ ‰ j œ ˙ ‰ j œ ˙ ‰ j œ & b b b œ œ œ Give my heart.œ I give my heart... œI give my heart... œI give my

F dim. # S1 S b b j & b b bb œ˙ œ ˙œ. œ ˙. œ ˙. œ w w Mm...˙ ˙ w F dim. # A b b & b b bb œ˙ œ ˙ w˙ ˙ ˙. œ œ w Mm... œ

b b b j & b b b œ˙ œ ˙œ. œ ˙w. œ ˙. œ w Pno. ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙œ œ w ? b b b b bb

PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie In the Bleak Midwinter (SSAA, piano) -- Abbie Betinis, arr. 11

83 rit. Slower f Solo b j œ œ œ n n b w & b bbbb ‰ œ œ n n nnb b " " " I give my heart... rit. f Solo n b bbbb b w n nn nb b w " " " & b heart... n Slower cresc. rit. P f p S1 b n n b j ˙ ˙. & b bbbb " n n nnb b œ. œ œ œ ˙. œ w What I canœ I give you:œ I Give my heart. rit. cresc. P f p S2 b n n b j œ œ & b bbbb " n n nnb b œ. œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ w What I can I give you: Give my heart.

rit. cresc. P f p A1 b n n b j & b bbbb " n n nnb b œ. œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w What I can I give you:œ œ I giveœ myœ heart.

rit. cresc. P f p A2 b b b n n n b j & b b b " n n n b b œ. œ œ œ œ œ What I can I give you:œ œ I give˙. myœ heart.w Slower ! œ œ œ b n n b œ œ œ & b bbbb " n n nnb b " " " œ œ Pno. P !j œ ? b b b " n n n b " " " & œ œ j b b b n n n b b œ. œN

88 introspectively # S1S b U & b b ˙ Œ œ ˙ ŒÓ " " I give my˙ heart.w œ introspectively # A b U & b b ˙ Œ ŒÓ " " ˙ œI give˙ my˙ heart.w œ

!U ˙ œ ˙ œ w œ ˙ œ œ œ œ w b œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ ˙ J œ œ w b J 3 ‰ ‰ œ w & b J 3 Pno. ‰ ‰ Œ p - ‰ Œ - - U b ˙ œ ˙œ j ? œ œ œ ? & b b œ w œ œ œœ ˙˙ w & œn œ œ w w w w PERUSAL SCORE. PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. Please support the composer's art & livelihood by purchasing performance-ready scores at www.abbiebetinis.com. Thank you, thank you. -Abbie Also by Abbie Betinis . . .

Burt Family Carols Series: (Abbie is the grand-niece of composer Alfred Burt, and carries on his tradition of writing a new carol every Christmas)

Behind the Clouds SATB a cappella Fred Bock Music (F2368) Hail, Christmas Day! SATB a cappella Fred Bock Music (F2354) In a Far Judean City SATB a cappella Fred Bock Music (F2355) Prayer for Peace SATB a cappella, s./t. solos Fred Bock Music (F2358) Run, Toboggan, Run SATB div., a cappella Fred Bock Music (F2356)

Choral Works: The Babe of Bethlehem, arr. SATB div., a cappella Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text and tune: William Walker in Southern Harmony AB-031-01 Bar xizam (Upward I rise) SATB div., s. a. t. b. solos, a capp. Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: Hâfez (in Persian) AB-052-02 Dormi, Jesu (Sleep Jesus) SATB a cappella G. Schirmer Text: traditional (in Latin) Cat. No. 50486936 Carmina mei cordis (Songs of my heart) SATB div., a cappella Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: Aeterna lux divinitas & Angele Dei (in Latin) AB-030-03 Cedit, Hyems (Be gone, winter!) SATB div. (or SSAA div.), flute G. Schirmer Text: Prudentius (in Latin) Cat. No. 50486492 Chant for Great Compassion SSAA div., a cappella Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: traditional Chinese AB-057-01 Yhinx: An Ancient Greek Love Charm TTBB a cappella, t. t. b. solos Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: Theocritus & ancient Greek stone (in Greek) AB-018-01

Solo Vocal & Vocal Chamber Works: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight tenor, piano, snare drum Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: Vachel Lindsay AB-061-10 Be Like the Bird 5-voice canon Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: Victor Hugo AB-062-C9 Jerusalem Luminosa soprano & alto duet, a cappella Kjos Music Text: Thomas a Kempis (in Latin) Cat. No. 6323 Nattsanger (Nightsongs) – song cycle high voice, clarinet, piano Abbie Betinis Music Co. Text: Rolf Jacobsen (in Norwegian) AB-055-03 Of Poets & Fools – song cycle tenor & bass duets, piano Graphite Publishing Text: William Butler Yeats coming soon Ophelie (Ophelia) high voice, cello, piano manuscript Text: Arthur Rimbaud (in French) coming soon The Clan of the Lichens – song cycle soprano, piano Graphite Publishing Text: Opal Whiteley GP - B005 ______Called “inventive, richly melodic” (New York Times) and “audacious…edgy and thrilling” (Star Tribune) the music of Abbie Betinis is being performed increasingly in the United States and abroad. Born in 1980, Abbie has fulfilled commissions for more than 50 music organizations including the American Suzuki Foundation, Cantus, Cornell University, and the , and has been Composer-in-Residence for The Schubert Club, The Singers—Minnesota Choral Artists and The Rose Ensemble. Her music has won awards from the American Composers Forum, ASCAP, Minnesota Music Educators Association and the Sorel Organization, among others, and she is a two-time McKnight Artist Fellow (2009 & 2015). Abbie holds degrees in music composition from St. Olaf College and the , and a diplôme from the European American Musical Alliance in , France where she studied harmony and counterpoint in the tradition of . In 2006, she launched Abbie Betinis Music Co., which publishes and distributes her sheet music internationally. A three time cancer survivor, Abbie lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Abbie Betinis Music Co.

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