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1. 4 2. A flower remembered 7 3. 10 4. All things bright and beautiful 12 5. Be thou my vision 16 6. For the beauty of the earth 19 7. Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace 22 8. The Lord bless you and keep you 25

These eight transcriptions have been recorded by Wayne Marshall on Decca Records. Please see the Oxford University Press website for details. 1. A Clare Benediction Words and music by Andante tranquillo q = c.84 1. May the Lord show his                          Piano mp legato                    con  6 mer- cy up- on you; may the light of his pre-besence your                                                               

11 guide: May he guard you and up- hold you; may his                                                               17 spi-beever rit -byyour side. When you sleep, may his                                                                

22 an- gels watch o- ver you; when you wake, may he fill you with his                           mf                                 

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STEET, OXFORD OX2 6DP The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL. 7 in memory of the victims of the Tohoku area earthquake and tsunami, March 2011 2. A flower remembered Words and music by JOHN RUTTER

Slow and reflective  q = 60                           Piano p pp                  3  unhurried, poco rubato         mp cantabile   legato sim.   pp                                6 1. A flow’r re- mem- bered can nev-wi er - ther: For ev- er                        p                            9 bloom- ing as bright as day, Its fra- grance lin-g’ring like mu- sic soft- ly                                mp                          

12 play- ing, A gen- tle voice that’s say-ing ‘I’ll nev- er fade a- way.’ I hear the                               p                               

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12 4. All things bright and beautiful Words by Mrs C. F. Alexander (1818–95) JOHN RUTTER

Brightly q = 126                           Piano mp delicato                          5 All things bright and beau- ti- ful, All                           p mp poco legato                                 9 crea- tures great and small,  All things wise and won- der - ful, The                       

                               13 Lord God made them all. Each lit- tle flow’r that o- pens,

                                       sim.    17 Each lit- tle bird that sings, He made their glow-ing col- ours, He

                                mf                        

© Oxford University Press 1983 and 2020. 16 5. Be thou my vision Words: Eleanor Hull, from an ancient Irish hymn JOHN RUTTER Slow and calm, with a steady pulse q = c.56 3                         Piano p legato                             con Ped. 4 1. Be thou my vi -sion, O Lord of my                              3                         7 heart, Be all else but naught to me save that thou art; Be 3 3                                cresc. mp                            10 thou my best thought in the day and the night, Both wak-ing and sleep-ing, thy pre-mysence 3 3 3 3                                    p                                 light. 2. Be thou my wis - dom, be thou my true 13 3

 

 

                                     mp                           

© Oxford University Press 1989 and 2020. 19 6. For the beauty of the earth Words by F. S. Pierpoint (1835–1917) JOHN RUTTER Happily h = 66                            Piano mp delicato             4                        (  )         

             8             ( )                     

1. For the beau- ty of the earth,                12          (  )                     (  )         For the beau-of ty the skies,

                      16 which from our birth                            love     For the                                © Oxford University Press 1980 and 2020. 22 7. Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace Words: formerly ascribed to St Francis of Assisi JOHN RUTTER

Slow and expressive q. = c.52 legato sempre – poco rubato                          Piano p sostenuto                               4 Lord, make me an in -stru- ment of thy   2                         pp        p dolce sostenuto                                     8 peace; where there is ha - tred, let me sow                               2                                      11 love; where there is in -ju - ry, par -don; where there is 2 2                                p  mp                                         A little faster    doubt, faith; where there is des- pair, 14 2 2 2 2 2  2                                cresc.                                     © Hinshaw Music, Inc., 1980. Assigned to Oxford University Press 2016. This version © 2020. 25 in memoriam Edward T. Chapman 8. The Lord bless you and keep you Numbers 6: 24 JOHN RUTTER Andante espressivo q = 72 The Lord bless you and                          Piano p legato sempre      (  )               

4 keep you: The Lord make his face to shine up- on you, to                       (  ) (  )                             

7 shine up- on you and be gra -cious, and be gra -untocious -                                                      

10 you. The Lord bless you and keep you: The                    mp                                     13 Lord make his face to shine up- on you, to shine up- on you and be                            mf                               

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