CONTENTS
1. A Clare Benediction 4 2. A flower remembered 7 3. A Gaelic Blessing 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 JOHN RUTTER 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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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
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© 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
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© 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 ( )
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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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