Preces and Responses in G Major

Evensong paraclete press PPM01442 $1.70 Selected Works Published by Paraclete Press

Duckworth, Bonnie My Shepherd Will Supply My Need—PPM01406 SAB and Keyboard

Ferris, William Ecce Nunc—PPM01402 SATB and Organ Forster, Stuart Sing to the Lord a New Song—PPM01321 SATB and Organ Preces and Set Me as a Seal—PPM01409 SATB and a cappella Hagy, Timothy Jubilate—PPM01329 Responses SATB and Organ Jubilate—PPM01329FS SATB and String Quintet Te Deum—PPM01312 in G Major SATB and Organ Te Deum—PPM01312FS SATB and String Quintet Lau, Robert How Firm a Foundation—PPM01420 COPY SATB and Organ Lehman, Robert A Prayer of King Henry—PPM01415 SSATBB a cappella Michael Bedford Lovelace, Austin Benedictus es Domine—PPM01306 SATB and Organ McCabe, Michael O Bread of the Earth—PPM01417 SATB a cappella NOT Nelson, Daniel Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord—PPM01359 SATB and Piano Nixon, June Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee—PPM01419 SATB and Organ DO SATB a cappella Phillips, Craig Jubilate Deo—PPM01418 SATB and Organ Jubilate Deo—PPM01418FS SATB, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ Weidner, Raymond Christ the Lord is King—PPM01421 Two-Part Mixed Choir and Organ

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PPM01442 PPM01442 4 Preces and Responses in G Major ?# w œ˙ SATB a cappella Endue thy ministers with right - eous - ness: Texts from the Book of Common Prayer, Michael Bedford adapted for American use (b. 1949) mf f j j The Preces ° # j œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ Officiant ?# w . J J J O Lord, open thou our lips: And makethy cho- sen peo - ple joy --- mf j j j ° # 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 nœ œ w ¢ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ J And our mouths shallshow forth thypraise. mf f J J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w ¢?# œ œ œ œ nœ œ ° mf # ‰ j ‰ j œ ˙ w & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w œ‰œ œ‰œ œ œ œ œ ?# œœœœœ œ œ œw J J O God, make speed to save us: ------ful. COPY mf ° # œ œ j j œ œ œ w & œ œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ?# œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ . nœ œ œœ ˙ ˙ ¢ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ˙ w J J OLord, makehaste to helpus.

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Copyright © 2014 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved. PPM01442 PPM01442 5 ?# w œ ˙ Give peace in our time, O Lord: ° mf # j œ œ ˙ œ & œ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Be - cause thereJ is none oth - er that j œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ ¢?# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ mf J Michael Bedford f 3 mp p ° , A full-time church musician since 1973, Michael Bedford currently serves as Organist/ # œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ Choirmaster and Composer-in-Residence at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tulsa, & œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ n˙œ œ w Oklahoma, where he plays the organ and supervises a full graded choir program includ- 3 ing three singing choirs and a handbell choir. He has held similar positions in Texas and fight- eth forus, but on - ly thou, O God. Colorado. He is also the founder and CEO of Crescendo Press where he publishes much 3 œ of his own sacred music, including music for choirs, organ, handbells, extended works for œ œ ˙ , œ œ œ œ œ œ w ?# œ œ œ ˙ w choir and orchestra, service music, and hymn concertatos for choir, congregation, organ, ¢ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ w brass and timpani. (Website: www.crescendo-press.com ) f 3 mp p Dr. Bedford has published choral music for children’s, youth and adult choirs, as well as organ collections and handbell pieces. Through fifteen different publishers he now has ?# w COPYœ ˙ over two hundred titles in print. He also serves as workshop leader and clinician for children’s and youth choir festivals, handbell festivals, hymn festivals and organ workshops O God, make clean our hearts with - in us: throughout the United States. I. In addition to membership in the American Guild of Organists, Dr. Bedford also mp mp belongs to Choristers Guild (of which he is a past board member); the Association of ° # œ œ œn œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ Anglican Musicians; the Royal School of Church Music in America; the American Society & œ œ œ œ œ œn œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ of Composers, Authors and Publishers; the American Choral Directors Association; and the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association (of which he is a past board member). And take not thyHNOTol- y Spir- it from us. A - men, In 1984 his bio was featured in Outstanding Young Men of America, and in 1989 it œ œ ˙ appeared in the International Who’s Who in Music. ?# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ ˙ ˙ œ˙ ˙ Dr. Bedford and his family reside in Tulsa OK. ¢ œ œ œ œ ˙ mp mp

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Paraclete Press sheet music is available from www.paracletesheetmusic.com mp f p Tulsa, Oklahoma January 12, 2007 PPM01442 Evensong paraclete press PPM01442 $1.70 Selected Works Published by Paraclete Press

Duckworth, Bonnie My Shepherd Will Supply My Need—PPM01406 SAB and Keyboard

Ferris, William Ecce Nunc—PPM01402 SATB and Organ Forster, Stuart Sing to the Lord a New Song—PPM01321 SATB and Organ Preces and Set Me as a Seal—PPM01409 SATB and a cappella Hagy, Timothy Jubilate—PPM01329 Responses SATB and Organ Jubilate—PPM01329FS SATB and String Quintet Te Deum—PPM01312 in G Major SATB and Organ Te Deum—PPM01312FS SATB and String Quintet Lau, Robert How Firm a Foundation—COPYPPM01420 SATB and Organ Lehman, Robert A Prayer of King Henry—PPM01415 SSATBB a cappella Michael Bedford Lovelace, Austin Benedictus es Domine—PPM01306 SATB and Organ McCabe, Michael O Bread of the Earth—PPM01417 NOTSATB a cappella Nelson, Daniel Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord—PPM01359 SATB and Piano Nixon, June Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee—PPM01419 DO SATB and Organ SATB a cappella Phillips, Craig Jubilate Deo—PPM01418 SATB and Organ Jubilate Deo—PPM01418FS SATB, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ Weidner, Raymond Christ the Lord is King—PPM01421 Two-Part Mixed Choir and Organ

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