SEA SHEET MUSIC $5.00. A Perfect Circle. for 3-5 octaves of handbells and 3-4 octaves of handchimes. Elizabeth Alexander.

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1 SEA SHEET MUSIC $5.00 A Perfect Circle for 3-5 octaves of handbells and 3-4 octaves of handchimes Elizabeth Alexander Seafarer Press

2 Everything Everything I see, hear, touch, feel, taste speak, think, imagine, is completing a perfect circle God has drawn. Daniel Ladinsky, rendered from Meister Eckhart Copyright by Daniel Ladinsky. Reprinted by permission. Elizabeth Alexander grew up in the Carolinas and Appalachian Ohio. Her love of words nearly eclipses her love of music a passion reflected in her over 100 songs and choral works, which have received thousands of performances worldwide. A recent McKnight Fellow, she has received awards and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, New York Council on the Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, National Orchestral Association, International League of Women Composers, and American Composers Forum. Elizabeth lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she makes pretty good biscuits, looks for all kinds of excuses to visit her two grown sons, and gardens during the three month period in Minnesota which is not winter. Illustration of snail shell from Systematischer Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon, Ikonographische Encyklopaedie der Wissenschaften und Kuenste (Brockhaus, Leipzig). 1844

3 A Perfect Circle (Handbells and Hand Chimes) Handchimes used: optional 2 Handbells used: optional optional 4-octave and 5-octave handbell choirs (i.e. choirs with the highest octave of bells) omit notes inside brackets [ ]. Commissioned by the Faith Partners Program * A Perfect Circle for 3-5 octaves of handbells and 3-4 octaves of handchimes Flowing (q = 88-92) 4 4 p 2 3 Elizabeth Alexander * Faith Partners is underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by The Otto Bremer Foundation. Seafarer Press / SEA

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5 Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon A Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily LOT Dickinson, OF poet B Evelyn HARD Dudley, poet B Rob WORK & Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, CREATIVITY composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, WENT poet B Gerald Rich, INTO poet B Carl Sandburg, BRINGING poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi THIS Wyner, composer/teacher MUSIC B Paul TO YOU... Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web...and designer B Scott SOME Bates, poet OF B Abbie IT Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet WAS B Emily Dickinson, EVEN poet B MINE. Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. (YOU KNOW WHY.) A COMPLETE PERUSAL COPY MAY BE PURCHASED FROM ELIZABETH ALEXANDER AT Seafarer Press

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8 Selected Choral Music by Elizabeth Alexander April Rain Song (Langston Hughes) SATB SEA Before the Bread (English folk prayer) SSSS SEA Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Michael devernon Boblett) SATB SEA Cherish Your Doubt (Alexander) SATB & piano / SSAA & piano SEA / SEA Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) SATB & piano SEA Dragon Dance (Elizabeth Alexander) S & piano SEA Die Gedanken Sind Frei (15 5h century German protest song, arr.) SATB & piano SEA The Earth Called To My Friend (Nancy Wood) SSA & piano SEA Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm (Yehuda Amichai) SATB SEA Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore) SSA SEA Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) SAB youth choir, SATB & piano SEA Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) SSATB & piano SEA Folks, I m Telling You (Langston Hughes) SSATB & piano SEA For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) SATB & piano SEA Glen Song (Scott Bates) SSATB & piano SEA Go Out! (John Murray) SATB & piano SEA I Write This Poem Out of Darkness (George Ella Lyon) SSA, flute, violin & piano SEA If You Can Walk You Can Dance (Zimbabwean Proverb) SAB & piano / TTB & piano.. SEA / SEA Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier) SATB SEA Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. Polish carol) SSA SEA The Journey (Evelyn Dudley) TTBB / SATB SEA / SEA Jump! (Ray Bradbury) SSA & string quartet SEA Life is not a Garden (Alexander) SATB & piano SEA May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) Children s choir, SATB & piano (opt. flute & trumpets). SEA Morning Bread (Amy Lowell) SATB SEA or a musician (Philip Dacey) SATB & orchestra SEA A Palette To Paint Us As We Are (Gerald Rich) SA & piano / SATB & piano SEA / SEA Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) SATB & piano SEA Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (Alexander) SSAA SEA Spring Grass (Carl Sandburg) SATB SEA They Have Freckles Everywhere (Alexander) SSAA & piano SEA Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song (Swedish proverb) SSS, oboe & piano SEA To Make a Prairie (Emily Dickinson) SSA & piano SEA Tomorrow, God Willing (Garrison Keillor) TTBB SEA Trust the Seeds (Alexander) SATB SEA We Lift Up Our Hearts (Richard Fewkes) Children s choir, SATB & piano SEA We Remember Them (Sylvan Kamens & Jack Riemer) SATB & piano SEA Where There Is Light in the Soul (Chinese proverb) SAB/SATB SEA / SEA When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) SSAA / TTBB SEA / SEA Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills (Joan Wolf Prefontaine) SSAA SEA CD: Finally On My Way To Yes Award-winning choral works by Elizabeth Alexander SEA-CD-001 For more information about these and over 100 other choral pieces, visit: Seafarer Press ~