B E T I N I S THE WORLD MADE NEW: E LEANOR R OOSEVELT S E VENING P RAYER

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1 he World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt s Evening Prayer / bbie etinis chorus $2.25 / Written in celebration of the 100th anniversary the t. laf Choir; nton rmstrong, conductor Commissioned by the enson children in loving memory of Rev. L.. & Noreen enson, and honoring their grandson, t. laf Choir member Will Esch I E E I N I HE WRLD MDE NEW: E LENR R EVEL E VENING P RYER (for chorus) nna Eleanor Roosevelt ( ) ur Father, who has set a restlessness in hearts and us all seekers after that which we can never fully find, forbid us to be satisfied with what we make of life. Draw us from base content and set eyes on faroff goals. Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to hee for strength. Deliver us from fretfulness and self-pitying; make us sure of the good we cannot see and of the hidden good in the. pen eyes to simple beauty all around us and hearts to loveliness [ ]. ave us from selves and vision of the new. bbie etinis Music Co. web: phone: abbie@abbiebetinis.com

2 2 Written in celebration of the 100th anniversary the t. laf Choir; nton rmstrong, conductor Commissioned by the enson children in loving memory of Rev. L.. & Noreen enson, and honoring their grandson, t. laf Choir member Will Esch Elliott Roosevelt, quoting his mother* enor 1 enor 2 ass Distantly, metrically, with text stress ( = 40) intoned UR UR Fa-ther, Fa-ther, he World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer who art in heav-en, who art in heav-en, Hal - Hal - low'd be thy Name. low'd be thy Name. IE EINI UR Fa-ther, who art in heav-en, Hal - low'd be thy Name. Distantly, metri ll i h ess ( = 40) 5 (mm) Fa - hy king-dom come. hy will be done hy king - dom come. hy will be done hy king-dom come. hy will be done (mm) on earth, s it (mm) on earth, s it is in heav - en. on earth, s it is in heav - en. Fa - * from Mother R: Eleanor Roosevelt's Untold tory (G. P. Putnam's ons, 1977) Copyright bbie etinis, ctober 2012

3 8 ther... ther... o o UR Fa-ther, Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) Fa - Fa - who art in heav-en, ther... ther... o o Give us this day dai - ly bread. nd for - give us tres-pass - es, Give us this day dai - ly bread. nd for - give us tres-pass - es, s s hy king-dom come. 11 distantly o Fa distantly ther, o Fa ther, we for-give those who tres - pass we for-give those hy will be done a-gainst us....who tres - pass a-gainst us. nd nd lead us not in-to temp- lead us not cresc. poco a poco in-to temp-ta-tion; For

4 4 Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) (cresc. poco a poco) 14 ta-tion; ut de - liv-er us from e - vil: hy king-dom come. hy will be done s it is in heav-en. for cresc. poco a poco thine is the king - dom, ut de-liv-er us from and the pow - er, e-vil: king-dom, and the glo-ry, pow-er, for ev - er and for glo-ry, 17 poc a tempo warmly ur Fa - ther, warmly (cresc. poco a poco) UR ur Fa - ther, ev - er and ev - er and (cresc. poco a poco) ev - er and ev - er and ev - er and ev - er. UR Fa - ev - er and ev - er and ev - er and ev - er. UR Fa - poco rit. a tempo

5 Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) 5 21 who has set a who has set a rest-less-ness in rest-less-ness in hearts hearts and us all and us all seek-ers af-ter seek-ers af-ter ther, ther, opt'l: UR Fa- ther, hy king-dom come. (mm) h... h that which we can nev - er ful - ly sub (mm) sub (mm) sub find, for - for - for - bid bid us to be bid us to be sat- is-fied with what sat- is-fied with what we make of life. we make of life. (mm) sub o... h... (mm) o... h...

6 6 1 molto rit. a tempo Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) cresc. poco a poco base con - tent Draw, Draw us from base con - draw, cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco tent draw us, and set set eyes eyes on on far - off Draw, draw, cresc. poco a poco draw us, eyes, set eyes Draw, draw, draw us, eyes on molto rit. 8 (cresc.) that goals. (cresc.) goals. (cresc.) on (cresc.) goals. far - off mel. sub Keep us at goals. Keep us at Keep us at tasks too tasks too hard, tasks too hard, that hard for us that we may we that we may be that we may be driv - we driv'n to be driv'n to

7 4 driv-en to hee for driv-en to hee driv-en to hee for en to hee hee for Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) strength. strength. strength. warmly h... h... rest - less - ness in 7 hee ur Fa - ther, warmly who has set a rest - less - ness in hee ur Fa - ther, who has set a rest - less - ness in 47 hearts h... h... h... h... De- hearts hearts UR Fa-ther, and has us all and has us all seek-ers af-ter seek-ers Fa-ther... af-ter that which we can nev-er ful-ly that... find, warmly De-liv-er

8 8 52 De - De - liv - er us, liv - er us, de - us, Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) sub De - liv- er us and ave us from - selves... liv - er us, and de - liv - er us and liv - er us, ave us from - ave us from - ave us from - ave us from - selves... sub selves... sub selves... sub selves pen - pen eyes, eyes, o - pen o - pen hearts, hearts, and and pen eyes, hearts, and pen eyes, hearts, and

9 61 Eleanor Roosevelt's Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) 9 of the of the 66 vi - sion of the new... vi - sion of the new... vi - sion of the new... vi - sion of the new...

10 10 he World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt's utti 72 (new) (hold until it's y voicepart's turn to start the canon) & C N N & 7 Faster (.= 80), repeat ad lib [> 0:45] 1 he new poco a poco cresc. to a happy f, before starting 'motor' poco a poco cresc. to a happy f, before starting 'motor' he new new he he new M R Each singer begins individually (stay in time) bid us to be sat - is - fied with what we make of life, we are seek-ers of thatwhichwe can nev-er M E L D Y poco a poco cresc. to a happy f, just before m.81 how us a... how us a... 7 rehearsal only

11 Evening Prayer (bbie etinis) 11 DIRECIN for mm.7-81 his ostinato builds by adding texture and singers. Each singer will sing, in turn: the Canon, the Motor, and the Melody. CNN: top line: opranos (1) and enors (2) 2nd line: ltos () and asses (4) Come in as a soli section, on conductor's cue. Repeat only y assigned line. ing in any comfortable octave. Hocket should "pop." Clusters: "choose y own adventure" each time, but the largest notehead should be loudest (its stronger dynamic could be from numbers of singers, or from soloists). MR: Migrate individually (not on cue) from the CNN to the MR (so the canon keeps spiraling underneath before dieing away). ing the Motor only once, then go straight on to the Melody. (he last few motor-singers may jump straight to m.81, depending on cue) MELDY: Repeat ad lib, until the canon has died away (the motor may remain if you wish). Go to last system (m. 81) all together on conductor's cue. (77) 2 bell-like New...! 4 bell-like New...! New...! (Repeat ad lib; singers decide individually when to go to MR) ( ) New...! last time: For - ( ) last time: For - (77) ful - ly find, KEEP us and KNW us and DRW us and HW us and KEEP us and (no repeat -- go to MELDY) KNW us and DRW us and (77) how us a (repeat until unison, then go to m.81)... how us a... (77) M E L D Y sub 81 new! sub non rit. non rit. - men. new! - men.

12 lso by bbie etinis... he urt Family Carols eries: (bbie is the grand-niece of composer lfred urt, and carries on his tradition of writing a new carol every Christmas) ehind the Clouds a cappella bbie etinis Music Co C8 Hail, Christmas Day! a cappella Fred ock Music F254 Prayer for Peace a cappella, s./t. solos Fred ock Music F258 Run, oboggan, Run div., a cappella Fred ock Music F256 ong of the Pines a cappella bbie etinis Music Co C5 elected Choral Works: braham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, piano, snare drum bbie etinis Music Co. ext: Vachel Lindsay he abe of ethlehem, arr. div., a cappella bbie etinis Music Co. ext and tune: William Walker in outhern Harmony ar xizam (Upward I rise) div., s. a. t. b. solos, a capp. bbie etinis Music Co. ext: Hâfez (in Persian) Dormi, Jesu (leep Jesus) a cappella G. chirmer ext: traditional (in Latin) Cat. No Carmina mei cordis (ongs of my heart) div., a cappella bbie etinis Music Co. ext: eterna lux divinitas & ngele Dei (in Latin) Cedit, Hyems (e gone, winter!) div. (or div.), flute G. chirmer ext: Prudentius (in Latin) Cat. No Chant for Great Compassion div., a cappella bbie etinis Music Co. ext: traditional Chinese Jerusalem Luminosa a cappella Kjos Music ext: homas a Kempis (in Latin) Cat. No. 62 Long ime rav ling div., tenor solos, a capp. anta arbara Music Pub. ext: traditional merican shape-note texts MP-702 pell of the Elements double chorus, piano bbie etinis Music Co. ext: Elizabeth Jennings Yhinx: n ncient Greek Love Charm a cappella, t. t. b. solos bbie etinis Music Co. ext: heocritus & ancient Greek stone (in Greek) Reviewed as audacious edgy and thrilling, the music of bbie etinis is being performed increasingly in the United tates and abroad. orn in 1980, bbie has been commissioned by more than 40 music organizations including the Dale Warland ingers, Cantus, he Rose Ensemble, and he chubert Club McKnight Fellow, she has also won a Jerome Commissioning Grant, the Craig and Janet wan Composer Prize, and awards from the merican Composers Forum, CP, Minnesota Music Educators ssociation and the orel rganization. Ms. etinis studied composition at t. laf College, the University of Minnesota, and the European merican Musical lliance in Paris, France, where faculty from Juilliard and the Paris Conservatory teach harmony and counterpoint in the tradition of Nadia oulanger. bbie s music is primarily self-published (bbie etinis Music Co) and is distributed internationally, with additional scores published by Fred ock Music, Graphite Publishing, Kjos, anta arbara Music Publishing, and, most recently, in G. chirmer s Dale Warland eries. ince 2005, bbie has been Composer-in-Residence for he chubert Club. he has also held residencies with he ingers Minnesota Choral rtists and he Rose Ensemble. three time cancer survivor, she lives in t. Paul, Minnesota. bbie etinis Music Co. web: phone: abbie@abbiebetinis.com