ROSE OF BETHLEHEM. for S.A.T.B. voices, opt. Cello, accompanied* œ œ œ. Preview Only. œ J. J œ. œ œ œ.

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1 2 ROSE O BETHLEHEM for SATB voices, opt Cello, accompanied* Arranged y BRUCE GREER ACCOM 4 & 8 & & TENOR / BASS With much expression (q = ca 88) 4 4 ** + Cello There s a Rose in Beth - le - hem ith a eau - ty quite di - - Cello Words and Music y LOWELL ALEXANDER Incorporating Lo, Ho a Rose E er Blooming revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase * To purchase a full-length performance recording () of this piece, go to alfredcom/donloads art for Cello is on pages ** Tune: ES IST EIN ROS, Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599 Copyright 1992 Birding Music (ASCA) (adm at CapitolCMGulishingcom) and this arrangement 2016 All rights reserved Used y permission Sole Selling Agent for this arrangement: uilate Music Group, LLC, O Box 3607, Brentood, TN The copying of this music is prohiited y la and is not covered y CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicensenet

2 11 & & 14 & & 17 vine; SORANO / ALTO per-fect si - lent ho - ly hope, that it Ooo in this orld of night There s a 16 sin, sends up - on the ind, on this fra - grance, much like reach-ing revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase Ooo 3 &

3 4 & 20 & & 23 & & 26 & out to ev - ry soul from a lo - ly man - ger s reach - ing out to ev - ry soul, - - cri cri Oh, love - ly, pure, and 24 Rose of Beth - le - hem, + Cello seet, lo ly man ger s ho glo - ri - fy the revie Only glo - ri - fy the Legal Use Requires urchase

4 & 29 & & 32 & & 35 & a a - - SORANO / ALTO hem; ear the thorns for There s a col-ored red like mer - cy s 34 me Rose in Beth - le - revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase lood Tis the 5

5 6 & 38 & & 41 & & 44 & flo - er of our faith Tis the los - som of God s love TENOR / BASS 42 - Cello Though its loom is fresh ith youth, hat ill e, He + Cello for knos; a sure - ly tear of morn - ing revie Only for a tear of Legal Use Requires urchase

6 & 47 & 50 & & & 53 & de is morn - ing de roll - ing don the roll - ing don the - Cello Rose Rose Rose of Beth - le - hem, ho love - ly, pure, and + Cello seet, glo - ri - fy the Oh, glo - ri - fy the a - a - revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 7

7 8 & 56 & & 59 & ear the thorns for Slightly roader (q = ca 84) me n n f n n molto rit f n Oh, f n n n n molto rit Rose of Beth - le - hem, ho love - ly, pure, and Slightly roader (q = ca 84) n n revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase n n

8 seet, ear the thorns for for glo - ri - fy the glo - ri - fy the a - me, a - ear the thorns dim - Cello revie Only me Legal Use Requires urchase g g dim dim 9

9 10 74 & hen half -spent 74 & & 78 & & 82 & * Lo, ho a Rose e er loom (Accompanist may doule voices, if desired) as the as the night night + Cello rit p Oh, p p rit - ing, hen half -spent Rose of Beth - le - hem revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase U U U U * Words: 15th century German, tr Theodore Baker,

10 ROSE O BETHLEHEM 11 Arranged y BRUCE GREER CELLO Words and Music y LOWELL ALEXANDER Incorporating Lo, Ho a Rose E er Blooming 4 16 With much expression (q = ca 88) 4 4 v v Ÿ pizz arco Ÿ 8 27 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ pizz 35 arco arco pizz Ÿ Ÿ revie Only Ÿ Legal Use Requires urchase Copyright 1992 Birding Music (ASCA) (adm at CapitolCMGulishingcom) and this arrangement 2016 All rights reserved Used y permission Sole Selling Agent for this arrangement: uilate Music Group, LLC, O Box 3607, Brentood, TN The copying of this music is prohiited y la and is not covered y CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicensenet

11 molto rit n f 62 Slightly roader (q = ca 84) p rit v Ÿ v 74 U The contemporary classic Rose of Bethlehem has een given an artful ne setting y veteran arranger Bruce Greer While this song has een recorded y numerous artists, some listeners may e unfamiliar ith it, so consider printing the text in your ulletin/program (if you don t do so already), as it is a very nuanced and poerful message The opening verse may e sung y a soloist ay careful attention to dynamics throughout to underscore the seeping drama of the piece If using a soloist at the eginning, consider using the same soloist to complete the final phrase (measures 57-60) resulting in a ookend effect Consider printing the text in your ulletin/program (if you don t do so already)* revie Only Bruce Greer has ecome one of the most popular and highly regarded riters for church music in the country, ith hundreds of titles and proects pulished y a ide array of leading pulishers He has on a Dove Aard, Christian Music s highest honor, for his arranging and orchestrating His commanding solo piano artistry, as ell as his artistic collaoration ith Grammy-inner vocalist, Cynthia Clason, has taken him around the orld, (from England to Asia, Canada and all over the US) performing in churches, conferences, and leading concert halls As a Baylor University graduate (Music Theory/Composition), the door opened for Greer after college to spend six years as a Creative Director/songriter, arranger, artist, and producer for Word Records and Music Currently he is pursuing his passion for musical theater and frequently collaorates ith lyricist Keith erguson They have found success through their orks, most notaly their popular musical adaptations of It s a Wonderful Life (licensing availale through layscripts, Inc, Ne York, NY 10123), and A Christmas Carol Their musical Hidden, ased on the Book of Es is in development Bruce and Kim, his ife of over 30 years, have four married sons and seven grandchildren BruceGreercom Legal Use Requires urchase * or directions to legally reproduce lyrics in your church ulletin/program, visit uilatemusiccom, click on Licensing Requests and choose Reprint olicy