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1 2 oreord The inspiration or this cantata as Christina Rossetti s poem, Love Came Don at Christmas What a perect phrase to descrie the very essence o Christmas! irst pulished in 1885, this remarkale lyric has survived the ages ithout eing attached to a speciic tune In addition to composing a ne tune or Rossetti s lyrics, I scattered lines o this classic poem throughout the ork Much o the material in this cantata is original, though you ill ind many amiliar carols and Christmas avorites oven into its aric as ell There are our main sections corresponding to the our prominent themes o Advent Each o these our anthems aout Hope, eace, oy, and Love can e used individually throughout the season o Advent, i desired, or the cantata can also e done in its entirety in a single presentation The complete ork rames these our pieces ith an opening and closing numer, and ties them together ith underscored narration to create a dramatic 30-minute Christmas excursion It is my sincere desire that hope, peace, oy, and love lood your Christmas season this and every year oel Raney Contents Love Came Don (Opener)3 Come, Emmanuel, Come (Hope)14 Grant Us eace (eace) 31 Listen to the oyul Song (oy) 41 Love Be Yours, Love Be Mine (Love) 57 Love Divine (inale and Reprise)68 Narration78 65/2064L-2 Companion roducts 65/2063L SATB Score 65/2064L SAB Score 65/2065L SATB Score ith erormance CD 99/3284L Bulk erormance CDs (10 pack) 99/3285L Stereo Accompaniment CD 99/3286L Split-track Accompaniment CD 99/3287L SA/TB art-dominant Rehearsal CDs (Reproducile) Orchestration y Brant Adams and Ed Hogan or l, O, Cl, Bsn, Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 erc, Harp, no, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello, Digital String Reduction 30/3140L ull Score 30/3141L Set o arts 30/3142L CD ith rintale arts 30/3143L ull Score and arts plus CD ith rintale arts

2 Love Came Don (Opener) 3 1 reely q = *Silent Night! Holy Night! p g Love alays hopes, alays perseveres Love ears all things, elieves all things U 5 U 10 g U 14 U Written and Arranged y oel Raney Narrator: Love is patient, love is kind Love alays protects, alays trusts U U Slightly aster q = ca 100 Love endures all things Love never ends Love never ails u n p 18 65/2064L-3 n g p cresc poco a poco poco accel 3 g g n n π n With quiet intensity q = ca g rit 4 And no these three remain: aith, hope and love But the greatest o these is love *Tune: STILLE NACHT y ranz Gruer, Lorenz ulishing Company, a division o The Lorenz Corporation All rights reserved rinted in USA Reproduction o this pulication ithout permission o the pulisher is a criminal oense suect to prosecution THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT ERMISSION TO HOTOCOY THIS MUSIC lorenzcom D

3 4 22 SA p Love came don at B Christ - mas, p Love came don, Love came don, Love came 25 cresc poco a poco Love came don, cresc poco a poco Love came don, Love came don! 28 don, Love came cresc poco a poco 3 Love came don at don! don, Love came Christ - mas, Love came don, Love came don! *Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Love di - vine, all *Words y Charles Wesley, 1747; Tune: MENDELSSOHN y elix Mendelssohn, /2064L-4

4 31 5 Love di - vine, all loves ex - cel - ling! loves ex - cel - ling, oy o heaven to earth come don! 34 *Angels We Have Heard on High Glo - Love came don, Love came don! 37 4 ƒ - ri-a! Love came don! ƒ On Love came don at Christ-mas, Love came *Tune: GLORIA, Traditional rench Melody, 18th c 65/2064L-5 don! ƒ

5 6 41 *On Christmas Night All Christians Sing Christ - mas night all Chris - tians sing to hear the nes that the 44 an - gels ring All out o dark - ness e have light, or 47 3 Love came don on that 3 Christ - mas night su p Nes o great 3 su p *Words: Traditional English Carol; Tune: SUSSEX CAROL, Traditional English Carol 65/2064L-6

6 hope and nes o great 3 3 mirth, p 3 3 Love and peace on earth, oy - ul nes o our 3 mer - ci - ul King s irth Glo - n Love came don, Love came 65/2064L-7

7 8 59 *He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child **O Come, All Ye aithul - - ri - a! He is orn, the di - 62 don, Love came vine Christ Child, don O play the o - oe and come, all ye ag - pipe mer - ri - ly 65 aith - ul, oy - ul and tri - um - phant, O O come, O come ye, O come ye to come ye to Beth - le - Beth - le - Ÿ *Words: Traditional rench Carol, 19th c; Tune: IL EST NÉ, Traditional rench Melody, 18th c **Words: Latin Hymn, attr ohn Wade, 1751, tr rederick Oakeley, 1841; Tune: ADESTE IDELES, ohn Wade s Cantus Diversi, /2064L-8

8 14 Come, Emmanuel, Come (Hope) 9 reely q = ca 88 *On This Day Earth Shall Ring 4 p 4 g 5 n 8 n g Narrator: Long eore the irth o Christ, prophets g n n g told o a coming Messiah: One ho ould ring the orld out o darkness and into light And the orld aited ith hope Gently q = ca rit g **Lo, Ho a Rose E er Blooming hope or a time hen people ould e ree rom oppression; and or a time hen ighting Written and Arranged y oel Raney 11 and ar ould give ay to understanding and peace; poco rit accel poco a poco 14 hope or the end o poverty, hunger, and pain; * Tune: ERSONENT HODIE, iae Cantiones, 1582 ** Tune: ES IST EIN ROS, Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesang, Lorenz ulishing Company, a division o The Lorenz Corporation All rights reserved rinted in USA Reproduction o this pulication ithout permission o the pulisher is a criminal oense suect to prosecution THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT ERMISSION TO HOTOCOY THIS MUSIC 65/2064L-14 lorenzcom D

9 and hope or the arms o God to rap the orld in everlasting love 18 rit Mysteriously q = ca 144 n n n n 26 SA B n n n A n 30 glim mer o hope - shines in the dark - ness, n n 65/2064L-15

10 16 34 n hen ill the dan - ing n come A n n 38 his - per o peace - - si - lent - ly, ech o ing n n 42 cresc 11 n hen ill e hear cresc the song n cresc 65/2064L-16

11 46 Hope o the earth, n rom - ise o ag - es, 17 n n 50 n Light or the orld to n see 54 n n Spir - it o is - dom, po - er, and love, 65/2064L-17

12 come, set the cresc cresc cresc Come, Em cap - tive 12 ree! n n - man - u - el, come, Em - 65 man - u - el, come, Em - man - u - el, n 65/2064L-18

13 come n n n n n g O 72 *O Come, O Come, Emmanuel come, O come, Em - man - u - 76 el, Come, Em - man - u - el, come, Em - man - u -el, come *Words: Latin, 9th c, tr ohn M Neale; Music: Thomas Helmore, 1854, ased on plainsong 65/2064L-19 and

14 20 80 ran - som cap - tive Is - ra - 84 come, Em n - man - u - el, come mel that el, n n 88 mourns in lone - ly ex - ile 65/2064L-20

15 92 here un - til the Son o 21 g g g cresc God cresc ap - pear Re - cresc n 100 oice! Re - oice! Em - 65/2064L-21

16 man - u - el n shall 108 O shall come to thee, O come to thee, O Is Is Is cresc 65/2064L-22 cresc cresc - - ra ra - ra - el, come, Em - man - u - el, - - el, Em el, come, Em - man - u - el, - man - u - el,

17 Grant Us eace (eace) 31 Written and Arranged y oel Raney Quietly q = ca 96 p n n *Come, Thou Long-Expected esus 5 Narrator: The orld aited ith hope, atching expectantly n n **Lo! Ho a Rose E er Blooming or the peace promised y God in the scriptures: Though the mountains e shaken and the hills 9 13 rit n 4 4 a tempo g e removed, yet my unailing love or you ill not e shaken nor my covenant o peace e removed, says the Lord 4 3 g g g poco rit 4 3 * Tune: HYRYDOL y Roland H richard, 1830 ** Tune: ES IST EIN ROS, Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesang, Lorenz ulishing Company, a division o The Lorenz Corporation All rights reserved rinted in USA Reproduction o this pulication ithout permission o the pulisher is a criminal oense suect to prosecution THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT ERMISSION TO HOTOCOY THIS MUSIC 65/2064L-31 lorenzcom D

18 That peace as rought to earth in the orm o a Child, orn in a stale in Bethlehem or unto us 4 3 Tenderly q = ca a Child is orn, a Son is given And He ill e called the rince o eace 25 Children s Choir (opt select Unis Voices or Solo) p Do - na no - is, 29 do - na no - is pa - cem 65/2064L-32

19 33 33 Born a child to grant g us peace 37 Do - na no - is rit pa - rit a tempo cem lh a tempo 41 B 20 p Grant us end Children s Choir (or Unis Voices/Solo) SA peace, Lord A - *Aay in a Manger ay in a * Words: Anonymous; Tune: CRADLE SONG y William Kirkpatrick, /2064L-33

20 34 45 man - ger, no cri or a ed, lh lh n 49 the lit - tle Lord e - sus laid lh g 53 don His seet head; the stars in the n 65/2064L-34 lh

21 Listen to the oyul Song (oy) 41 Written and Arranged y oel Raney 25 Quietly q = ca 92 *He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child 4 4 Narrator: The night Christ as orn an rit 5 With urgency q = ca 108 **oy to the World! the Lord Is Come angel appeared to the shepherds saying, ear not! or I ring you good tidings o great oy! And the heavens ere illed ith angels celerating and singing, p 9 Glory to God in the highest! And e continue that celeration as the scripture commands: rit a tempo 12 Great is the Holy One o Israel among you Shout aloud and sing or oy! * Tune: IL EST NÉ, Traditional rench Melody ** Tune: ANTIOCH, George rideric Handel rit Lorenz ulishing Company, a division o The Lorenz Corporation All rights reserved rinted in USA Reproduction o this pulication ithout permission o the pulisher is a criminal oense suect to prosecution THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT ERMISSION TO HOTOCOY THIS MUSIC 65/2064L-41 lorenzcom D

22 Light, lively h = ca SA - B 24 Lis ten to the sound o the an - gels sing - ing, hear the oy -ul mu - sic 27 ill the sky oin ith the heav-en -ly cho - rus, g 65/2064L-42

23 30 Glo - ry e to God on high Lis - ten to the nes o the on-drous sto - ry, ech - o through the heav - ens clear and strong cresc oy to the orld, the n Lord is come! Lis-ten to the an - gels cresc n cresc 65/2064L-43

24 44 39 sing -ing a Christ - mas song n n 42 See the shep - herds kneel-ing at the man - ger 45 or - ship-ing the ne - orn n n 65/2064L-44

25 48 n 45 King Hear the ells o n > > n 51 n n heav - en ring - ing n > n > n n> > n n n n > n > n n n Hark! the her - ald an - gels sing - n n > n > n ing > 65/2064L-45

26 46 58 Lis-ten to the nes o the on -drous sto - ry ech -o through the heav - ens 61 clear and strong oy to the orld, the n Lord is come! n 64 Lis ten to the an gels - - sing -ing a Christ - mas song 65/2064L-46

27 n 70 *Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Hark! the her - ald an -gels sing, Glo-ry to the ne - orn King 74 eace on earth and mer - cy mild, God and sin - ners rec - on-ciled! n *Words y Charles Wesley; Tune: MENDELSSOHN y elix Mendelssohn 65/2064L-47 n

28 Love Be Yours, Love Be Mine (Love) 57 Written and Arranged y oel Raney 33 Tenderly q = ca 66 *The irst Noel 4 3 p Narrator: The very irst Christmas present came rom God on that starlit night It came rapped, not in shiny paper, ut in simple saddling cloths, and as given or all to receive And that git had a name: eaceully q = ca g Wonderul Counselor, Everlasting ather, rince o eace, Emmanuel: God s git o love rit *Tune: THE IRST NOEL, W Sandys Christmas Carols, Lorenz ulishing Company, a division o The Lorenz Corporation All rights reserved rinted in USA Reproduction o this pulication ithout permission o the pulisher is a criminal oense suect to prosecution THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT ERMISSION TO HOTOCOY THIS MUSIC 65/2064L-57 lorenzcom D

29 58 13 SA g *Love Came Don at Christmas Love came don at Christ - mas, 15 g Love all love - ly, Love di - vine; g 17 Love as orn at Christ - mas, 19 g stars and an - gels gave the *Words y Christina Rossetti, alt, 1883; Music y oel Raney 65/2064L-58 sign n poco rit poco rit n

30 21 SA B a tempo Love shall e our to - ken, 59 a tempo 23 Love e yours, and Love e mine 25 Love came don at Christ - mas, n 65/2064L-59

31 Ó Love in car nate, Ó g g 35 Love di g g rit rit vine Gently qk = ca 52 Gently qk = ca 52 Love came don, p p 32 When Love came don, los soms lo ered Love came don, *Gesu Bamino mid the snos, up Love came don, /2064L *Words y rederick H Martens; Music y y ietro A Yon

32 35 on a in - ter night, p Love came don, 61 Love came don, Love came don as orn the Child, the Love came don, Love came don, Love came don The Christ - mas Rose, the King o love and light 41 an - gels sang, the shep - herds sang, the the grate - ul earth re - grate - ul earth re - 65/2064L-61

33 62 oiced; 44 oiced, the grate - ul earth re-oiced; and at His less - ed 47 n irth the stars their voiced n voiced, their ex - al - ta - ex - al - ta - tion n rit tion voiced a tempo O /2064L-62 rit a tempo

34 68 Love Divine (inale and Reprise) Written and Arranged y oel Raney 40 Quietly q = ca 92 SA 4 3 p *The irst Noel 4 3 B Oo p Quietly q = ca g p g g 5 Narrator: Love asn t the only thing that came don at Christmas Hope came don, too, ecause a Oo *Words: Traditional English Carol; Tune: THE IRST NOEL rom W Sandys Christmas Carols, Lorenz ulishing Company, a division o The Lorenz Corporation All rights reserved rinted in USA Reproduction o this pulication ithout permission o the pulisher is a criminal oense suect to prosecution 65/2064L-68 THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT ERMISSION TO HOTOCOY THIS MUSIC lorenzcom D

35 9 Savior as given And oy came don in celeration o God s git o grace Oo And through the incarnation o God s love, in the orm o a tiny Bay, peace came don Oo g g eace on earth and good ill or all No - 65/2064L-69

36 70 21 el, No - el, No - el, No - el, 25 cresc poco a poco g poco rit 4 orn is the cresc poco a poco King o Is - ra ƒ cresc poco a poco Spirited q = ca 120 poco rit 4 *Love Divine, All Loves Excelling el ƒ 4 Spirited q = ca ƒ 4 Love di - vine, all *Words: Charles Wesley, 1747; Tune: REGENT SQUARE y Henry T Smart, /2064L-70

37 71 32 loves ex-cel - ling, oy o heaven to 35 ix in us Thy earth come don, 38 hum - le dell-ing, all Thy aith - ul 65/2064L-71

38 mer - cies cron > > > > > > > > > e - sus, Thou art all com-pas - sion, 47 pure, un - ound - ed n love Thou 65/2064L-72