2 Great the Love of esus - Sometimes when I think aout what esus did for me, I m overwhelmed with appreciation for the gift of His life ohn 15:13 tells us that there is no greater love that anyone can show than to lay down their life for their friends This song is meant to remind us that the love esus showed for us is the greatest example of love, ever Willingly, voluntarily, esus left the glory of heaven and His ather s presence to ecome a human; with every weakness and vulneraility that we endure Almighty God was orn a helpless infant, He learned and grew as a child, He apprenticed in a skill as a young adult All the while, knowing He was destined to die a horrile death on Calvary to provide a way for us to e forgiven and spend eternity with Him W REV IEW REVIE As you prepare and present this song, think aout the message of the words you are singing ay careful attention to the dynamics, the crescendos and diminuendos, the rallentandos and s; every musical expression will draw attention to the words and help the message come through to the listener ronounce the words very carefully and with good diction You may have sung them dozens of times, ut the listener only has one chance to understand what you are saying Aove all, sing with heartfelt gratitude, with intensity efitting the text even when the volume is soft Build throughout the piece to the pickup to measure 60, where the volume is forte rom this apex, egin to come down in volume to the final statement (mezzo piano) of the poignant title R Ruth Elaine Schram VIEW Ruth Elaine Schram lives in Birmingham, Alaama, where she is a full-time composer and arranger She currently has over 2,000 pulished works for all types of choirs, soloists, instrumentalists and keyoard In addition to her printed choral music, her songs appear on numerous recordings and videos and have een heard on various television shows Visit her wesite at wwwchoralmusiccom REVIEW Legal REVIEW Use Requires urchase REV VIEW R
4 ACCOM 7 7 HOW GREAT THE LOVE O ESUS SORANO ALTO TENOR BASS Tenderly (q = ca 84) 4 p 4 w w for SATB voices, accompanied* W REV IEW REVIE Ó Ó w poco rall e - sus, of e - sus for His 3 Words and Music y RUTH ELAINE SCHRAM R Copyright 2017 CandelaWorks Music (ASCA), a division of uilate Music Group, LLC O Box 3607, Brentwood, TN 37024 All Rights Reserved rinted in USA VIEW * To purchase a full-length performance recording () of this piece, go to alfredcom/downloads Also availale: lextrax Accompaniment CD, Vol 7 (46868) Orchestration CD-ROM (46870) (Score and parts for lute, Ooe, Handells, ercussion, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, String Bass) REVIEW Legal REVIEW Use Requires urchase REV The copying of this music is prohiited y law and is not covered y CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicensenet 3 VIEW R
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