SEA-127-01 - SHEET MUSC Grce medium voice nd pino Elizbeth Alexnder Sefrer Press
n memory of Henry Grce medium voice nd pino Tenderly G/ G/ A/C 4 4 Elizbeth Alexnder 6 G/ A /C B7 t's hold peo my ple hed sty up to f ge ter ther hve through the For perusl only, you betch! 10 E 7 A7 Œ Š7 the mrk, Sefrer y yers, Press missed mn know 'm loved bro ken peo when ple things sing re drk, gin, stndwhen mn cn o m ver 13 /F E 7 feel ing smll, come his shme, stnd wom n gin moves f be ter yond her fll, fers, 'm e ven stnd ing know tht ho ly here is t my ll: nme: Sefrer Press / SEA-127-01 2015 by Elizbeth Alexnder
Grce - Pino Vocl score (medium voice) 3 16 G/ some peo we re ll ple the cll sme it to Grce. Grce. Fll ing down, like rin on 20 B 7 A ev y one, so wrm like greet ings from the sun, like gen tle snow mk For perusl only, you betch! 24 1. B 7( ˆˆ9) Em7 Sefrer Press ing ev ry sur fce glow. And know did n t ern it: 28 G/ G/ Tht's know Grce. t's two Sefrer Press / SEA-127-01
4 Grce - Pino Vocl score (medium voice) 33 2. Em7 A( 4) And did n t hve to ern it. No, did n t hve to ern it. 37 F 7/A B B /A did n t hve to ern it through word or through deed or through For perusl only, you betch! 40 GŒ Š7 F /A F /A tri Sefrer Press l or creed or by de ny ing wht need. B on ly hd to rech out my 3 43 B /A GŒ Š7 hnd nd it ws there. But Sefrer Press / SEA-127-01
Grce - Pino Vocl score (medium voice) 5 46 B 9 B /A E/G E meno mosso still it cn not tke wy the truths hve to fce, meno mosso Oh no, 50 E 7 freely A7 Tht's not it works with Grce. rit. tempo For perusl only, you betch! 54 Sefrer Press B 7 58 B 7( ˆˆ9) rit. tempo Fll ing down, rit. tempo Sefrer Press / SEA-127-01
6 Grce - Pino Vocl score (medium voice) 62 B 7 like rin on ev y one, so wrm likegreet ings from the sun, like gen 66 A B 7( ˆˆ9) tle snow mk ing ev ry sur fce glow. And For perusl only, you betch! 70 E 7 /F /A know Sefrer Press did n t ern it, No, did n t hve to ern it, did n t hve to 74 /B ern it: tht's know Grce. Sefrer Press / SEA-127-01
Grce t s hold my hed up fter hve missed the mrk, t s know m loved when things re drk, t s stnd when m feeling smll, How stnd gin fter fll t s m even stnding here t ll: Some people cll it grce. Flling down like rin on everyone, So wrm, like greetings from the sun, Like gentle snow it s mking every surfce glow. And know didn t ern it: Tht s know it s grce. t s two people sty together through the mny yers, t s broken people sing gin, t s mn cn overcome his shme, How womn moves beyond her fers t s know tht holy is my nme. We re ll the sme to grce. Flling down like rin on everyone, So wrm, like greetings from the sun, Like gentle snow it s mking every surfce glow. And didn t hve to ern it. No, didn t hve to ern it: didn t hve to ern it through word or through deed, Or through tril or through creed, Or by denying wht need. only hd to rech out my hnd, nd it ws there. But still it cnnot tke wy the truths hve to fce. Oh no, tht s not it works with grce. Flling down like rin on everyone, So wrm, like greetings from the sun, Like gentle snow it s mking every surfce glow. And know didn t ern it. No, didn t hve to ern it. didn t hve to ern it: Tht s know it s grce. 2014 by Elizbeth Alexnder Composer Note: t took me five yers to write Grce. Every few months returned to the song nd eked out nother couple of lines, but something essentil ws lwys missing. Grce felt infinitely immense nd infinitely intimte t the sme time, mking it impossible for me to get my hnds round this powerful concept. The very word grce cme with culturl bggge. Springing from the sme Ltin root which brought us words like grtitude, grtis nd grtuity, grce is ll bout generosity freely bestowed, irrespective of whether tht bounty hs been erned. But in our time, grce hs become so closely ssocited with Christin doctrine tht mny people define the word nrrowly s something bestowed only by God, nd grnted only to those who hold certin beliefs. wnted my song to express universl grce is, gift nd blessing fr too precious to be limited to chosen few. However, my biggest chllenge ws tht my lyrics kept mking grce sound like one-size-fits-ll solution to ll problems or mgicl cure for ll losses. couldn t mnge to blnce the essentil beuty of grce with the brutl hertbreks of life. But in my grieving dys fter the sudden deth of young fmily friend, returned finl time to my drft. And finlly found wy to sing bout grce in wy tht ws both westruck nd rel. Elizbeth Alexnder inherited her love of music, lnguge nd chllenging questions from her prents, pino techer/ccountnt nd minister/prison wrden. These pssions re reflected in her ctlogue of over 100 songs nd chorl works, nd style which moves with ese between concert stge, choir loft nd jm session. For more informtion, visit www.elizbethlexnder.com
Songs of Elizbeth Alexnder * The Eternl One (Rlph Wldo Emerson, dpted)............................... SEA-093-00 ie Gednken Sind Frei (16 th c. Germn protest song, rr.) [duet] lto, britone, pino.... SEA-087-01 A Grret of Old Plythings (Crl Sndburg) soprno nd pino...................... SEA-028-00 Write This Poem Out of rkness (George Ell Lyon) SSA trio, flute, violin, pino..... SEA-024-01 * A Love Like Tht (Hfiz, trnslted/dpted by niel Ldinsky)................... SEA-094-00 * ll Tell You Story, then... (Nncy White)..................................... SEA-069-00 Jó! (The Edict of Tord) SSA trio or ensemble.................................... SEA-092-00 My Aunt Gives Me Clrinet Lesson (Gregory jnikin) soprno, flute, clrinet, violin, cello, pino, percussion............................ SEA-053-00 No One Gets Progrm (Riff on utch proverb) [duet] low voice, medium voice, pino. SEA-095-07 * Oth Tking (Opl Plmer Adis)............................................. SEA-073-00 On the Edge of the Wter (E. Alexnder) low voice, pino.......................... SEA-083-00 So Mny Corners (Rose Ausländer) soprno, pino................................ SEA-040-00 So Mny Corners (Rose Ausländer) soprno, chmber orchestr...................... SEA-040-01 * Sleep Song (Ann Silsbee) soprno, pino....................................... SEA-061-00 * The Gospel sn t Written n the Bible Alone (E. Alexnder)........................ SEA-082-00 Three Rose Auslnder Songs (R. Ausländer) soprno, strings, percussion............... SEA-040-05 Trouble in Minnesot Town (Nel Bowers) britone, pino........................ SEA-047-00 * Titles without specific voice type exist in multiple voicings (low, medium nd high). For complete ctlog of vocl, chorl, pino, chmber nd orchestrl music, including recordings nd score excerpts, visit: Sefrer Press www.sefrerpress.com