A Wreathed Garland
SATB choral score with organ and brass quartet cues
PEL2065-Choir and Organ
Full score and parts for brass quartet and organ
PEL2065-FS/Brass
A WORK FOR SATB CHOIR, BRASS QUARTET (Tpt I&II, Tbn I&II), AND ORGAN.
Notes
This setting of George Herbert's poem was commissioned in 2009 by the Toronto Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists as part of the Centenary Celebrations of the founding of the national body in 1909.
Texts
A Wreathed Garland
Words: "A Wreath" by George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
Music: Paul Halley (1952-)
A wreathed garland of deserved praise,
Of praise deserved, unto thee I give,
I give to thee, who knowest all my wayes,
My crooked winding wayes, wherein I live,
Wherein I die, not live: for life is straight,
Straight as a line, and ever tends to thee,
To thee, who art more farre above deceit,
Then deceit seems above simplicitie.
Give me simplicitie, that I may live,
So live and like, that I may know thy wayes,
Know them and practise them : then shall I give
For this poore wreath, give thee a crown of praise.
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