Grade Level 3
Year: 2021
Composer: Stephen Bulla
Program Notes:Here is a meditative study on Sir Hubert Parryﾡﾯs hymn tune, ﾡﾰRepton.ﾡﾱ Parry set his melody to the words of American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, and over many decades it has become a beloved hymn, particularly in the United Kingdom.The text begins ﾡﾰDear Lord and Father of mankindﾡﾱ and goes on to include this verse of introspection:Drop Thy still dews of quietness,Till all our strivings cease;Take from our souls the strain and stress,And let our ordered lives confessThe beauty of Thy peace.
Year: 2021
Composer: Stephen Bulla
Program Notes:Here is a meditative study on Sir Hubert Parryﾡﾯs hymn tune, ﾡﾰRepton.ﾡﾱ Parry set his melody to the words of American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, and over many decades it has become a beloved hymn, particularly in the United Kingdom.The text begins ﾡﾰDear Lord and Father of mankindﾡﾱ and goes on to include this verse of introspection:Drop Thy still dews of quietness,Till all our strivings cease;Take from our souls the strain and stress,And let our ordered lives confessThe beauty of Thy peace.
