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  • Piano , Puccini

    DEAREST JESUS

    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

    Accompaniment: Piano

    from Tosca, Vissi d’arte
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    Accompaniment tracks available for:
    Medium-High Voice (key: Cm)
    Medium-Low Voice (key: Bbm)

    from Tosca, Vissi d’arte
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    “Look Upon Me; Forgive and Purify My Heart.”
    The words “dearest Jesus” came easily to the introductory measures of this lovely and moving aria, setting the theme and tone for the entire …

  • Piano , Puccini

    HEAR MY PRAYER

    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

    Accompaniment: Piano

    from La Bohème, Quando m’en vo
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    Accompaniment tracks available for:
    Medium-High Voice (key: D)
    Medium-Low Voice (key: B)

    “Hear, Lord, my prayer, and be my hope and sanctuary.” (Psalms 61 & 62)
    “Be my hope and sanctuary” is the theme of this song – the “fortress and refuge”. It expresses the desire to commit to the …

  • Piano , Puccini

    LORD, BE MY SHEPHERD

    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

    from Gianni Schicci, O mio babbino caro
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    Accompaniment tracks available for:
    Medium-High Voice (key: G)
    Medium-Low Voice (key: F)

    “Teach me to know Thy way.”
    The thoughts expressed in this lyric are not related solely to the 23rd Psalm, but beyond that, to the notion that I need not only to be led — but often comforted …

  • Piano , Puccini

    PSALM 100

    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

    from Madama Butterfly, Un bel di, vedremo
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    Accompaniment tracks available for:
    Medium-High Voice (key: F)
    Medium-Low Voice (key: D)

    “Serve Him, the Lord, with joy, and know that He is God.”
    One of the best-known and quoted psalms, #100 draws us, and indeed all nations, to come forward to sing the Lord’s praise — and to sing …

  • Piano , Puccini

    PSALM 102

    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

    Accompaniment: Piano

    from Tosca, E lucevan le stelle
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    Accompaniment tracks available for:
    Medium-High Voice (key: Am)
    Medium-Low Voice (key: Gm)

    “Hear my prayer, hear my cry, Lord. Do not hide; come before me.”
    In his dramatic aria, the composer’s masterful music does indeed drive the lyric. Psalm 102 is the perfect setting, as the Psalmist beseeches the Lord …

  • Piano , Puccini

    SALVATION

    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

    from La Rondine, Le Canzone di doreta
    lyrics, William K. Brehm
    text adaptation, Loretta Giles

    Accompaniment tracks available for:
    Medium-High Voice (key: D)
    Medium-Low Voice (key: Db)

    “All tears are wiped away.” (Revelation 7)
    Revelation, indeed! “Holy, holy Lord — our God and our salvation. We worship you on the throne most high”. We are led to the Living Water and stand before the Lamb …