Beneath the Cross of Jesus Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.818235

Beneath the Cross of Jesus ♫ Original piano arrangement by Stephen R Dalrymple
♫ Based on the public domain hymn by Elizabeth C. Clephane 1830–1869 (lyrics) and Frederick Charles Maker 1844–1927 (melody)
♫ In preparing to compose the arrangement I asked myself “What would be the opposite of “Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand.” How could I picture that? The opposite of firm footing, stability, taking a stand is vacillating between ideas or chasing numerous ideas.
♫ I pictured the wind scattering leaves and debris, but failing to budge heavy objects, anchored to the ground.
♫ Our culture bids us chase after status, power, money, pleasure, thrills … The problem, of course is that the shelf life of the satisfaction that these things brings is very short. Chasing after status, power, money, pleasure, thrills, etc. is like is like chasing the wind.
♫ Portraying chasing the wind allowed me to use some contemporary classical composition techniques such as polymeter, polytonality, and deliberate dissonance. The first theme suggests the futility and inevitable frustration of chasing the wind. The score opens up to the beauty of a life grounded on the cross of Jesus Christ.
♫ music © 2017 (copyright registered in ‘I See Your Glory’ collection)
♫ recording ℗ 2022 Stephen R Dalrymple
♫ presentation © 2022 Stephen R Dalrymple
♫ performed by the composer
♫ This .pdf file includes 2 files: 1) Letter size piano score 2) Small page piano score for performing from a 10 inch tablet, 4) Small page piano score for performing from a 10 inch tablet.
♫ (Tell your computer which pages you want to print. There are programs online that will allow you to split pdf files so that you can choose the correct part of the pdf for your tablet.).