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Abide with Me

Abide with Me
Eventide
William Henry Monk


Piano solo
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Composer
William Henry Monk
William Henry Monk (1823 - 1889)
Instrumentation

Piano solo

Style

Hymn - Sacred

Arranger
William Henry Monk
Zisi, Matthew
CopyrightCopyright © Matthew Zisi
Chopin-nocturne style arrangement of Abide with Me, perfect as a prelude to an evening service, offertory, or other special church music
Added by crosby3145, 17 Dec 2019

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Now the Day Is Over and Five Other Evening Service Preludes

The great Romantic-era composer Frederic Chopin wrote twenty-one pieces for piano that he dubbed Nocturnes. While not specifically about anything, the pieces were given a title that means, “Piece of music to be performed at night.” So, rather a lullaby, you ask. Sure, to an extent. These pieces tend to feature smooth, lyrical melodies over a repetitive accompaniment—though chords provide moments of tension, they are gentle—for the most part—but not all the way through. One of the many traits which made Chopin so successful as a composer were the sudden mood swings found in his music—rarely do you hear a piece by him that has the same character all the way through, unless it’s only about a couple minutes. Thus, Op. 32, No. 2 has one of the most exciting musical climaxes ever written; Op. 48, No. 1 uses the dynamics ff and sempre ff for extended passages in the middle, and Op. 55, No. 1 has a fast, stormy middle section. This differentiates the nocturne from the lullaby—the music might not put you to sleep, but it still has an association with the evening or the night.
What does this have to do with hymns, though? Well, nothing—until this collection came about. You see, friends, Great Hymns of the Faith has a section marked “Evening Service Hymns,” featuring seven hymns which all had something to do with the evening. When I stumbled across that section, I thought to myself, “What better way to arrange an evening service hymn than in Chopin-nocturne style? After all, by their very words, these pieces have something to do with night.” One of them, “Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing,” uses the same tune as “Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending,” so I didn’t bother to rearrange that one for the collection—however, the other six have all been arranged in Chopin’s nocturne style as closely as I could follow in that great composer’s steps. Now, the shortest of the Chopin nocturnes usually takes longer than four minutes to play, so these pieces are a little long for an offertory (though you could make cuts if you wanted to use them in that capacity). They’re probably more ideally suited for a prelude to open the service; at any rate, that’s how I use them. Or, just play them for fun at a concert if you get a chance. However you use them, friends, I hope they are a blessing to you!

Sheet music list :
› Monk, William Henry : Abide with Me
› Sherwin, William Fiske : Day Is Dying in the West
› Barnby, Joseph : Now the Day Is Over
› Stebbins, George : Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
› Weber, Carl Maria von : Softly Now the Light of Day
› Anonymous : Sun of My Soul