The Best of Rooms

Near, Gerald (b. 1942)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time

Publication Information:
Aureole Editions — AE-7 (1984)

Text Information:
Reference: “Christ’s Part” (1647), Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

Duration: 1:15
Lyrics:

Christ, He requires still, wheresoe’er He comes,
To feed or lodge, to have the best of rooms:
Give Him the choice; grant Him the nobler part
Of all the house: the best of all’s the heart.

Notes: SATB with Soprano and Bass divisi.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 14, 2022