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Berwick
Staff Notation • Sacred
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Berwick by Jacob French — Lyrics
In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptione.
Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate,
filii hominum.
Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestrae concinnant.
Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva;
erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdae et obturantis aures suas,
quae non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
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About Berwick
Jacob French's Berwick is a sacred work for SATB choir, setting a Latin text. The text, drawn from Psalm 57, expresses a plea for divine justice against the wicked. It describes those who plot iniquity and spread falsehoods, comparing their fury to a deaf serpent and their eventual downfall to water that runs away, wax that melts, and fire that consumes them. The composer's setting likely reflects the dramatic and penitential nature of the scripture, offering a powerful musical interpretation of these ancient words.
