I Cannot Dance


*P e l a g o s M u s i c* new music that's already classic featuring the work of Paul Halley
I Cannot Dance, O Love
Publication Details

	Catalogue Number	Duration		Format
	PEL2049	4:00 mins		SATB/organ choral octavo
	Level of Difficulty	Pages Music		Copyright Year
	Difficult	19 pages 24 page book with four -page cover		2005
	Difficult	19 pages 24 page book with four -page cover
	Description/Remarks With texts by Mechthild of Magdeburg (12th c.) adapted by Jean Weibe Janzen, and Charles Wesley, PEL2049 I Cannot Dance, O Love is a lithe and elegant anthem which both dances and sings. Halley's new melody is interwoven with Wesley's "Vernon" in an intricately rhythmic, swirling dance. __________________________________________________ Commissioned by the Greater Hartford AGO for CONCORA and the Region 1 AGO Conference, July 2005
Uses/Season	Voicing/Instrumentation		Sound Clip
Concert Service Anthem Easter	SATB Choir with Organ accompaniment		Recording		Not Yet Recorded
Order No.	Item Description		Price		Buy Now
PEL2049 SATB	Choral score SATB/organ Choral Score Order Min: 12 (except in Sampler)		$4.60 ($4.14)		Choral Score Min: 12
	Texts Words: Jean Weibe Janzen (after Mechthild of Magdeburg, 12^th c.) Charles Wesley (1707-1788) from ‘Wrestling Jacob’ I Cannot Dance, O Love I cannot dance, O Love, unless you lead me on. I cannot leap in gladness unless you lift me up. From love to love we circle, beyond all knowledge grow, for when you lead we follow, to new worlds you can show. Love is the music ‘round us, we glide as birds in air, entwining, soul and body, your wings hold us with care. Your Spirit is the harpist and all your children sing; her hands the currents ‘round us, your love the golden strings. O blessed Love, your circling unites us, God and soul. From the beginning, your arms embrace and make us whole. Hold us in steps of mercy from which you never part, that we may know more fully the dances of your heart. - Jean Weibe Janzen (after Mechthild of Magdeburg, 12^th c.) ‘Tis Love, ‘tis Love! Thou died’st for me! I hear thy whisper in my heart. The morning breaks, the shadows flee: Pure Universal Love thou art; Thy mercies never shall remove, Thy nature and thy name is Love. - Charles Wesley (1707-1788) from ‘Wrestling Jacob’ Traditional melody ‘Vernon’