Prelude On “ Repton ”

Grade Level 3

Year: 2021

Composer: Stephen Bulla

Program Notes:

Here is a meditative study on Sir Hubert Parry’s hymn tune, “Repton.” Parry set his melody to the words of American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, and over many decades it has become a beloved hymn, particularly in the United Kingdom. 

The text begins “Dear Lord and Father of mankind” and goes on to include this verse of introspection: 

Drop Thy still dews of quietness, 

Till all our strivings cease; 

Take from our souls the strain and stress, 

And let our ordered lives confess 

The beauty of Thy peace.

American Instrumental Ensemble Series (AIES/ABES)

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