Note: You are free to download and copy any of the free sheet music. The only request I have is the following: if you use any of this music for a concert, please inform me or send me a copy of your program. Also, if you need any assistance with the pronunciation of the various languages, feel free to contact me. Thank you and merry music making.
Dastam Begir
Solo Voice
or
SATB choir
This song is based on a poem by Dr. Habíb Mu'ayyid and is a spiritual quest for guidance from
‘Abdu’-Bahá, the grandson of the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, to whom Bahá’ís turn to as the perfect exemplar. For the translation and pronunciation guide, see
Translation & Pronunciation.
Ek hi ped (Ye Are the Leaves). Listen here:
The music for this Hindu piece “Ek hi ped ki tum ho pal” was written by internationally renowned Indian composer
Ravi Shankar for the dedication of the
Bahá’í Temple in New Delhi in 1986.
God Is Sufficient Unto Me (Gol Allah)
The story of this song is very powerful.
Bahá’u’lláh, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith, was imprisoned along with other followers of the new Faith in the "Dark Pit", a horrible dungeon in Tehran. The prisoners were placed in two rows, facing each other over the stocks in which their feet were held. The air they breathed was foul; the stone floor was covered with filth and infested with vermin and no warmth relieved the dungeon's icy gloom. Yet, despite these unbearable conditions, Bahá’u’lláh taught the prisoners facing to sing verses in response to each other. One row would sing, 'God is sufficient unto me; He verily is the All-Sufficing!', and the other would reply, 'In Him let the trusting trust." For more details about the events in this prison, see
Bahá’u’lláh in the Siyáh-Chál.
I Am the Son of Wisdom
This song was written by Joyce McLean, mother of scholar and poet Jack McLean.
Iseluleko Sami
This song is sung in English then in Isizulu. The composer of the melody is unknown. The SATB arrangement was written by Alan Manifold. The words are written by Bahá’u’lláh: “O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting”.
This Is the Day
This beautiful SATB piece with gorgeous harmonies was written by Stanford E. Scriven
(Facebook Page,
Choralnet.org).
A sound file of a wonderful rendition is also available at the above link.
Thy Name is My Healing
This beautiful healing prayer was set to music by Adrienne Stengel and arranged for SATB choir by Alan Manifold.
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