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More Than Rubies is Jonathon Roberts' musical setting of the famous epilogue to the book of Proverbs, known as "The Wife of Noble Character". It was composed for the marriage ceremony of two friends of Spark+Echo Arts.
Proverbs 31:10-29
More Than Rubies
By
Jonathon Roberts
Credits:
Musicians: Jonathon Roberts (Piano/Vocals), Mike Block (cello), Emily Clare Zempel (Clarinet),
Mixed by Alex Foote
Photo Credit: FreeDigitalPhotos.net/prozac1
Artist Location: New York City
Curated by:
Spark+Echo Arts
2010
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This composition was written for a wedding celebration between two dear friends.
The original text from Proverbs is beautiful. In this setting, the lyrics "we found you" refer to how God moved through the husband to lead him to the wife, that in a way they found her together. Apart from God the man would not have found such a wonderful person.
This song is recorded as the final track on the debut album from the Spark+Echo Band.
Spark Notes
The Artist's Reflection
Jonathon Roberts is a composer and sound designer for games, film, theatre, and ensembles. His style grew out of classical and jazz training, and evolved through quality life adventures: touring the country in an RV with a one person theater piece on the Apostle Paul, living in Brooklyn with an improv music ensemble, performing in a downtown NYC absurdist comedy band, and a long stint writing music for the renowned slot machine company, High 5 Games. He has released four albums including the latest, Cities a song cycle personifying biblical cities. He created the popular podcast/web series ComposerDad Vs. Bible, in which ComposerDad accepts intense compositional challenges from a mysterious Bible while out with his kids. He frequently collaborates on music and theater projects with his wife, actor Emily Clare Zempel. They live in Beacon, NY, with their two boys and a tangled box of electrical cords. www.jonathonroberts.com
Jonathon Roberts
About the Artist
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The Sower
Response
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These are My Sons
Consider Me a Partner
Weakness
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Surrogate
Babbler
Remember Me
Prayer
How Beautiful
I Am a Fool
The Constant
Ecclesiastes Cows
Blessing
Fools for Christ
Only a Few Years Will Pass
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Psalm 31:10-31
We found you, We found you
More Than Rubies, More Than Rubies
It’s still dark out, It’s still bitter and dark
But you are still up, Your lamp does not go out at night
You consider a field, consider a vineyard
I consider your arms and your fingers so, so strong
We found you, More Than Rubies
We found you, More Than Rubies,
More Than Rubies
It’s snowing out You have no fear
We’re clothed in scarlet, purple and scarlet O fine, fine linen is you
We found you, More Than Rubies
We found you, More Than Rubies
You laugh! What’s to come? You laugh
Wisdom on your tongue, you Laugh!
You are truly blessed, you are blessed
You are truly blessed
Many do noble things, but you surpass them all
More Than Rubies, More Than Rubies
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