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not knowing when the dawn will come
Andrew M. Rodriguez (b. 1989)
Emily Dickinson With a hopeful sense of optimism (q = ca. 90)
mp Soprano I
f
f
Not know- ing when the dawn will come
Soprano II
Alto I
mp
Not know- ing when the dawn
mp Not
Alto II
mp Not
Tenor I
Tenor II
Bass I
know
know
f
ing,
-
will come
-
f
ing,
come
Bass II
Piano
o - pen eve - ry door,
o - pen eve - ry door,
o - pen eve - ry door,
o - pen eve - ry door;
mf
Come,
mf
Come,
mf
Come,
I
Come,
I
With a hopeful sense of optimism (q = ca. 90) (piano for rehearsal only)
come
I
mf
I
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f
I
f
I
f
I
f
I
mf
Come,
mf
Come,
mf
Come,
mf
Come,
4
SI
A II
TI
mp
mp
T II
5
o-pen eve - ry door,
S II
AI
BI
B II
o-pen eve - ry door,
o-pen eve - ry door,
o-pen eve - ry door,
Come,
Come,
mp
mp
Pno.
Come,
Come,
mf
Not know- ing when the dawn
mf
Not know- ing when the dawn
mf
Not know- ing when the dawn
mf
Not know- ing when the dawn
p subito
will come,
will come,
p subito
will come,
will come,
f
will come
will come,
will come,
p subito
will come,
will come
p subito
f
f
will come
f
will come,
will come
subito
subito
p subito
will come,
p subito
will come,
p
will come,
p
will come,
will come,
will come,
will come,
f
f
will come
f
will come
f
will come
5
SI
mf
11
S II
AI
mf
mf
Not know - ing,
Not know - ing,
p
mf
Come,
Not- know - ing
p
mf
mf
Come,
Come,
when the dawn
I o - pen eve - ry
will
come,
TI
p Come,
T II
p Come,
p
mf
mf
A II
Come,
BI
B II
Pno.
Not know - ing
when the dawn
When the dawn will
I
Come,
p
come,
mf
Come,
When the dawn will
will
o - pen eve - ry door,
come,
come,
6
SI 16
door,
S II
AI
A II
T II
B II
Pno.
Door,
I
o - pen eve - ry door,
mp
Door,
Door,
Door,
I
o - pen eve - ry door,
has it feath -ers
p
mp
Or
has it feath -ers
p
like a
like a
delicately
Has
it
feath -ers
p
delicately
Has
it
feath -ers
p delicately
Come(Mm)
p
Eve - ry door,
Come(Mm)
rit.
p
mp
Or
mp
Come(Mm)
Come(Mm)
p
Eve - ry Door,
delicately
p
Più mosso (q=100)
p
mp
mp
TI
BI
rit.
p
Has
Has
it
it
feath -ers
feath -ers
Più mosso (q=100)
7
SI
22
mf
mp
mf
mf
mp
bird,
S II
Or
bird,
AI
like,
A II
like,
Or
like a,
like a,
a bird,
a bird,
bil - lows
bil - lows
bil - lows,
bil - lows,
mf
like a
like a
bil - lows,
bil - lows,
a
a
shore?
shore?
shore,
shore,
mp
Not
Not
mp
Not
Not
TI
like, like a, a bird, bil - lows, bil - lows,
T II
like, like a, a bird, bil - lows, bil - lows,
mf
BI
B II
Pno.
mf I
o - pen eve - ry
mf I
o - pen eve - ry
mf I
I
o - pen eve - ry
o - pen eve - ry
door,
door,
8
SI 26
know-ing when the dawn will come,
S II
know-ing when the dawn
AI
A II
know
know
TI
door,
T II
door,
BI
B II
-
-
will come,
ing,
ing,
p
stagger breathing
come,
stagger breathing
p subito Come,
stagger breathing
p subito
Come,
Pno.
mp legato
Or
has
mp legato
Or
has
mf legato
Or has it fea - thers
mf legato
Or has it feath-ers
it
feath-ers
it
feath-ers
like
like
like a bird,
Or bil- lows
like a bird,
Or bil- lows
SI
mf
30
Or has it feath -ers
like a bird,
AI
A II
mp
Or bil - lows like a shore?
Freely
Or has it feath -ers
like a bird,
mf
Or has it feath -ers
Or has it feath -ers
a
bird,
TI
T II
B II
a
bird,
like a shore?
like a shore?
like
BI
like
a bird,
mf
Pno.
mf
S II
9
Freely
mp
Or bil - lows like a shore?
mp
a bird,
mf
Like a
bird,
mf
Like a
mf
Like a
bird,
bird,
mf
Like a
Shh,
mp
bird,
Shh,
10
SI 35
S II
AI
A II
*
I
f
Shh,
TI
T II
Shh,
Shh,
Pno.
mp
Shh,
I
f
I
o-pen eve - ry
f
I
o-pen eve - ry
f
f
mp
Not know - ing when thedawn will come,
mp
Not know - ing when thedawn will come,
o-pen eve - ry
I
Not know- ing when the dawn will come,
Not know- ing when the dawn will come,
mp
Shh,
mp
Shh,
Shh,
f
mp
mf
B II
mp
mf
BI
* Text change should occur gradually at this point, not all singers at once.
11
SI 40
S II
*
I
o - pen eve-ry door,
door,
AI
A II
TI
door,
T II
door,
o - pen eve-ry door,
o - pen eve-ry door,
I
Come,
I
I
mf
BI
I
o - pen eve- ry door,
o - pen eve- ry door,
o - pen eve -ry door,
Come,
mf
B II
Pno.
Come,
Come,
I
I
o - pen eve -ry door,
I
I
o - pen eve- ry
o - pen eve- ry
Non ritard.
12
mf p sub.
SI 44
S II
AI
A II
o-pen eve - ry door,
TI
T II
door,
Pno.
ff
Will come, will come, will come.
door,
B II
p sub.
mf
o-pen eve - ry door,
BI
Will come, will come, will come.
ff
p sub.
p sub.
p sub.
dawn
ff
ff
will
will come.
Non ritard.
ff
come, will come,
p sub.
dawn
ff
will come, will come, will come.
will come, will come, will come.
ff
will come, will come, will come.
Not know- ing when the dawn
When the dawn will come, will come, will come.
p sub.
Not know- ing when the dawn
ff
When the dawn will come, will come, will come.
Come,
Come,
p sub.