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TH REE S O NG S OF WAR poems by Theodore Roethke Marianne Moore W. S. Merwin
for medium voice and piano
B RA XT O N BL AKE
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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T H R E E S O N G S O F WA R for medium voice and piano Poems by Theodore Roethke Marianne Moore W. S. Merwin
B RA X TO N BL AKE 1984
Duration: circa 12’
Lull (November, 1939) by Theodore Roethke, ©1966 Faber & Faber Ltd., reprinted with permission To Military Progress by Marianne Moore, ©1981 by the Literary Estate of Marianne Moore, reprinted with permission The War by W. S. Merwin, ©1973 by W. S. Merwin, reprinted with permission of the Wylie Agency, Inc.
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T H R E E S O N G S O F WA R LU L L ( N o v e m be r, 1 939) THEODORE ROETHKE
BRAXTON BLAKE
Flowing, con rubato
= 52–60
Flowing, con rubato
= 52–60
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The winds of hat red
blow
4
Cold,
3
cold
a cross
the flesh
3
3
7
3
3
And
chill
the
an
xious
heart;
sost. pedal copyright © 2005 Braxton Blake
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9
5
3
In
tri
cate
pho
6 3
3
sost. ped.
11
5
grow
From
each
3
3
3
(sost. ped.)
ma lig
nant
bi
as
5
13 3
wish
To
spoil
col
(sost. ped.)
15
3
3
lec tive life.
(sost. ped.)
Now
each man
6
19 3
stands
5
a
3
part.
3 3
3 3
sost. ped.
sost. ped.
subito poco piĂš mosso
subito rit.
a tempo
21
3
We
subito poco piĂš mosso
3
subito rit.
watch
o
a tempo
pi
nion 3
3 3
3
(sost. ped.)
7
23
3
drift,
Think
of our sep’
rate
3
3
(sost. ped.)
25 5
skins.
3
On
3
ad lib. (sost. ped.)
well up hol stered bums
3
8
accel. 3
28
3
The ge
ne
rals
cough
3
and
shift
Play
ing
with paint
ed
accel.
5
ad lib. 31
Sost. ped.
rit.
a tempo
pins.
The
ar
rit.
bi
tra tors
wait;
a tempo
3
5
(sost. ped.) 5
35
The news men suck
(sost. ped.)
3
their
thumbs.
The
9
37
3
3
mind
is
quick to
turn
3
a
way
from
sim
ple
faith
8va
(sost. ped.)
poco accel.
piĂš mosso
rit.
40
3 3
To the cant
poco accel.
and
8va
3
rit.
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ne
ver
rit. 8va
a tempo
learn;
a tempo
fu
ry
piĂš mosso
of
Fools
rit.
who will
10
47
Rea
son
em bra ces
death,
senza rit. 50
3
While out
3
of
fright
ened eyes
8va
3
3
repeat and ritard the boxed segment
rit.
ancora rit.
51
3
Still
stares
rit.
the
wish
to
ancora rit.
love.
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TO MILI TARY P R OGR E SS MARIANNE MOORE
= 84–88 – Meccanico
= 84–88 – Meccanico
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You
use
your
mind
like a
mill
stone
to
grid
chaff.
6
You 8va
8va
po
lish
12
8
3
it
and
with
your
warped
wit
10
laugh
12
at
your
tor so,
pro
strate
where
the
13
14
3
crow
falls
8va
16
on
such
faint
hearts
as
its
god
im
parts,
calls
19
22
and
claps
its
wings
till
the
14
24
3
tu
3
mult
brings
26
black
mi
3
nute
29
more
men
to
re
vive
a
gain,
war
15 3
30
3
at
lit
tle
cost.
They
cry
for
33
lost
head
.=
37
Meno mosso
42
and
seek
their
the
16
45
3 3
3
prize
till
3
the
eve
ning
sky’s
5
Più mosso
= 49
red. 5
=
Più mosso
5
5
5
5
ad lib.
51
5
5
5 5
17
T H E WAR W. S . M E R W I N
poco rit.
= 52–58
a tempo rit.
There are sta tues 8va
= 52–58 poco rit.
a tempo
a tempo rit.
poco rit.
a tempo
3
3
mov
ing
in
to
a
war
as
poco rit.
we move in
a tempo
a tempo
rit.
a tempo
6
3
dream
we will
rit.
a tempo
ne
ver
re
mem
ber
to
a
18
senza ritardando, con rubato 8
they
3
lived
3
be
3
fore
3
us
3
but
molto rit.
3
repeat and ritard the boxed segment
poco rit.
a tempo poco rit.
a tempo senza ritardando, con rubato
8
3
in the dream we may
poco rit.
die
and
a tempo poco rit.
each
3
a tempo
in
life
poco rit.
a tempo
ry
ing
one
wing
a tempo
3
poco rit.
car
3
3
3
repeat the boxed segment–senza rit.
10
as
l.h. – molto dim. 3
r.h. – meno dim.
repeat and accelerate the boxed segment 3
in tempo (
→
)
3
3
19
13
we
may
go
down
3
3
all
3
3
3
rit.
15
the
3
3
a tempo
5
steps of the heart
in to swamp wa ter
rit.
3
a tempo
3
3
rit. 17
and draw
a tempo
3
our
hands
down
rit.
af
ter
us
a tempo 8va
out
20
poco rit.
a tempo senza ritardando, con rubato
20
of
the
names
poco rit.
a tempo
8va
ritard (with no repeat)
5
senza ritardando, con rubato
22
3
and we
may lose
one by
one
our
fea
tures
ritard (with no repeat)
con rubato 24
rit. 3
the stone may say good bye to us
3
and we may say good bye to the
stone
rit. ritard (with no repeat)
8va
for e
ver
21
a tempo
poco rit.
senza ritardando, con rubato 26
3
and em bark
a tempo
like a
left
foot
a
a tempo
poco rit.
poco rit.
rit.
the
3
a tempo
and
a tempo
in
poco rit.
3
air
29
lone
ritard (with no repeat)
3
27
3
hear at
last
voi
ces
like
a tempo
a tempo 3
3
small
bells
and be drawn a
rit.
a tempo
shore and wake
with the
22
rit. 31
war
go
ing
on
rit.
ritard (with no repeat)
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