till night is overgone cycle of ten songs for tenor and piano
Texts by James Joyce
Dennis Tobenski
3 1 Strings in the earth and air Make music sweet; Strings by the river where The willows meet. There's music along the river For Love wanders there, Pale flowers on his mantle, Dark leaves on his hair. All softly playing, With head to the music bent, And fingers straying Upon an instrument.
4 O cool is the valley now And there, love, will we go For many a choir is singing now Where Love did sometime go. And hear you not the thrushes calling, Calling us away? O cool and pleasant is the valley And there, love, will we stay.
2 At that hour when all things have repose, O lonely watcher of the skies, Do you hear the night wind and the sighs Of harps playing unto Love to unclose The pale gates of sunrise? When all things repose, do you alone Awake to hear the sweet harps play To Love before him on his way, And the night wind answering in antiphon Till night is overgone? Play on, invisible harps, unto Love, Whose way in heaven is aglow At that hour when soft lights come and go, Soft sweet music in the air above And in the earth below.
3 From dewy dreams, my soul, arise, From love's deep slumber and from death, For lo! the trees are full of sighs Whose leaves the morn admonisheth. Eastward the gradual dawn prevails Where softly-burning fires appear, Making to tremble all those veils Of grey and golden gossamer. While sweetly, gently, secretly, The flowery bells of morn are stirred And the wise choirs of faery Begin (innumerous!) to be heard.
5 In the dark pine-wood I would we lay, In deep cool shadow At noon of day. How sweet to lie there, Sweet to kiss, Where the great pine-forest Enaisled is! Thy kiss descending Sweeter were With a soft tumult Of thy hair. O unto the pine-wood At noon of day Come with me now, Sweet love, away.
4 6 I hear an army charging upon the land, And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees: Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand, Disdaining the reins, with fluttering ships, the charioteers. They cry unto the night their battle-name: I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter. They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame, Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil. They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair: They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore. My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair? My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?
7 Sleep now, O sleep now, O you unquiet heart! A voice crying "Sleep now" Is heard in my heart. The voice of the winter Is heard at the door. O sleep, for the winter Is crying "Sleep no more." My kiss will give peace now And quiet to your heart -- Sleep on in peace now, O you unquiet heart!
8 All day I hear the noise of waters Making moan, Sad as the sea-bird is when, going Forth alone, He hears the winds cry to the water's Monotone. The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing Where I go. I hear the noise of many waters Far below. All day, all night, I hear them flowing To and fro.
9 Rain has fallen all the day. O come among the laden trees: The leaves lie thick upon the way Of memories. Staying a little by the way Of memories shall we depart. Come, my beloved, where I may Speak to your heart.
10 Now, O now, in this brown land Where Love did so sweet music make We two shall wander, hand in hand, Forbearing for old friendship' sake, Nor grieve because our love was gay Which now is ended in this way. A rogue in red and yellow dress Is knocking, knocking at the tree; And all around our loneliness The wind is whistling merrily. The leaves -- - they do not sigh at all When the year takes them in the fall. Now, O now, we hear no more The vilanelle and roundelay! Yet will we kiss, sweetheart, before We take sad leave at close of day. Grieve not, sweetheart, for anything -The year, the year is gathering.
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commissioned by Denton Tobenski premiered 3 November 2007 Denton Tobenski, tenor Katherine Wiegandt, piano Denton Tobenski: Senior Voice Recital Kemp Recital Hall Illinois State University Normal, IL
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for tenors Rob Frankenberry & Denton Tobenski
till night is overgone Cycle for High Voice and Piano 1. Strings in the Earth and Air
James Joyce (1882 – 1941)
Voice
Freely q = 60–70
Freely q = 60–70
l.h. mf
make
sweet;
3
by
the
ri
-
ver
where
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the
strings
8
3
mu - sic
in the earth and
3
3
4
air
r.h. mf
Piano
f
Strings
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
wa -
ters
8
10
There's
meet.
mf
3
13
wan - ders
3
3
16
man
3
-
tle,
mu - sic
a - long
the
pale
3
dark
leaves
ver
for
flowers
Love
there
ri -
3
in
his
3
on
his
hair.
mp
9
head
3
3
3
to the mu - sic bent,
3
25
3
3
an
mf
3
3
in - stru - ment.
r.h.
up - on
3
with
mp
and fin - gers stray- ing
3
mf
22
All soft - ly play - ing,
r.h.
mp
3
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1'37" attacca
10 for my brother, Denton Tobenski
2. At that hour when all things have repose
James Joyce
Voice
q = 108
mf unhurried
At
that
q = 108
Piano
3
4
when
all
things
have
7
lone
-
re - pose
O
3
ly
watch
-
er
of
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3
the
hour
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
skies,
11
10
3
Do
you
the
-
ing
3
un
-
to
and
3
harps
play -
3
f
3
to un- close
Love
wind
of
sighs
3
15
3
3
the night
13
hear
3
the pale
gates
f
12
18
3
3
of
sun- rise?
mf 3
21
When
all
re pose,
things
3
3
a -
wake to
hear
do
you
the sweet harps
a lone
play to
Love
f
24
3
3
mf
27
be - fore
him
on
wind
33
-
ver -
3
3
is
mp
q = 54
Play
gone?
till night
night
q = 54
3
3
3
mf
an - ti- phon
and the
r.h.
in
o
13
3
way,
an - swer - ing
3
his
30
3
3
14
q = 108
36
on,
in
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-
q = 108
mp
3
39
un - to
Love,
at
that
hour
3
when soft lights
harps,
3
is a glow
ble
heaven
3
42
whose way in
vi - si -
3
come
mf 45
3
and
go,
soft
3
sweet
mu
-
-
-
sic
in the
3
f
48
3
air
a-
3
earth
be -
the
3
in
and
51
bove
53
15
3
low.
1'56" attacca
16 to Tom Cipullo
3. From dewy dreams, my soul, arise
James Joyce
Voice
q = 98
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
mp
3
From dew- y
dreams,
q = 98 3
Piano
3
my
3
3
3
soul,
a rise,
3
3
3
3
3
and from
death,
3
3
3
from love's sweetslum - ber
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
p
3
mf
7
3
for
lo!
3
3
3
the trees are
full
of sighs
3
3
3
3
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3
3
3
3
17
10
whose leaves
the
morn
ad
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
ward
3
the
3
dawn
3
pre -
vails
3
3
3
3
3
3
where
soft - ly
3
burn - ing
3
ap -
fires
3
3
mp
grad - u - al
3
East -
12
14
3
mon - ish - eth.
3
3
p
mf
pear,
3
mak- ing to
3
3
18
f
mf
3
16
trem -
ble
3
3
of
veils
3
3
3
those
18
3
3
all
grey
3
3
and
gold
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gos - sa - mer.
en
f
While
3
Slower (q = 78)
20
3
sweet - ly
gent
-
Slower (q = 78)
f
ly,
se
3
-
cret - ly,
-
mf
the
23
q = 72 p intimately
3
flower - y bells of morn arestirred
wise
and the
choirs
of
q = 72
19
fae - ry
be -
p intimately
26
gin
3
(in - nu mer - ous!)
3
to
be heard.
mf
30
mf
O
1'31" attacca
20 to Vicky Clark
4. O cool is the valley now
James Joyce q = 76
Voice
is
the
cool q = 76
val - ley
now
and
there,
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
love,
3
we
will
go
for
Piano
3
ma - ny_a choir
you not
the
where
call - ing,
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And
a - way
us
3
call - ing
3
go.
3
3
Love did some - time
thrush - es
3
3
sing - ing now
hear
is
5
O
21 7
cool
and
pleas - ant
3
is
the
val - ley
and
there,
love,
3
will we
Slightly faster
9
stay. Slightly faster
11
33" attacca
22 to Darien Shulman
5. In the dark pine-wood
James Joyce Simply (q = 86) mp gently
Voice
In
Piano
the dark
pine - wood
Simply (q = 86)
cool
sha
sweet
-
dow
I
would
at
noon
to
lie
there,
we
sweet
in
of
day.
How
to
kiss,
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lay,
9
5
deep
p
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where the
23
14
great
pine
-
fo
-
kiss
rest
en
de
-
scend
soft
-
ing
aisled
sweet
-
-
-
is!
Thy
with
a
-
er
were
tu
-
22
18
mult
of
thy
24
25
hair.
noon
-
to
28
un
O
the
pine
-
wood
at
of
day
come
with
me
Slower
31
now,
sweet
love,
Slower
a
-
-
1'07" attacca
25
to Daron Hagen
Interlude
Voice
q = 50
way.
mf easily
Piano
l.h.
9
3
3
senza pedale
3
p sub. lightly
mp glassy
3
q = 80
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3
3
3
f
q = 40
mf sub.
Slightly faster (q = 60)
q = 60 12
mf
3
5
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mp sub.
26
15
q = 60
f
l.h.
3
3
3
3
f
q = 92
3
3
3
3
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
18
Faster (q = 102)
sfz mp sub.
25
21
f
3
l.h.
3
3
3
f
3
sfz mp sub.
l.h. f
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
f
3
3
3
3
3
28
3
3
3
l.h.
3
3
ff
3
3
31 3 3
3
3
ff
3
3
3
3
3
3
42
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
ff
fff clangorous
3
3 3 3
37
3
3
senza pedale q = 86
3
27
3
pp
f
34
3
3
2'13" attacca
28 for Rob Frankenberry
6. I hear an army
James Joyce Deliberately (q = 50)
Voice
p without affect
I
hear
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
an arm - y
5
the
With more motion (q = 78) mf
land,
3
and the thun - der
of
7
ging,
ff
foam
a - bout
their
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plung -
f
knees:
ff
up- on
hors - es
With more motion (q = 78)
p
Piano
charg- ing
Deliberately (q = 50)
29 f
10
ar - ro - gant,
in
black
ar -
mour,
be - hind
them
f
12
stand,
3
dis
-
dain- ing the
reins,
with
15
3
3
3
3
cry
3
3
the
char
-
un - to the
3
3
3
They
flut - tering whips,
- iot - eers.
night
3
30
18
their
21
r.h.
bat - tle
3
3
name: 3
q = 78
3
hear
a - far
their
r.h.
3
I
3
3
in
sleep
3
3
3
-
-
-
ing
q = 86
f
3
mp sub.
q = 86 f
when I
q = 64
moan
3
3
whirl
q = 78
q = 64
mp sub.
3
3
3
3
l.h.
ff
23
laugh
-
ter.
They
3
3
5
3
q = 78 pp sub. straight tone
3
3
3
cleave
the gloom of
q = 78 3 3
3
pp sub. music box-like
3
3
3
q = 86
25
dreams,
mf
ff
31
-
-
on
an an - vil.
q = 86
ing
3
3
ff
up - on
the
heart
as
up -
f
They come
clangorous
q = 86
flame,
sf
ing
3
q = 102
clang -
3
ing,
31
q = 102
-
f
blind
clang
a
q = 86
28
mf
shak- ing
in
f
32 35
tri - ump
their long,
green
hair:
38
sea
44
mf
fff
love,
why
have
you
left
me
a -
pp
my love,
the
have you no
q = 72
q = 72
My
f
thus to des - pair?
3
3
3
of
Myheart,
3
out 3
come
shout- ing by the shore.
41
3
wis - dom
and run
They
ff
f
ff
my love,
lone?
pp a shadow
2'27" attacca
33
to Jeff Algera
7. Sleep now, O sleep now James Joyce Frantically, but with freedom (q = 100) f
Voice
Sleep
3
3
3
mf sub.
"Sleep
un
-
3
voice
qui - et
now"
8
3 O
sleep
of
the
heard
3
win - ter
at
the
mf
10
"Sleep
no
13
qui -
for
the
win -
t. por
now,
3
your
heart—
3
3
O
ter
f
3
3
is
cry
-
3
O
Sleep
3
you
un
-
ing
3
and
on
in
3
-
qui
-
My kiss will give peace now
to
3
The
3
3
et
3
more."
15
peace
ff
f
3
door.
3
sleep,
3
cry - ing
3
heard
voice
heart.
3
my
is
in
O
A
ff
9
now,
5
is
heart!
p
now,
you 5
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et
45" attacca
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8. All day I hear the noise of waters James Joyce
Voice
Piano
q = 60 f(
heart! q = 60
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
)
p
5
8
as
3
he
3
3
day
I
3
3
is
when,
3
Sad
3
forth
a-
lone,
3
to the wa - ter's
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go - ing
3
hears the wind cry
3
mak - ing moan,
hear the noise of wa - ters
the sea - bird
10
mf quietly mournful
All
mo - no- tone.
35
12
The grey winds,
the
cold
winds
3
14
hear
the
noise
of
All
day,
all 3
3
night, I
hear
3
3
ing
3
far
3
be - low.
I
to
go.
I
3
flow -
them
where
3
blow- ing
ters
3
3
16
wa -
ma - ny
are
3
and
fro.
1'10" attacca
36
to Julie Gross
9. Rain has fallen all the day James Joyce
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007) q = 60
Voice
mf
Rain
q = 60
has fal - len
all
O
the day.
p gently
Piano
f
3
5
3
come a - mong the la - den
mp
mf
The leaves
f
lie
thick
up - on
the
p
way
of
Faster
3
Faster
me - mo
3
-
ries.
mf
trees:
8
3
3
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3
3
37
A tempo
11
mp
Stay - ing A tempo
r.h.
14
by the
way
of
mf
3
me- mo ries shall we
3
where
I
mp
lit - tle
de - part.
3
3
Come,
mybe - lov - ed,
mf
18
3
a
may
Slower mp
speak
to
Slower
your
heart.
p
1'31" attacca
38
to David Del Tredici
10. Now, o now, in this brown land
James Joyce q = 72
Voice
q = 72
5
p
3
brown
o
now,
in
3
this
land
where
Love
did
3
3
so
sweet
mf
mf
8
Now,
mp floating on the vowels
3
3
f sub.
l.h.
p Piano
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2007)
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mu
f
-
3
3
sic
f
make
11
pp sub.
39
we
two
pp sub. gently, suspended
14
hand
in
hand,
l.h.
17
for
old
mf
-
der,
for - bear - ing
sake,
3
grieve
3
nor
3
3
mf sub.
friend - ship's
wan
shall
be- cause our
40
f più
20
love
was
gay
which is
now
end
3
-
ed
in
this
f più
q = 100
23
f sprightly
3
way.
A
q = 100
3
3
3
26
3
yel low 3
3
3
3
3
in
red
and
3
3
3
dress 3
3
3
3
3
3
knock - ing
3
3
3
sf
3
is knock - ing,
f sprightly
rogue
41
29
at
the
tree;
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
l.h.
And
3
3
3
ff
3
32
all
3
a - round
ness
3
our
lone - li -
3
is
whist - ling
the wind 3
3
l.h.
3
35
3
mer - ri - ly.
f
3
mf
3
mp
p
3
42
Suddenly slower (h = 50)
39
p
The
Suddenly slower (h = 50)
leaves—
they
do
not
p
43
mf
sigh
3
at
all
3
when the year
takes them
in
the
f
fall.
Now,
mf
47
O
3
now,
we
hear no
more
f
43
mf
q = 100
51
3
3
vi - la nelle
the
3
the roun - de - lay!
q = 100 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
mp sub.
54
f
Grieve not,
Sweet -
heart,
58
year
sotto voce
is
for
f
3
Freely
a - ny thing—
the
year,
the
Freely
ga- ther- ing.
p gently
mp sub. expectantly
3
2'47"
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