Paola Prestini/Rinde Eckert/Julian Crouch
Aging Magician
Aging Magician For Gus
Rinde Eckert
Harold
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Choir
Piano
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Harold 9
water, children playing, and toy sounds on soundscape
Paola Prestini
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Harold 11
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Choir of Children 11
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Harold
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Harold 20
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Choir of Children
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f
watch his le - vels
we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be - gun!
clamp clamp scal - pel
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Harold
mp
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he - mo - stat mp
Choir of Children 24
he - mo - stat
watch his le - vels we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be- gun! mf
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Choir of Children 29
hold
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hold
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on
hold
mp
watch his le - vels we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be- gun!
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watch his le - vels
clamp clamp scal - pel
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Choir of Children 39
we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be - gun! f
Harold 43
Choir of Children 43
we don't want to lose him
stat clamp clamp scal - pel
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be- fore we've be- gun!
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we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be- gun!
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Charon: Something soon to be forgotten. Let’s go. We have a long way to travel. Harold: Venice. Charon: If you wish.
Harold
Charon: Nothing. A body. Meat on a table. A story. An old story.
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watch his le - vels
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On tape: Harold: How is he?
Pno.
mo
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Pno. 39
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clamp clamp scal - pel
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Choir of Children 48
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mp
Pno. 48
mf
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Harold
Stage begins to transform, the operating table becoming a kind of gondola (or treated like one, at least)
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Choir of Children 51
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Pno.
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Harold
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Pno.
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Where do you want to go? Venice? Pareeeeee? New York! (kids shouting all fabulous cities)
Choir 53 of Children
mf 3
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Harold
Pno.
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Harold
soundscape
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Choir of Children 57
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Harold 59
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ff
Who is that on the
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Harold some - one I
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mp
ble?
Is it me or
p
mp
o - ther guy
work - ing on
some
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mf
6
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Who is that that they're
6
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mp
used to know
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Pno. 72
p
No - one
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Harold 86
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I've seen him be - fore
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Choir of Children 86
seen him
in some pho - to
graphs
I've
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oo
pp
oo
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Pno.
I've
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mp
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Harold 92
seen
him
be
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fore
I know that face of his from some
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Choir of Children 92
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Pno. 92
-
where
I've
mf
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Harold
seen him
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Choir of Children 96
be - fore
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Pno.
so
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Pno.
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kind
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of
mp
grant
him
rest
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f
prayer
hands are like mine
Some
His
a - go
Harold one should of - fer him some
long
10 mp
mp
grant him e -
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Harold 107
grant him e - ter - nal rest
107
and let per - pe - tual
mf
ter - nal rest grant him e - ter - nal rest
light shine on him
grant
him
rest
Choir of Children 107
107
Pno.
mf
and
107
let per - pe - tual light shine
him
on
grant
Harold 110
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Choir of Children 110
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Pno.
110
him e - ter- nal rest
rest
f
grant him
e - ter
e - ter
grant him e - ter - nal
f
grant him
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nal
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rest
nal
rest
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Harold 115
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Choir of Children 115
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Pno.
e - ter
grant him
e - ter
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nal
rest
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nal
grant him
rest
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115
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Harold 122
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Choir of Children 122
p
hear
our
hear
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Pno. 122
our
mp
hear
our
mp
hear
our
prayers
prayers
mp
hear
prayers
prayers
p
mf
hear
our
prayers
mf
hear
our prayers
hear
our
prayers
our
prayers
hear
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Harold 129
my prayers
129
Choir of Children 129
hear our prayers
hear our prayers
129
Pno. 129
hear
Harold 135
mp
my prayers
mf
e - ter - nal rest is
Harold 138
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Pno. 138
more
make Ha - rold laugh
some - thing
a
a
-
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thing
bit
bit
f
some - thing
f
fun
would
some - thing bet - ter out there
What
Some
Choir of Children 138
my prayers
mf
mp
not what Ha - rold wants
f
Pno. 135
There might be
prayers
135
135
prayers
our
hear
mf
my prayers
our
mf
hear
un - less
mp
hear
mf
Choir of Children 135
more
more
fun
fun
some
some
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Magician:
One thinks, Mother will improve and I’ll be on a plane. Away in an instant, my life forgotten in a moment. On a plane to Venice or Paree, one thinks of this in the middle of one’s life, as one takes ones place in line, as one buys ones groceries, as one feeds one’s mother, even as one talks to her of one’s day, the details of one’s day, the boring details of a day spent calling to these strangers, asking them to come closer, asking them to be amazed: My magician. My magician isn’t just sleight of hand, no. You’ll be astonished. This is not just sleight of hand, but art, the highest art.
Harold 143
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Choir of Children 143
thing
thing
gears
wheels
gears
and
wheels
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Harold
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Pno.
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Harold
and
with
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with
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Harold 152
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mf
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Harold
Take me out
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Choir of Children 154
(coney island tune)
154
Harold 159
159
Snap 2
6
p
tikitikiti
the fair
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Snap 1
6
Take me to
mf
Con - ey is - land
154
Pno.
to
tikitikiti
16
tikitikiti
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Choir of Children 159
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Pno. 159
mp
p
boom cha!
boom cha!
p
boom cha!
boom cha!
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Harold 165
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Snap 1
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Snap 2
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Choir of Children 165
Ha - rold get
Ha - rold get
Pno. 165
Harold
me
Choir of Children
Ha - rold get
on the sub- way
where
the
lights
are
bright - er
where themu - sic
you'll findtricks you'll find dreams
Ha - rold get
you'll find your
Pno. 169
on the sub- way
169
on the sub- way
you'll find fish
169
Ha - rold get
169
169
Snap 2
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Snap 1
169 improvising....
Take
on the sub- way
mp
mp
165
mf
you'll
dreams
mf
you'll
plays
thir- teen silk hand - ker - chiefs
find
thir- teen silk hand - ker - chiefs
find
mp
18
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Harold
173
Snap 1
co - lored ri
bbon
four hun -dred yards of mul - ti
co - lored ri
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Pno. 173
eigh - teen thou- sand in - vi - si - ble birds
3
bbon
and
and
eigh - teen thou- sand in - vi - si - ble birds
mp
Harold 178
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Snap 2
3
four hun -dred yards of mul - ti
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Snap 1
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Choir of Children
173
Snap 2
3
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Choir of Children 178
in - vi - si - ble
birds
3
in - vi - si - ble
birds
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Pno.
178
mp
19
Harold 184
Life
is fine
on
Co - ney is - land
day - light ne - ver stops
Snap 1 184
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Snap 2
p
p
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Choir of Children 184
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Harold 189
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Pno. 189
Ha - rold get
189
boom cha!
Choir of Children 189
boom cha!
Ha - rold get mp
cha!
boom cha!
189
Snap 2
boom cha!
mp
189
Snap 1
cha!
boom
boom
184
Pno.
on the sub- way
on the sub- way
Ha - rold get
Ha - rold get
on the sub- way
on the sub- way
you'll find fish
Ha - rold get
you'll find
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193
Harold
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Snap 1
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Snap 2
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Choir of Children 193 tricks
Harold 196
dreams
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Pno.
196
cha!
pp
out of time q=52
pp
shhhh
boom
boom
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shhhh
shhhh
shhhh
cha!
shhhh
cha!
boom
boom
pp
boom
cha!
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boom p
cha!
Choir cha! of Children 196
p
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Snap 2
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Snap 1
you'll find your
dreams
you'll find your
193
193
Pno.
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shhhh
shhhh
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Harold 200
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Pno.
Harold
pp
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Harold
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3
6
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6
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mf
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I could have been, you know
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mf
mf
I had the hands they said. I had these steady hands. They said I could be another Blackstone, or Houdini, said I had the hands. Without the right hands, they said…
Harold
Pno.
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200
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Harold
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Harold 220
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Come
be
like a
f
lights
Pno. 223
and the shapes
Watch
Stare
the
ma - gi
like a child
at the
4
4
4
[going to clown sculpture and hitting a few notes]
child on the board walk
223
223
a - mazed
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Harold
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Pno.
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f
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Pno.
4
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cian
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Harold 225
pear
from the stage
225
Pno. 225
228
when
4
hat
his
Watch
the
ma
Pno. 228 f
4
his
hands
don't look
Watch
his
hands
4
4
4
gi
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cian
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don't look
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and a cane
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Choir of Children 231
is
mp
4
ma
the
228
that he leaves
all
Watch Choir of Children 228 mp
way
way
4
235
Don't
Pno.
board Choir of Children 240
look
mp
world
is
wait - ing
Pno. 240
244
so bright Choir of Children 244
past
244
is
Don't
think
of the
o
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ver
Don't
wor
-
ry Ha - rold
the past
Your
past
mf
is
fi - nished
Let
244
the fu - ture is full of light
when the fu - ture's
mf
on
wai- ting
Get
Get on board
Ha - rold
the world is
the
Pno.
no - thing to see
mp
240
4
240
Don't look back
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us
mp
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Choir of Children 253
take you there
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ye - llow
out -
Ha
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side
the ci - ty
blue
red
p
Ha rold -
can you see the lights
mu - sic
mp
gliss.
Ha-
Ha
mf
can you hear the
f
shine
lights
green
ride
and the noise and laugh - ter
all the noise and laugh - ter
the lights
where co - lored
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256
Pno.
a short
where the co-lored lights
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Choir of Children 256
just
mf
It's just be- yond the ri - ver
It's
253
Pno.
We know the way
Choir of Children 248
Pno. 248
Ha - rold
f 3 259
Choir of Children
get on the sub- way Ha - rold
259
get on the sub- way Ha - rold
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dream, this Choir of Children 263
is
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is
263
not...
dream, this
Harold 266
not...
mf
mf
I'm
just
f
sit - ting here
what are you do - ing
mp
That is - n't my bag
What are you hi -ding in this
266
what are you do - ing
What are you hi -ding in this
this is not a dream Ha - rold this is not a
f
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Pno. 266
rold
putting on a conductor's hat f
Hey
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Choir of Children
Ha
Hey
Pno. 263
Ha - rold this is not a
263
mp
Harold
Ha - rold
Pno. 259
Ha - rold
26
get a board the train Ha - rold
f
Ha - rold
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bag
bag
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Harold 269
mf
You're
Choir of Children
You're
that ma -
269
gi - cian
I've
gi - cian
in
seen you
I've
seen you
show
bus
mp
it is!
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mf
I know you show peo -ple
be- fore
f
269
Pno.
f
that ma -
mf
269
I'm not
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mf
I know you show peo -ple
Harold 274
ness
274
Choir of Children
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mf
My
life's
not
Pno. 274
mag - i - cal
f
What is
f
What is
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Choir of Children 278 all
this stuff?
all
this stuff?
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281
bbon
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bbon
Pno. 281
not
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Choir of Children 284
ff
and ff
and
3
eigh -teen thou -sand in - vi - si - ble
eigh -teen thou -sand in - vi - si - ble
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is
birds
in - vi - si - ble
pos - si - ble
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in - vi - si - ble
p
Who
am
I?
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3
3
birds -
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birds -
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four hun -dred yards of mul -ti co -lored ri -
birds
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four hun -dred yards of mul -ti co -lored ri -
284 Harold
thir - teen silk hand -ker -chiefs
Harold
Choir of Children 281
thir -teen silk hand -ker -chiefs
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Pno. 278
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Harold 287
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Choir of Children
Pno.
Harold
cri - mo - sa
cri - mo - sa
292
i - lla
Harold 296
296
mp
3
3
cri - mo
mo
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sa
3
sa
di
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lla
3
3
hu - ic er - go pa - ce de - us
pi - e je - su do - mi - ne
do - na e - is re - qui - em
hu - ic er - go pa - ce de - us
pi - e je - su do - mi - ne
do - na e - is re - qui - em
do - na
do - na
e - is
e - is
re - qui - em
mf
3
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Choir of Children 296
mf
3
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3 3 3
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3
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Pno. 292
Pno. 296
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Choir qua re - sur - get ex fa - vi - lla of Children 292
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292
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287
mf la
mp
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Harold
li
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Choir of Children 299
di
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be
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3
3
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Choir of Children 302
la
what have I done with my life 3
3
la
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sa
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cri - mo
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life
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sa
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me
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Choir of Children 304
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Harold
what have I done with my
cri - mo
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me
3 3 3
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Choir of Children
306
la
cri
mo - sa
3
3
ah
ah
la - cri - mo - sa
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306
Pno.
3
f 3
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3
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Harold 310
3 3
310
Choir of Children
ah
ah
310
mp
3
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ha!
310
mo
3
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ha!
sa
310
Pno.
ha!
ha!
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Harold
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Choir of Children 313
ha!
ha!
ha!
quan
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Pno.
Harold 315
ha!
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do
coe
-
my life?
315
mo
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di
ha!
sunt
et
315
Pno.
ha!
li
what have I done with
ha! Choir of Children 315
3 3
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rra
ha!
f 3
3
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Harold 317
3 3
what have I done with my life?
li
317
Choir ha! of Children 317
317
Harold
Snap 1
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ra
319
Choir of Children 319
quan
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Pno.
me
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ber
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do
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Snap 1
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321
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323
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ha!
3 3
ha!
323
I done with
my life?
te
323
Pno.
what have
ha! Choir of Children 323
Harold
323
ha!
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what have I done with my life?
325
Choir do of Children 325
325
Pno.
do
325
Harold 327
327
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Pno.
330
p
3 Harold 333
333
Pno.
eyes of
a
gliss.
if
child
333
I
337
eyes
of
mf
with
Choir of Children 337
337
Pno. 337
mf
mf
with
a
mp
If
on - ly
I could see
could
see
mf
like that
child
with
p
with the
337 Harold
the
3
mp
I
3
was ne - ver a
the
eyes
eyes
of
of
a
a
child
child
mp
the
child
37
Harold 340
3
mf
My child- hood end - ed
3
mf
340
Choir of Children
our
340
child
hood en - ded be fore it be
mf
Our child- hood end - ed en - ded be fore it be
340
Pno. 340 mf
344
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mf
6
p
p
Harold 345
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344
p
6
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Pno.
344
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Harold
Pno.
gan
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3
be- fore it be
6
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Harold
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346
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6
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348
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Harold
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6
6
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mp
6
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Harold 351
351
mp
Pno.
6
351
6
6
Harold
355
355
mf
mf
who
are
mf
A
child's
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