Julian Wachner: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

No. 6353|Wachner|The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere|Full Score

JULIAN WACHNER The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere for Narrator and Chamber Orchestra

Argument Introductory remarks by Joe Pernice To be read (ad libitum) by narrator at beginning of performance, or can be placed in the program besides the program notes How could Paul Revere have possibly known the importance of that evening journey when he rode from Charlestown, Massachusetts to Lexington, warning the townspeople and minutemen along the way of what was to come? Could he have had the faintest idea that his now-famous cry, “The British are coming!” would inspire the people to defend their new country—one that would remain a beacon of freedom in the world for over two hundred years? It was April 18, 1775. Paul Revere was working as an express rider for the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He was sent for by Doctor Joseph Warren to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington that British troops were marching in force to arrest them. Since there were no telephones or e-mail, Paul Revere traveled by the fastest means of the day: a horse he borrowed from his friend Deacon John Larkin. Two burning lanterns hung in the bell-tower of Christ Church in Boston as a signal that the British troops would row by sea across the Charles River in Cambridge on their way to Lexington. The trusty horse galloped madly over paths and cobblestone roads that still remain, but have long since been paved and illuminated by electric lights. Maybe Paul Revere’s coat brushed against the low branches of an oak tree that still stands. Maybe some of your ancestors heard Paul Revere’s cry and took up arms to protect their homes. In 1861 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his famous poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride.” Though there are some factual inconsistencies, the poem has endured as a great piece of American literature because of the way it captures the timeless patriotic spirit Americans strive to exhibit to this day. Wadsworth asks in the opening stanza: “Listen my children and you shall hear...” Today we ask the same as Wadsworth’s words dance to this music. If you listen closely you’ll hear: The feet of the British soldiers marching mechanically through the stone streets. The dark Mystic River sliding out like syrup to meet the sea. The furtive footsteps climbing the wooden church tower steps. Paul Revere’s heavy stride to saddle and mount his reliable horse. And you’ll hear and create the sounds of the horse’s mad galloping over: cobblestone roads (the sparks rising from the horse’s iron shoes), through farmers’ fields, and over beaten wooded paths. The Medford clock tower will strike midnight. The cock crowing and the farmers dog barking their own warnings as if to aid Paul Revere with his task. From the bridge at Concord, the flocks of sheep warning the minutemen in their own way. The small birds high up in their moonlit trees, singing desperately to wake the townsfolk from their dreams. And you’ll imagine Paul Revere’s simple sentence, one that would change the lives of every person who came after him: The British are coming! The British are coming! The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere for Narrator and Chamber Orchestra INSTRUMENTATION 1 Flute doubling piccolo 1 Oboe 1 Clarinet in Bb 1 Bassoon 2 Horns in F 1 Trumpet in C doubling piccolo trumpet ad lib. 1 Trombone Percussion (1 player) Timpani (4 drums) Roto-toms (4 drums) Woodblocks Snare Drum Tambourine Glockenspiel Suspended Cymbal Triangle Tubular Chimes Strings Violin I (no fewer than 4 players) Violin II (no fewer than 3 players) Viola (no fewer than 2 players) Cello (no fewer than 2 players) Bass Duration: ca. 20:00

Narrator’s Text by conductor’s cue Paul Revere’s Ride Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,— One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.” Then he said, “Good-night!” and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore... Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war; A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide. Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore. Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church, By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,— By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, “All is well!” A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead;

For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay,— A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse’s side, Now gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry’s height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight... A second lamp in the belfry burns! A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet: That was all!... And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;... ...And under the alders that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides. It was twelve by the village clock, When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer’s dog, And felt the damp of the river fog, That rises after the sun goes down. It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon.

It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, [He] felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. spoken very slowly: And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. normal oration: You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled —How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load. So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm,— A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861)

Catalog No. 6353 Commissioned by the Landmarks Orchestra for the orchestra's Concerts for Children. The work received its premiere Saturday, June 19th, 2004 on the Boston Common under the direction of Charles Ansbacher, music director

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere for Narrator and Chamber Orchestra

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Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.

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   

             

     

         

   

 

       

     

         

   

 

       

     

         

   

 

       

     

         

   

 

       

Vln. II



Vla.

 

Vc.

Cb.

    

         





Picc.

                      18               



Ob.

5





    

  

solo Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



Vln. I





  

 

     

C Tpt.

Glock.



   

Hn.

Tbn.











 

  



 



  

3





3







   







 





 



 

   







  

 



 

   











 

 



    

 



   



   





     

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 





 









  











Vln. II



Vla.

Vc.



Cb.







mf







 let ring

  mp

divisi

mp

 





 









  







mp

pizz.

 





 









  







mp   pizz.

 





 

 



     

           

 











  







  

 

     

 

 

 

6

  21

Cl.

Vln. I



       

Vla.



Vc.







   





       

  

   

Vln. II

Cb.

 











 



 









  







 











      





  









 

  

  

 



mp







   

  

 

    



 

  

 

  

  

  

 

  

 



     



 



  









  24

Cl.

Vln. I

                 



    

Vla.

Vc.

     



 

      



  





               

f

           

Vln. II

Cb.

  



  

        

 

   

 

  

   

 

            

         

      





   

  

  



  





 

 

 

         







   

         



  





             

7

 















  













28

Picc.

Ob.

                         

Cl.

Repeat as needed

 

ff













 











Hn.













C Tpt.

























 





 

Bsn.

Hn.

Tbn.

W. Bl.

Vln. I





  

 

Vla.



Vc.

Cb.











He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,-One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and arm."



  

Vln. II

f























  

Repeat as needed

         



  

 











               















 



   



  



  

 



 







  



 







        



 



        



 

      

 

 

8

  31

Picc.



Ob.



Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.





   









   









   

















ff    

ff    

ff

   

   

ff

 

 f



Hn.

 To Flute   



 

 

Tbn.

Timp.

Vln. I



 

f







Vln. II



Vla.



Vc.



 

   

   





 













sfz

sfz

     

  

ff

























f

   





ff

   

ff

f

C Tpt.

   



f    

                                       

ff



   

                                      

ff    

                                       

ff arco    

   









   









ff

Cb.





arco

   

ff

9

  36

Fl.



Cl.

Hn.

f





                

Vln. I

ff





     

  

        

 

 

   

  





     

 

         

 

 



    





 



mf







      





   

 

   

 





 

      





   

 

   

 







      





   

 

   

 







Vla.

Vc.

Cb.



     

  

Vln. II





   

  





  



f

ff



 

   

ff

Tbn.



                                   





 

f

f

 

C Tpt.



                         

  

Hn.

               

                                        





Ob.

Bsn.

                       

















10

  39

Fl.



Ob.



Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



Vln. I

 

ff

ff



ff

                

C Tpt.

Timp.

 





 



ff

          

Hn.

Tbn.





 4 Roto-toms





                     

    

   



   

   



     

    



    

    



   

   



   

   



     

   



   

   



   



   

   



                 

ff

ff

ff

ff

ff

 

 



 



     

                      

f

                                                         

Vln. II

Vla.

                

                 

           

       

       



Vc.



    



    

    



     

   



   

   



     

ff Cb.









ff

11

  43

Fl.

       

Hn.

 

C Tpt.

Tbn.

Timp.

Vln. I

    





 

             

 



     

 

          

 



     

 

            

 



      

 

   

 

      

 

             

 





  

 



    

sfz

sfz

sfz



     

 



     

 

sfz

sfz

                                 

                                                                               

Vln. II

    

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

 



                 

            

Cl.

Hn.



   

Ob.

Bsn.





 

                 

 



     

 

 

             

 



     

 

sfz

sfz

12

  47

Fl.

                                6

6

6

6

6

7

6 6                                  7

Ob.

6

6 6                                       6

6

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.







   





   



     

C Tpt.

Timp.

Vln. I



7

6

 

 









    





  









    





  

















 















 



     



   

          





    



         

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      



  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

  























   

  







    





  



  







    





  



Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

  



Hn.

Tbn.

6

6



  

13

  49

Fl.



Ob.

Hn.

                                                         

                                                         

Cl.

Bsn.

                                                        







  





fff

 

Hn.

     



fff

  



  



C Tpt.

fff

Tbn.

Timp.

Vln. I

 

 







     

 

 







 





























     











                          

                                                                                                             

Vln. II

  

Vla.



Vc.

Cb.

fff







     





     





     

                                                  

 



     





     





     

14

       

    







 

 



 

      

    







 

 



 

       

    







 

 



 

    







 

 



 

  52

Fl.



Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.





Vln. I





 

  3





3





3

  

  

 3

 























3





3





3













3





3





3







3







3





                               

                  

    





                 

                                                           

Vln. II

  

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

 

 

C Tpt.

Timp.



 

Hn.

Tbn.



 



 

  

 

                   

                  

         

 

 

 

   

   

 

   

 

    







 

 



 

 

  

 



  55

Fl.



Ob.



Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



Cym.

Vln. I

       

       

              



      



      



              



      



      

   

 



      



      

 

 







 

 





 

                  

 



suspended cymbal

























  





  

     

ff





C Tpt.

Timp.

              

  

Hn.

Tbn.



15





ff

 



                                           

               

                                            

                             

ff

Vln. II

ff

Vla.

Vc.

                                              ff                      ff

Cb.

  

      



      

    ff

     



     



     



16

  59

Fl.



Cl.

Hn.



C Tpt.

Tamb.

Vln. I



 

Hn.

Tbn.

 



                  

Ob.

Bsn.

               



               

 

  

     

  

  

     

     

  

  















                                                    



                            











                                 

   

      









 

 







  





 

     

f

f





              f

f

  

mf

     

ff





 



  



 





                              

      

           

                              

         

                  

Vln. II

                                   

     

     



Vc.

    

    



                                 

Cb.

    

    



                              

Vla.



  65

Picc.



Ob.



Cl.



  sfz



ff



sfz



ff





 

       

sfz

mp

Bsn.



  sfz

p

Hn.



Hn.

 



sfz

Tbn.



 



Tamb.

    

 

sfz

 

  Tam-tam let ring   

ff

f

                                    

       



                      

Vc.

Cb.



 

                  



ff

       

Vla.





                   

Vln. II



ff

sfz

Vln. I



ff

  

Play tremolos in box constantly shifting pitches, do not line up with other instruments



sfz

sfz

Play tremolos in box constantly shifting pitches, do not line up with other instruments

        



  

C Tpt.





17

 ff

           

               

 ff



ff



ff



ff

mp

Then he said, "Good-night!" and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charleston shore...



Quasi bisbigliando, on the string, legato, heavily slurred; in the manner of a tremolo

      p



Quasi bisbigliando, on the string, legato, heavily slurred; in the manner of a tremolo

     

p

  





18

  68

Fl.

Molto meno mosso





 

 

q = 60 m.m.

Ob.







 



Cl.







 



Bsn.







 









mf

f

















 











mp







 







Hn.







 













 













 







Tbn.









mp

Hn.

C Tpt.



Just as the moon rose over the bay,

Vln. I

Molto meno mosso q = 60 m.m.  divisi        



  

Vln. II



Vla.



Vc.

Cb.

mp





mp





mp



 



mp

 



 

 

 



 







 



divisi





 









 









 







mp

19

  73

Fl.

Ob.



Cl.



Bsn.



        



5







 





































































Hn.











Hn.































C Tpt.

Tbn.

Vln. I



   

Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of war;

 

 



 

 

 





















 







 



 







 







Vln. II



Vla.































Vc.

Cb.





20

 









Ob.











Cl.





















77

Fl.

Bsn.

Hn.



 







 















mp

  

Hn.

mp

Tbn.

Vln. I





Vla.

 

Vc.









 

































































































   







mp

Vln. II

Cb.





C Tpt.





A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar,

pp









 







pp

21

  81

Picc.



Fl.









 



mf

 

f

Ob.











Cl.





















Hn.











Hn.































Bsn.



C Tpt.

Tbn.



And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.

  























Vln. II

 























Vla.

 























Vln. I



Vc.

Cb.



































 







22

  85

Picc.





 



5



 





 









Ob.













Cl.

























































Fl.

Bsn.

Hn.



  p



Hn.

ff

 p

Tbn.

Vln. I







   

Vla.

 

Vc.



p



p

Vln. II

Cb.

ff



C Tpt.

p

ff

p

p



































































































 











 









23

  90

Picc.

Fl.



Ob.



Cl.



       



 

Hn.



 

Hn.



 



 

Bsn.



C Tpt.

Tbn.

S. D.

Vln. I





   

 

25''  

Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore.

   

Vln. II



Vla.



 



 



 

Vc.

Cb.





q = 120 m.m.







































































     ppp



q = 120 m.m.

 

            while repeating

  







































24 like a military fife

  

     

93

Picc.

       p

S. D.

p

 Picc.

S. D.

 Picc.

S. D.

 

97       

      

101    







                 



 

  

   

  

               

 



           

 

      

 



  

  

 

mf

mp

     



        

 





      

 

     

mf

   



               

    

f

  









    





 

             



Picc.

S. D.



 105          

     

  109

Picc.

S. D.



  

               

 

 



  







      





   

 



  mp

Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church, By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,-By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.

     

     

          





               mp

 

  





                    p

pp

p



     

25 Berceuse

   



 

 



 



solo, dolce

 



 



solo, dolce

 



 





  



 





Hn.

 



 





C Tpt.

 



 





 



 





 









113

Picc.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tbn.

S. D.





Repeat until text is complete then move directly to next measure

         

 

  

improvise similar passages

pp



 



mp



mp



Berceuse

Repeat until text is complete then move directly to next measure

Vln. I

q. = 48 m.m.



 

q. = 48 m.m.

Vln. II

 



 





Vla.

 



 







pizz

Vc.

 



pizz

dolce        

mp

Cb.



 

       mp





  

 

26

      116

Ob.

Cl.

Vc.



     

           120

Ob.

Cl.

Vc.



 

124

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Vc.

 Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Vc.

   





  



 

p

  

  

p

  

     

  



 



     

 

p



 



 





 

    

  p



 pp

 pp          









 









 

 



    

     

 

 

 

 







  



  

   

 

 





   





mf







                 

                   mp



           

 



   





     



 



   

mf

mf

        





 



               



129

     





 



   





     









 

          

  

  

    

 

    

 

   

















 

mp



 





    



27

  









 









 







 

 



136

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Vc.



   



  















pp















 









Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, "All is well!"





p

p

p

Cb.







 





 







  





 













 





   141

Fl.



p

 

Ob.

 





Cl.

 





Bsn.

Vc.

Cb.



  p

 



 

 

 

    



































  

   



    

  

    

A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead;





















28

Bsn.

Poco Allegro 146                                                sfzmp

Vc.

Cb.

   

mp

For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay.-A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.



  













Poco Allegro









                                                                    mf  p mf ppp

150

Bsn.

 154

Bsn.



                     

 



ff

                                

pp



158

Bsn.



     



                             f

 160

Bsn.









             mf



               





29 Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.

 

    163

Tub. B.

Vln. I

Vla.

Vc.



35''

divisi à 4

  

 

  

Vln. II

q = 56 m.m.

 

 

 

 









mf

   

  

  

  

   

           

 

 

    

  

      





 

 

 



   







  

 

 



     

ppp non-crescendo divisi à 3

 

      

ppp non-crescendo divisi à 2

 

 

ppp non-crescendo

 

  

  



divisi à 2



  

ppp non-crescendo

 

   169

Tub. B.

Vln. I

 

Vln. II



Vla.



Vc.











mf







    

  

  

   

  

  

  

         

   

  

  

 

  

 

   



 

 





  

  

  

  

 











 

 

 

 

   

   

   

    

  

  

 

  

 

 







 



 

30

  174

Tub. B.

Vln. I

Vla.

Vc.













 

  

    

  

     

  

  

   

  

  

 

   

 

    

 

  

 

  







 



 





 

 

     

      

       

       

 

Vln. II





mf







Tempo Allegro q = 120 m.m.

  179

Fl.

Cl.

Children

W. Bl.

Tub. B.

 

 

       

  mf

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 

     

    

          



 pp

  

 

pp







    























And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight...

































5

          

 



5

 

         

   

 

To Picc.













































Audience children hand claps, right and left on leg, then together

                                       f



A second lamp in the belfry burns!

 

     

RL

31

    185

Picc.

Repeat until "on-track"











Ob.

 











Cl.

 











 





















 

Bsn.

Hn.



  

Hn.

 











C Tpt.

 











 





















Tbn.

Timp.

Children



   

                                                                    T R LT

W. Bl.

Vln. I

                                                                       

Repeat until "on-track"



col legno

          

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

   

  

f

      

      

      

   

          

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

   

  

f

      

      

      

   

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

   

  

f

      

      

      

   

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

   

col legno

Vln. II

 



col legno

Vla.

 

Vc.

 

Cb.

   



            col legno

 

           





f



32

  







 







 







 













189

Picc.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



    

Hn.

C Tpt.

Tbn.

Children



 



 



  

        fff

              

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

fff







fff



    

fff

"Sleigh-ride horse-nay"

         

ff



fff

         



 











fff

                                              

S. D.

W. Bl.





       









                                                  





A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet:

Vln. I

Vln. II

                          

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.



           

     

         

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

   

  

      

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   

  

      

      

      

   

  

      

      

      

  

  

 

  

 

  

  

  



 

  

 

  

  

  

 

  

   

    

  

  

      

      

      

       

      

      

   

   

  

  

      

      

      

      

      

       

 

  

 

  

Picc.

Cl.

Children

W. Bl.

Vln. I

  192           

33

















                       

                       

                       

                         

normale, arco

                                                   ff



Vln. II

normale, arco

                                                                  ff

normale, arco                                                                                 

Vla.

ff

Vc.



normale,arco                                                                      

ff



Children

W. Bl.

Vln. I

196   

  

 



 

 



 

 

      



 



 



 

   

        



 



 



 





      

                                                                                                                      

Vln. II

                                 

Vla.

Vc.



 



                                                 

34





























199

Picc.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



 











f















f

 

Hn.









C Tpt.





















Tbn.

Cym.



  

Children

W. Bl.

Glock.

Vln. I

  





 



 

   

             

mf



 



 



 

ff

   

   

 



   





 

     

  



 

f

 

                                                                                                            

Vln. II

                                                   

Vla.

                                                  

Vc.

Cb.



 

 















35

  202

Picc.



Ob.

Hn.



















 

 

 

 













Cl.

Bsn.













 











 

 

 

 





     5

ff

Cym.

Children

Glock.

Vln. I



5

  

  

 ff

  

 

 ff

  

 



  

 



  









ff



  



                











 



 

 



  









 



 







   

   

                                         

5









Vln. II

   

let ring

ff

        



   







                 5

5

5

5

                                     

                                                    

Vla.

                                          

Vc.

Cb.





  

          

ff

Tbn.



5









C Tpt.





ff



Hn.





















5

5

 



36

  205

Picc.



                                        

Ob.

5

5

5

Hn.



W. Bl.

Vln. I





5

5

5

5

5

5

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 







 



 

   

   

 

 

   

   

 

                                  

   



 

 



       5

5

 

 

 

 



  

5

 

 

 

 









 



 



 

   

   

   



 

 

   

   

   

 



5



 

5

5

5



5

                                        

Vln. II

5

  

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

5

5

  

C Tpt.

Children

5

5

5

5

  

Hn.

Tbn.

5

                                          

Cl.

Bsn.





    5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                    5

5

5

5

5

5













5

37

                  

Picc.

5

5

207

5

5

ff

5

5

5

Ob.







Cl.







Bsn.

Hn.



W. Bl.

Vln. I

5

5





 



 

  

 

    





  



  











 





  

 

 









  

  



 



 

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

 



 

   

 

 

 











 



 

   

   



 

 

 

 

   

   

 

                 5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                

5

Vc.



5

5

5

5





5

5



 



5

 

                    

Vla.

             

5

  

Vln. II

Cb.

5



C Tpt.

Children

5

ff

   

Hn.

Tbn.

              

5

                

 







                 5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                 

   5



   5

         5













5

38

  209

Picc.



                  

Ob.

5

5

5

Hn.



W. Bl.

Vln. I



5

5

5



                 5

5

5

5





  



  

   

  





   

  





 



 

 

   

  



   





  

 



  

 



 















 

 

  

 



 



 

   

   

 

   

   

   



 

   

 

 







 

   

   

   



 

 

   

   

   

 





                                       5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                   

Vln. II

  

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

5

    

C Tpt.

Children

5



5

    

Hn.

Tbn.

5

                     

Cl.

Bsn.

5

5

                



    5

                                5

5

5

5

5

5













5



39

  211

Picc.



                      

Ob.

5

5

Hn.



Children

W. Bl.

Vln. I



     





  



  

   

  





 



 







  

   

C Tpt.

Timp.





  





  

 

  

  

Vla.

 



5



  

fff



   

 

   

   

   

5

5

5

5

5

   

   

 

  



  

    





  

    









  

   

       





 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

 

5

             

   

      

   



  

5

  

 

    

5

fff

   



 

    

ff

   

   





                          5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                  

                   

                     

                  



   

   



fff

   

   

   

   



5

Vc.

5

   

                       

Vln. II

Cb.

5

    

Hn.

Tbn.

5

         

                   

5

                     

Cl.

Bsn.

5

5

5

5

5

         



5

5

 

5

5

fff

5

5

5

40

  213

Picc.



Ob.

          5

5

5

5



Children

Vln. I

5

 

     







    

    



 





    



 





  

   

   



      

Vln. II

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5





 





 

   

   



 

 

5

5

   

5

   

 

  



  



 



 

  

    







 

  

    





 

  





  

  

   

   

      

   

    





 

   

5

     

   

   





                                    5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                        

                                          

Vla.

5

Vc.

Cb.

5



C Tpt.

Timp.

5

   

Hn.

Tbn.

                   

                                     

Cl.

Hn.

 

                                         5

Bsn.





5

 

   

 

   

5

5

 

 



 

 



5

5

5

5

   

   

   



   

   

   



41

  215

Picc.

         5

5

      

Ob.

5



Children

Vln. I

5

5

5

5

 

   



  





  

  



  





  



  

 





  

   

   

    

      

Vln. II

5

5



5

5

5

 

5 5

5



   

 

  

   





 



  



  



  



 



    



    



    

 







  

 

  

  





 



   





 



  

  

 



   

  

  

  



  

  

 

  



   

   





                             5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                        5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                          

Vla.

5

Vc.

Cb.

5



C Tpt.

Timp.

  

5

5

  

Hn.

Tbn.

     

                                      

Cl.

Hn.

 

                 

5

Bsn.





5

 

   

 

   

5

5

5

5

5

5

 

 





 

 

  

 

 





 

 

  

42

  217

Picc.





Timp.

Children

Vln. I



5

  

 

5

5

  

    



 

   





 

 

    

  

5

5

5

  

  

   

5

5





   

 





 







 







  





  



   



   





5









        



   

5

  



   



5

5

  

     

 

Vln. II

5

                                 

  

 

5

                                 

          

C Tpt.

   



5

5

           

Hn.

Tbn.



     

   

5

 

Cl.

Hn.

5

 

Ob.

Bsn.

     

 





 

   

   





                                     5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                       

                                         

Vla.

5

5

5



5

Vc.

    

  

  





   

Cb.

    

  

  

   

   



5

 

 



 

5

 

          

5

5









43

  219

Picc.

Cl.

Hn.



Timp.

Children

Tamb.

Vln. I



5

5

 



   

  

5

 

5





 





 















    

 



 





   

   

 



  

   







 

 



  

   

   





mf

 

 

           

             

                     

 

 

           

             

                  



5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Vc.

    



                  

Vla.

    



  





                                         

                

 

    

5

5

  

Vln. II

Cb.

       

 

       

C Tpt.





5

     

Hn.

Tbn.

5

 

Ob.

Bsn.

     

5

5

 



   

  

 



 

 

             

5

 



44

  221

Picc.

  

Ob.

  

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



C Tpt.

Timp.

Children

Tamb.

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.









































           mp





 

 

                           



                









                                                                  





 

     

  



  

  

ff

Vln. I



           

Hn.

Tbn.

 

   

   





                





 

   



 

 



  







     That was all!                                         mp                                                mp                                               mp pizz.                 







     



 

       

mp

 

pizz.



mp

   



     

 

 

45

 









Ob.











Cl.











225

Picc.

Bsn.

Hn.







      

   

       





 

 





 



       f



 



















 









   

     

Hn.

C Tpt.

S. D.

Vln. I







Vc.





   

 



 

   

 

        

  



           

            mf

   

Vla.





          

Vln. II

Cb.

       

  

     f

Tbn.

    

 



      mf



 

    

 

  

 

 

        



      



 

 

   

 



 



 

 

  









 



      

      

     

 

   

 

 

46

   229

Picc.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



  







 





  













 













 









ff

 







 







     



mf

















 



ff



ff





Tbn.



 

Children

W. Bl.



 







f





 

mp C Tpt.



mp

 

Hn.



   

 

mp



 











  



 











f



   f

            

 

 

mp

f

        





 

         

f

ff

mp And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.

Vln. I

    

       

      

                                                          

Vln. II

Vla.

 

Vc.

Cb.

      



 

                   



  



  



  



  

  



   Arco

       





     ff

     ff

                ff

                ff

                ff

47

  233

Picc.



       ff



Ob.



      

ff



Cl.



      

                       



                       



                        



ff Bsn.

Hn.





 

                     

        

   

       

        

    

   

ff Hn.





C Tpt.





 ff   ff

Tbn.

Children

W. Bl.

Vln. I



















ff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Vln. II

                                                                

Vla.

                                                                

Vc.

Cb.







                                                                

48

Picc.

   



   

 

Hn.





C Tpt.









W. Bl.

Vln. I



   

             



                                                          

Children





 

Tbn.

         



Cl.

Hn.





Ob.

Bsn.

   

               

  237



        









   

            





 

     





       

                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Vln. II

                                                                 

Vla.

Vc.



                                                             

Cb.



                                                             



  241

Picc.



Ob.



Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.





 



 

 

  



 



  



 

 

  







C Tpt.









     

 

Children

W. Bl.

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.





         

                       

                       

Hn.

Tbn.

           



   





   

   







  



  

        





  

   

 



   

             

           

      

         

        





 

   

49

                                                                                                       

                                                                                 

                               

50

  244

Picc.



Ob.

Hn.



 

Cl.

Bsn.











                    

  

  



Tbn.





 





Timp.

Children

Vln. I



 



            

                   

 

fff C Tpt.





    

                                             

fff Hn.

           



 

 

                       fff











 



                 ff ff                                                                                              

ff

                                                                        

Vln. II

                                                                 

Vla.

Vc.



Cb.





                                                                             

  248

Picc.



Cl.

Hn.

             

        

Ob.

Bsn.



 



51



              

                     

                            

         

                                    



    

  



        



fff

fff





Hn.

          

fff

Tbn.

Timp.

Children

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.





C Tpt.







fff

     

 

  









 

fff

    

 

              

fff

 

                                                     

 

 

     



3

 

fff





 

5



fff

 



                      

 

                              

                                                                                                                               

                                      

52

                   252

Picc.

                 

Ob.

                 

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

                     







Hn.























mf

 



 



 

 f

 f

C Tpt.

Tbn.

Timp.

Children

Vln. I

Vln. II











        

   

 f

 f

   

   

   

    

 





   

   

   

Vc.

Cb.



6 6          6 6                             6

6 6                                  6

Vla.



6 6 6 6                                      

  pizz.                  







53

 





Ob.







Cl.







254

Picc.

Bsn.

Hn.



 

 



 

mp

 

 



 





 



 





Hn.







C Tpt.













Tbn.

Vln. I



    

Vln. II



Vla.

 p

 p

p



 

mp



6



     

  

Vc.

Cb.

pp 6

6









6

   6

   6









 



6

   6

   6









 



6

   6

   6









 



 



 

 

mp

 



6



6



      

6









6

   6

   6









 



6

   6

   6









 



6

   6

   6







54

 





Ob.





Cl.





256

Picc.

Bsn.

Hn.



 

 

 



 

Rallentando while repeating































 



 



Hn.











C Tpt.





















Tbn.





He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,

Vln. I

Rallentando while repeating

   

 

pizz.

  6

6 6 6                         

Vln. II



Vla.



 

6

    

  

Vc.

Cb.



6

  



 



6

     

6

  



  

6

     6



  



 



pizz

 

 



 



  





  

  

mp

mp

 



 



  

     

6

     6



  



pizz

 

mp pizz.

 

mp

 

mp





 







   





55

 

q = 60 m.m.

258

Picc.









Ob.











Cl.





















Bsn.

Hn.



  

















 

















 

















 

















 

 

 

 

 

 

p

Hn.

p

C Tpt.

p

Tbn.



p

            play with hard end of stick

Timp.

pp

simile

 

 

 

 

 

...Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;

Vln. I

 

q = 60 m.m.

 

 

And under the alders that skirt its edge,









Vln. II











Vla.













Vc.

arco



p Cb.













arco



p

 

 

56

Tempo primo (q = 120 m.m.)

 







































262

Picc.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



  

 



 

 



Hn.

   

   

To Flute

ff

   

   



   



   



ff

   

ff    



ff





 







 





























 f







  f  f

C Tpt.

Tbn.

Timp.

Tub. B.



 

 





 

 





 

 

     

 

 



 

 

 



 











 

 

 



 

 

  f



  

 

Vln. II

Vla.

f





 

 

 





Tempo primo (q = 120 m.m.)





arco    

               

ff





















arco    



              

ff



Vc.

Cb.



 

ff Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.

Vln. I

 

arco    

    



ff







 











   

   









   

   



ff

ff

57

 





                                     







    p

        

           







   

        







              

            mp              

 





















































268

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



Hn.

C Tpt.

Tbn.

Tub. B.



     

5 





 

 

mp

p

f

p

 

mp

mp

It was twelve by the village clock, When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.

Vln. I

                                      









                    









Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.







































   

58

                         272

Fl.

mf

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.



                              

  

        

         

   

       

   

              

     

 

  

       

  

        

 

      

     





     





 



     275

Fl.

to Piccolo













Ob.

   













Cl.

   

























Bsn.

Hn.



   

                                                      mp

Hn.

C Tpt.

                                mp                                   mp

Tbn.

            mp

         

                                 

                           

59

     f

       



    

       



 

  







    f

       



    

       



 

  





























279

Hn.

Hn.

             solo

C Tpt.

f

Tbn.

Tri.



   

f     

 

       

       

f

 

           

                 

       



 



 

         

          

















Vc.







   

Cb.







  

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.



             f

f

    f

f

f

                       



 



 



 

   282

Vln. I



Vln. II

      

          

Vla.

      

Vc.

Cb.

      



   

    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

60

   285

Picc.

 

Ob.

 

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



 

   





   





   









ff    

ff    

ff    

   

  f







 

 

Tbn.

Timp.

Vln. I

 

  

      

   



  

       



 

Vc.



   

   

   

   

   



 















 f















 f

















       

ff

   





ff

Vla.

   



                             

       

   



   

    

   

   

   

   

      

f

    





ff

 

    

   





 

    

   





ff

ff

   

f

              

Vln. II

Cb.

f

       

   



f

 

  

f

f

C Tpt.

   

ff

  

Hn.

   

61

    

           





   

           





289

Hn.

ff

Hn.

C Tpt.

Timp.

Vln. I



ff

 











                 

Vla.



f

                               

Vln. II





Cb.

 Hn.















293    

 

ff

   

Hn.

C Tpt.

Timp.

Vla.







  



 





             

Vc.

Cb.



ff

  







  









p













off the string, quasi scherzando

       

   mp   mp

    

    

                         

 

   





   













 

        

            









          

         

       









He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer's dog,

mf Vc.

quasi-flutter, a rooster crowing     

   

 

 



   

 



 



         f





    



  



  

   

           

   

   

       

   

   

   

                 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

         ff

62

 















297

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

                                                  6







6 6 6 6 6 6                                          6

6



                           fff











     

















                 fff        





      

Vc.







   

And he felt the damp of the river fog, That rises after the sun goes down.

  

mp







 

  





  

 







 



ff

 

ff

ff



   





Vla.

 



  

   



Vln. II

6

p

ff

Cb.

6

6

p

fff

Vln. I

6



C Tpt.

Timp.

6





Hn.

Tbn.

6

6



  

mp

mp

p

p

3









3





3









3



63

Fl.

300 6 6 6 6 6                                                    6

6





Ob.



6



mf

 6                              6 6 6

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



6

6



6

6







mf

 















mf





Hn.

mf





C Tpt.

mf Tbn.

Vln. I





  

    

Vla.

 

Vc.

  

Cb.

mf

     

Vln. II













   3









3



   

3









3



64 6         6                       

302

Fl.

6



6



 

Ob.



6 6                                 6 6

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.



 

  

Hn.

 

C Tpt.

 

Tbn.

Tamb.



 



Tri.



































































   













    







 



  





           

   







Cb.





Tub. B.

Vc.







Vla.







Vln. II





W. Bl.

Vln. I







Glock.











 

pp

let ring

ff

         

                 





pizz.



pizz.



pizz.



pizz.



pp

  

  









pp

 mp



 





It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed,

     pp

     pp      pp

     

pp



        



            



65

  

306 solo

Ob.

Tamb.