IAC003
by Ian A. Cook 2009
Darest Thou Now, O Soul for SATB choir with divisi a capella
text by Walt Whitman
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IAC003
Darest Thou Now, O Soul by Ian A. Cook
Darest Thou Now, O Soul
Duration: 5'15''
by Walt Whitman Darest thou now, O soul, Walk out with me toward the unknown region, Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow? No map there, nor guide, Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand, Nor face with blooming flesh, nor lips, nor eyes, are in that land. I know it not, O soul, Nor dost thou, all is a blank before us, All waits undream'd of in that region, that inaccessible land. Till when the ties loosen, All but the ties eternal, Time and Space, Nor darkness, gravitation, sense, or any bounds bounding us. Then we burst forth, we float, In Time and Space, O soul, prepared for them, Equal, equipt at last, (O joy! O fruit of all!) them to fulfil, O soul. Darest Thou Now, O Soul is copyrighted Š 2009 by Ian A. Cook All rights are reserved. Ian A. Cook is a member of ASCAP and receives royalties for all performances of his compositions. Please report all performances at ianacook.com/performance-notification
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Darest Thou Now, O Soul
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2009
for SATB choir a cappella
q=63 S.
pp Da
-
rest thou?
pp
A.
Da
-
rest
thou?
r Pe
T.
Da
pp
B.
-
Da
-
Mm
q=63
(rehearsal only)
Pno.
9
mp
mp
now,O soul, mp
now,O soul, mp
thou now,O soul,
mp
mp
mp
un -known re
-
gion,
out with me toward the
p
un -known re
walk out with me toward the mp
p
walk out with me toward the mp
gion, p
un -known re
-
-
gion, p
un -known re
-
gion,
mp
rest? Da
-
rest
p
-
rest
cresc.
-
rest thou
cresc.
-
thou
p
Da
walk
p
rest thou?
Da
-
rest
Più mosso
walk out with me toward the
cresc.
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p
p
Più mosso
where nei -ther ground is for the feet
e or Sc
thou now,O soul,
p
Da
Da
al
pp
rest thou?
-
Più mosso
rest thou?
rest thou?
Da
us
-
rest thou?
cresc.
-
Da
pp
Da
Mm
Mm
cresc.
where nei -ther
ground
where nei -ther
is for the
ground
where nei -ther
ground
Più mosso
4
A tempo
16
mp
a -ny path
mp
feet
to
fol - low.
to
r Pe is for the feet
mp
nor a -ny path
to
fol - low.
touch of
p
face with bloom -ing flesh,
nor
nor lips,
nor eyes,
are
in
that
land.
Più mosso
mp
hand,
mp
e or Sc
I
nor lips,
nor eyes,
are
in
that
I
land.
I
mp
p
mp
know
it
mp
know
know
I
hu - man
mp p
al
mp nor
map there,nor guide,
23
Mm
us
Mm
A tempo
No
a -ny path to fol -low.
mp
p
Mm
fol - low.
mp
p
a -ny path
mp
know
it
Più mosso
mp
5
31
not,
not,
mf
O
soul,
mf
O
soul, mf
nor
not,
soul,
O
mf
soul,
mf
38
a
blank be - fore
dost thou, all is
us,
a blank be - fore
mf dost thou, all is
a
us,
Più mosso
A tempo
all waits un - dream'd
all waits un - dream'd
mf
all waits un - dream'd
us,
blank be - fore
all waits un - dream'd
al
nor
dost thou, all is mf
us,
us
nor
a blank be - fore
mf
nor
dost thou, all is
r Pe
not, O
Più mosso
mf
of in that re - gion,
of in that re - gion,
that
in - ac - ces - si -ble land.
Mm
T1 solo: Till
of in that re - gion,
of in that re - gion,
that
that
in - ac - ces - si -ble
land.
p when
the ties
p
Mm
A tempo
Mm
in - ac - ces - si -ble land.
e or Sc
p
p
6 45
mp cresc. S1 solo: nor dark
-
Ooh Mm
A1 solo:
Time
and
Space,
mp cresc.
dark - ness,
-
en,
all
r Pe
loos
-
grav
grav
- i
-
-
ta - tion,
- i
grav - i - ta - tion, sense,
ta - tion,
sense,
sense,
grav
- i
-
ta - tion,
sense,
mf cresc.
nor
a - ny bounds bound -ing us.
mf cresc.
Ooh
mf cresc.
poco accel.
bound -ing us.
Ah
Ooh
Ooh
mf cresc.
Ah
bound -ing us.
Ooh
Ooh
mp cresc.
nor
mf cresc.
mp cresc.
e or Sc
ness,
al
53
dark -ness,
mp cresc.
dark - ness,
us
but the ties e - ter - nal,
Ah
Ah
A - ny bounds poco accel.
7
A tempo
molto rit. Ah
61
bounds bound -ing us.
Then
bound -ing us.
A - ny bound -ing us.
bounds bound -ing us. A - ny bounds bound -ing us.
Then
69
float,
in
Time
mf
float,
in
Time
mf
in
Time
mf
in
mf
Then
forth,
and
and
Space,
and
Space,
mp
mp
O
mp
Time
and
Space,
O
O
soul,
forth, we decresc.
ff
-
pared for
mp
O
soul,
pre
soul,
-
pre
soul,
pre
-
decresc.
them,
e - qual,
e -
e - qual,
e -
them,
e - qual,
e -
pared for them,
pared for
pared for them,
-
we
mp
decresc.
forth,
float,
we
we
forth,
A tempo
pre
burst
forth, decresc.
burst
we burst
molto rit.
Space,
burst ff
decresc.
e or Sc
float,
mf
we
al
us
ff
Ah
ff
we burst ff
Then
r Pe
we
bound - ing us.
e - qual,
e -
8 75
decresc.
quipt at
poco rit. p
last,
them
decresc.
quipt at last, (O
quipt at last, (O
joy!
O
fruit
joy!
O
fruit
r Pe
decresc.
decresc.
quipt at
of
all!)
pp
pp
ful - fil,
them
p
to
of
them
to
all!)
p
p
ful - fil,
O
O
ful - fil,
them to poco rit.
ful - fil,
soul.
O
soul.
soul.
pp
O
soul.
molto rall.
pp
pp
al
us
to
p
last,
decresc.
molto rall.
e or Sc