The White Heron

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IAC020

by Ian A. Cook 2013

The White Heron for SATB choir a capella

text by William Butler Yeats 1921

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IAC020

The White Heron by Ian A. Cook

The White Heron

Duration: 2'45''

by William Butler Yeats Motionless under the moon-beam, Up to his feathers in the stream; Although fish leap, the white heron Shivers in a dumbfounded dream.

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The White Heron for SATB chorus William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) 1921

q=72

Soprano

 p    

mp

       

Alto

Tenor

Bass

 

pp

  

pp

  

  

Ooh

  p

mo

  

Ooh

pp



 

mo

p

 

us

   

for rehearsal only

   p

  

 

pp

   

A tempo sub. mf

9

S.

   

 

   

A.

 



moon - beam,

T.

B.

  

  

   

  



  

-

     

A tempo sub. mf

 

   

mp

  

 

mp

-

   

  

 

  

-

tion -less

 

un - der the

mp

 

less

un - der

the

  

  

mp

     

mf

up

to his

fea -thers

up

up to his

     

3

     mf

3

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  fea - thers

thestream,

 

mp

 

mf

up

to his

fea - thers

mp

mf

    

              

      

to his

fea -thers in



to his fea -thers

mf

 

mf

          

    

 



 



 

mp

 

mp

to his fea -thers

up

3

the



    3   

 

mp

beam,



un - der

less

mf



mf

-

mo - tion

up to his fea - thers

-

 

3

up

3

rall.

mp

    

mp

 

tion - less,



the moon

tion - less

mo - tion

   

der

 

-

  

less,

-

mp

       

ooh

mo

-

mf

 mf

moon - beam,

less,

mo

mp

  

9

  

  

ooh

       moon - beam,

tion

p

mo

-

 

mo -tion -less,

 

tion

-

 

e or Sc

  

-

  

al

 

  un

p

Ooh

q=72

 

mo -tion -less

r Pe

Mo -tion -less,

  

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

  

mf

mp

mf


2

 mp     16

S.

A.

p

mo -tion - less,

in

the

stream;

mp

p

 

  ooh

 



in

the

stream;

 

mp

r Pe

 



T.

     mp

B.

in

mp

mp

 

 

mp



in

the

stream;



 





mp

  



      p

fish,

p

leap,

    fish

 al -

p

  

  

fish

  

mp

al -though

p

leap,

  

al though,

p

p

p

   

us

  

fish

the stream;

ooh

16

 



  

leap,

     



 

mp

 

p





p

al 25

 

mf



al -though

fish

  

   leap,

mf

A.

                  though fish leap,

T.

B.

 

al - though fish

     

mf

al - though fish

  

 

leap,

leap,

 

 

      

  

 

mf

         

 

  

 

p

mo -tion - less,



  

  

 

    

her - on

   

 

   

    

mf

her - on

white

   p

   

 

shi - vers,



  

 

 

shi - vers

       her - on

 

the white

sfz p

  

leap, the

mo -tion - less,

    

white

mf

 

  

sfz p

 

shi - vers,

sfz p

white

fish

25

sfz p    

    

e or Sc

S.

  

shi - vers

     sfz

p

      

 

   

  


3 33

S.

   

  

in

A.

  

the

B.

  

 

   

sfz p    

   

sfz p

the

    

  

in

      sfz p      

us

  

   



a

dumb

dream.

A.



dream.

T.

B.

  

Mo -tion - less,

in

a

mp

 in

    





Mo -tion - less,

in

a

in

a

  

mp



Mo -tion -less,

39

  

  

  mp

Mo -tion - less,

mp

  

dream.

  

 

a

Meno mosso



  

mp

rall.

dream,

dream,

p

 







 

 

a

dumb

dream,



 



dream,

a

dream,

p

 

p

a

 

in

 

 

-

foun - ded

 

   

dumb - foun - ded

p

in

foun - ded

rit.



in

-

foun - ded dream.

 

p

a

 



dream,











in

a

dream,





 



p

   

 

 

in

a

dream.

pp

pp

in

dream,

rall.

   

  

a

p

Meno mosso mp

  

-

dumb

e or Sc

S.

  

   

al

39

 

p

in

sfz p

 

a

in

shi - vers

 

shi - vers

stream,

  

p

shi - vers

  

33

in

r Pe

T.

stream,

her - on

   in

 

rit.

 a

 

dream.



 

in

a

dream.

 

in

a

dream.





  

 

 

pp

pp

pp

  

  


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