for the Amherst College Concert Choir Mallorie Chernin, director
A Black Birch in Winter Gregory W. Brown
Richard Wilbur
q ≈ 76; with warm respect; legato; rubato
b 4P j b & b 4 œ œ œ œ
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You might not know
this
bb 4P j & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ
You might not know this old
bb b 4Pœ œ V 4 J œ œ You might not
know
? b b 44Pœ œ œ œ b J You might not
4
know
œ œ 45 œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ 43 œ old
tree
So
tree
œ œ œ
So
this old
tree
So
this old
deep now are the
deep now
are the
deep now are the
? b b 44 3 b œ œœ œ ‰œ 4 ˙ gloss - y - dark,
So
deep
stri
-
ate
smooth, and
by its bark,
Which once was
stri - ate smooth, and
by its
bark,
Which once was
stri
-
œ
ate
œ œ 44
smooth, and
œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ 45 œ œ œ œ ‰ 4 œ œ tree
rifts
rifts
b 4 3 5 V b b 4 œ œ œ œ ‰ œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ. gloss - y - dark,
Which once was
45 œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ 43 œ
b 4 5 & b b 4 œ œ œ œ ‰ œ 43 œ 4 œ. œ œ œ gloss - y - dark,
bark,
5 3 4 œœ 4 œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4
b 4 & b b 4 œ œ œ œ ‰ œ 43 œ œ œ œ œ œ 45 œ . gloss - y - dark,
by its
œ œ 44
œ
rifts
by its bark,
stri - ate smooth,
and
j œ œ- œ œ œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
which sep - a - rate the rough - ened
sur - face in - to flake and plate.
44 j œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ- œ œ œ œ œ
which sep - a - rate the rough - ened
sur - face in - to flake and plate.
4 j œ œ- œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
which sep - a - rate the rough - ened
5 œ œ 4 œ œ ˙
are the
Which once was
œ œ 44
rifts, so deep…
Ó
sur - face in - to flake and plate.
44
Music © 2014 Gregory W. Brown (ASCAP) “A Black Birch in Winter” from THE MIND-READER by Richard to Wilbur. Copyright © 1971 by Richard This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com purchase performance copies.Wilbur. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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