Choral Series
Sammy Strent
Continuities Text by Walt Whitman Music by Sammy Strent
for SATB Choir with Piano and Cello
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Continuities for SATB Choir with Piano and Cello Approximate duration: 4 minutes
PERFORMANCE NOTES: • The 32nd notes in the right hand of the piano beginning in measure 21 can be played more like grace notes rather than full-value 32nd notes. • In measure 53, the word “aged” should be pronounced with two syllables. • In measure 55, treat the word “fires” as a one syllable word. • The suggested bowing for the cello in measure 17 is:
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Continuities Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, No birth, identity, form—no object of the world. Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing; Appearance must not foil, nor shifted sphere confuse thy brain. Ample are time and space—ample the fields of Nature. The body, sluggish, aged, cold—the embers left from earlier fires, The light in the eye grown dim, shall duly flame again; The sun now low in the west rises for mornings and for noons continual; To frozen clods ever the spring's invisible law returns, With grass and flowers and summer fruits and corn. -Walt Whitman
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Premiered at the Frost School of Music in Gusman Hall on April 27th, 2021
Text by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Cello
Piano
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
Pno.
4
= 108, With forward energy
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Music by Sammy Strent (b. 2002)
Pedal appropriately
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8
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
A.
T.
B.
C.
Pno.
12
Pno.
S.
A
No thing
No thing
is
ev er real ly
is
No thing
is
ev er real ly
or can be
lost,
ev er real ly
lost,
lost,
is
ev er real ly
No thing
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lost,
lost,
lost,
or can be
lost,
or can be
or can be
lost,
2
No
birth,
birth,
No
No
birth,
No
birth,
i
i
den ti
den ti
ty,
ty,
i
den ti
i
den ti
ty,
ty,
form
form
form
form
no
ob
ject
ob
ject
no
no
ob
ject
no
ob
ject
of the
of the
of the
of the
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3
16
S.
A.
world,
S.
A.
19
Pno.
Nor
life,
nor
force,
nor
nor
nor
force,
nor
force,
nor
force,
nor
B
thing;
ny
vi
vi
si
si
ble
a
ny
vi
vi
pizz.
ny
nor
thing;
a
life,
ble
ny
Nor
a
B. C.
a
T.
life,
life,
world,
Pno.
Nor
world,
Nor
C.
world,
T.
B.
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si
ble
thing;
si
ble
thing;
arco
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22
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
A.
T.
B.
C.
Pno.
24
Pno.
S.
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Ap
pear
ance
must
Ap
pear
ance
must
not
not
4
3
foil,
foil,
nor
shif
nor
shif
ted
sphere
ted sphere
con
con
fuse
thy
fuse
thy
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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3
3
3
3
5
26
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
Pno.
S.
A.
T.
30
brain.
Pno.
Am
ple
Am
ple
are
C
ture.
ture.
and space
am ple the field and
are
time
am ple the field and
and space
time
na
C.
brain.
na
B.
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34
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
38
T.
C.
Pno.
A.
B.
Pno.
S.
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6
No thing
No thing
No thing
No thing
is
ev er real ly
is
lost,
ev er real ly
lost,
is
ev er real ly
lost,
is
ev er real ly
lost,
or can be
lost,
or can be
lost,
lost,
or can be
or can be
lost,
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7
42
S.
A.
T.
C.
No
birth,
No
birth,
No
birth,
No
birth,
B.
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i
den ti
ty,
i
den ti
form
ty,
form
den ti
ty,
form
i
den ti
ty,
form
i
no
no
ob
ject
ob
ject
no
ob
ject
no
ob
ject
of the
of the
of the
of the
46 S.
Pno.
A.
T.
world,
world,
Nor
world,
C.
Pno.
world,
Nor
B.
Nor
Nor
life,
life,
life,
life,
nor
force,
nor
nor
force,
nor
nor
force,
nor
force,
nor
nor
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S.
A.
49
Continuities
a
a
T.
B. a
ny
a
ny
vi
ny
vi
si
ble
thing;
thing;
si
ny
vi
ble
vi
Poco rit...
si
ble
thing;
si
ble
thing;
pizz.
Sul Pont.
= 80, Grounded
D
The
The
The
dy, slug gish,
bo
dy, slug gish,
bo
dy, slug gish,
ooh
arco
bo
Pno. 54 S.
a
ged cold the
ged cold the
A.
T.
em
bers
Pno.
grown
dim
em bers leftfrom ear li er fi res,The light in the eye grown dim
em bers leftfrom
res,The light
3
B. C.
fi
fi
res,The light
grown
dim
shall du ly
flame a gain;
shall du ly
shall du ly
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flame a gain;
flame a gain;
a
ged cold the
C.
a
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Normale
8
9
61
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
A.
T.
Pno.
S.
65
B.
Pno.
in thewest
low
C.
low
in thewest
Poco rit...
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ris
es
ris
The
Gently
E
mor nings
es
sun
ris
The sun
now
now
andfor noons
Gently
for
The sun
mor nings
Gently
Gently
for
Moving
andfor noons
and
for noons
es
noons
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68
S.
A.
con
tin u
C.
Pno.
72
S.
A.
T.
B.
C.
Pno.
con
con
al;
con
flow
flow
grass and flow ers
ers
ers
ers
grass and flow ers
3 3 3
3
3
3
fro zen clods
ev
er
Poco rit...
ah
and sum mer fruits and
fruits
and sum mer fruits and
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3 vi si ble
3
ev er the springs in
To fro zen clods
To
ers
u al;
3
To fro zen clods
u al;
3 ev er the spring's in
To fro zen clods
u al;
flow
With
tin
flow
With grass and flow ers
With
tin
With grass and flow ers
tin
u al;
con
tin u
tin
con
al;
B. T.
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fro
vi si ble
F
land re turns,
A Tempo
corn.
corn.
land re turns,
zen
spring's
10
and
corn.
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11
76
S.
A.
T.
A.
con
80
al;
tin
u
Pno.
con
tin
u al;
al;
ah
con
con
tin
tin
tin
con
tin
u
u al;
ah
al;
ah
u
tin
u
ah
tin
u
con
u al;
con
con
tin
con
u al;
Stagger breathe until end
con
u
al;
tin
Molto rit...
al;
C.
con
al;
B.
al;
T.
Pno.
S.
B. C.
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Continuities
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tin
u
Cello
Continuities
= 108, With forward energy 11
18
23
29
36
40
pizz.
C
3
3
3
B
A
3
3
arco
Music by Sammy Strent (b. 2002)
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46
D
= 80, Grounded Sul Pont. 52 56
60
70
78
82
64
Normale
E
Moving
arco
pizz.
Poco rit...
F
Poco rit...
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