Commissioned by the Littleton High School Troubadours and their director Jim Farrell for their performance at the 2011 Colorado Music Educators Association Conference
Cradle Song WILLIAM BLAKE
SOPRANO
Sleep,
ALTO
mp
solo
Sleep,
A.
of
the joys of
Dream - ing in
the
Sleep,
in
in
sleep;
night;
Sleep,
7
sleep beau - ty bright
night;
S.
Dream - ing
4
joys
sleep, beau - ty bright,
S. A.
TIMOTHY JON THARALDSON
q = 50 (Like a soothing lullaby) solo mp
thy
sleep
lit - tle
in
thy
sleep
sleep;
sor - rows sit and
weep.
sor - rows sit and
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2
S. 10
A.
slightly faster q = 58 tutti p
B.
Pno.
S.
B.
in
thy
face
in
thy
face
Sweet babe, sweet babe
in
mp
soft
mp
soft
de
-
Sec - ret joys
and
Lit - tle pret - ty in -
sec - ret smiles
sec - ret smiles
sec - ret
Sec - ret joys
sec - ret smiles
lit
smiles
lit - tle pret - ty in - fant
Sec - ret joys mp
fant
Sec - ret joys mp
face
I can
sires I can trace,
de - sires mp
face
thy
mp
Sweet babe, sweet babe p
Pno.
Sweet babe, sweet babe p
trace,
T.
rit.
14
A.
Sweet babe, sweet babe, in thy face, thy tutti p
weep.
T.
lit
-
tle
-
tle
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3
S. a tempo q =58 mf
18
wiles. As thy
A.
wiles.
wiles.
T.
B.
wiles.
Pno.
S. 23
cheek,
A.
cheekand
T.
steal
B.
cheek,
Pno.
feel
Smiles as
As thy soft-est limbs I
feel
Thy
thy
O'er
o'er thy cheek
thy breast Where thy
breast Where thy
and o'er thy breast
Thy
lit - tle
lit - tle
morn-ing steal O'er thy
the morn-ing
morn - ing O'er thy
lit - tle heart doth rest.
heart
doth
heart
lit - tle heart
O'er thy
of the mf
steal
Smiles as of
mf
the morn ing
o'er thy
Smiles as of mf
and o'er thy breast
soft-est limbs I
rest.
rest.
both
doth
f
rest.
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O the
4
27
S.
cun -ning mf
wiles that creep
cun -ning mf
wiles that creep, that creep
A.
mp q = 53
In thy
Pno.
wake, then the dread - ful night shall
wake, B. wake,
T.
Pno.
wake,
When thy mp
lit - tle heart doth
When thy mp
lit - tle heart doth
lit - tle heart a - sleep!
When thy
lit - tle heart doth
q = 50 as in the beginning p solo
32
A.
lit - tle heart doth
lit - tle heart a - sleep! f
S.
When thy
mp
lit - tle heart a - sleep! f
cun - ning wiles that creep
f
lit - tle heart a - sleep! f
T. cun -ning wiles that creep mf B.
Slower than before
rit.
mf
break.
dead - ful night shall
dread - ful night shall
sleep, beau - ty bright,
Dream - ing
break.
break.
Sleep,
sleepbeau - ty bright,
break.
dread - ful night shall
Sleep,
p solo
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S. 37
A.
T.
B.
Pno.
B.
joys
tutti pp
of
Sleep,
Slower and deliberate ........... mp
sleep, thy sleep
mp
in thy sleep, thy sleep mp
sleep, thy sleep lit - tle
Sleep,
sleep;
pp
Sleep,
sleep;
Sleep,
sleep,
sit
sor - rows pp
sit
sor - rows
and
sit
weep.
sor - rows sit and weep.
rows sit
sor - rows sit and weep.
sor -
sleep,
5
sor - rows pp
pp
sleep, thy sleep mp
pp
back to tempo pp
night.
the joys of night;
Pno.
S.
T.
the
in
41
A.
Dream - ing in
tutti pp
sor - rows sit and weep.
July 25, 2010 Berthoud, Colorado
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