Catalog no. 1170 | Gregorio | Look back on time with kindly eyes
Joseph
GREGORIO
Look back on time with kindly eyes a canon for 12-part mixed chorus a cappella
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Look back on time with kindly eyes, He doubtless did his best; How softly sinks his trembling sun In human nature’s west! — Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) “VII.” from Complete Poems (1924), Part IV
Performance note: For Look back on time with kindly eyes to achieve the fullest effect in performance, the choir should encircle the audience, with the sections arrayed in such a way as to make visible and audible the progressions of initial entrances and those beginning in m. 36. The following configuration (or one similar to it) is suggested, placing individual singers or sections along the outer edge of the performance space at the hour markings of a large, imaginary clock, facing the conductor in the center:
Soprano III Soprano II
Bass I
Soprano I
Bass II
Tenor III
CONDUCTOR
Bass III
Tenor II
Alto I
Tenor I
Alto II Alto III
Look back on time with kindly eyes may be performed a half step lower than written.
— J.G.
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for Choral Chameleon Vince Peterson, director
Look back on time with kindly eyes Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) “VII.” from Complete Poems (1924), Part IV
Joseph Gregorio
Gently (q = 69) Soprano I
p
4 4 Look
p Soprano II
4 4 Look
back
on
kind
ly
time
with
p Soprano III
4 4 Look
Alto I
4 4
Alto II
4 4
Alto III
4 4
Tenor I
4 4
Tenor II
4 4
Tenor III
4 4
Bass I
4 4
Bass II
4 4
Bass III
4 4
back
on
time
with
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eyes,
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with
2 6
S. I back
on
time
kind
ly
eyes,
kind
ly
eyes,
with
kind
ly
eyes,
kind
ly
eyes,
with kind ly
eyes,
with
kind
ly
S. II with
with kind ly
S. III
A. I
A. II
A. III
T. I
p T. II Look
back
on
p T. III Look
back
on
time
with
kind
B. I
B. II
B. III
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ly
3 11
S. I eyes,
with kind
ly
eyes,
look
back
on
S. II eyes,
look back on
time
with kind ly eyes,
mp S. III look back on
time
with kind ly eyes,
look
back on time with kind ly
A. I
A. II
mp A. III He
doubt less
p T. I Look
back
on
time
with
kind
ly
eyes,
look back
on
T. II time
with
kind
ly
eyes, look back on
time
with
T. III eyes, look back on
time
with
kind
B. I
B. II
B. III
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ly
eyes,
4 16
mp
S. I time
with kind ly eyes,
look
back on time with kind
ly
mp S. II look
back on time with kind
ly
eyes,
S. III eyes,
mp A. I He
doubt less
mp A. II He
doubt less
did
his
best,
mf A. III did
his
best,
his
best,
he
T. I time
with
kind
ly eyes,
mp T. II kind
ly eyes,
look
mp T. III look
back
on time with
kind
ly
B. I
B. II
B. III
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eyes,
5 20
S. I eyes,
S. II
mf S. III He
doubt less
did
his
best,
mf A. I did
his
best,
his
best,
he
mf A. II his
best,
he
doubt
less did
his
best,
A. III doubt
less did
his
best,
his
best,
mf T. I look
back
on
time
with
kind
ly
eyes,
T. II back
on
time
with
kind
ly
eyes,
mf T. III his
B. I
mf B. II He
doubt
less
mf B. III He
doubt
less
did
his
best,
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he doubt less
6
mf
24
S. I He
doubt less
did
his
best,
mf S. II He
doubt less
did
his
best,
poco f S. III his
poco f A. I doubt
less did
his
best,
his
best,
poco f A. II his
best,
he doubt less did
his
best,
poco f A. III he doubt less did
his
best,
he
doubt
less
poco f T. I his
mf
poco f
T. II his
best,
he doubt less did
his
poco f T. III best,
he doubt less did
his best,
he
mf
doubt
less
poco f
B. I He
doubt
less did
his
best,
he doubt less
poco f B. II did
his
best,
he doubt less did
his
best,
his best,
poco f
he
poco f
B. III did
his
best,
his best,
he
doubt less
did
his best,
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he
7 28
f
S. I his
f S. II his
best,
he
doubt
less did
his
f S. III best,
he
doubt
less did
his
best,
he doubt less didhis
f
più f
A. I he doubt less did
his
best,
he
doubt
less
f A. II he
doubt
less
did
his
best,
f A. III did
his
best,
he
doubt less
did
his best,
più f
f T. I best,
he doubt less did
his best,
he doubt
less
f T. II best,
he
doubt
less did
his
best,
f T. III did
his
best,
he
doubt less did
his
più f
f B. I did
his
best,
his best,
he
doubt less
did
his best,
he
f B. II doubt less
did
his best,
he
doubt
less did
his
best,
f B. III doubt
less did
his
best,
he
doubt less
did
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his best,
8 32
più f
Slowing
ff
S. I best,
he
doubt
less did
his
best,
his
più f
ff
he doubt less did his best,
his
best;
S. II best,
best;
ff
più f S. III best,
he
doubt less did
his best,
his best,
he
doubt less did his best;
ff A. I did
his
best,
his
best;
più f
ff
A. II he
doubt
less
did
his best,
his
più f
ff
he doubt less did his best,
he
best;
A. III doubt less did his best;
ff T. I did
his
best,
he
doubt less did
più f
his
best;
ff
T. II he
doubt less did
his
best,
his
best;
ff
più f T. III best,
he
doubt
less
did
his best,
he
doubt
less
doubt less did his best;
ff B. I doubt
less did
his
best,
he
did
his best;
ff
più f B. II he
doubt
less
did
his best,
he doubt less did
più f
ff
B. III he doubt less did
his
best,
his
best;
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his
best;
36
9
As at first (q = 69)
S. I
S. II
S. III
A. I
A. II
A. III
T. I
T. II
T. III
mp
3
B. I How
soft ly
sinks
his
trem
bling sun,
how soft
mp
ly sinks his 3
B. II How
soft
ly
sinks
his
trem
bling
mp B. III How
soft
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ly
sinks
10 42
S. I
S. II
S. III
mp
3
3
3
A. I How soft
ly
sinks
his
trem
bling
mp
sun,
how soft
3
ly,
3
A. II How soft
ly
sinks
his
trem
bling
mp
3
A. III How soft
ly
T. I
T. II
T. III
3
3
B. I trem
bling sun,
his
trem
bling
sun,
how soft ly sinks his
3
3
B. II sun,
how soft
ly sinks his
trem
bling sun,
his
trem
3
3
B. III his
trem
bling sun,
how soft
ly sinks his
trem
bling sun,
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bling
11 48
S. I
S. II
S. III
3
3
A. I how soft ly
sinks
his
trem
bling sun,
3
his trem bling sun, 3
A. II sun,
how soft
ly,
how soft ly
sinks
his 3
3
A. III sinks
his
trem
bling
sun,
how soft
mp
ly,
3
3
T. I In hu man na
ture's
west,
in
T. II
T. III
3
B. I trem bling sun,
how
soft
ly
sinks
his
how
soft ly sinks his
3
B. II sun,
how soft ly sinks his
trem
bling sun,
3
B. III his
trem
bling
sun,
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12
mf
52
S. I In hu man na
ture's
S. II
S. III
3
3
3
A. I how soft
ly sinks
his
trem
bling sun
3
3
3
A. II trem
bling
sun,
his trem bling sun,
how soft ly
sinks
his
3
trem
3
A. III how soft ly
sinks
his
trem
bling
sun,
his trem bling sun,
3
T. I hu man na ture's west,
mp
in
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
mf
3
3
3
T. II In hu man na
ture's west,
in
hu man na ture's west,
mp
in
hu
man 3
3
T. III In hu man na
ture's
west,
in
3
B. I trem
bling sun,
his
trem
bling sun
mf
3
B. II how
soft
ly
sinks
his
trem
bling sun,
his
trem
ly
sinks
bling
3
B. III trem
bling
sun,
how
soft
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his
13 56
3
S. I west,
in
hu man na ture's west,
mf
3
S. II In hu man
na
ture's
west,
in
hu man na ture's west,
mf S. III In hu man 3
mf
na
ture's
3
A. I In hu
man
na
ture's
3
A. II bling sun
mf
3
3
3
A. III how soft ly
sinks
his
trem
mf
bling sun 3
3
3
T. I In
hu
man
na
ture's
T. II na
ture's
west,
mf
3
T. III hu man na ture's west,
in
hu
mf
man
na
ture's west,
3
3
B. I In
hu
man
na
ture's west,
in 3
B. II sun
In
hu
mf
3
B. III trem
bling sun,
his
trem
bling sun
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man
14 60
3
S. I in
hu
man
na
ture's west,
S. II in
hu man
na
3
S. III west,
in
hu man na ture's west, 3
A. I west,
in 3
mf
hu
man na
ture's west,
3
A. II In hu
man
na
ture's
west,
in
3
3
A. III In 3
hu
man
na
ture's
3
T. I west,
in 3
hu
man
na
ture's west,
3
3
3
T. II In
hu
man
na
ture's west,
in 3
hu
man 3
3
T. III In
hu
man
na
ture's
3
3
B. I hu
man na
ture's west, 3
3
3
B. II na
ture's
west,
in
hu
man
na
ture's west,
3
3
B. III In
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
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in
15 64
mp
3
3
3
S. I in
hu
man
na
ture's west,
in
mp
3
hu man
3
3
S. II ture's west,
in
hu
man
na
ture'swest,
mp
3
S. III in
hu man
na
ture's west,
mp
3
in 3
A. I in
hu man na
ture's west,
mp
3
3
3
A. II hu
man na
ture's west,
in
hu man na
ture's
3
A. III west,
in
hu
man na
ture's west, 3
mp
3
T. I in
hu
man na
ture's
west, 3
mp
3
T. II na
ture's west,
in
mp
3
hu
man
3
T. III west,
in
mp
3
hu
man na
ture's west,
3
B. I in
hu
man
na
ture's west,
in
mp
3
hu
3
B. II in
hu
man na
mp
3
3
ture's west, 3
B. III hu
man
na
ture's west,
in
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hu
man
16 69
p
3
S. I na
ture's
west,
in
hu
man
na
ture's
3
S. II in
hu man
na
ture's
west, 3
p
3
3
S. III hu
man
na
ture's west,
3
in
p
3
hu man
3
3
A. I hu man
na
ture's
west, 3
in
hu
man
ture's
west,
na
ture's
3
A. II west,
hu man
mp
3
na
3
A. III in 3
hu man
na
ture's west,
3
3
p
3
3
3
T. I in
hu man
na
ture's west,
in
3
3
hu
man
na
ture's
3
3
T. II na
ture's
west,
in 3
hu man
na
ture's west,
3
T. III in 3
3
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
p
3
3
B. I man
na
ture's west,
hu man
na
ture's west, 3
in
p
3
3
B. II in
hu
man
na
ture's west,
p
3
B. III na
ture's west,
in
hu
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hu man
73
3
17
più p
3
S. I west,
in
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
3
p
3
più p
3
S. II in
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
in
hu
man
3
più p S. III na
ture's
west,
in 3
più p
hu
3
man
na
ture's
3
A. I west,
in
p
3
hu
man
na
ture's west, 3
3
più p
A. II in
p
3
hu
man
na
ture's west,
in
più p
3
3
3
A. III hu man
na
ture's
west,
in 3
più p
3
hu
man na
3
ture's 3
T. I west,
in 3
p
3
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
hu man
3
3
più p
T. II in 3
p
hu
man
na
ture's
west,
in
3
3
3
più p
3
3
T. III in
hu man
na
ture's west,
in
hu
più p
man na 3
ture's 3
B. I hu
man
na
ture's
west,
in
hu
man na
più p
3
B. II na
ture's west, 3
in
hu
più p
3
man
na
pp
3
3
ture's
B. III man
na
ture's west,
hu man
na
ture's west,
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in
ture's
Slowing until the end
18
pp
77
3
3
3
3
S. I hu man na
ture's
west,
hu man
na ture's
west!
pp 3
3
S. II na
ture's
west,
hu man na 3
pp
ture's
west!
3
S. III west,
in
hu
man
na
ture's
pp 3
west!
3
A. I in
hu
3
man
na
3
ture's
pp 3
west!
3
A. II hu
man na
ture's west, 3
hu man
pp
na
3
ture's
west!
ture's
west!
3
A. III west,
in 3
pp
hu
3
man na 3
T. I na
ture's 3
west,
in
hu
man
na
ture's
west!
hu man
na
ture's
west!
pp
3
3
T. II hu
man na
ture's
west,
3
pp
3
3
T. III west, 3
in
pp
hu
man na ture's
west!
na
ture's
west!
3
B. I west,
in
pp
hu man
3
3
B. II west,
in
hu
man na
ture's
west!
B. III hu
man
na
ture's
west!
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approx. 5'