Sarah Rimkus
Shenandoah for SATB + soprano solo
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Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you Far away, you rolling river, Oh Shenandoah, just to be near you, Far away, I’m bound away ‘cross the wide river. Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Far away, you rolling river, For you I’d cross the roaming waters, Far away, I’m bound away, ‘cross the wide river. ‘Tis seven years since I’ve last seen you, Far away, you rolling river, ‘Tis seven years since I’ve last felt you, Far away, I’m bound away ‘cross the wide river. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you Far away, you rolling river, Oh Shenandoah, just to be near you, Far away, I’m bound away ‘cross the wide river.
Programme note: “Oh, Shenandoah” is a long-lived American folk song, originating among traders and travellers on the Missouri river and evolving into a sea shanty sung around the world. Many versions of the tune and lyrics exist, but all carry the same nostalgia. This arrangement uses an accompaniment solely made up of drones from the naturally-occurring harmonic series (with an exception here and there) to turn the sea shanty into an echo of longing across an ocean.
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for Mhairi Sharp and the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir
"Shenandoah"
Slow, but with give-and-take q = c. 44
# # # # 4 F freely - direct the tempo & 4 j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Solo Soprano
Oh,
#### 4 & 4 ‰
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
piano (rehearsal only)
4
S Solo
T
B
4
4
long to
far
way,
a -
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44
j œ
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ri - ver,
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Oh
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∑
be
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near
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, œ œ
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you,
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far a - way,
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π sempre
I'm bound
a-
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>
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(stagger breathe throughout)
>
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Trad. American Arr. Sarah Rimkus
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A
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S Solo
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A
T
B
˙
Œ
way,
'cross the
wide
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Ó
w
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>
(mm)
w
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open up to "oo"
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(mm)
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(stagger breathe throughout)
daugh - ter,
12
j œ œ
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nœ.
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S Solo
S
A
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years
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since I've last
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one singer, very freely one singer
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S Solo
,
nœ
42 42
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# œœœ
N ˙˙ ˙
44 œ œ œ
44 44
4
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24
S Solo
way,
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j œ œ . œ ‰ Jœ ri - ver,
# # # # 4 poco a poco cresc. & 4 w
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# # # # 4 poco a poco cresc. & 4 w˙ ˙
˙w
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nœ
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since I last
open up to "ah"
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felt
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you,
far a -
˙
˙w
(oo)
A
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(oo)
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3
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#### 4 ˙ . V 4
nœ œ ˙.
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(oo)
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just to be near you...
nœ
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ww
poco a poco cresc.
B
↗ ↘
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n ˙w. w
24
24
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nœ
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# a w˙ww w
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rall. poco a poco poco rall.
28
S Solo
& &
S
A
#### ####
B
Œ
one singer
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28
'cross the
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wide
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ri - ver.
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3
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bound a
ww
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way...
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open up to "ah"
n˙
ƒ w
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↗ ↘
ƒ œ œ ˙. w
n˙
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w
w˙
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n ww
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open up to "ah"
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↗ ↘
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3
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####
28
˙
I'm bound a - way,
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way,
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T
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5
a tempo a tempo
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open up to "ah"
(oo)
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n œœ œ ˙ n œ ˙˙
∑ w˙
ƒ w w
Œ
œ
w w
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˙
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6 32
S Solo
&
# # # # loud as possible œ œ œ
# ## & #
S
A
She - nan - do͜ah,
Œ
one singer
I long
to
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a˙
Œ
you rol - ling
˙
3
n ˙w
ww
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˙
Œ
Oh She - nan - do͜ah,
#˙
ww ˙w n ˙
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a˙
˙w one singer
œœ œ œ
I long to hear you...
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Œ œœ ˙ far a - way,
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Œ
3
Ó
hear you,
Oh She - nan - do͜ah,
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T
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3
long to
aœ œ ˙. hear you...
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w
w
w
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w w
w w
w w
(ah)
B
(ah)
# ## & #
32
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32
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www w w w
n˙ www
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œ œ œ 3
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#˙
ww˙ w w w w
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n˙
# ## & #
36
S Solo
7
j œ œ . œ ‰ œJ ri - ver,
Oh
œ œ œ She - nan - doah,
Œ
œ œ œ œ œ just
to be near
œ œ œ ˙
A
# ## & #
ww
# ## & # # ww
˙w
3
just to be near
˙
T
B
w
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w w # wwww
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w w w
36
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3
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˙
I'm bound a -
w
w
w˙ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ. œ
w˙ ˙
˙ œ œ3 œ œJ œ .
just to
˙
w
be near you...
˙
w
mm
# ## & #
36
n w˙
you...
w
Oh She - nan - doah,
# ## V #
far a - way,
3
n wœ œ ˙ . Ó
you,
œ œ œ œ œ
Oh Shen - nan - doah,
S
œœ ˙
˙
w w
w
w
n ˙wwœ œ ˙ .
˙
wwœ
n w˙ w w
˙œ œ œ œ
˙ w
3
œ œ
˙ ˙
w˙ ww
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œ. œ
8
#### ˙ &
Œ
40
S Solo
way,
rit. poco a poco (rubato)
œ œ
'cross the
œ.
wide
j œ œ ri
-
œ
ver
S
A
T
B
&
p #œ
w
w
w
w
p n˙.
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# ## & #
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ww
40
40
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V
j œ
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w
j œ œ
Πw
mm
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n ˙w.
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w
mm
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mm
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∑
w Œ
####
>
aœ
˙
˙
w
∑ j œ
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œ˙ . ˙w
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˙. ˙
&
####
&
####
44
S Solo
S
A
T
B
Ó
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####
# ## & #
44
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w
wide
∏
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n˙
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ver.
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44
p
'cross the
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