SATB a cappella
The Frost Kathleen Allan 2015 Winter Uplands
by Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) The frost that stings like fire upon my cheek, The loneliness of this forsaken ground, The long white drift upon whose powdered peak I sit in the great silence as one bound; The rippled sheet of snow where the wind blew Across the open fields for miles ahead; The far-off city towered and roofed in blue A tender line upon the western red; The stars that singly, then in flocks appear, Like jets of silver from the violet dome, So wonderful, so many and so near, And then the golden moon to light me home-The crunching snowshoes and the stinging air, And silence, frost, and beauty everywhere.
Commissioned by Univox
Dallas Bergen, Artistic Director, Toronto, Canada
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Commissioned by Univox Choir Toronto, Dallas Bergen, Artsitic Director
The Frost
SATB a cappella Archibald Lampman (1861-1899)
Kathleen Allan (b.1989)
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up - on my cheek,
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sit,
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b˙
bound;
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˙
Ah Copyright © Kathleen Allan 2015
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for miles a -
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head;
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26 Poco più mosso q = 72
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b œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ
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bœ
-
w
vio - let
Œ
ap
west - ern
jets of sil - ver from a
¢
then
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red.
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∑
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poco rit.
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and
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moon
& œ
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light
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and
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so
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near,
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p cresc.
j œ
And then the gold - en moon,
and
∑
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near,
mf A Tempo q = 72
w
w
home—
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this for - sak - en
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me
mf
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home—
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& œ
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mf
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j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ b˙
gold - en moon,
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to light me
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moon,
so
so ma - ny and so
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° & ˙
near, mp
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So won - der - ful,
mf œ œ™ œ œ ‰ J
dome,
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mp
5
accel.
as
long white drift up-on whose pow - dered peak I sit in the great si - lence
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w
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j œ b˙ ™
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j œ ˙™
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onebound;
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‰ œj f
as
onebound;
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b˙ ™
ground, Ah, si - lence as one bound; This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
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The
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œbœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ b˙ ™ œ
œ œ œ ˙
rip - pled sheet of snow where the wind blew
&
f
˙
Oh,
A - cross the o - pen fields for miles a - head;
miles
b˙
˙ snow
blew,
miles
blew A- cross the fields,
miles
Oh,
snow
blew,
miles
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œ bœ bœ œ ˙ w
œ œ œ ˙
far - off ci - ty tower'd and roofed in
& nw w
far,
blue,
head;
a
-
head;
a
-
head;
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‰ bœj
ern
red.
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Œ
the west - ern
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red.
f œ sempre œ œ bœ œ J
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Œ
up - on the west
-
sempre f
blue,
b˙
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œ
sempre f
b˙˙ ™™
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bb˙˙
n˙˙
‰ bœJ œ œ ˙™
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a
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snow
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b˙ ˙
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a - head;
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˙
& œ œ™ œ™ bœ œ œ œ œ ˙ ‹ rip-pled sheet of snow where the wind blew f ? ˙ ¢ ˙
‰ œJ
up - on
up - on
the west - ern
sempre f
˙
˙
sub. p
red.
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west - ern red. far, blue, This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
Œ
° bœ &
‰ bœj œ
52
stars,
j bœ & ‰ bœ
the stars,
p
¢
& ‹
p
b˙
‰ œj bœ œ œ bœ œ
The stars,
‰ œj œ ˙
Œ
œ
flocks ap - pear, f
Œ
° ˙˙ &
gold
& Œ
molto rit.
b˙˙
-
‰
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Oh p
& w ‹ Oh
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the gold - en,
f
j œ œ œ bœ œ
j œ
and
œ œ œ œ œ ˙ >
œœ
œ
moon,
Meno mosso, freely q = 54
bœœ œ- œ- œ-œ ˙™
moon
crunch - ing snow - shoes and the sting- ing air, p
w
And then mf cresc.
‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ
Ó
˙˙
en mf cresc.
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&
œ œ œ œ
And then the gold-en moon,
And then the gold - en
58
mf cresc.
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Ó
stars
55
¢
in
˙˙
the stars that sin - gly then in flocks ap - pear,
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? bw
f
‰ bœj bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ w
the stars,
stars p
œ œ n˙˙
œ
the stars that sing - ly, then
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to light me
mp
‰
home— f
j œ
The
œ bœ œ œ- œ- œ-œ w
p
gold - en moon to light me
home— f
p
then the gold - en moon to light me
home— f
p
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œ
-œ
to
light
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me
w
w
home—
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Œ Ó
si - lence, frost, and
Ó
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Œ
frost,
œ Œ Ó
Ó
bœ Œ Ó
Ó
45
beau - ty
ev' - ry - where.
bœ ˙
beau - ty
œ œ
ev' - ry - where.
beau - ty
ev' - ry - where.
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45 œ ˙
œ- Œ
45 œ ˙
frost,
44 U w
44 U œ œ w 44 U w œ œ w
Oh frost, beau - ty ev' - ry - where. This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.