Robert Paterson
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS for A Cappella Choir
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Program Notes – Short Version (for Program Notes) Eternal Reflections consists of settings of the poems Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz, Life’s Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary E. Frye. Milosz is a Nobel Prize-winning Lithuanian and Polish-American poet. Paul Laurence Dunbar is America’s first prominent AfricanAmerican poet and was a child of ex-slaves. Mary E. Frye was a housewife and florist who became well-known because of her poem.
Program Notes – Long Version Eternal Reflections consists of settings of the poems Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz, Life’s Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary E. Frye. Milosz is a Nobel Prize-winning, Lithuanian and Polish-American poet, prose writer and translator, and is widely considered one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. After spending most of World War II in Nazi-occupied Warsaw working for underground presses, he emegrated to America and taught at the University of California at Berkeley for more than twenty years. I chose this poem partly because I knew this work would be premiered in Berkeley, where he lived for many years. Paul Laurence Dunbar is America’s first prominent African-American poet and was a child of ex-slaves. Although he died at the relatively young age of 33, he produced a large body of work, including this poem and the lyrics for In Dahomey (1903), the first musical written and performed entirely by African-Americans to appear on Broadway. He was friends with many prominent figures of his day, including Wilbur and Orville Wright, Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington, and toward the end of his life he was honored with a ceremonial sword by President Theodore Roosevelt. Mary E. Frye was a housewife and florist who became well-known because of her poem. According to an article in the London Times, “Frye had never written any poetry before 1932, when she and her husband had a young German Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf, staying with them. According to Frye, their guest had been concerned about her mother, who was ill in Germany, but she had been warned not to return home because of increasing anti-Semitic unrest. When her mother died, the heartbroken young woman told Frye that she never had the chance to ‘stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear”.” Although many versions of this uncopyrighted poem exist, the version used in this setting is the one Frye claimed as definitive before she died. Although the three poems are related thematically, there are a few other details that link them together. They are all by poets who lived in America, and both Dunbar and Frye were born in Dayton, Ohio. The poems by both Milosz and Frye are profoundly influenced by the trajedies of World War II, and both Milosz and Frye passed away in 2004. Finally, all three poems use musical and aural metaphors, which are particularly useful when setting poems for a choir. Eternal Reflections was commissioned by Volti, Robert Geary, Artistic Director, for its 30th Season. Do not stand at my grave and weep is dedicated in loving memory to Joseph Henry Geary (July 17, 1922 - June 11, 2008). – RP Duration: ca. 14’30” World Premiere: Volti choir of San Francisco Robert Geary, Director San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto, CA, USA May 15, 16 and 17, 2009 World Premiere Recording: Musica Sacra Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor Eternal Reflections American Modern Recordings AMR1040
U – long fermata W – short fermata
Explanation of Notation
,
– suggested breath mark
n – niente
/ ^
– subito (when placed before a dynamic, i.e. – hard accent
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( ) – All markings in parenthesis are courtesy/cautionary markings. • All accidentals last for the entire measure, unless they are canceled out by another accidental (such as a natural sign). Accidentals only apply to the line or space they are on.
Texts A Song On the End of the World On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net. Happy porpoises jump in the sea, By the rainspout young sparrows are playing And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be. On the day the world ends Women walk through the fields under their umbrellas, A drunkard grows sleepy at the edge of a lawn, Vegetable peddlers shout in the street And a yellow-sailed boat comes nearer the island, The voice of a violin lasts in the air And leads into a starry night. And those who expected lightning and thunder Are disappointed. And those who expected signs and archangels’ trumps Do not believe it is happening now. As long as the sun and the moon are above, As long as the bumblebee visits a rose, As long as rosy infants are born No one believes it is happening now. Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet Yet is not a prophet, for he’s much too busy, Repeats while he binds his tomatoes: No other end of the world will there be, No other end of the world will there be. Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) Translated by Anthony Milosz Based on the poem “A Song on the End of the World” © 1945 Czeslaw Milosz, used with the permission of The Wylie Agency LLC. All rights reserved. Life’s Tragedy It may be misery not to sing at all, And to go silent through the brimming day; It may be misery never to be loved, But deeper griefs than these beset the way. To sing the perfect song, And by a half-tone lost the key, There the potent sorrow, there the grief, The pale, sad staring of Life’s Tragedy.
To have come near to the perfect love, Not the hot passion of untempered youth, But that which lies aside its vanity, And gives, for thy trusting worship, truth. This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) Public Domain, 1903.
Do not stand at my grave and weep Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there. I do not die. Attributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2006) Public Domain, 1932.
Commissioned by Volti, Robert Geary, Artistic Director, for its 30th Season
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS Robert Paterson (2009)
Text by Czeslaw Milosz*)
I. A Song On the End of the World q = Ç 76, adagio
Soprano
4 &4
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∑
∑
∑
7 8
∑
4 4
Alto
& 44
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∑
∑
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78
∑
44
Tenor
V 44
∑
∑
∑
F
œ œ œ œ
78 ˙
œ ˙.
78 ˙
Bass
V 44
∑
∑
p
P j ? 44 œ ˙ œ. On
Bass 2
‰ 44 œ
PERUSAL SCORE F
world ends
Tenor 2
gl.
P
p
the day
On
the day
P j ? 44 œ. œ ˙
˙. ˙.
∑
p Œ p Œ
F j j . œ œ œ œ ˙. œ.
world ends
On
the day
the world ends
F
j j . œ œ œ œ. œ ˙.
On
the day
the world ends
‰ 44 œ
P 78 ˙ œ ‰ 44 78 ˙
*) Translated by Anthony Milosz. Based on the poem A Song on the End of the World © 1945 Czeslaw Milosz, used with the permission of The Wylie Agency LLC. All rights reserved.
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P
4 œ ‰ 4
2 Sop.
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& 44
Ó
∑
6
3
F > f > œ œ Œ ‰ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. J A
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Alto
Ten.
Bass
& 44 & 44
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Alto
Ten.
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∑
cir
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3
P
bee
cir
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cles a
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cles a
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clo
f œœ ..
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clo
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ver,
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j œœ ˙˙ ver,
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F Œ ‰ œJ A
∑
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PERUSAL SCORE &
P ˙
Œ
P &˙
Œ
P & ˙˙ V ?
Í F œ œ œ >˙ . ‰ Jœ œ
3
glim - mer - ing
3
glim - mer - ing
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3
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a
net.
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net.
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Bass
A
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10
Sop.
∑
bee
mends
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a
glim - mer - ing
Œ
net.
Í >˙ . ˙.
net.
f
∑
f f
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f/ F œœ . . > On
the
day
the
day
P j œœ ˙˙
3
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
Sop.
Alto
F >œ gl.œ # # œ # œ j ‰ Jœ J #œ
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13
&
By
f 3 & bœ ‰ œ œ ˙. v
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the rain - spout young
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the world ends
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PERUSAL SCORE 16
Sop.
By
F /p # œœ œœ œœ J
spar
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jump in the sea,
Ten.
the rain - spout young
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day
the world
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day
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the world
ends
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ends
3
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And
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3
the snake
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the snake
is
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3
j œœ 42 is
4
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
2 &4
Sop.
& 42 œ œ œ 3
Alto
44
∑
19
3
œ œ œ
gold - skinned
Ten.
3
Bass
P j œœ œœ
as it
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3
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P ww
f ˙˙ . .
be.
PERUSAL SCORE ƒ
œœ ..
3
& œ œ œ ˙. should al - ways be.
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j œœ ˙˙
On
the day
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
3
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22
Alto
f
3
44 œ œ
gold - skinned
Sop.
3
3
gold - skinned
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∑
f œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ ˙˙ ..
2 V4 œœœ 3
as it
44
(F )
the day
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F
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F ˙.
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> œœ œ œ On the day
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5
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
∑
25
Sop.
Alto
&
∑
&
F >œ œ .œ
∑
Bass
∑
V
(F )
ƒ
F /P
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ends
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v
world ends
v
&
P ˙
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day
the world ends
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3
day
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j œœ ‰ Œ
day
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&
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Ten.
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PERUSAL SCORE 29
Alto
˙.
P ˙˙ ..
ƒ j ? œj œ . œ œ ˙ . œ. œ ˙.
un-der their um-brel-las
/F p œ œ ˙ >
On
On the day the world ends
Sop.
3
Wom - en walk through fields
world ends
Ten.
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the
day
3
grows sleep - y
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the
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day
at the
edge
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f œ œ ˙.
of
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the world
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ends
a lawn,
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the world
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ends
p
6
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
ƒ ^œ- œ F œ œ ‰ J 3
F œ œ œ. j 3 & œ œ
31
Sop.
6
Vege - ta - ble
Alto
&
F
ped - dlers
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lawn,
Ten.
p
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p
F ?˙ ˙
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lawn,
Bass
shout
lawn,
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in the street
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∑ p
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3
v
shout
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‰
Ó
Ó
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Ó
p
And
comes
Ó
PERUSAL SCORE
p a Tempo F 3 U 3 N œœ œœ .. j # œ # œ # ‰ j 43 œ œ œ œ Nœ bœ - bœ œ œ poco rit.
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Œ
& #œ. œ.
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33
Sop.
Alto
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Ten.
near-er
Bass
The
? œœ .. is
-
land,
the is - land,
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F œ ˙ œ ˙ J land,
voice
p
43 ˙ ˙
of a vi - o - lin lasts
Œ
p ˙ 43
Œ
p ˙ 43 ˙
Œ
in the
( p) air
And
U # œœ ˙˙
( p) air
#U œœ ˙˙ air
∑
7
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
Í œ 4 N ww & #œ #œ #œ œ #œ #œ 4
Sop.
leads
Sop. 2
Alto
&
3
in - to
a star - ry
night.
f F F /f >œ > 44 ‰ J b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b˙ 3
Œ
Í
a star - ry night.
44 b ww
night.
Alto 2
Ten.
Ten. 2
&
(t)
! gentler 't' . œ œ ‰
One Solo
∑
& ˙˙
gentle 't' ! œœ œœ ‰ . R
˙˙
36
44 Œ
∑
3
star - ry
F
f
‰ ‰ œj b œ b œ œ >
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night.
(t)
˙˙
/f F bœ œ œ > star - ry
(t)
! gentle 't' > bœ œ ‰. R
PERUSAL SCORE ˙ V ˙ V
Œ
Í 44 b ww
a
star - ry
44
gentle 't' F ! œœ œœ ≈ # œœ
˙˙
night.
∑
night. (t)
∑
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Œ
f F > bœ ! r œ bœ œ œ ‰. (t)
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F j œœ (œ
3
star - ry
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∑
44
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*) And
8
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
Sop.
Alto
Ten.
&
? ˙ ˙˙
who ex - pect - ed
thun - der
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the
world
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Ten.
Are
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thun - der
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dis - ap - point - ed.
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dis - ap - point - ed.
PERUSAL SCORE F & ‰ œ œ œ # œ œ œ b b œœ
V ˙˙ .. ? ˙˙ ..
the
world
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˙˙
42
Alto
dis - ap - point - ed.
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those
Sop.
p (molto) > bœ œbœ nœ bœ œ
light - ning and
those
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39
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ends
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j # œ œ œ œ.
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9
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
F >œ >œ >œ # # ≈ ≈ œ œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ œ . & #œ. #œ #œ œ œ >
44
Sop.
(F )
œ
œ
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signs and arch - an - gels' trumps
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signs
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and arch - an - gels' trumps
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p ? b b ˙˙
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hap - pen - ing now.
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Bass
Ó
∑
& p
Ten.
p Œ ‰ b œj œ œ œ b œ œ
PERUSAL SCORE 46
be - lieve
F p 3 œ œ n œ œ œ b œ b ˙˙ .. >
it is hap - pen - ing now.
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˙˙
b˙
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b ˙˙
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b˙.
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long
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long as the sun
long
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long
as the sun
as the sun
sun
and the
10 Sop.
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49
& bœ moon
Alto
are a - bove,
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bœ œ V œœ œœ œ œ
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and the moon
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moon
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as the bum - ble - bee
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long
F #w
long
long
P / F #œ . #œ œ 43 # ˙
?
3
in - fants are
œ
long
born
as ros - y in - fants are born
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Œ
P > œ #œ #˙ œ 3
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F ˙
long
bum - ble -
3 F P œ Œ ‰ # œJ œ œ # œ # œ œ œ œ œ
vis - its a rose
Ten.
#œ
Œ
PERUSAL SCORE 51
Sop.
/! F
& œ bœ œ œ
and the moon
Ten.
f
F ‰ œ #œ >
vis - its a rose
∑
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/ ˙P.
long
P w
long
long
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as ros - y in - fants are born
3
3 4
born
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43 ˙ .
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44
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44
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in - fants are
!
44
born
43 # ˙ .
born
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4 4 44
& 44
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
54
Sop.
Alto
& 44
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/p V 44 œœ œœ ˙˙ No
Ten.
one
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Bass
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be - lieves
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it
is
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hap - pen - ing
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is
U œœ
hap - pen - ing
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it
hap - pen - ing
3
is
3
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is
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now.
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now.
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now.
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11
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now.
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3
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the day the world ends
p
ww
‰
f # œ >œ œœ ‰ J
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a white - haired old
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3
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3
who
p ww
f F F äœ / # œ ? œ #œ œ œ a œ- ˙ 3 On - ly
Bass 2
œ œ œ
a Tempo
PERUSAL SCORE ∑
&
On
Ten.
∑
3
˙
/p ? 44 œ œ 56
Alto
p
one
No
Sop.
∑ F
one
No
Bass 2
œ.
poco rit.
!/ p ˙
f
a proph - et,
F ˙˙
œœ
who
3
# œœ >œœ œœ ‰ J a proph - et,
!/F /f> œ œ œ Jœ œ œ ‰ Œ 3
who would be a proph - et,
!/F œ
who
/3 f > œ œ œ‰ Œ œ J a proph - et,
12
P &˙
59
Sop.
œ
3
Yet
Alto
P
&˙
P V ˙˙
Yet
Bass 2
?
P
not
œ
F j œœ œœ œœ ‰
much
ƒ j œ œ bœ. œ
v
too bus - y,
ƒ j œ œ œ. œ v
too bus - y,
ƒ j bœ. œ N œ . b œœ . œ œœv œ . œ > too bus - y, much
a proph - et,
for he's
much
œ. > much
^ƒb œ .
j œ œ
œ
too bus - y,
ƒ j œ œ bœ. œ
for he's
v
F > & b œ œ œ b œ 85 b œ b œ b œ A œ b œ œ 42 3
too bus - y,
œ ‰ bœ
42 œ
‰ œ bœ 3
Re -
42 œœ
f œœ ‰ b œ
2 4 œ
œ J ‰ ‰
42 œ
j ‰3 ‰ œ
3
Re -
3
∑
42
∑
43
∑
42
binds his to - ma - toes:
F
Œ.
42
V b˙
F 85 œ
Œ.
42 # œœ œœ œœ œœ
∑
f
Re -
43
85 œ
?
3
∑
& b˙
peats
f
42 œ
PERUSAL SCORE a proph - et,
peats
Bass
œœ
3
bœ. >
a proph - et,
a proph - et,
peats while he
Ten.
F j œ œ œ ‰
3
62
Alto
œ
3
much
/F 3 3 œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ J œ œ
is
Yet
Sop.
œ. >
F 3 3 3 ? œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ bœ. > Yet
Bass
œ œ œœ ‰ J a proph - et,
Yet
Ten.
F
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
85
No oth - er end
∑
43 ˙˙ ..
F 42 œ œ œ œ œ # œ 43 # œ No oth - er end of the
42 œ œ ˙
world there will be,
42
13
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
P œ ˙ œ & 42 œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ# œœ 44 # œœ œœ œ ˙ œJ ‰ 42
Sop.
No oth-er end of the
Alto
P 2 &4 œ œœœ œ œœœ
44 ˙˙ ..
V 42
∑
44
∑
?2 4
∑
4 4
∑
No oth-er end
Ten.
Bass
world there will be,
43
∑
66
/p 2 j‰ œœ 4 ˙
43
(poco)
p (poco) 42 ˙˙ On
p
On
˙
j‰ 42 œ
43 ˙˙
j œœ ‰ 42
j 2 2 3 4 œ œœ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ‰ 4 No oth-er end of the
world there will be.
F P œœ œ 3 œ œ œ 4 ˙. > On the
daythe world ends
p U ˙.
( p)
daythe world ends
be.
rit.
& 42
Sop. 2
44
PERUSAL SCORE ∑
70
Sop.
& 42
∑
∑
44
∑
& 42
˙
On
Ten.
V 42 ˙˙
On
Bass
44
˙.
44 ˙ . ˙.
j‰ œ w
( p) j‰ œœ ww On
( p) On
j ?2 4 4 œ œœ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ ˙ œ‰ œ œœ œ œ œ˙ > Nooth-er end of the
world there will be.
p U ˙.
F P œœ œ 3 œ œ œ 4 ˙. > On the
Alto
42
∑
No oth-er end of the world
43
U
˙.
43 ˙˙ ..
˙.
/P
U ˙˙ ..
p U 43 ˙ œ œ œ ˙ . there will be.
14
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
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PERUSAL SCORE
15
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
II. Life’s Tragedy Robert Paterson (2009)
Text by Paul Lawrence Dunbar*) q = Ç 72, adagio
& 43
Sop.
∑
It
It
Bass
/p & œ. And
/p b˙ Vb˙ And
Bass
mis
# >œœ
-
may
be
mis
-
F /p b œ bœ Œ Œ & œ . œj b œ b œ all,
Ten.
may
œ œ œ
mis - er - y
# >œœ ..
not to sing at
not to
œœ œœ J
er - y
œœ œœ œœ
sing
œ b œ b ˙˙ .. at
# ˙˙ ..
b b œœ œœ ˙˙ not to sing
to
go
j œ bœ bœ A œœ
F Nœ œ Œ Œ
go
go
/p ? b œœ b b œœ b œœ And
si - lent
si - lent
F œ œŒ Œ si - lent
not to
sing
œ.
through
# ˙˙ ..
b b œœ .. through
f > Œ bœ bœ bœ œ
f j œ œ # œ # œ # ˙˙ .. brim - ming
œœ œœ J
3
œœ J
the brim - ming
b œœ .. b b Jœœ b œœ
through
all,
3
the
3
bœ J
the brim - ming
*) Life’s Tragedy by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, 1903. Text in the Public Domain.
!
all,
b œœ œœ b b œœ b œœ ∑
si - lent
F œ œŒ Œ
to
er - y
!
all,
PERUSAL SCORE 5
Alto
be
F ? 3 b œœ b b œœ œ 4 It
Sop.
may
F b œ ˙ 3 V4 bœ ˙
Ten.
∑
F 3 œ œ œ bœ bœ œ > œ ˙
& 43
Alto
∑
F b Œ œ bœ bœ œ
day;
f #˙.
day;
f ˙.
day;
through the brim - ming
!
16 Sop.
9
F
∑
∑
& ˙.
day;
F
Alto
Ten.
3
may
be
F bœ ˙ Vb œ ˙
# œœ ..
F ? b œœ b b œœ œ It may be 14
Sop.
mis
# œœ
∑
&
-
mis
-
∑
&
Bass
nev
-
er - y
nev
-
loved,
F ‰ œj b œj œ b œ œj
to be loved,
But
deep - er griefs than
œœ
f # ˙˙
F Œ
er
loved,
F ‰ # œj œj œ œ œj
f # ˙˙
œœ # œœ œœ b œœ b b œœ b œœ
&
Œ
˙
?
˙.
way.
≈ b˙. œ œ. œ œ œ b ˙. > these
er - y
be - set the
-
er - y
b b œœ œœ œœ œœ mis
∑
V
-
œ œœœ > gl.
these
Ten.
er - y
œ b˙.
er
œ œœœ
loved,
∑
But
p œ œœœ
deep - er griefs than
> œ œ œ
PERUSAL SCORE mis
Alto
œœ œœ b b ˙˙ J
œ œœœ
mis
Sop. 2
nev - er
F
nev - er to be
3
mis - er - y
It may
Bass
f œ œ œ œ œbœ b˙
& œ œ œbœ bœ œ > œ ˙ It
f > Œ bœ Nœ bœ
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
way.
-
er - y
mis
-
er - y
œ œœœ
mis
-
er - y
b b œœ œœ œ œ mis
˙. ˙˙ ..
-
er - y
mis
p
-
œ
er - y
Life's Trag - e - dy.
œ œœœ > gl.
mis
p
-
mis
-
œ
er - y
mis
p b b ˙˙
mis
b b œœ
er - y
-
-
œ œ
Life's Trag - e - dy.
b b œœ œœ œœ œœ p ˙
œ >
/! F
œ œ œ œ >
Life's Trag - e - dy. To
œœ
er
-
˙. y
œœ œœ b b ˙˙ .. er
-
!
y
!
17
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
P >œ b œ b œ œ b œœ b A œœ b b œœ b œ b >œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ & œ
>œ b œ bœ b œ b œ œ œ œœ b œœ b b œœ b œœ œ œœ b œœ
19
Sop.
sing
Alto
&
sing
b˙.
sing
Ten.
/p V œ œ œ œ mis - er - y
Bass
/p ? bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ & 44
b˙.
song,
˙
œ
œ bœ œ
œ œ œœ
œ
œ œ œ
b b œœ
F œœ b A œœ œœ
the per - fect
mis - er - y
œœ œœ œœ
b b œœ œœ œœ œœ
Life's Trag - e - dy.
& 44
∑
œ œ œ.
/π V 44 œ . mis
Bass
œ
b b œœ
half - tone
Ten.
44 œ bœ œ bœ
mis - er - y
F
And by a
/π ? 44 b œ .. bœ mis
-
-
‰
ƒ
43
f
∑
j 43 b œ- œ N˙. v 3
Life's
lost the
key,
!
Trag - e - dy.
∑
∑
˙.
!
Life's Trag - e - dy.
PERUSAL SCORE 23
Alto
sing
œ œ œ bœ
Life's Trag - e - dy.
mis - er - y
Sop.
sing
44
˙.
!F œœ œœ œœ œœ >œœ œœ œœ œœ
44 44
∑
p F j‰ œ œ œœ > mis - er - y
jj œ œ ‰ œ-
f > 43 œœ œœ œœ œœ
jj œœ œœ ‰ œœ -
F f ! > > 34 b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ
er - y
er - y
Life's
Life's
Trag - e - dy.
Trag - e - dy.
Trag - e - dy.
Trag - e - dy.
mis - er - y
mis - er - y
œœ œœ œœ œœ mis
mis
-
-
er - y
er - y
18 Sop.
Alto
Ten.
ƒ œ œ ‰‰ œ œ Œ Œ Œ Œ ‰ œj œ J > There the po- tent sor - row, there the grief, The f ƒ f j j & œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ ‰‰ b œ œ b œ Œ Œ Œ Œ ‰ œ > There the po- tent sor - row, there the grief, The F f F ƒ gl. > œ œœœ œ œœœ œ œ œœ V œ œ œ œ f & œ œ œ œ œ
f F V bœ œ œ œ > mis-mis-er - y mis - mis - er - y
Ten. 2
Bass
f F > ? bœ œ œ œ f F bœ œ œ œ > mis - mis - er - y mis - mis - er - y
Bass 2
?
Alto
Alto 2
& 43 ˙ . & 43
& 43
j œ. œ œ Life's
j œ. œ œ
V 43 ˙ .
Life's
Bass
mis
bœ
mis
bœ
mis
bœ
-
-
-
er - y
œ œœ er - y
œœœ er - y
œœœ
ƒ
44 j j 3 œ œ œ œ œ 4 > pale, sad star - ing of 44 3 j j 4 bœ œ œ œ œ > pale, sad star - ing of b >œ œ œ 3 J J 4
4 Ó 4
ƒ F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 44 Ó
mis - er - y
mis
-
er - y
star - ing of
b >œ œ œ 3 J J 4
f F œ œ œœ 4 4
mis - er - y mis - er - y
∑
ƒ
? 43
mis
ƒ
-
∑
er - y
star -ing of
f F œ œ #gl.œ(gentle œ gliss.) 44
mis
∑
mis
F
œ bœ œ ˙
v
˙.
œ bœ œ ˙
v
˙.
œ bœ œ ˙
v
œ œœ œ gl.
ƒ
Trag - e - dy.
Life's
Life's
Ten.
gl.
-
er - y
∑
43
∑
43
PERUSAL SCORE 33
Sop.
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
28
ƒ
Trag - e - dy.
ƒ > œ
Trag - e - dy.
ƒ b >œœ
Trag
-
Trag
-
-
er - y
∑
F
œœ œ
œ œœ œ
e - dy.
Trag - e - dy.
e - dy.
Trag - e - dy.
F
∑
∑
Ó
(F )
œ bœ >
! (F )
To have
˙.
F œœ œœ œœ œœ
v
˙
bœ œ >
To have
!
> œœ œœ œœ œœ
F ^ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ N b œœ œœ b œœ œœ b b >œœ œœ A œœ œœ Trag - e - dy.
Trag
- e - dy.
Trag - e - dy.
Trag
-
e - dy.
19
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
38
Sop.
Alto
Œ Œ
∑
&
to the
P ˙˙ ..
& b œœ b ˙˙
F > b œœ œœ b œœ b œœ ˙ b˙ œ
Ten.
come
b b œœ œœ œœ
come come near
Bass
? Œ Œ
come come
F >œ b œ
bœ ˙
ƒ >œ œ >œœ œ œ 4 œ œŒ b &4 œ œ ƒ
œœ œœ œœ come near
œ bœ ˙
> 4 b &4 œ œ œ œ œŒ v >
Ó
F > Œ ‰ b œœ J
f œ œ œ bœ > per - fect
f ƒ > ^ >œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙>˙ .. 4 œ ‰ V4 J ƒ f > > ^ ? 4 b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ‰ œœ œœ 4 J Not the hot pas - sion of
Not the hot pas - sion of
44
!
44
per - fect love,
œœ come
/ >F ! 44 œ œ œ per - fect love,
∑
But
Not the hot pas - sion
Bass
P ˙.
Ó
Not the hot pas - sion
Ten.
come
come near the
come near
42
Alto
near
œœ
/F œ œ œ œ >
PERUSAL SCORE ^ To have
Sop.
œœ
!
!
˙˙
per - fect love,
come near
P ! bœ œ œ œ Vb œ œ œ œ
P œœ
un - tem - pered youth,
4 4
> œ. b œœ œœ œ . œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ that which lies a - side its van - i - ty,
P w
love,
P b ww
love,
b >˙˙ ..
P b ww
youth,
love,
20 Sop.
b œœ ˙˙ œœ œœ b >œœ œœ œ œ . ‰ bœ œ. & J J And gives, for thy
Alto
& w
!
love,
Ten.
Bass
V
w
!
love,
? b ww F & ˙.
50
Alto
Ten.
Bass
Bass 2
trust - ing wor - ship,
˙
per
!
-
b ˙˙ per
44
-
b˙ per
love,
Sop.
f 43 ˙ .
˙.
˙.
f 43 b ˙˙ ..
˙˙ ..
˙˙ ..
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
45
˙
fect
truth.
f > œ œ œ œ œ 3 b b œœ >œœ œœ œœ b b œœ œœ œœ œœ b b œœ œœ œœ œœ 4 fect
˙˙ -
truth.
fect
love, per-fect love,
f > 34 b œœ >œœ œœ œœ
love, per-fect love,
Ó
∑
love, per-fect love,
love, per-fect love,
b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ love, per-fect love,
love, per-fect love,
> Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ b ˙ >
42
Ó
42
PERUSAL SCORE F & ˙˙ ..
For
44
∑
∑
F P 3 ^œ œ b œ œ ! 4 / F 3 V b œ œ œ œ 4 œ ‰ œ œ b œ ‰b œ œ œ bœ œŒ œ œ â per - fect love,
This, this in - deed
is to
per - fect love,
per - fect love, per - fect
be
ac - cursed
if we mor - tals love,
P b ˙˙ love,
F P! ! ^ œ œ œ œ ? 44 b œ . œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙ gl. J love, per-fect love, per -fect
love,
F P! ! ^ j ? b œ œ œ œ 44 bœ. œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ b˙ per - fect love,
per - fect love, per - fect
love, per-fect love, per -fect
love,
˙ >
love,
F >˙ 2 ˙ 4 love,
F >˙ 2 4 love,
F ˙ >
love,
42
ƒ q = Ç 108, più mosso U 3 œ œ Œ 44 2 œ ∑ &4 œœ œ 4 >
21
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS rit.
54
Sop.
/ ƒU F 43 œœ œœ ‰ j 44 bœ bœ œ œ œ
or if we
Alto
Ten.
Bass
sing,
& 42 ˙
sing,
/ ƒU bœ œ Œ 43
V 42 ˙˙
sing,
/ ƒU bœ œ Œ 43
?2 ˙ 4 b˙
sing,
ƒ 59 F b˙. œ & 42 ‰ b Jœ œ 44
a Tempo (q = Ç 108)rit. (molto)
Sop.
Alto
& 42 & 42
∑
sing,
sing,
∑
Bass
V 42
∑
?2 4
∑
sing,
ƒ 44 b œ œ œ b œ ƒ
44 w bw
ƒ 44 w
sing,
Ten.
œ
if we mor - tals
bœ œ œ bœ
if we
love,
F 44 b œ ˙ . 44
ƒ
∑
love,
f b ww
f b b ww
love,
f F U" / œ 4 43 œ b œ 4 œ œ œ ˙
Tempo I° (q = Ç 72)
34 ΠΠUΠ42 43
b ˙˙
P U 2 4 œœ
P U 34 b œ œ 2 œ 4 love,
34 Œ Œ UŒ 42 j œ œ œ bœ ˙ â
PERUSAL SCORE or if we
Sop. 2
For
∑
(ƒ)
sing,
44 b w
sing,
We count our joys
f F U" / 43 b œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ ˙
We count our joys
f U" / F 43 œœ œœ œœ 44 b œ œ œ ˙
3
!
not by what we have,
j œ œ œ bœ ˙ â 3
!
not by what we have,
jœ œ œ œ ˙ â 3
!
f /F 3 ! " j 34 œ œ U 4 œ 4 bœ œ œ ˙ bœ œ œ œ ˙ > We count our joys
not by what we have,
We count our joys
not by what we have,
We count our joys
not by what we have,
f /F U ! " 34 œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ ˙ b >œ- œ œ œ ˙ J 3
22
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
/p b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ .. bU œœ œœ œœ ‰ Œ b & J J
64
Sop.
But by what kept us
Alto
from
Bass
from
p bU œ œ œ‰ Œ J from
?
∑
that per - fect
œ œ & œœ # œœ œ œ > & œ œ V œ
mis
Bass
mis - er - y
œ Œ
Œ b ˙˙ ..
Œ
Œ b˙. b ˙.
œœ
love,
love,
œ œ bœ œ Nœ œ œ œ > mis - er - y
mis - er - y
F 43 b b œœ œœ œœ œœ b b œœ œœ œœ œœ b b œœ œœ œœ œœ mis - er - y
mis
-
er - y
mis - er - y
PERUSAL SCORE !
Trag - e - dy.
Ten.
thing.
p F U œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 œ œ œ œ
∑
V
69
Alto
thing.
that per - fect
from
Sop.
43 b ˙ .
F /p U j & œ œ œ œ œ . b œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 ˙ . b˙. But by what kept us
Ten.
F
? b b œœ
mis
œ #œ œ >
Trag - e - dy.
œ œ œ
-
-
er - y
œ œ œ # œœ œ œ >
˙.
love,
! !
er - y
œœ œœ œœ
rit.
œœ
love,
mis
!
Trag - e - dy.
b b ˙˙ .. œ
b b œœ
mis
!
œ œ œ
-
er - y
œœ œœ œœ
-
er - y
œ b b œœ
mis
œ #œ œ >
Trag - e - dy.
œ # œœ œœ > mis - er - y œœ œœ œœ
-
er - y
/f 44 N bU ww love,
! ! !
44
/f U b ww /f U bw
love,
44
love,
/Uf 44 N w love,
23
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS In loving memory of Joseph Henry Geary
III. Do not stand at my grave and weep Text by Mary Elizabeth Frye*)
Robert Paterson (2009)
q = Ç 60, Largo cantabile
Sop.
p (molto) F 3 j & 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 b ˙
p œ ˙
F p (molto) 3 j & 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 b œ œ œ
p œ ˙
œ ‰ J
œœ œœœ
42
j œ ‰
œœ œœœ
42
43 Œ
F œ
p #œ ˙
j œ ‰
œœ œ œ
42
& 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ
43 Œ
F p œ #œ œ ˙
j œ ‰
p V 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ
œœ œœœ
42
43
∑
∑
œœ œ œ
42
p ? 4 #œ œ œ œ œ œ 4
43
∑
∑
#œ œ œ œ
42
Do not stand at my grave and
Sop. 2
weep,
Do not stand at my grave and
Alto
p
& 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ p
Do not stand at my grave
Ten.
Do not stand at my grave
Bass
I am
not
not
PERUSAL SCORE Do not stand at my grave
Alto 2
weep,
I am
Do not stand at my grave
weep,
weep,
*) Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye, 1932. Text in the Public Domain.
I am not
I am
not
I am not
I am not
there,
there,
there,
there,
there,
there,
24
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS 5
Sop.
Sop. 2
2 &4 œ
œ I
do
2 & 4 œ #œ
œ
I
Alto
Alto 2
Ten.
Ten. 2
Bass
œ
2 &4 œ
œ I
2 &4 œ
œ
2 V4 œ
œ
I
do
œ
do
œ
do
œ
F b˙
œ
bœ J
not
not
œ
sleep.
Œ
not
œ
not
p œ.
43 œ
‰
44
œ.
‰
44
43 œ
p œ.
‰
44
43 œ
p œ.
‰
44
∑
P œ 43
p œ.
‰
44
∑
P p œ œ œ. 43
‰
44
43 Œ
‰
44
sleep.
F
43 œ œ. F œ sleep.
Œ
F œ #œ sleep.
p
PERUSAL SCORE V 42 œ
œ
œ
I
do
not
œ
œ
œ
I
do
not
? 2 œ #œ 4
œ
œ
do
not
I
sleep.
sleep.
∑
p œ.
sleep.
8
Sop.
Alto
Ten.
F œ
& 44 Œ
F œ
F
V 44 œ
Ten.
Bass
43
3
œ
œ
œ
F
f
œ 3
43
w
blow,
œœ !
œœ b œ œ œ œ
œ œ
œ
am in a thou - sand winds that
/p 44 b œœ œœ œœ b œ œœ œ œ b œ b ww œ œ œ œ
PERUSAL SCORE & 43
I
F
!
b˙.
V 43
!
Fp f ? 3 >œ ˙ 4
!
p 44 b w I
p 44 b w I
43
P Œ œ œ b œ b œ œ œ œ 43 I
snow.
!
P œ œ œ œ 3 4
am the soft - ly
œ œ bœ
I
Fp f ? 3 >œ ˙ 4
43
snow.
p 44 w
∑
blow,
/p 44 bw
am the soft - ly fall - ing
I
blow,
Bass 2
œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
/F
am in a thou - sand winds that
& 43 ˙ .
10
Alto
43
œ
blow,
œ œ œœ œ
F ? 4 bw 4 w
œ œ
blow,
p ˙
I
Sop.
f /F œ œ œ bœ
winds
I
Bass
p ˙
winds
& 44 Œ
25
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
fall - ing
bw
43
snow.
! ( p) bœ œ
œ
snow.
soft
I
œ -
fall
43 -
26
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
!/F b œœ b œœ b œ œ œœ & 43 œœ
13
Sop.
Alto
p
& 43 b ˙ .
soft - ly
p V 43 ˙ .
snow.
Ten.
snow.
Bass
Bass 2
? 3 ˙. 4 ? 3 b˙. 4
I
œœ
42 ˙
! 34 œ
am
˙ 42
bœ 43
œ
œœ
œœ
œ
œ
gen - tle
œ
I
am
gen - tle
I
am
œ
gen - tle
I
am
gen - tle
œ 43
P /F p ! œ bœ œ bœ œ œ & œ bœ œ œ . > F
of rain,
show - ers
of rain,
P
& œ œ œ ˙ > F
Bass
43 b œœ
œ œ œ bœ am the gen - tle
I
F
show - ers
Ten.
42 ˙
snow.
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
PERUSAL SCORE ^ 16
Alto
43 œ
42 ˙
snow.
Sop.
fall - ing
p 42 b ˙˙
P
V œ œ œ ˙ > show - ers of rain, F P ? bœ œ œ ˙ bœ œ œ ˙ > show - ers of rain,
show - ers of
p / >F œ bœ œ bœ œ œ œ
rain,
show - ers
p !/F œ bœ œ œ bœ œ. v show - ers
of
rain,
of
44
rain,
/F œ œ œ 44 œ > show - ers
of
˙.
44
˙˙ ..
44
27
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
p / >F œ bœ œ bœ & 44 œ œ.
18
Sop.
show - ers of
p
Alto
& 44 œ b œ . rain,
Ten.
Bass
π r ‰. 4 V4 œ π ? 4 œr ‰ . 4 œ
p /F œ bœ œ œ œ œ. > show - ers of
Œ
F
Œ
ƒ >˙ 4 # & 4 # œ # œ # œ # ˙ .. > F
Ten.
3
ƒ
& 44 # œ # œ # œ # # ˙˙ . . > > rip - en - ing grain. 3
ƒ /F 3 V 44 # œ # œ # œ # ˙ . > >
rip - en - ing grain.
Bass
rain,
show - ers
Œ
44
43 œ œJ ‰
Œ
44
p
f
43 # œ œ œ œ # œ # œ 44 >
Ó
I
rip - en - ing grain.
Alto
/F œ œ œ >
show - ers of rain,
43 œ œj ‰
f 43 # œœ œœ >I am
Ó
am the fields of
ƒ /F 3 ? 44 # œœ œœ œœ # >˙˙ .. >
rip - en - ing grain.
!F / P 43 # œœ
F !
I
/p 43 # ˙˙ ..
F œœ œœ œœ œœ # # œœ œœ
am in the morn - ing
fields
44
!
44
!
44
hush,
# >˙˙ ..
I
43
!
hush,
F ! /p #˙. 43 ˙ . F !
p # >˙˙ ..
# ˙˙ .. >
I
44
œœ
PERUSAL SCORE 20
Sop.
rain,
F p >œ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ
hush,
∑
∑
44
28 Sop.
/F & 44 ww
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
23
I
/F
Alto
& 44 w I
Ten.
V 44 œ
œ
I
Bass
œ
œ
œ
am
in
the
grace
?4 4
#œ -
ful
œ
rush
Of
∑
(F )
œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
24
Sop.
œ
f ä #œ.
&Ó
6
PERUSAL SCORE (F )
6
beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful
Sop. 2
Alto
&Ó
(F )
& œ #œ œ œ 3
beau - ti - ful birds
Ten.
F Vw
œ œ œ #œ œ œ
Œ
beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ 6
6
6
!
beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful birds
!
birds
Bass
F ? ww
birds
!
f œ #œ œ œ &
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
œ
25
Sop.
œ
œ
œ 3
3
f œ #œ œ œ & beau - ti - ful
Sop. 2
birds
3
Ten.
Bass
V
beau - ti - ful
-
œ
in
cir
cl
-
ing
œ -
3
cl
-
! >œ œ #œ œ œ œ cir - cl - ing
œ
>œ
ing
flight,
˙˙
birds
6
cir - cl - ing
œ >
flight,
∑
?
∑
F
& œ #œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
26
Sop.
cir
œ
birds
3
Alto
in
œ
f & œœ œœ œœ œœ beau - ti - ful
œ
6
6
6
PERUSAL SCORE F cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing
Sop. 2
& #œ
cir
-
-
-
œ
-
œ
-
cl
-
-
-
œ
6
& œ cir
Ten.
Bass
!
ing
43 3 4
6
F
!
F bœ
!
cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing
Alto 2
!
F ! œ œ œ œ 43 & œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ > 6
Alto
-
29
V
?
œ
cir
œ -
-
-
œ -
-
-
œ -
-
-
cl
-
-
-
Nœ -
-
-
∑
cl
-
-
-
œ
ing
ing
43 43 43
30 Sop.
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
F 3 . &4 ˙ > I
Alto
am the star - shine
F 3 & 4 ‰ œj
Ten.
F b >˙ . 3 V4
v flight,
of the
œ
v
/ƒ
b˙.
v
/ƒ b˙.
night.
v
Sop. 2
Alto
Alto 2
Ten.
night.
I
v
4 4 4 4
/F > œ œ œ 44
am the star - shine
3
of the
4 PERUSAL Œ SCORE ∑ &4 I
4 &4
∑
bw night. p 44 b w V
b˙ night. !/ F bw
night.
!
F >œ
bœ
star - shine
bœ
of
night.
-
-
‰ ‰
j œ œ > the
star
gl.
-
star -
night.
-
-
-
-
-
3 j œ œ œ œ >
star
˙.
4 4
>œ
œ
-
3
star - shine of
night.
œ
œ
F >œ ‰ J bœ œ œ œ
b˙ F
night.
am the star - shine
star
/F
bw
? 44 œ
I
Œ
night.
4 &4
F >œ ‰ J
night.
4 &4
night.
Bass
4 4
F / p. œ œ œ >œ œ . J
ƒ b˙.
F ? 3 b >˙ . 4
30
Sop.
/ƒ
night.
I
Bass
v
night.
b˙.
p œ
I
Alto 2
F! / p > œœ œ . œ. œ œ J œ. I am the star - shine F! / p j œ. œ œ œ œ. > I am the star - shine F! / p j œ. œ œ œ œ. > I am the star - shine F/p > bœ. œ œ œ œ
/ >f ƒ > œ . 3 œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ &4 ˙.
27
-
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS poco rit.
!
œ œ bœ b˙. &
32
Sop.
3
shine of the night.
Sop. 2
Alto
& œ
star - shine of the night.
& œ -
Alto 2
œ bœ bœ œ œ œ > 3
&
-
œ >
star
œœ
3
-
bœ
˙
Bass
bw
!
V w
Alto
Ten.
Bass
f bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ I
am in the flow - ers that
I
am in the flow - ers that bloom,
bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ I
am in the flow - ers that
bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ I
bloom,
f bœ f bœ
bloom,
f œ
am in the flow - ers that bloom,
bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
PERUSAL SCORE ? w ! Iœ œ am in the flow - ers Ó R ‰.
q = Ç 56 a Tempo poco rit.
F U & 43 œ œ œ F U 3 œ V4 œ œ ? 43
∑
that
bloom,
I
F U 34 œ œ œ &
34
Sop.
! !
shine
shine
Ten.
!
f bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ
∑
3 4 3 4 3 4 43 43 3 4
q = Ç 56 a Tempo
F U Œ Œ Œ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ 44 I
∑
31
U Œ Œ Œ
am in the birds that
F 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4
/π U ! / œF œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4
π U b b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ I
I
am in a quiet
am in a quiet
room.
room.
I
am in the birds that
I
am in the birds that
∑
44
32
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
44 b >œ &
œ œ œ bœ
38
Sop.
sing,
Alto
sing,
œ
birds
4 & 4 bœ
that
≈
sing,
Ten.
œœ œ
4 bw V4 w
œ œœ œ
œ
sing,
sing,
sing,
œ bœ œ
bœ
œ
sing,
sing,
birds
œœ œ sing,
œ birds
œ œœ œ that
42
sing,
œ œ >birds
2 4
œ
3
sing,
42
sing,
Bass
? 44 b w
2 4
sing,
PERUSAL SCORE 44 b >œ
. . . . 2 & 4 œ ≈b œ œ œ œ ‰
39
Sop.
sing, sing, sing, sing,
Alto
Ten.
Bass
2 &4 Œ 2 ˙ V4 ˙ ? 42 ˙
sing,
œœ œ
œ œ œ b œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ 2 bœ œ 4
sing, birds that sing,
≈ b œ œ b œ œ 44 ≈ œ bœ œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ. > sing,sing,
!
!
sing, sing, sing, sing,
44 b ww
sing,
44 b w
sing,
sing,
sing,
sing, sing, birds that sing,
œ œ œœ œ œ >
birds sing,
birds
3
b œ 42 sing,
42 42
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
2 & 4 œ≈
41
Sop.
œ. œ. œ. œ.
‰
sing, sing, sing, sing,
Sop. 2
Alto
Alto 2
Ten.
Bass
Alto
Bass
3 4
∑
2 &4 Œ
œ 43 œ bœ ˙. > birds that sing, I 3
2 &4 Œ
3 b œ 4 œ bœ ˙. >
2 ˙ V4 ˙
f F 4 œœ ˙˙ 4
! U œœ
f F 4 4 œ ˙
U! œ
f F 4 bœ ˙ 4 thing.
U! œ
thing.
3
birds that sing,
One Solo
in each love - ly thing.
∑
f F 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 44 b œœ ˙˙ I
thing.
3
PERUSAL SCORE f F 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œœ ˙˙ 4 4
?2 ˙ 4 &
/p & œ œ ˙ /p V bœ œ ˙
∑
in each love - ly
I am
in each love - ly
3
thing.
! U œœ
thing.
f p Œb œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ ww Do not stand at my grave and
Œ
f œ œ b w> Do not stand and cry, f /p œ ww> ? œ œ œbœœ œ œ > Do not
I am
! U œœ
f p Œb œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ w
Do not stand
Ten.
∑
2 &4
44
Sop.
3 4
f! F 4 Œ bœ bœ œ U œ 4 œ
33
stand at my grave and
Do not stand at my grave and
cry,
cry,
p
cry,
bœ œ ˙
(molto)
œ. bœ
p (molto) œ œ œbœœ œ œ. œ >
Do not stand
and
Do not stand at my grave and
34
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
f F œ œ œ 3 b˙. & Œ bœ œ œ œ 4 b ˙.
47
Sop.
Do not stand at my grave and
Alto
Ten.
Bass
f V bw > cry, f ? ww>
43
3 3 œ œ b œ œ œ œj 4 œ b ˙ . 4 4 œ
3 4
44 b œ œ ˙ .. b œ œ b˙
43
I
I
do not die.
do not die.
! PERUSAL SCORE bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ ˙ œ bœ ˙ /p & 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ am not there.
I
(gentle accents)
> >
do not die.
I
am not there.
I
(gentle accents) ! /p & 43 œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ bœ œ ˙ > > I am not there. I do not die. I am not there. I /p (gentle accents) ! bœ œ œ œ œ œ V 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ > > I am not there. I do not die. I am not there. I
p b >œ >œ ˙
(gentle accents)
Bass
44 b œœ œœ ˙˙ .. do not die.
F 43 b b ˙˙ ..
I
Ten.
cry,
I am not there.
50
Alto
F
Do not stand at my grave and
3 4
do not die.
f F & Œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ 43 b ˙ .. œ ˙
cry,
Sop.
cry,
4 œ 4 œ ˙.
?3 4
∑
do not die.
∑
> >
do not die.
bœ œ ˙ > > do not die. œ œ ˙ > > do not die. b >œ >œ ˙ do not die.
!
54
Sop.
&
Alto
&
Ten.
Bass
( p)
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
V œ œ bœ ˙ > I am not there. ( p) ? bœ œ œ ˙ bœœ œ ˙ > I am not there. & 44 Œ
58
Alto
Ten.
Bass
!
œ ˙ >I amœ notœ there.
!
bœ œ œ ˙ >I am not there.
rit.
Sop.
35
ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
‰
( p)
4 4
œœ œ ˙ >I am not there.
œœ œ ˙ >I am not there.
b œœ b œœ œœ ˙˙ >I am not there.
b b œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ >I am not there. q = Ç 52
œ j œ œ bœ bœ œ œ
F b b ˙˙
j bœ
b ˙˙
3
! !
U ˙˙
PERUSAL( pSCORE F ) U I
‰ ‰ œj œ
& 44 Ó
( p)
V 44 œ œ œ >I am not ( p) ? 44 b œ œœ œ bœ œ >I am not
3
do
3
I
do
˙
œ
˙˙
œœ
there.
there.
3
not
die.
F ˙˙
not 3
‰
die.
F b bb ˙˙˙
die
3
‰
(
die
˙˙
U ˙˙ U ˙˙ ˙
)
Composed: February 1 – March 10, 2009, New York, NY, USA Minor Revisions: November 14, 2009, Burlington, VT, USA Further Minor Revisions: May 23, 2015, Troublesome Gap, NC, USA
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