CH0035-01 Bullock, William J. - Lightless Luster (SSA) PREVIEW by T.U.X. People's Music

LIGHTLESS LUSTER SSA VOICES

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SopranoI SopranoII Alto ed. William J. Bullock ROBERT SCHUMANN (Dunkler Lichtglanz)

ABOUT:

Builtaroundtheideaofdisparity,"LightlessLuster"isabeautifullyhauntingwork fromcomposerRobertSchumann,featuringaprosodic,rhymingtranslationby WilliamJ.Bullock.UtilizingfullSSAforces,aswellaspianofour-hands,Schumann's workisdeliberateandmethodical,butmovesdelicatelytowardagentleconclusion.

FROMTHETRANSLATOR:

ThispartsongisthetenthandfinalmovementofthecomposerRobertSchumman’s songcycle,"SpanischesLiebeslieder(SpanishLoveSongs)",settingsofpoemsby EmanuelGeibel.Composedin1848,thecycleconsistsofvocalsolosandduets,two pianoduets,andthisconcludingfour-partsong.Thetextoftheconcluding movementdepictsthepleasureandpainoflovewithseveralphrasesdescribing paradoxicalsituations:lusterwithoutlight,aglancewithoutsight,deaththatlives, joythattorments,etc.Asthemusicshiftsfromminortomajor,thepoetassuresthe lovedonethatonly(s)hetransformslove’spaintojoy.Thisedition’sEnglish translationmaintainsthestresspatternsandrhymeschemeoftheoriginalGerman.

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EmanuelGeibel(1815–1884)

Prosodic,rhymingEnglishtranslationby WilliamJ.Bullock

                                   Soprano1 Soprano2 Alto Piano (primo) Piano (secondo)                Nicht rasch [ Not fast  =76 ]       Light Dunk less ler    Dunk Light ler less                                      lus Licht ter, glanz, sight blin less der      Licht lus glanz, ter, blin sight der less    Light Dunk less ler                                  glance, Blick, Death tod ly es   Blick, glance, tod Deathly es     lus Licht ter, glanz, sight blin less der                       -                     4       liv Le ing, ben, joy Lust tor voll       Le liv ben, ing, Lust joy voll tor     glance, Blick, Death tod ly es                                   ment Pla ing, ge,    Pla ment ge, ing,    liv Le ing, ben,                                      Luck Glück dis er guised füllt in von      Glück Luck er dis füllt guised von in     Glück Luck er dis füllt guised von in                      ----CH0035-01 LIGHTLESS LUSTER RobertSchumann(1810–1856) editedandarrangedfromtheoriginalSATBsetting byWilliamJ.Bullock 2002 Copyright©2022T.U.X.People'sMusicPublishingCompany,LLC.InternationalCopyrightSecured. PrintedandengravedintheU.S.A.AllRightsReservedincludingPublicPerformance. LearnmoreaboutallofouramazingtitlesatTuxpeoplesmusic.com forSSAVoicesand4-HandPiano

(DunklerLichtglanz– No.10of SpanischeLiebeslieder,Op.138) PERUSALCOPY legaluserequirespurchase

Miss luckless ge stance, schick, Tear trü ful bes

laugh

La ter, chen, glad fro la he

Miss luck ge less schick, stance, trü Tear bes ful

La laugh chen, ter, fro glad he la

Miss luck ge less schick, stance, trü Tear bes ful

La laugh chen, ter, fro glad he la

Pein, Peace Fried' and und

Pein, bliss, Fried' Peace und and

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                     7     

   

    

                                         

   

    

                           ment Kla ing, ge,    Kla ment ge, ing,    Kla ment ge, ing,                                       Sweet sü est sse    sü Sweet sse est     sü Sweet sse est                                ----                     11     poi Gal son, le, pain hol ful de      Gal poi le, son, hol pain de ful     Gal poi le, son, hol pain de ful                                     bliss,

   

                          war Krieg with in in ei the nem      Krieg war in with ei in nem the      Krieg war in with ei in nem the                            same Her heart–zen,    Her same zen, heart–On das ly kannst,    Her same zen, heart–                   -   2 CH0035-01

On das ly kannst,

you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur

this, sein, On kas ly kannst,

you, Lie My be Dear nur, on das ly kannst,

you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur

this, sein, on das ly kannst,

you, Lie My be Dear, nur, on das ly kannst,

Lie you, be My nur, Dear das on kannst, ly

you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur

this, sein, on das ly kannst

Lie you, be, My du dear, nur match

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   

                          

  

  

                          

On das ly kannst,

    

   

                           

   

  

                       -                         19     

   

you, Lie My be, dear, du match nur

   

                        cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc.    this, sein, With mit the der    sein, this,

  

                                         joy Lust pro er cured kauft as durch     Lust joy er pro kauft cured durch as     Lust joy er pro kauft cured durch as                                 ----   3 CH0035-01

mit With der the

sein, this, mit With der the

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Dear Lie est, be, on das ly kannst

you du match nur this, sein,

Lie Dear be, est, das on kannst ly

du you nur match sein, this,on das ly kannst,

Lie Dear be, est, das on kannst ly

du you nur match sein, this,

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    

    

                                            

     

   

                     3              3    ^  ^  ^                       25    on das ly kannst,    you, Lie Dear, be,das on kannst, ly                 3 3 3          3 3 3            you, Lie Dear, be, on das ly kannst,      you, du match nur Dear, be,das on kannst, ly    das on kannst, ly                                        cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc.     you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur      Lie you, be, My du Dear, nur match     you, Lie Dear, be, on das ly kannst                                             --4 CH0035-01

this, sein, With mit the der

sein, this, mit With der the

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you du match nur this, sein,mit With der the

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  

    

               3          3                3             joy Lust pro er cured kauft as durch     Lust joy er pro kauft cured durch as     Lust joy er pro kauft cured durch as               3 3 3          3 3 3                3 3 3         pain Schmer smarts! zen!    Schmer pain zen! smarts!    Schmer pain zen! smarts!                        -                 31   Dear Lie est, be,   Lie Dear be, est,   Lie Dear be, est,                             Dear Lie est, be, on das ly kannst     Lie Dear be, est, das on kannst ly     Lie Dear be, est, das on kannst ly           you du match nur   du you nur match   du you nur match                       this, sein, on das ly kannst,   sein, this,   sein, this,                 5 CH0035-01

you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur

this, sein, on das ly kannst,

you, Lie My be, Dear, du Dear Lie

on das ly kannst,

you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur

this, sein, Dear Lie

on das ly kannst,

you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur

this, sein, Dear Lie

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  

  

                       

   

    

                        

  

                  ---                38     est, be, on das ly kannst,     est, be,das on kannst, ly     be, est, das on kannst, ly                              you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur     

you, be, My du Dear, nur match    

you, be, My du

nur match                                             this; sein; Light dunk less ler    sein; this; dunk Light ler less   sein; this;                       -----   6 CH0035-01 PERUSALCOPY legaluserequirespurchase

Lie

Dear,

Lie you, be, Dear, Lie on be, ly du you nur match

              41   lus Licht ter

   lus Licht

   sight blin

                             death tod ly es     glance, Blick, death tod ly es   glance, Blick,                          liv Le ing, ben,     liv Le ing, ben, joy Lust tor voll     joy Lust tor voll                           --              44   

    ment

    ment Pla

                                   you, Lie Dear, be, on Lie ly be, you du match nur      

     

                                                 this, sein, Dear Lie    sein, this, Lie Dear    sein, this, Lie Dear                              ----  7 CH0035-01 PERUSALCOPY

glanz,

ter glanz, sight blin less der

less der

on das ly kannst

Pla ing, ge, on daskannst ly

ing, ge,das on kannst ly

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be estLove, nur, Dear Lie

est be Love, nur, on das ly kannst,

be est nur, Love,Dear Lie

be est nur, Love, das on kannst, ly

be est nur, Love, Lie Dear

be est nur, Love, das on

sein, Dear Lie

sein, this, Lie Dear

              47    

   

   

                                         

    

    

ly                          you, Lie My be, Dear, du match nur      Lie you, be, My du Dear, nur match      Lie you, be, My du Dear, nur match                                      50  

 

                  cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc.    est, be, Dear Lie    be, est, Lie

   be, est, Lie

                          est, be, Dear Lie    be, est, Lie Dear    be, est, Lie Dear                         ------      8 CH0035-01

kannst,

this,

Dear

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              53     est, be, on das ly kannst     be, est, das on kannst ly     be, est, das on kannst ly                          you, du, Dear, nur,   du, you, nur, Dear,   du, you, nur, Dear,                     you du match nur   du you nur match    du you nur match                    this! sein!   sein! this!   sein! this!                               -                 57                                                                                                                                                                                      9 CH0035-01

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