Winter Dusk

Benjamin M. Cramer Winter Dusk -- SATB choir & tuned water glasses ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Benjamin M. Cramer

Winter Dusk for SATB choir & tuned water glasses

I WATCH the great clear twilight Veiling the ice-bowed trees; Their branches tinkle faintly With crystal melodies.

The larches bend their silver Over the hush of snow; One star is lighted in the west, Two in the zenith glow.

For a moment I have forgotten Wars and women who mourn— I think of the mother who bore me And thank her that I was born. ~Sara Teasdale

Commissioned for the Chamber Singers of Linn-Mar High School Premiered Dec. 11, 2017 Tyler Hagy, Conductor Marion, IA "To my mother, Deborah Hagy, and mothers everywhere"

Winter Dusk SATB choir & tuned water glasses

Sara Teasdale

Water Glasses

Soprano

Benjamin M. Cramer

with gentle stillness q = c. 48

 4  4    4   4    4   4  I

Alto

Tenor

I  4   4 I

Bass

   4   4 I

for rehearsal only

 4  4    4 4







  



  







 3

   



watch the great clear twi-light





watch the great clear twi - light



  









 



watch the great clear twi-light



   

 

 

        

  

   

  



   









veiling the ice bowed

 



their bran - ches

trees.

   





trees.



       



 

 

    



3

3

veiling the ice bowed 3



 



veiling the ice bowed

watch the great clear twi-light

 

   







veiling the ice bowed trees, 3





3

          3

3

 

Copyright © 2017 Benj Cramer Publications

trees.

  



 

  

 

tinkle

 

Benjamin M. Cramer

  





  

6

Winter Dusk











































  

















    

















 



faint - ly



    

6

    

   



  

  



mel - odies.

-

   

 



  

Withcry -stal,



  

Withcry -stal,

mel - odies.

-



mel - odies.

-



   

      

14

    

     

       



 





Mysterious q = c. 78

  

mel - odies.

-

   







14

   



   









  

with cry -stal,

  

with cry -stal,

 



    

  

  

with cry- stal,

Withcry



4

with cry- stal.

-



-





  

  

  





   



with cry- stal.

with cry- stal,

Withcry



stal

stal

  

  

     























with cry - stal

with cry - stal

with cry - stal

with cry - stal

















   

mel

   

mel

   



 

a tempo 







   







    

 



molto rit. 

 





-





o - dies,

mel - o -

-





 

o - dies,



 

mel - o -

  

 

   

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Winter Dusk





     





   

    



o - ver the hush of

   

    





    





3

The lar -ches bend their sil - ver

    





 



dies,

  

21

dies,

 

mel - o - dies.

 

  



   

rit.













   



3 3

            

as before q = c. 48

O

-

28



ver







3

   

o-ver thehush



3

   

o ver thehush

        3



snow.

 



3

    











of...



of...



 



     



 













 

 

5









  

snow,

Ah.

 

      

     

the lar - ches bend their sil - ver,



 



   



3

o-ver thehush of snow.

 



    





snow,

3

  

 



3

   

O-ver the hush of





      

snow,

       

   



      

3

O-ver the hush of







snow,

3

mel - o - dies.

   

28





o - ver the hush of





snow,

3

The lar -ches bend their sil - ver











   

 



in the west,



   

 



in the west,

One star is light-ed

in the west,



One star is light-ed



One star is light-ed

  

       

One star is light-ed

 



       



   

 

 

 





   



in



the west,

      

 



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

 

 

two



     

two

  

two



in the

ze - nith

 





in the

3 4 3 4



ze - nith

  

   

 



   



3 4





3 4





42

 43   3 4

      3





3 4

mo-ment I have for-got - ten

3 4

glow.



4 4





3 4

glow.

5 4 

 

5 4











 



  I

4 4 



4 4 

 I

  I

3

Warsand women who mourn, I



      3



6



      3

 



think

think

4 4 

think

4  4 

4  4





of



















of the

 

her

 

her





mo-ther

her

of



3 4







think

3 4





of

4  4

 



4 4

         



3



4 4



Wars and women who mourn,







      

   

3



3

     

        4    4  

 



3



3



wars and wo-menwho mourn,

warsand wo-menwho mourn,

     

      

  43      

3 4

4 4

3

3

    









3 4

3 For a mo - ment I have for -got-ten

For a

            5          4 

 



5 4 

    



4     4

 4 4  

glow.

 



4 4



 5          4 

ze - nith

 



5  4

glow.



in the

two

42

ze - nith

 

 5  4

 

 



in the



 

 



 36    

 

Winter Dusk

 

 

who



that

that

 

that



 

Benjamin M. Cramer 49



 



bore

  



  

me,

I

   I

 





me,



  

bore

me,

I

bore

  

49

  





me,

 



57

   



bore





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

 

  

 

 







 



that

 



 

 



that

that

  

  

molto rit.

 

57

I

that

   

I

I

  

  

think

  think

of

that

 



 



think

of

her

 

  think

 

of

     

 







was





was



was

was

 

   











me

 

bore



me



that bore





 



  



 

me

  

  

  

a tempo 





me



 



bore

that

   







her

 

 

   

her

 

that bore

 

    

 



I

I



of the mo-ther

  





 



  

 

and







 





  born. 





 

born.

born.



   

7

  

thank

her

and









 



thank

and

thank

her



 







her









Mm.





Mm.





Mm.



 

Mm.





her







born.

and

  

  



  





thank



 





   

 

