Serenade (2016) by bobcohenmusic

Serenade

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for SATBChorus&Piano MusicbyRobertS.Cohen PoembyEdgarAllanPoe

Serenade

Sosweetthehour,socalmthetime, Ifeelitmorethanhalfacrime, WhenNaturesleepsandstarsaremute, Tomarthesilenceev’nwithlute. Atrestonocean’sbrilliantdyes

AnimageofElysiumlies: SevenPleiadesentrancedinHeaven, Forminthedeepanotherseven: Endymionnoddingfromabove Seesintheseaasecondlove. Withinthevalleysdimandbrown, Andonthespectralmountain’scrown, Theweariedlightisdyingdown, Andearth,andstars,andsea,andsky Areredolentofsleep,asI oftheeandthine

Enthrallinglove,myAdeline. Butlist,Olist,sosoftandlow Thylover’svoicetonightshallflow, That,scarceawake,thysoulshalldeem Mywordsthemusicofadream. Thus,whilenosinglesoundtoorude Uponthyslumbershallintrude, Ineverydeedshallmingle,love. Ourthoughts,oursoulsOGodabove!

                        Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Piano           Andantecantabile  Andantecantabile                             So   So           sweetthe   sweetthe          hour,so    hour,so     1 Serenade

            S A T B 7     calmthe   calmthe          time,I    time,I         feelit   feelit          morethan    morethan         halfa   halfa          crime,When   crime,When                 S A T B 13     Nature   Nature          sleepsand    sleepsand         starsare   starsare         mute,  mute,             Tomarthe    Tomarthe       silence   silence     2

            S A T B 19     marthe            silence                    evenwith     evenwith        lute.  lute.                                        At   At                      -            S A T B   reston   reston   reston   reston             26 26   ocean’s   ocean’s   ocean’s   ocean’s            brilliant   brilliant   brilliant   brilliant            dyesAn   dyesAn   dyesAn   dyesAn            image   image   image   image            ofE   ofE   ofE   ofE         -3

            S A T B 32     lysium     lysium     lysium     lysium            lies:   lies:   lies:   lies:            Seven   Seven    Seven   Seven              Pleiadesen     Pleiadesen     Pleiadesen     Pleiadesen            trancedin   trancedin   trancedin   trancedin          unis.    Heaven,    Heaven,   Heaven,    Heaven,         -----            S A T B 38    Forminthe    Forminthe     Forminthe     Forminthe          unis.    deepa   deepa   deepa    deepa            nother    nother   nother   nother            seven:   seven:   seven:   seven:              En    En            --4

                  S A T B     dymion      noddingfroma     43 43 div. div.   Sees    bove         inthesea       seaasecond     poco rit.   With    love.With        unis. unis. --              S A T B    inthe   inthe    inthe              47 47 Tempoprimo    valleys   valleys    valleys                dimand   dimand    dimand                 brown,And    brown,And   brown               onthe   onthe    onthe    onthe            -5

            S A T B  52    spectral    spectral    spectral    spectral               mountain’s   mountain’s    mountain's    mountain’s                 crown,The    crown,The    crown    crown,              div.     wearied   wearied                    div. unis.   lightis     lightis                               S A T B 57   dying     dying                       down,And     down,And                    unis. div.     earth,and  earth,    earth,and                       stars,and  stars,    stars,and                   unis.   sea,and   sea,and   sea,and                  6

            S A T B 62    skyAre    skyAre   sky                      redolentof     redolentof     redolentof    redolentof            cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco     sleep,asIof     sleep,asIof   sleep,as    sleep,as              theeand   theeand    theeand   theeand               thineEn    thineEn    thineEn    thineEn              -            S A T B 67   thralling   thrallin   thralling   thralling              love,en   love,En    love,En   love,En         thrall    thrall  thrall  thrall                   ing   ing   ing   ing                7

                  S A T B 71  love,  love,  love,  love,                                          my    my                A  A  A  A   rit. rit.    de  de  de  de    line.  line.  line.  line.       75 75 Atempo  Atempo             But     -            S A T B 77     list,O    list,O                list,so    list,so               softand    softand               low   Thy  low              lover’s    lover's               voiceto    voiceto           -8

            S A T B 83    nightshall    nightshall                flow, That,   That    flow,That   That,                  scarcea   scarcea   scarcea   scarcea                   wake,thy    wake,thy   wake,thy   wake,thy                   soulshall  soul   soulshall   soulshall                 deem    shalldeem  deem  deem                 --            S A T B 89    Mywordsthe    Mywordsthe    Mywordsthe    Mywordsthe                               music   music   music   music                 wordsthe    wordsthe    wordsthe    wordsthe        music   music   music   music      ofa    ofa    ofa    ofa  --9

            S A T B 95  dream.   dream.  dream.  dream.        div.   Thus,   Thus,            unis. div.     whileno   whileno   whileno    whileno                       single   single   single    single                    soundtoo   soundtoo   soundtoo    soundtoo                simile-            S A T B 100    rudeU   rudeU   rudeU   rude                    ponthy   ponthy   ponthy    Upon                    slumber   slumber   slumber    slumber                    shallin   shallin   shallin    shallin                   trude,Our   trude,Our   trude,   trude,               -10

            S A T B     thoughts,our   thoughts,our   thoughts,our    thoughts,our                    soulsO   soulsO   soulsO    soulsO                    Goda   Goda   Goda    Goda                    bove!   bove!  bove!  bove!                   div.    In                unis.-                  S A T B 110    every                                unis.    deedshall     everydeedshall     everydeedshall                                  mingle,   mingle,   mingle,                                love.In   love.  love.                            poco rit.  poco rit. -    11

            S A T B    every   every   every   every   114 114    Unpocomenomosso Unpocomenomosso   deedshall     everydeedshall  deed   deedshall      min  min  min  min    gle,  gle,  gle,  gle,   ---            S A T B   love.  love.  love.  love.           118 118                               rit. rit.                              12