Serenade (2016) by bobcohenmusic

Serenade for SSAAChorus

MusicbyRobertS.Cohen

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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!

                        Soprano1 Soprano2 Alto1 Alto2 Piano            Andantecantabile                            So   So           sweetthe   sweetthe          hour,so    hour,so     Serenade

            S1 S2 A1 A2 7     calmthe   calmthe          time,I    time,I         feelit   feelit          morethan    morethan         halfa   halfa          crime,When    crime,When                 S1 S2 A1 A2 13     Nature   Nature          sleepsand    sleepsand         starsare   starsare         mute,   mute,             Tomarthe    Tomarthe       silence   silence     -2

            S1 S2 A1 A2 19    Tomarthe    Tomarthe           silence   silence                   evenwith     evenwith      lute.  lute.                                        At   At                       -            S1 S2 A1 A2 26   reston   reston   reston   reston               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

            S1 S2 A1 A2 32     lysium     lysium     lysium     lysium            lies:   lies:   lies:   lies:            Seven   Seven    Seven   Seven              Pleiadesen     Pleiadesen     Pleiadesen     Pleiadesen            trancedin   trancedin   trancedin   trancedin             Heaven,   Heaven,    Heaven,    Heaven,                     S1 S2 A1 A2 38    Forminthe    Forminthe     Forminthe     Forminthe             deepa   deepa    deepa   deepa            nother    nother   nother   nother            seven:   seven:   seven:   seven:           poco rit.    En    En             --4

                  S1 S2 A1 A2     dymion       dymionnodding    nodding    froma   43    Sees   Sees     bove            inthesea       intheseaasecond      seaasecond    second    poco rit.    With   love.With   love.   love.        ----            S1 S2 A1 A2    inthe   inthe    inthe    inthe             47 Tempoprimo    valleys   valleys    valleys    valleys               dimand   dimand    dimand    dimand                brown,And    brown,And   brown   brown,              onthe   onthe    onthe    onthe            -5

            S1 S2 A1 A2  52    spectral    spectral    spectral    spectral               mountain’s   mountain’s    mountain's    mountain’s                crown,The    crown,The    crownThe    crown,               wearied   wearied   wearied    wearied                  lightis   lightis    lightis   lightis                 -            S1 S2 A1 A2 57   dying   dying   dying    dying                    down,And    down,And   down,   down,                    earth,and   earth,and  earth,    earth,and                    stars,and   stars,and  stars,    stars,and                    sea,and   sea,and   seaand   sea,and                 -6

            S1 S2 A1 A2 62    skyAre    skyAre   sky   sky                     redolentof     redolentof     redo     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              -            S1 S2 A1 A2 67   thralling   thralling   thralling   thralling             loveEn    love,En   loveEn   love,En           thrall    thrall  thrall  thrall                   ing   ing   ing   ing             --       7

                  S1 S2 A1 A2 71  love,  love,  love,  love,                                          my    my                A  A  A  A     rit.  de  de  de  de    line.  line.  line.  line.       Atempo  75           But        ---            S1 S2 A1 A2 77     list,O   list,O                 list,so   list,so                softand   softand                low   low   Thy               lover’s     lover's              voiceto     voiceto          8

            S1 S2 A1 A2 83    nightshall     nightshall              flow,That,   That   That    flow,That,                  scarcea   scarcea   scarcea   scarcea                     wake,thy    wake,thy   wake,thy   wake,thy                   soulshall  soul   soulshall  soul                 deem    shalldeem  deem  deem                 -            S1 S2 A1 A2 89    Mywordsthe    Mywordsthe    Mywordsthe    Mywordsthe                                music   music   music   music                 wordsthe    wordsthe    wordsthe    wordsthe             music   music   music   music      ofa    ofa    ofa    ofa  ---9

            S1 S2 A1 A2 95  dream.  dream.  dream.  dream.           Thus,    Thus,                whileno   whileno    whileno   whileno                  div.     single   single    single   single                    soundtoo   soundtoo    soundtoo   soundtoo                simile-            S1 S2 A1 A2 100   rudeU   rudeU   rude   rudeU                    ponthy   ponthy    Upon   ponthy                    slumber   slumber   slumber    slumber                    shallin   shallin    shallin   shallin                   trude,Our   trude,Our   trude,Our   trude,Our                --10

            S1 S2 A1 A2     thoughts,our  thoughts,    thoughts,our   thoughts,our                cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco     soulsO   soulsO   soulsO    soulsO                    Goda   Goda   Goda   Goda                    bove!  bove!  bove!  bove!                      In               Unis. -                 S1 S2 A1 A2 110    every                                   deedshall      everydeedshall     everydeedshall                                 mingle,    mingle   mingle                               love.In    In   love.   love.                           poco rit. poco rit.      11

            S1 S2 A1 A2    every  eve   every   every   114 Unpocomenomosso     deedshall     rydeedshall    deedshall   deedshall     min  min  min  min    gle,  gle,  gle,  gle,    rit.---            S1 S2 A1 A2   love.  love.  love.  love.           118                               rit. rit.                              12