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THREE SONGS on poems by Hart Crane
for baritone and piano
BRAXTON BLAKE
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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for Richard Lalli, in admiration and friendship
“There Are the Local...”, “To Conquer Variety”, and “ Echoes” are from COMPLETE POEMS OF HART CRANE edited by Marc Simon. Copyright© 1933, 1958, 1966 by Liveright Publishing Corporation. Copyright © 1986 by Marc Simon. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Company.
PHOTOCOPYING
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THREE SONGS
PROHIBITED
Hart Crane
Braxton Blake
THERE ARE THE LOCAL... =56–58
There
=56–58
sostenuto, ma claro (ad lib.)
4 3
are
the
lo
cal
or
chard 5
7
boughs 8va
5
Copyright © 2008 Braxton Blake
4 9
With
ap
ples—
Au
7
5
11 3
gust
5
boughs—
their
un
7
7
spilled
9 3
13
3
spines
In
3
ter wrenched
and
flock
3
ing with
5 16
3
gold
spou
sal
wine
Like
8va
3
19 3
hum
mocks drift
ing
in
8va
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au
3
tumn 8va
the
6
molto rit. (independent of piano) 25
3
3
3
shine
senza rit. (independent of voice)
poco rit.
8va
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TO CONQUER VARIETY
=46–52
I
have
seen
my
=46–52
sostenuto
5
ghost
bro
ken
My
bo
dy
blessed
And
Ed
en
Scraped
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from
my
mo
ther’s
breast
When
8
14
3
the
charge was spo
ken
Love
dis
pos
sessed
rit. 18
And
the
seal
bro
rit.
ken...
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ECHOES =88–92
=88–92
sostenuto, ma claro (ad lib.) 3
5
Sli
8
pane,
8va
vers
of
rain
up
on
the
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Jade
green
with
13
sun
light,
melt
and
8va
15
flow
Up
ward
a
gain:—
8va
18
they
11
21
leave
no
stain
Of
all
the
24
storm
an
hour
a
go.
.= meno mosso 28
5
O
5
ver
.= meno mosso 8va
3
the
12 31
3
5
hill
a
6
33
5
last
5
5
5
cloud
6
dips
6
6
35
dis
ap
pears, 8va
5
And
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3
3
5
and
5
I
should
go
As
40
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si
lent
ly
but
3 6
42
that
your
lips
Are
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14
43
9
5
warm
er
with
a
3
3
3
3
3
3
45
6
red
6
6
3
3
3
der
3 3
3
3
rit. 47
subito più mosso =66–72
5
glow.
Fresh 8va
rit.
subito più mosso =66–72
15 50 3 3
and fra
gile,
your
arms
now
are
cir cles of
cool
ro
ses,
—so...
8va
54
3
In o
pal pools
57 3
neath
3
your brow
I
dream
we
3
quarreled long,
rit.
60
3
long
a
go.
rit.
be
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