When Music Sounds for SATB choir, a cappella
Text by Walter de la Mare
Dennis Tobenski
Music When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovely things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees, Lift burdened branches, stilled with ecstasies. When music sounds, out of the water rise Naiads whose beauty dims my waking eyes, Rapt in strange dreams burns each enchanted face, With solemn echoing stirs their dwelling-place. When music sounds, all that I was I am Ere to this haunt of brooding dust I came; While from Time's woods break into distant song The swift-winged hours, as I hasten along. Walter de la Mare (1873 – 1956)
for Dr. Karyl Carlson, the 2012-13 Illinois State University Madrigal Singers, and the ISU College of Fine Arts
When Music Sounds
Walter de la Mare (1873 – 1956)
q = 70
SOPRANO
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2012)
f
And all her love - ly things f
ALTO
When mu- sic sounds,
TENOR
BASS
gone is the earth I know,
And all her love - ly things f
And all her love - ly things f
And all her love - ly things
4
S.
p
grow; p
A.
p
T.
B.
p
mf
When mu - sic sounds, Her
grow;
grow;
f
f
When
mu - sic
sounds,
mf
Her
grow; Copyright © 2012 Dennis Tobenski. All Rights Reserved.
3
e - ven love - li - er
3
e - ven love - li - er
3
e - ven love - li - er 3
e - ven love - li - er
flowers
in
vi - sion
flowers
in
mf
Her
flowers
in
mf
Her
flowers
in
vi - sion
vi - sion
vi - sion
6 7
S.
flame,
A.
her fo - rest
T.
B.
flame
her fo - rest
f
her fo - rest
11
with p sub.
A.
stilled p sub.
T.
stilled
with
stilled
with
B.
3
ec - sta -
ec - sta -
sies.
sies.
When mu - sic sounds,
ec - sta -
bran- ches,
mf
3
bran- ches,
Lift bur - dened
3
bran- ches,
mf
sies.
stilled
Lift bur - dened
trees,
bran- ches,
sies.
3
ec - sta -
with
p sub.
trees,
p sub.
Lift bur - dened
flame,
S.
trees,
mf
sounds her fo - rest
Lift bur - dened
When mu - sic
trees,
flame,
When
mu
-
mf
sic
sounds,
When mu - sic sounds,
mf
When mu - sic sounds,
7 f
15
S.
out f
A.
B.
S.
the wa - ter
rise
Nai - ads
of
the wa - ter
rise
f
f
p
of
rise
of
the wa - ter
eyes,
p
T.
B.
eyes,
p
eyes,
Rapt
p
pp
pp
Rapt pp
Rapt pp
Rapt
in strange dreams
beau - ty
dims
in strange dreams
dims
beau - ty
f
burns
each
en - chan - ted
en - chan - ted
burns
each
each
f
en - chan - ted
dims
each
my
beau - ty
my
dims
burns
wak - ing
beau - ty
whose
my
burns
whose
whose
f
in strange dreams
Nai - ads
in strange dreams
whose
Nai - ads
rise
Nai - ads
the wa - ter
eyes,
A.
of
out
19
out
out
T.
f
en - chan - ted
my
face,
face,
face,
face,
wak - ing
wak - ing
wak - ing
mf
mf
With
With
mf
With mf
With
8 24
S.
so
A.
so
-
lemn
-
-
lemn
lemn
27
S.
e-
choing
e-
choing
B. so
lemn
so
T.
-
e-
choing
e-
choing
stirs
their
their
stirs
their
A.
When
T.
mu - sic
mf
When
mu - sic
sounds,
was
I
mf
mf
that
f
was f
I
was
f
I
f
was
place.
dwell - ing
I
all
that
sounds,
p
B.
dwell - ing p
place.
p
place.
dwell - ing
stirs
dwell - ing
their
p
stirs
all p
mf
p
place.
I
am
I
ff
ff
am ff
I
am ff
I
am
9 31
S.
mf sub.
Ere
A.
to
this
haunt
of
p
I
brood - ing
dust
I
brood - ing
dust
I
brood - ing
dust
I
mf
dust
mf sub.
T.
B.
Ere
to
this
mf sub.
Ere
to
this
35
S.
haunt
haunt
mp
woods p
A.
While
mp
B.
T.
from Time's p
Time's
p
from Time's
of
of
f
break
mp
woods
woods mp
woods
dis - tant
f
break f
break f
break
came;
came; p
came; p
came;
ff
in - to
p
song
The
ff
in - to
dis - tant
song ff
in - to
dis - tant
song
ff
in - to
dis - tant
song
The
The
The
10 39
S.
mp
A.
As
mp
swift– winged
hours
mp
swift– winged hours
T.
B.
43
S.
When
When
When
As
I
mp
mu - sic
sounds
sounds
has - ten
pp
When
sounds ppp
mu - sic
sounds
ppp
mu - sic
sounds
mu - sic
a - long.
ppp
pp
mu - sic
pp
ppp
pp
When
a - long.
When
When
has - ten
sounds
mu - sic
p distant, dreamy
B.
I
sounds
mu - sic
p distant, dreamy T.
mu - sic
p distant, dreamy A.
hours
p distant, dreamy
When
mp
swift– winged
hours
swift– winged
mp
sounds
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