When Music Sounds

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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