The Road (full score) by Franklin Piland

THE ROAD FOR UNACCOMPANIED SATB CHOIR

COMPOSED BY

FRANKLIN PILAND ORIGINAL MELODY BY

SAMUEL REESE

“THE VAGABOND” Give to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me, Give the jolly heaven above And the byway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river There's the life for a man like me, There's the life for ever.

Or let autumn fall on me Where afield I linger, Silencing the bird on tree, Biting the blue finger. White as meal the frosty field Warm the fireside haven Not to autumn will I yield, Not to winter even!

Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me; Give the face of earth around And the road before me. Wealth I seek not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me.

Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me; Give the face of earth around, And the road before me. Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I ask, the heaven above And the road below me. - Robert Louis Stevenson

About the Composer: As a composer and arranger Franklin has been fortunate to have all of his works premiered and recorded by a variety of musicians, from middle school bands to collegiate ensembles, and has collaborated on his music with some of the world’s best humans (that’s a total fact, no question); renowned flautist François Minaux, star soprano Audra Methvin, critically-acclaimed saxophonist Ann Bradfield, the flawless bassonist Shih-min Tang, master collaborative pianist Ben Corbin, clarinetist Winnie Fan, mezzo-soprano Page Stephens, and Disney composer and recording engineer Gary Powell name just a few of the many talented and exceptional collaborators. Arrangements of Franklin’s are widely-requested and numerous, and range from solos to symphonies. His choral and band works have drawn attention from legendary composers of our time, Eric Whitacre, Donald Grantham, Mark Camphouse, and David Holsinger being some of the most prominent. His band work Somnia Mortem was named a finalist in the ATSSB Composition Competition and has been championed beautifully by David Holsinger since 2013. He has been commissioned numerous works (20 since 2011 and counting) for a wide variety of ensembles, most recently Meditations for Wind Ensemble, Nine – Concertino for Tuba and Piano, Rose Made Man, a One-Act Opera, and Hymn for band. Franklin’s most recent projects include: four works for the Pakistani/American fusion group Sangat (Moon of the 15th, Sangat, Morning, and Sun of the 10th) currently on tour across the world and an exciting collaboration with the Native American jazz group The Delbert Anderson Trio, recently featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, arranging three tunes from their first album for rapper, jazz trio, and wind ensemble. First printing: November 23, 2013 Duration: Approximately 3 minutes Performance materials available for purchase directly from the composer: purchase@franklinpiland.com franklinpiland.com

THE ROAD

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

FRANKLIN PILAND (ASCAP) Original melody by SAMUEL REESE

FOR SATB CHOIR A CAPPELLA

Irish and nostalgic ( q = 60 ) TENOR SOLO:

BASS SOLO:

V b 45

T Solo

Freely - quasi recitative:

Give

to me

the life

And

the by - way

œœ

love,

nigh

Let

the lave

Bed

the bush

me,

Give the jol - ly

œ œ

T Solo

B Solo

with stars

to see,

∑

? œ. b

There's the life for a man

me,

œ.

œ œ

There's the life

œ œ for

Bread I

œ. œ œ œ œ Œ V b œ. œ

T Solo

B Solo

? b œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ Œ

œ. œ œ œ œ Œ œ. œ

œ -

er.

Let what will be o' - er me;

Give the face of earth a - round,

And the road be - fore

ALTOS:

TENORS:

dip in

the blow

œ. œ œ œ œ œ Œ

And the road be - fore

& V

me.

P Œ Œ œ

Ó Ó

the ri

ver.

Let

Give the face of earth a - round,

bove,

F. œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ

Let

Let what will be o' - er me;

SOPRANOS:

œ. œ œ œ œ œ Œ

œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ Œ

heav'n a

9 In time F œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ

ª 10

∑

œ œ œ œ œj œ œ œ

œ œ

œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ

ª 7

j œ

∑

œ œ .

me.

go by

œ. œ œ œ

∑

œ œ œ œ.

∑

œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ

∑

? b œ. œ œ œ œ

B Solo

∑

F port. ? b 45 œ . œ œ . œ œj œ œ œ

ª 4

∑

fall soon

late,

∑ ∑

me.

Œ Œ ∑

Ooh

˙.

˙ ˙. F œ œ œ œ Œ œ. œ œ F. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ

Wealth I seek not, hope nor love,

? BASSES:

∑

Wealth I seek not, hope nor love,

"The Road" copyright © 2013 FDPublications and Samuel Reese. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited. Poem "The Vagabond" lies in public domain. WWW.FRANKLINPILAND.COM

The Road - Score - pg. 2

&b ˙

˙.

&b ˙

˙.

œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ

Nor

a friend

to know

F b & œ.

P ˙ Vb ˙ F ? œ. b Or

œ œ.

œ œ

F ˙˙ ..

œ œœ ..

heav'n *

j œ

seek,

the

Where a-field

œ a

heav'n

œ. œ œ œ œ

œ bove,

And

the road be - low

me.

œ. œ œ œ œ

a - bove,

I lin

F ˙˙ .

& b œ.

œ œ œ œ œ.

Vb œ œ Bit - ing

the

œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ

Bit - ing the blue fin

ger.

œ œ J

œ.

ger,

the road be - low

me.

œœ

ger.

œ . œ œœ .. œœ œ œ

Where a-field

21 F j ‰ œ. œ-

I lin

œœ

ger,

j œ ‰

F j ‰ œœ.

as meal

the frost - y

field,

œ œ

j ‰ œ

j œ- ‰

œ œ

œ J

White

F œ.

as meal

White

as meal

F j ‰ œ. œœ œ. -

White

œ œ œ œ

as meal

the frost - y

the

frost - y

œ œ

the

œ.

œ œ

len - cing

the bird

tree,

œ œ.

œ œ

len - cing

the bird

tree,

œ œœ ..

œ œ œ œ

œœ

œ œ

tree,

F ˙˙ ..

˙˙

œ œ

White

œ œ.

Œ Œ

Ooh

Simile dynamics

blue fin - ger.

œ.

ger,

œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ

Where a-field

Aah

Simile dynamics

œœ œœ

let au - tumn fall

œ œ œ œ

? b œ. œ.

˙˙

œ œ œ œ

Bit - ing the blue fin

the

seek

Ooh

Bit - ing the blue fin

All

œ œ

let au - tumn fall

& b œ.

œ œ

œ.

All

me;

let au - tumn fall

Ooh

me;

œ œ

17 Moving forward, poco accel F Simile dynamics b Œ & œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ

œ.

N.B.

* Close to the "n" on "heav'n", as quickly as possible.

to know

œ . ? b œ. œ œ œ œ œ ª

a friend

N.B.

frost - y

len - cing

the bird

œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ

œ ‰ J

œ. œ œ œ ˙

j œ- ‰

Warm thefire - side

field,

f Heartily > > œ œ œ. >

field. The

fi - re!*

‰

Warm thefire - side ha

ven;

œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ Warm thefire - side

ven;

œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ Warm thefire - side

* Epenthesis with an epenthetic vowel (fie-yure), folksy

ven;

œ ‰ J

f œ œ >

No,

The Road - Score - pg. 3

f b & œ.

Not

œ œ œ œ œ œ

j ‰ œ

to au - tumn will

& b œ. f b V œ.

to au - tumn will

Not

to au - tumn will

Not

œ œ œ œ œ œ

j œ ‰

yield,

œ œ œ œ œ œ I

not

to au - tumn will

yield,

& b œ. œ œ œ œ

Let

what will

Vb ˙

late,

o'er

& b œ. œ œ œ œ Let

what will

? b ˙˙

late,

äœ

and

ä œ

o'er

and

äœ œ

œœ

œ œ

äœ œ

to win - ter

Not

to win - ter

œ œ œ œ

œ. Not

to win - ter

œ œ œ œ

No,

œ œ œ œ

œ.

yield,

Not

œ œ œ œ œ œ , œ â

œ.

œ œ œ œ. œ ˙

œ.

j œ ‰

Not

œ œ œ œ œ

win - ter

en!

ƒ 64 œ .

the face

give

the face

earth

œœ œ œ -

er me!

me!

earth

œ. œ.

late,

j ‰ œ

F ˙

fall

soon

œœ

œ œ

œœ

Let

fall

soon

fall

soon

œ.

œ œ

˙ en!

Let

˙ ˙

en!

the blow

fall

soon

œ.

And

œ-

œ.

a - round,

And

a - round,

the

be - fore

œ œ œ œ J

a - round

road

œ 45 œ

the

be - fore

road

œ 45

the road

œ. œ.

And

P œ œ œj ‰ Œ -

œ 45 œ

>œ >œ

And

late,

Poco rit

a - round,

earth

the blow

Let

œ œ œ œ >œ . earth

œ œ

Let

F ˙

en!

>œ œ œ œ œ œ > >

ƒ .. œ 64 œ .. ƒ 64 ˙ ˙

j ‰ œ

Glorious & Energetic! ƒ 64 œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ give

œ œ

œ.

road

˙˙

me.

P œ œ œ-j ‰ Œ

œ 5 œ œ 4 œ the

me.

be - fore

me.

œœ

˙ ˙

œ œ

be - fore

me.

29 Tempo Primo ∑ &b P & b ww

P ?b w w

F œ. œ œ Nor

F. Solo œ œ œ Vb Wealth

Solo

I ask

œ â

Nor

not, hope

œ nor

˙˙ ..

love.

P w

a friend

œ œ

know

˙˙

44 j ‰ œœ

me;

Solo

love,

œ œ All

œ â

Nor

w w

love.

Solo

œ â

No,

∑ Œ

4 w 4 ask,

F 44 œ . all

5 4 œ œ

I ask,

the heav'n

j œ

œ œ a - bove

The Road - Score - pg. 4

& b 45

Poco rit (All) f 44 Ó œ œ Œ

∑

And the

& b 45

∑

V b 45 œ . a

? b 45 w

œ œ J bove

∑

, F 44 œ œ œœ ˙˙

P , (All) œ œ œ 44 ww And the

road

And the

road

(All)

me.

U ˙

U ƒ > œ œ ˙ > >

And the road

˙˙

ƒU ˙˙

˙˙

ƒU ˙˙

road

u u

˙be

, , ,

˙-

˙˙ -

˙-

low

˙-

low

˙˙ -

low

˙-

low

P long U w

me.

P long U

me.

P long U ww

P long U w w

me.