Darest Thou Now, O Soul

IAC003

by Ian A. Cook 2009

Darest Thou Now, O Soul for SATB choir with divisi a capella

text by Walt Whitman

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IAC003

Darest Thou Now, O Soul

by Ian A. Cook

Darest Thou Now, O Soul

Duration: 5'15''

by Walt Whitman Darest thou now, O soul, Walk out with me toward the unknown region, Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow?

No map there, nor guide, Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand, Nor face with blooming flesh, nor lips, nor eyes, are in that land.

I know it not, O soul, Nor dost thou, all is a blank before us, All waits undream'd of in that region, that inaccessible land.

Till when the ties loosen, All but the ties eternal, Time and Space, Nor darkness, gravitation, sense, or any bounds bounding us.

Then we burst forth, we float, In Time and Space, O soul, prepared for them, Equal, equipt at last, (O joy! O fruit of all!) them to fulfil, O soul.

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Darest Thou Now, O Soul

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2009

for SATB choir a cappella

q=63 S.

  pp       Da

-

rest thou?

pp

 

A.



   

Da



-

rest



 thou?



r Pe

T.



 



Da

pp

B.



     -



Da

-





Mm

q=63



(rehearsal only)

Pno.

 

9

  



mp

  



mp

         

 

now,O soul, mp

  

now,O soul, mp

  

 

thou now,O soul,

      



 

mp

    

           

    

 

            

       mp

mp

      





   

un -known re



-

gion,



out with me toward the

       p

un -known re

  

walk out with me toward the mp



p

        

walk out with me toward the mp

gion, p

    

un -known re



-

-

gion, p

    

un -known re

-

gion,

                                           mp



rest? Da

-

rest

p

     -

rest

cresc.

-



rest thou

   

   

cresc.

-

thou

p

   

Da

 

walk



 

   

   

   

p

rest thou?

Da

-

rest

Più mosso

walk out with me toward the





            cresc.

    

        

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p

p

    

Più mosso

       

where nei -ther ground is for the feet

e or Sc

thou now,O soul,

p

Da

Da

     

al



pp



rest thou?

-

Più mosso

rest thou?

rest thou?

Da

us

      

-

      

rest thou?



cresc.

-

     



Da

pp



Da

Mm

   Mm

    

cresc.

      where nei -ther

ground

      where nei -ther

  is for the



ground

      where nei -ther

ground

Più mosso

                      



4

A tempo

16

  

mp



   

a -ny path

mp

 



  

feet

 

to

fol - low.

to

      

r Pe is for the feet



mp



    

nor a -ny path

    





 

to

fol - low.

 







touch of





p



   





      

        

   

face with bloom -ing flesh,

 

nor

     

nor lips,

   

 

 

nor eyes,

are

     

 

     in

that

 

land.



Più mosso

   

mp









hand,

mp

 

e or Sc

I





nor lips,

     



     

 





  

nor eyes,

 

are





   



in

that

I



land.

I

 

 

 

 



      

mp



  p

 



      

        

  



mp

    know

it

mp

know

          

        

  

know

     

I

      

hu - man

       

 

mp p

al

     

mp nor

      

 



map there,nor guide,

    

        

                    

23

 

Mm

us

     



Mm

A tempo

 

     

No

a -ny path to fol -low.

mp



    p





Mm

fol - low.

mp

     

p

     

a -ny path

       





   

mp

know

it

Più mosso

        mp

              

5

     31

not,

    not,





mf

O

soul,

mf



 O

soul, mf

    nor



   

not,



soul,

  O

mf



         

soul,



 

    

  

mf

     38

a

blank be - fore

dost thou, all is



us,

a blank be - fore

mf        dost thou, all is

a

 



     



us,

         Più mosso

        

                        

 

        

A tempo

 





    

all waits un - dream'd

                           

          



all waits un - dream'd

mf



     all waits un - dream'd

us,

blank be - fore



all waits un - dream'd

      

al





nor



dost thou, all is mf

us,

us

    

     

                  nor



a blank be - fore

mf

nor



               

dost thou, all is

r Pe

      not, O



Più mosso

mf





of in that re - gion,

                



of in that re - gion,

                 





that

in - ac - ces - si -ble land.



Mm

T1 solo: Till

                 

 

                



of in that re - gion,

of in that re - gion,

that

that

in - ac - ces - si -ble

land.

p when

             the ties

p

  





  



 

               

Mm

A tempo

                          



Mm

in - ac - ces - si -ble land.

                       

         

  

e or Sc

  

p

p

6 45

 











mp cresc.

S1 solo: nor dark



-

     



Ooh Mm

 







A1 solo:

Time

    

and

Space,

         

mp cresc.





dark - ness,

                                -

en,

all

r Pe

loos

  



 

















    

-

    

grav

   grav 



 - i

-

-



ta - tion,



 - i

     

           

grav - i - ta - tion, sense,



ta - tion,

 sense,

 sense,

grav



- i

-





ta - tion,



sense,





mf cresc.

nor

a - ny bounds bound -ing us.

mf cresc.



   

Ooh

mf cresc.



 

  

 

poco accel.





  

bound -ing us.

   

 





 

Ah

Ooh







Ooh



 

 

 

 

mf cresc.

 

     

 

Ah



bound -ing us.

   

 

 

Ooh

Ooh



mp cresc.

                                          



                 

nor

mf cresc.





mp cresc.

e or Sc

 



ness,

al

53



dark -ness,

                                  

 



mp cresc.

dark - ness,

us



but the ties e - ter - nal,

 

Ah



 

Ah

      A - ny bounds poco accel.

 

 

           

7

A tempo

molto rit.

Ah

61

  

          

 

bounds bound -ing us.

  

   

Then

bound -ing us.

A - ny bound -ing us.

bounds bound -ing us.

A - ny bounds bound -ing us.

Then

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  



   

 

    



float,



    



in

Time

mf

    float,

  



 





in

Time

mf





in

Time

mf

 

 

in

 mf

  

Then



   forth,



  

             





and

 and





Space,

 

and





Space,



mp



mp



O

 



mp

Time

and

Space,

O





 

  

  









O

soul,

forth, we decresc.





   

ff

  

    

 -





pared for

mp



O

soul,







pre



soul,

 

  



-



pre





soul,

pre

-

 

     

decresc.

  





 





  



them,

e - qual,

 e -







e - qual,

e -





 





them,

e - qual,

e -





pared for them,

pared for





pared for them,









-



we

mp



   

decresc.

forth,

 

float,

we

 

 

 we

forth,

A tempo

pre

 

     

 



burst



 

forth, decresc.

burst

  

we burst

molto rit.

         

Space,

 

burst ff

 

decresc.

e or Sc

float,

mf

we

al



              



               

us

   

 

ff

Ah

  

ff

we burst ff

      

      

            

 

Then

r Pe    

we

        

bound - ing us.

    

 



 



e - qual,

e -



 





 



 



  



 

 

  







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      decresc.

quipt at



poco rit. p

   



last,

them

decresc.

     quipt at last, (O

      quipt at last, (O

joy!



  O

fruit







joy!

O

fruit

r Pe

decresc.



      decresc.

quipt at

  of

all!)

 

pp



pp

ful - fil,



them

p

  to



 

of

them

to

all!)





p

 

  



   

p





ful - fil,

      

 O

 



O

  

ful - fil,

 

them to poco rit.



ful - fil,

 

soul.

 

O





soul.



soul.

pp





O

   



soul.

molto rall.

          



 



pp

 

     

pp



al

us



       



to

  

p

last,

      decresc.



molto rall.

       

e or Sc