O Cool is the Valley Now

IAC010

by Ian A. Cook 2011

O Cool is the Valley Now for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, and piano

written for Maren Beckman, mezzo-soprano

text by James Joyce 1907

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IAC010

O Cool is the Valley Now

by Ian A. Cook

O Cool is the Valley Now

Duration: 4'45''

by James Joyce O cool is the valley now And there, love, will we go For many a choir is singing now Where Love did sometime go.

And hear you not the thrushes calling, Calling us away?

O cool and pleasant is the valley And there, love, will we stay.

Program Note O Cool is the Valley Now was written in a style similar to the Impressionism of the early 20th century. The harmonies are entirely derived from a method inspired by the chromatic planing of Claude Debussy. This yields highly chromatic music that is still very accessible, which helps to evoke some of the images of idyllic locations and feelings of as-of-yet unfulfilled yearning expressed in the text.

O Cool is the Valley Now tied for second place in the 2011 Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Collegiate Composition Contest in the Chamber Group division.

O Cool is the Valley Now is copyrighted Š 2011 by Ian A. Cook All rights are reserved.

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Transposed Score

O Cool is the Valley Now James Joyce (1882-1941)

Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2011

q=72 molto rubato

Mezzo-soprano

 



r Pe Flute

Clarinet in Bb







  



 







  



 







harmon mute, no stem  

3                           

us

Trumpet in Bb

 

p

q=72 molto rubato

 

Piano







  

 

 

   













A tempo

 



     

A  





mf

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e or Sc

M-S.

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5

al

5

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

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Ah

Fl.

Cl.

Tpt.

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

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

       

Pno.

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 3            

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6

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p

p

A tempo

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p

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A     

                       

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M-S.

Fl.

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r Pe 

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p

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p

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                  

           

p

 

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              



mp

p

         mf



    



p

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p

mp

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mf

Pno.

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p

mf

Tpt.

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Oh

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mf

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          

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mp

 

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al 15

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 

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cool

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mp

      

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is the val

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now,

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mp

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e or Sc

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B

mp

5 19

M-S.

q=q sempre

  

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and

Fl.

there, love, will

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Tpt.

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we

go

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

           

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3

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mp

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      

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            mf            

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mp

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C  

            

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al 22

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us

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mf

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p

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       p

 

  

6 26

M-S.

Fl.

   

For

ma - ny_a choir is







Tpt.

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

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 

ing

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now

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

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

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   

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

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pp

    

                             

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Cl.

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p

        

al 32



  

mp

where

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Cl.

Tpt.

Pno.

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

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

love did some-time

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

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mf

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mp

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mp

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al 41

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5

                 3

 



 

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 



 



 



 

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        



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rit.

e or Sc

M-S.

mp

 

 



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 

8 45

M-S.

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

E  

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



 3               

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r Pe

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    

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    

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mp

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

 

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Tpt.





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   

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 

     

  

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

mf

E                      

             

mf

   

 

p

Tempo primo

 



 

 

 

  



  

   

mf

mf

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p

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

 

p

           

  

 

 

 

  



Pno.



 

Più lento

  

mf

    

p

  

e or Sc

M-S.



   





al

51

A tempo

 

p

us

Pno.



 



p

 



3





   

  

     

Tempo primo

 



 

               





 

     

 

mf

  

mf

 







      

           



       

   

9

M-S.

Fl.

 



    

  

   



  

  

    



       

and

cool

 



 

  



 

  

 



 



F    

     

mp

       

       

O

  

 





  

  

mf       

         

us

Pno.

      

  

  

  



f

Tpt.

 



r Pe

Cl.

 

F     

mf



56



 

al 60

plea

Fl.

Cl.

Tpt.

 -

sant

is

  



  



 



  

Pno.

    the

val

        

 -

 

-

ley

mp





there, love, will we

   

  

  



 

 

mp



and

  

 

mp



                                                  



  

  

       

mp



e or Sc

M-S.

  

 

mp





           

      3

3



  

10 64

M-S.

mf

 



stay.

Fl.

    

 



 



mf





3



Oh

 



 





 



               



us

Pno.





                            

Tpt.

mf



r Pe

Cl.

  

  

mp





mp

                        

3

                     

al 

  



Oo

Fl.

 



 



      Cl.         3

3

p

Tpt.





 





rit.

 



Pno.

         



p

  

     

 



   

   



   



   

  

 

   

   

 

pp

pp

pp

3



                   3 pp                     rit.

   



 

mf

e or Sc

M-S.

mp



68

            