The White Heron

IAC020

by Ian A. Cook 2013

The White Heron for SATB choir a capella

text by William Butler Yeats 1921

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IAC020

The White Heron

by Ian A. Cook

The White Heron

Duration: 2'45''

by William Butler Yeats Motionless under the moon-beam, Up to his feathers in the stream; Although fish leap, the white heron Shivers in a dumbfounded dream.

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The White Heron for SATB chorus William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) 1921

q=72

Soprano

 p    

mp

       



Alto

Tenor

Bass

 



pp

  



pp

  



  



Ooh

  p

mo

  



Ooh

pp



 

mo

p

 

us

   

for rehearsal only

   p

  

 

pp



   



A tempo sub. mf

9

S.

   

 

   

A.

 



moon - beam,

T.

B.

  

  



   

  



  

-

     





A tempo sub. mf

 

   

mp







  

 

mp

-

   

  

 



  

-

tion -less

 

un - der the

mp

 



less

un - der

the

  

  



mp

     

mf

up

to his

fea -thers

up

up to his

     

3

     mf

3

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  fea - thers

thestream,

 

mp

 

mf

up

to his

fea - thers

mp



mf



    



              



      

to his

fea -thers in



to his fea -thers

mf

 



mf

          



    

 



 



 

mp

 

mp

to his fea -thers



up

3



the





    3   

 

mp

beam,



un - der

less



mf



mf

-

mo - tion

up to his fea - thers



-

 



3

up

3



rall.

mp

    

mp



 

tion - less,



the moon

tion - less

mo - tion

   

der

 

-

  

less,

-



mp

       

ooh



mo

-

mf

 mf

moon - beam,



less,

mo

mp



  

9

  

  

ooh

       moon - beam,

tion

p







mo

-



 

mo -tion -less,

 

tion

-

 

e or Sc

  

-

  

al



 

  un



p

Ooh

q=72

 

mo -tion -less

r Pe

Mo -tion -less,

  

Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2013 rall.



  

mf

mp

mf

2

 mp     16

S.

A.

p







mo -tion - less,

in

the

stream;

mp

p

 

  ooh

 







in

the

stream;

 

mp

r Pe

 



T.

     mp

B.

in



mp



mp

 



 

mp







in

the

stream;



 









mp

  





      p







fish,

p







leap,

    fish



 al -







p

  



  

fish

  

mp

al -though



p



leap,

  

al though,

p

p

p

   

us

  



fish

the stream;

ooh

16

















 







  

leap,

     



 

mp

 

p





p

al 25

 



mf



al -though

fish

  

   leap,

mf

A.

                  though fish leap,

T.

B.



 

al - though fish





     

mf

al - though fish

  

 

leap,





leap,



 

 







      

  

 

mf



         

 

  

 

p

mo -tion - less,



  

  

 

    

her - on

   

 

   

    

mf

her - on

white

   p

   



 

shi - vers,









  



 



 

shi - vers

       her - on

 

the white

sfz p

  

leap, the

mo -tion - less,

    

white

mf

 

  

sfz p

 



shi - vers,

sfz p

white

fish

25

sfz p    

    



e or Sc

S.

  

shi - vers

     sfz

p

      

 



   



  

3 33

S.

   

  

in

A.

  

the

B.

  

 



   



sfz p    



   



sfz p

the

    

  

in

      sfz p      



us





  



   



a



dumb



dream.

A.







dream.

T.

B.

  



Mo -tion - less,

in

a

mp

 in

    





Mo -tion - less,

in

a





in

a

  

mp





Mo -tion -less,

39

  



  

  mp



Mo -tion - less,

mp

  

dream.



  

 

a

Meno mosso



  

mp





rall.



dream,



dream,



p

 







 

 



a



dumb

dream,







 



dream,

a



dream,

p

 

p

a

 

in



 



 



-

foun - ded

 

   

dumb - foun - ded





p

in



foun - ded

rit.





in



-

foun - ded dream.





 



p

a

 





dream,





















in

a

dream,





 







p

   

 







 

in

a

dream.

pp

pp



in

dream,

rall.

   

  

a

p

Meno mosso mp

  

-

dumb

e or Sc

S.

  

   



al

39

 







p



in

sfz p

 





a

in

shi - vers



 

shi - vers

stream,



  

p



shi - vers

  

33



in

r Pe

T.



stream,

her - on

   in

 

rit.

 a

 

dream.





 

in

a

dream.





 

in

a

dream.





  

 

 

pp

pp

pp

  

  