Five Songs, op. 1

Five Songs

for Voice with Piano Accompaniment Joseph DuBois, op. 1

1. Love in Spring Moderato.

2 Voice.

4

2 4 mp dolce e espr.

Piano.

2

4 6

11

Arthur Symons

1. Good to be loved and to love for a lit tle, and then 2. Mes sage of Spring in the hearts of a man and a maid,

15

got

ten, ere lov ing grow life! ho! let us love: it is Spring.

well to for get, be for hearts on a hol i day:

Dear, you have loved me, but was Joy in the birds of the air,

Copyright © 2020 by Joseph DuBois.

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I the man a mong in the buds of the

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it is

ov

Scarce ly with tears shall we

espr.

Tears? What is this?

er.

part, with a smile who had met.

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3. Well, but to mor row? To mor row, good bye:

Sweet, I have loved you, but scarce ly as mis tress or wife. joy in our hearts in the joy of the hours on the wing.

men? glade,

But I

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ing at

thought we were play

I am go

ing.

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48

a tempo.

And you love me yet!

p

calando

molto ritard.

Play time is past.

er.

lov

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3

4

2. Dark House

from ÂŤIn Memoriam A.H.H.Âť Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

3

Voice.

4

3

4

f Piano.

3

4

f

Adagio mesto.

8

14

long

20

beat

so quick ly

I stand

dolce

p

wait ing for a

hand,

dolce

was used to

here in the

Doors, where my heart

street,

by which once more

ly

love

p

un

p

Dark house

f

a

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sleep,

sotto voce

piĂš

and like a guil ty thing I

creep

at

Be hold me,

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espr.

sf f

p

espr.

more.

no

35

that can be clasp'd

hand

30

5

p

for I

can not

poco ritard.

ear li est morn ing to the door.

poco ritard.

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PiĂš Lento.

50

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the noise of life be

gins

sempre cresc.

sempre cresc.

f

day.

f

sfz

the drizz ling

blank

the

and ghast ly thro'

way

the bald street breaks

on

gain,

a

but far a

here;

rain

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cresc. poco a poco

not

cresc. poco a poco

is

pp

He

a tempo.

rall.

sfz

morendo

ppp

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3. In Fountain Court Arthur Symons

Adagietto e sostenuto.

Voice.

Piano.

5

9

mp

3

sleep,

tain

The foun

mur

of

ing

mur

3

a drow sy

tune;

keep

3

3

the ick

er ing green

of

leaves that

mp

the

3

3

3

3

3

3

sempre dolce

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legato espr. e molto

light of June;

3

3

3

through a

Peace,

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slum

20

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A wait

p

3

the white curv ed moon;

3

3

3

3

in the blue sky,

ing ghost,

p

the peace of June.

3 3

3

June,

noon,

ter

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ber ing af

hushed and breath

3

3

3

3

less,

waits,

and

I

wait

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9

too, with June;

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a tempo.

37

40

3

p

ger

ing

af ter

cresc. poco a poco 3

soon, love,

noon,

3

cresc.

through the lin

Come,

f

ritard.

3

come

love,

soon,

morendo

soon.

f

riten.

de de de

cresc cresc cresc

en en en

do do do

p smorz.

pp

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4. Love's Paradox

Moderato.

Voice. 42 2

4

mp Piano.

2

4 8

glad,

15

and the

of my

I was

was as foam

heart

that the

sea;

Poco meno mosso.

when I saw you smile

dolce

joy

wind shakes from the

sea

saw you,

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Once I smiled when I

Arthur Symons

p

but the smile of your heart grows strange,

and the smile that my

lips have

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had

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3

46

Tempo I.

mp

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gay

sf

as the

of a dolce

voice

Once you laughed when you met me,

pp

ppp

dimin.

and my

me.

in

heart,

my

bles

to

trem

heart

trem bles back

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bird

when you met

me your voice

was

in the dawn

of the

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in a

day

sun

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say

p

thrill from your

trem

in

and the words that you

dimin.

and my

do not

sf

mine,

bles

heart to

3

heart

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but the sound of your voice grows strange,

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tree;

Poco meno mosso.

shin y

pp

me.

ppp

13

5. Break

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Adagio molto.

Voice. 86 Piano.

4

86 6 8

p

3

3

cresc.

7

3

3

3

3

8

sf f

10

8

3

3

3

2

14 14

sotto voce

p

Break,

f

21

25

the thoughts

that

a

3

break,

3 4

p

Tempo I. 6 8

rise in me.

6 8

6 8

fp

espr.

3 4

43

3

3 3

=

3 4

3

3

3 4

cresc.

cold grey stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could

f

ut ter

= 3 4

break on thy

cresc.

Recitativo.

3

3

3

17

fp

30

34

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O well for the sail or lad

sf

O well for the ďŹ sh er man's boy

mf

that he shouts with his sis ter at play!

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mf animato

15

mp

that he sings

in his boat in the

16 48

52

f

3

And the state ly ships go on,

3

on to their hav en un der the hill,

3

3

go 3

3

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and the state ly ships go on, 3

3

p

in his boat on the bay!

that he sings

bay,

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3

sf

to their hav en un der the hill.

f

3

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17

dimin.

70

3

6 8

6 8

6 8

f appassionato 3

3

86

6 8

p

3

=

86

3

3

3

3

3

3

3 3 3

72

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O!

3 4

O,

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for the touch

of

a

van

ished hand

3 4

3 4

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81

3

4 3 4

agitato

89

break,

Tempo I.

6 8

3

Recitativo.

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=

mf

Break,

3 4

foot of thy crags, O

3 4

3 4

molto rall.

will nev er come back to me.

of a day that is dead

Sea! but the ten der grace

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p 3

4

break, at the

3

3

6 8

poco cresc.

and the sound of a voice that is still!

6 8

f

Largo.

pp

86

molto rall.

pp