Love Songs from Lonely Letters
for SATB chorus and strings
Joel Thompson 2022
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Love Songs from Lonely Letters
for SATB chorus and strings
Joel Thompson 2022
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Instrumentation
SATB chorus and strings
Duration: 12'
First printing, December 2023
Copyright ©2022 Joel Thompson. All Rights Reserved. Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
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Love Songs from Lonely Letters
Ashon Crawley (2020) Joel ompson (2022)
Emerging from the tuning = 54
Emerging from the tuning = 54
Soprano
Violin I
Violin II
vault ed a way, de sert ed, re nounced for such a long time.
vault ed a way, de sert ed, re nounced for such a long time.
vault ed a way, de sert ed, re nounced for such a long time.
vault ed a way, de sert ed, re nounced for such a long time.
Vn. I
Vn. II
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poco rit.
poco rall. Blooming with passion = 54
So thank you, thank you for all that you are and all that you have been.
So thank you, thank you for all that you are and all that you have been.
So thank you, thank you for all that you are and all that you have been.
So thank you, thank you for all that you are and all that you have been.
poco rall. Blooming with passion = 54
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Vn. II
joy of mu sic, the joy of
joy of mu sic, the the joy of
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sic, the joy
joy of mu sic, the joy of mu sic, the joy
Vn. I
Vn. II
allarg.
Relaxing into innity = 48
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Vn. I
Vn. II
world where when
world where when
world where when
world where when one can lin
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poco rit. a tempo poco allarg.
May that which makes us one... May that which makes us one... May that which makes us
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May that which makes us one, may that which makes us
May that which makes us one, may that which makes us
May that which makes us one, may that which makes us
poco rit. a tempo poco allarg.
senza vib. ord.
senza vib. ord. senza vib.
one be al so with you.
* play if attacca desired
Violin I
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cos mos.
We are what re mains, what be comes, what is be com
cos mos. We are what re mains, what be comes, what is be com
cos mos. We are what re mains, what be comes, what is be com
cos mos. We are what re mains, what be comes, what is be com
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Vn. I
Vn. II
ing, of that which is n’t sep era ble.
And since we are stars, ing, of thatwhich is n’t sep era ble.
Andsince we are stars, ing, of that which is n’t sep era ble.
And since we are stars, ing, of that which is n’t sep era ble.
And since we are stars, ing, of that which is n’t sep era ble.
And since we are stars,
love is the un ceas ing var i a
hap pen stance, per haps, hap pen stance,
Per haps we are gath ered to geth er not through hap pen stance,
Per haps, we are gath ered to geth er not through hap pen stance,
Vn. II
geth er not through hap pen stance,
Per haps we are gath ered to geth er geth er not through hap pen stance, Per haps, we are gath ered to geth er geth er not through hap pen stance, per haps, we are gath ered to geth er not through geth er not through hap pen stance, per haps, we are gath ered to geth er not through geth er not through hap pen stance, per haps, we are gath ered to geth er not through
not through hap pen stance, but be cause we have found each oth er, we have found each not through hap pen stance, but be cause we have found each oth er we have found each
hap pen stance, but be cause we have found each oth er we have found each
hap pen stance but be cause we have found each oth er we have found each
hap pen stance but be cause we have found each oth er wehave found each
oth er: we have found our star
dust.
oth er: we have found our star dust.
oth er: we have found our star dust.
oth er: we have found our star dust.
oth er: we have found our star dust.
oth er: we have found our star dust.
senza vib.
senza vib.
senza vib.
With deep gratitude
what I’m say ing is this:
May be we are search ing for our stars,
what I’m say ing is this:
May be, may be we are search ing for
what I’m say ing is this:
May be we are stars, May
may be love is that search. And some thing a bout that search, stars, and love is that search. And some thing a bout that search, may be love is that search. And some thing ’bout that search, a bout that may be love is that search. And some thing a bout that, some thing a bout that
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e ven when it’s un ful lled through the cap ture, brings me so
search some thing a bout that search brings me so much search, that search brings me so much