"A Day of Sunshine" for Chorus and Orchestra (vocal score)

Piano/Vocal Score

Keane Southard

A Day of Sunshine A

Cantata for

Chorus and

Orchestra Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

(2009) (Duration: c. 15 mins.)

Program notes: A Day of Sunshine for Chorus and Orchestra was begun in June of 2009 and completed in December of the same year. The work is written for and dedicated to the Longfellow Chorus of Portland, Maine and Charles Kaufmann, director. I joined my college's chorus in my first year in college, after not singing since I was a young boy. I will forever be thankful that the first work I sung in was Ralph Vaughan Williams's beautiful and powerful “Sea Symphony”, which I completely fell in love with and spurred my continued interest in works for chorus and orchestra. I later also sung in Bach's “St. Matthew Passion” and “Mass in B minor”, as well as William Bolcom's massive “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”.

My work sets three poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, namely, “Daybreak”, “A Day of Sunshine”, and “Sundown”. The entire work is named after the middle poem, as the three poems combine to tell the story of an entire day.

In “Daybreak”, we follow a joyful wind that awakens the world to the new, promising, and beautiful day, but its final line hints that all may not be as perfect as it seems.

The middle movement, “A Day of Sunshine” is entirely a song of thanks for being alive and the gift of life in the beauty of the natural world. Again the wind returns to uplift the feelings and words of the singers. Since moving to Boulder, Colorado in the middle of working on this piece, the amazing imagery and lines of poetry in this poem have taken on special meaning for me. I will now always associate the lines “Whose steep sierra far uplifts,/Its craggy summits white with drifts” with hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park and being amongst some of the most beautiful natural creations the earth has made. Ever since singing in the “Sea Symphony”, I realized how powerfully a chorus and orchestra could illuminate these words.

Whitman's lines “Finally shall come the poet worthy that name,/The true son of God shall come singing.” are unimpressive sitting on a piece of paper, but when Vaughan Williams liberated them into the voices and instruments for his Symphony, I was so moved by its power. I hope that I have accomplished the same thing in this song,

especially during the lines “Blow winds! and waft through all the rooms/The snowflakes of the cherry blooms!/Blow winds! and bend within my reach/The fiery blossoms of the peach!” I hope that when hearing my setting of these lines listeners will feel like they are standing on the top of a mountain looking over the world, as if the wind would lift them of their feet and sweep them back into being a real part of the beautiful natural world that we came from. The final line asks, and challenges, the listener to do just that.

The final poem, “Sundown” depicts the sun's beautiful disappearance at the end of the day. It reminds us that not all is perfect; that we still must take the good with the bad. We still have so much work to do and progress to make in creating a beautiful world and life for all.

Nevertheless, we should be thankful for the beautiful day we have been blessed with today.

I am extremely grateful to the Longfellow Chorus and Charles Kaufmann for the opportunity to write this work and have it performed. I must say that I have never had a performance of a work for full chorus or full orchestra, and my first for either is for them together! I really wonder how many composers can say that!

Keane Southard 2009

Text: 1. Daybreak

And said, “O bird, awake and sing.”

A wind came up out of the sea, And said, “O mists, make room for me.”

It hailed the ships, and cried, “Sail on, Ye mariners, the night is gone.”

And hurried landward far away, Crying, “Awake! it is the day.”

It said unto the forest, “Shout!

Hang all your leafy banners out!”

It touched the wood-birds folded wing,

And o’er the farms, “O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near.”

It whispered to the fields of corn, “Bow down, and hail the coming morn.”

It shouted through the belfry-tower, “Awake, O bell! proclaim the hour.”

It crossed the churchyard with a sigh, And said, “Not yet! in quiet lie.”

2. A Day of Sunshine O gift of God! O perfect day: Whereon shall no man work, but play; Whereon it is enough for me, Not to be doing, but to be!

Through every fibre of my brain, Through every nerve, through every vein, I feel the electric thrill, the touch Of life, that seems almost too much.

I hear the wind among the trees Playing celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument.

And over me unrolls on high The splendid scenery of the sky, Where through a sapphire sea the sun Sails like a golden galleon, Towards yonder cloud-land in the West, Towards yonder Islands of the Blest, Whose steep sierra far uplifts Its craggy summits white with drifts.

Blow, winds! and waft through all the rooms The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms!

Blow, winds! and bend within my reach The fiery blossoms of the peach!

O Life and Love! O happy throng Of thoughts, whose only speech is song!

O heart of man! canst thou not be Blithe as the air is, and as free?

3. Sundown The summer sun is sinking low; Only the tree-tops redden and glow: Only the weathercock on the spire Of the neighboring church is a flame of fire; All is in shadow below.

O beautiful, awful summer day, What hast thou given, what taken away?

Life and death, and love and hate, Homes made happy or desolate, Hearts made sad or gay!

On the road of life one mile-stone more!

In the book of life one leaf turned o’er!

Like a red seal is the setting sun On the good and the evil men have done,— Naught can to-day restore!

Keane Southard/Spindrift Pages Email: keane.southard@hotmail.com Website: keanesouthard.instantencore.com

For the Longfellow Chorus

"A Day of Sunshine" for Chorus and Orchestra

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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      q = 80

  S.  45

     

 

ff



    

    

     







day."

    

 









day."

 

T.

B.





the

f

   It

  

A.

the

               

      

q. = 100

 

rit.

       

 



is

   

D

accel.

 

      it

’

is

    ff

 

  it

"A - wake!

                 



it

"A - wake!

  B. 

5

f

   It



day."



    



 





    



 





day."

D q = 80

 

Pno.



   

q. = 100

accel.

     

  



      sf

f

        sf

sf





 

     

mf

                                                    3

3

3

6

  

  S.  49

said

 

A.

said

T.

B.



  

thefor - est,

  

      

un - to

thefor - est

"Shout!"

(t)



f





 

(t)

  

Hang all

     

your lea - fy

ban - ners out."

         

f



"Shout!"



Hang all

your

lea - fy

ban -

















sf



   





A.

 



T.

  



 

sf





   

  



 



ff



    

ners out."

                                               

52

Pno.



 







fp

 S.  

B.

fp

un - to

         

Pno.

 



sf



  

 











 



 



 















 

It

touched

the

wood - bird's

f



 



It

touched

the

wood - bird's

  

f



       

f

  

       



f



















 

 

    

wing,

      



And

     fold - ed



 

wing,

And

                







fold - ed





               3





  





  

7

  55

S.

poco rit.

 



A tempo







    f



And

 





A.





mp                          said, "O Bird, a - wake and a - wake and sing."

                 B.  ff

said,

"O Bird,

a - wake and

a - wake



A tempo



o'er

 

A.

 o'er

B.



Pno.

  



  

 

 

f







 

        

 



    

  







cleer,



  

  

 

f                  blow; the day

is

near

   

f                is

near





f 

ff

Your clar - ion





ff

Your clar - ion

     

the farms, "O chan - ti -

blow; the day



near

  

 

 

f

the farms, "O chan - ti - cleer,

  

T.



mp

ff

   

 

sing."

                            

              E 57          S.   





gliss.

f

poco rit.

Pno.

f

   

and

   

f



And

ff

T.





E



      sf

 

  

  

   

sf

  

 

sf









f   near

                                         ff

  

  

    

  

     

f



poco rit.

8

 S.   60

cresc. gliss.

cresc.

A.



fff

fff



 

gliss.



gliss.

 

 



fff

cresc.

cresc.

B.

 

 

T.

A tempo







fff



poco rit.

                    

 

Pno.



ff

cresc.

           

S.









  













                

              

      

F

q = 58

















p    It



                  

               

                





T.

Pno.

               



A.

B.

fff

  63

      

A tempo





F q = 58          

pp

p

                 



   



9 67

 S. 





p

 



It

 

A.

  p

legato

    

It

whis - pered to

      whis- pered to the

  

legato

T.

B.



the

fields of

 

Pno.





    

70

 S. 

whis- pered to

   p

     



fields

of



legato

A.



 

mp

"Bow

       "Bow down, and         mp

T.

B.



down, and

 

Pno.



hail

the

com - ing



fields of



corn,



corn,

     

whis - pered to

the

    

fields of

 



 

  



  hail



the



 

      hail

the

     

down, and

hail

the

com - ing



   com - ing morn."

 

 

          

p

  

mf   It



morn."

 

mf

It

   

morn."





morn."

    com - ing

"Bow

      

mp



mp

corn,

       

 

    

"Bow down, and

 

the

  

    

legato

  

corn,

  





It

 

legato



 

mf

It mf

   It



        

     

      

  

mp

   

10

   S.  73



   

shout - ed through the bel - fry

  

A.



 

T.

B.



 



shout - ed through the bel - fry

    

 

Pno.



   

 

76   S. 

 

A.

B.



     

 



  

 





 the

 

  the



 the





pro - claim

                    



pro - claim

bell!

Pno.

    

pro - claim



3

3

  

 

the

   

 

O



O

 

wake,

O

 

 



wake,

f

   

O

 

3

3

3

  

 3

 



  

 

ff

hour."

ff

   hour."

 ff

hour."

 ff

hour."

                 3

ff

 

 



  -

 



wake,

 

3

3

 

-

-

 



3          3                         

 

bell!

T.



pro - claim



  

f

"A

 



 



wake,

f

"A

 





    bell!



tower,

bell!

  

"A

tower,

          



  

 

               cresc.

-

f

tower,

    

shout - ed through the bel - fry

"A

 

   

 

f

tower,

   

shout - ed through the bel - fry

  



    

3

3

3

   78

S.

n

G poco rubato         p



It

A.

n

  

crossed the

     p



It

T.

B.

  

n

   

n

                           

Pno.



3

3

3

3

   

 S.  83

  pp    

mf

yet!

in





qui - et

  pp      yet!

in



qui - et



crossed the



church - yard

 

crossed the

church - yard

 



G poco rubato                  3

3

p

pp

            

 

 

   n

with a

sigh,

And said, "Not

      



 

with a

sigh,

And said, "Not

      

mp

    with a mp

  

sigh,

a

sigh,

And said, "Not

     



And said, "Not

                         p

p

    













lie."

mf

A.



     



            mp

p

It



church - yard

11

mp



n



lie."

       yet!













mf     B.    













mf

T.

yet!

Pno.

    mp    



  

89

Pno.





  

   

 

 

  

  

pp

  





  

ppp

     



 

   

 

ppp

  

rall.

 

 

 

   

   

    



   

  

  

ff



   p    

attacca

II. A Day of Sunshine

Keane Southard

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

q = 58 p

Soprano

       O gift of

p

O gift of

O per - fect

Tenor

mp

p

mp

O per - fect

day

God!

p

mp



p

mp

O gift of

God!

p

(a cappella) p

 

O per - fect

q = 58

           

     mp

 



A.







T.

  



 B.   



 

  

   mp

day

  

p

      

7

 S. 

mp

mp        

        

Pno.

day

                  O gift of God! O per fect day p

Piano reduction

God!

                

Alto

Bass

mp p       

mp

mp



  

A

              mf

Where- on shall no man

work

          

mf



Where- on shall no man work

play;

  



       





mf

Where- on shall no man work

              

       



but

 

Where- on shall no man work

p



        

mf



but



play; p





but

play;



p



but

play;

A

 

            

mf

  

q=104 p

q=104

   



mp

  



        



























     

    

Where- on it

nough for me,

    



      

                

mp

 

      



is

e-

  

Not to be

       

        

 



      

   

12

S.

  

    







     







ff





but

T.

to

ff

to

but

be!

ff

mf

to

be!

        B.   mf

do - ing

but

to



be!

    

  

13



mf

 

B



mf

but

A.

ff



be!

B



Pno.



           mf

 

  

ff

          

  

f

 

                           



   

    

                       

  19  

Pno.





    

  

 

  

    

  

  

  

 

  

 

mf

              

  

ff

  

f

       

16

Pno.

                        

 

         f

    

  



  

        

              

 

  

  

 

C

14 22

S.

  

  mf

         

Through eve- ry





A.

fi - bre of

my

brain,

             

B.

Pno.



  







          



ff

    

mf

     mf

    

nerve

mf

 

nerve, through

 

   

eve

- ry

vein,

     mp



f

thrill,

mf

       f

I feel the e - lec - tric

mf

    

     thrill,



  

    

f

Of life, that

          

 

  

f         

Of life, that

 

       f

Of life, that







  

 

f

the touch

                  f

  

 

   

the touch

f

through eve - ry vein,

   

the touch

        







 

  

the touch

f

thrill,

     

      

          

         



           

        



 

C                  

I feel the e - lec - tric

Pno.



brain,





Through eve- ry

I feel the e - lec - tric

B.

my

mf



        

26

T.

fi - bre of



Through eve-ry

 S.  

A.



mp



Through eve -ry

T.





Of life, that

            

  

           

            

         

  

 

15 30

S.

    seems

seems

 

T.





  seems

  seems

 



al -

most

   

A.

B.





too





al -

most





al -

most





al -

most



too

much.









much.

  too

much.

 



too







much.

              

Pno.



              



   

32

 S. 



D



     

7

mp

  





 

  



7

pp







f





(shh)



A.



mp

   I

T.

B.



 













the

wind

    

   





a - mong the trees

pp

f







(shh)

    

Pno.

hear







mp      

Play- ing ce - les - tial

     sym - pho - nies;

                            ff mp                                        

D

16 36

 p S.  

 





  



Oo

p

 

A.

B.

 





  

 





Pno.

mp       I see the branch- es



     

40

 f S.   f

  f

T.

down - ward

  



bent,

    

 

 

       



     mf

me

     un - rolls

        

 

       

mp

Like keys of some great in - stru ment.

           

   

 

            



 

mf

           The splen - did scen- er - y

     mf

And o - ver

me

f

 B.  

     un - rolls



f

   

   

mf

the sky,



 

mf             The splen - did scen- er - y

Pno.

of

on high



            

   

on high



  

mp

  

Like keys of some great in - stru ment.



                     

And o - ver

A.

    

    

mp

  

Like keys of some great in - stru ment.

   

        

Like keys of some great in - stru ment.

Oo

T.

mp

  

    



of

the sky,

          

                                  

17 44

 S. 





mf

     



Sails like a

mf

 

  

T.

B.



 

A.





       

Where through a

sap - phi - re

 



sea





the sun



gol - den

gal - le - on,

mf

  

    

gol - den

gal - le - on,

mf

  

    

gol - den

gal - le - on,



       

    



       

  

mf

Sails like a

 

gol - den

gal - le - on,

 

  



       

        



                                  

  Pno.



    

 

    

E 48

 S.  

 

T.



   Pno.

f

 

 

Towards

yon - der

f



 

 

 

A.

B.

gliss.

f

  Towards

gliss.

cloud - land in

yon - der



Towards

yon - der

f

 

Towards

yon - der

 

 

f







the West,

     

     



 

 

        

   

f

f



f

 

the West,

cloud - land in

E



      

f

   



        

 



       



    

      

 

           

18 51

S.

 

   Is - lands



A.

 

T.

B.





Pno.









   



 

  

T.

B.





        



     of

the Blest,

         

 



   



si

  

    



    

er - ra

  -

far

er - ra

up lifts

far

up lifts



     

           



 

                

rit.

   

       



       

 

ff

 f



sum - mits white ff

with drifts.

sum - mits white

with drifts.



     ff

white



-

 

      

     

f

  

si





sum - mits white

 

 



with drifts.

ff        

f      





with drifts.

rit.                                              

  

                          



f

Whose steep

Its crag - gy

Pno.

Whose steep

f

Its crag - gy

A.



the Blest,





            

 

of



54

S.

    

f

Is - lands



f

   



 

  

    

 

q = 92 fff

 

57

S.

 

Blow! fff





A.

Blow! fff

 

T.

B.





 



















Blow! fff





19



rit.



Blow!



Pno.

q = 92   



 

ff



ff

 

  

  

 

Blow,

                 

     

   

    

 

   Blow, ff

   Blow, ff

  B. 





winds!

ff

T.

  

rit.

q = 100

  S.  A.

  

  

         

      

F 61

  

 

and

   







winds!

   





winds!

Blow,

 

and

  

   

 

and

  

 

 





winds!

  and

F q = 100                                

Pno.



fff

5

     

5

  

5

      

5



5

ff

 

 

5

5

 



5

    

20

  S. 



63

waft

 

A.

waft

T.

B.



through

all





through

all

   waft

 through

 



waft





through



the



 the



all







 the



all

 the







rooms













rooms







rooms

 









rooms

                                           

Pno.



5

   

5

  

65

  S.  Blow,

A.

 

  

5

 



 

 

  

B.

 

5

5

   

       



 



winds!



 

Blow,





winds!

  

 

   



Blow,

 

 

The

   



  

The

   

   

5

 

winds!

Blow,

T.

5

5





winds!





snow - flakes

  snow - flakes

 

 

The

snow - flakes

 

 

The

snow - flakes

 5 5           5                               5 5

Pno.



5

    

5

   

 





  

   

 

 

5

 

  

67

  S. 



of

A.

T.

B.





 



the

cher

-

ry -

blooms!

 











of

the

cher

-

ry -

blooms!

   of





 



the

cher

-

blooms!

 





 



of

the

cher

-

blooms!

ry -

ry -

 5 5                   

Pno.



5

   

    

G    

  

    

   

69

S.

   Blow,

A.

   Blow,

T.

B.

    Blow,   



    



winds!

     

 

        

  

 

                         5                  

   and bend

                     

          

  

     with- in

with- in

my reach



5





   



 

my reach

     with- in



my reach

    

with- in



            



    





5

5

and bend



 

 

   

winds!

  

 

and bend

 

     



and bend

winds!

     

G    ff



winds!

Blow,

Pno.

  



5







21







my reach

                

                          

     

  

    Blow,

  

A.

    

     

B.



       

  

   

              



    

        

B.





         

Life

and

 

 

O

Life

and

  

 

 

 

O

Life

and

 

ff

 

 

 

O

Life

and

ff

 

          



 

   

  

 

the peach!

            blos - soms of

The fier - y

        



ff     



blos - soms of

 

the peach!

blos - soms of

the peach!

        

blos - soms of

The fier - y



O

T.



q = 80

H ff    S.   77

A.

  

 

The fier - y

winds!

Blow,

Pno.



winds!

  



         

The fier - y

winds!

    Blow,  



winds!

Blow,

T.

molto rall.

the peach!

molto rall.                                   s.

S.

   

     

73

gli s

22

   

              

         

  

















Love!

  



Love!

  



Love!

   Love!

 H                                            

Pno.



gli ss.

q = 80

 

ff

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

                                                        5 5 5 5 5  5    5

   



O

hap

79

S.

A.

T.

-

py

   

 

O

hap

-

py

hap

py

     O

  



 

    B. 

 

-

O

hap

-



5

 

throng

 

throng

Of





       

throng

5

5



Of

                      5

5

5

                                                     5 5 5 5 5   5   5

    S.   81

thoughts,

     

A.

thoughts,

      thoughts,

T.

B.



Of

  

py

5

 

  

 



Of

   

                      

Pno.



throng

 

23



     thoughts,

 



whose

on

 

 

whose

on

 



whose

on

 



whose

on

-

-

-

-







ly

speech

is



 

 

ly

speech

is







ly

speech

is





ly

speech

 

   

is

                                    

Pno.



5

5

5

5

5

                                   5 5 5 5 5    

24

    82

S.

(q=40)

molto rall.



A.





     song!





  B.   

molto rall.                                  

Pno.



5

5

5

5

5                   5 5 5     

     

man!

A.

     man!

T.

       man!

   B. 

canst thou

 

Pno.



 

   

not

be

O heart fff

of

O fff

of

 

 



  

heart



I O heart of q = 66 Rubato              



(q=40)

fff





 

a cappella

          q = 40 ffff free?

and  as                          Blithe as the air is and as free?





attacca

ffff

     and free?  as                                     Blithe as the air is canst thou not be as free? and  ffff                                              Blithe as the air is and as free? canst thou

not

be

           

man!

   

     

of



molto rall.

85     S.  

O heart fff



     



song!

 

 





fff

 



song!

T.

q = 66 Rubato

 



song!

   

I

canst thou





 





 

     

not

 

           

be

 

          

Blithe as the

 



 

     

 

   

    

air

is

       

 

  

and

 

 

ffff

 as

                          molto rall.

free?

q = 40

   

ffff

  

      

attacca

pp



III. Sundown

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Soprano

  

q = 40



Keane Southard

           p



expressionless





The sum- mer sun is sink- ing low;

 

Alto



p





The sum- mer sun is sink- ing low;

  



  



Tenor

Bass





  

On -

 expressionless           



p

p

   On -





expressionless       p



 



On - ly the tree - tops redd'n and glow:









expressionless       p



 



On - ly the tree - tops redd'n and glow:

q = 40

Piano reduction



7

S.

   



mp

  



p

p

       

  

expressionless



                mp

    

 

ly the weath'r - cock on the



expressionless



  









p

     











spire

 



   

ly the weath'r - cock on the

T.

B.

spire



  



  



 









 



 

sha - dow be-

pp

         

All

is in

sha - dow be-

pp

  

   

  

is in



      

      

      

pp        

Of the neigh - b'ring church is a flame of

           



rall.

         

All



Of the neigh - b'ring church is a flame of

Pno.

pp

p

        

 

expressionless

A.

mp

  



    

  

 p

   



fire;

fire;

        mp

 

  

All

      

All



   

is in

is in

sha - dow be-

sha - dow be-

rall.

           

              p

A 12

S.

q = 72

  









low.



A.











   low.

T.

B.

  



Pno.



 

  mp



 

    

  3      

O

beau - ti - ful,

aw - ful sum- mer day,

mf

aw - ful sum- mer day,

  mf

   

    

O

beau - ti - ful,

aw - ful sum- mer day,

                      

          

           

 



mf

3



   



   

     

mp





    What has thou



A.

T.

B.





 







 

   

Pno.





3

3

mf



giv

What has thou

giv -

mp

        mp

                            3 3 3 f



    

mf

What has thou



  

mp

What has thou



3

mf

but full

18

S.

aw - ful sum- mer day,

beau - ti - ful,

            

 

beau - ti - ful,

O



q = 72

O

    



low.

A

  3      

  3      





    

mf

 

low.



 



26



mf

 giv



mf

giv -

 

3

                               

mf

     

 -

-

gliss.

 en,

  en,

 gliss.  -

en,

  en,

 



27

S.





   3

what tak - en







A.

 

T.

B.





3

3





what tak - en





Pno.

 



 

 



a -



f



a -



f

a -

gliss.

Life

A.

Life

 



B.



 

T.

 





Pno.







mp



dolce



 

and

love

and

hate,

mp

  

and

ff



  





 

      

 

 

 

f

and

mf

f 

and

hate,

mf

f 

and

hate,

 

    mf

      

3

n



n



n

n



  

  

 









mp





Homes made

      

mp

Homes made

hate,

 

death,

ff



love

ff



f

dolce

death,



3



 

and

f

     



     3       

         3 3

3

and

and

B     

 

     



and







                  

3

 





way?

 

f

     



 

B S.



gliss.

3





way?



  



way?

        

24



way?

   3



gliss.

f

  

what tak - en



a -

  

what tak - en





f



21

 



    3

  

 



hap - py

or

  



hap - py

or

 













 

mp

 

       

 

 

28

       30

S.

n



 

n

 

3

rall.

q = 50























de - so- late,

3      

A.



de - so- late,

T.

B.

mp

   



      

Hearts made

mp

   



sad

3

Pno.



    

35

S.

  

A.

T.

B.







 



 









gay!

or

gay!

                                                                         cresc. p                                                         q = 50

rall.

C

f

full



 

    

On the

road of life





    one mile - stone





f

f full

                

      

book of life



    

 

one leaf





life one mile - stone

  f

 

more

 

           

 

                      

turned

The



C

       

In the

     

road of

 

       

full

 

       

f full

 

more!

  





The

       

Pno.



 

or

sad



mp

p

 

 p          

Hearts made

            



      

29

S.





39

 



 

o'er!



A.

Pno.





book

of





 

o'er!

  Like





a

 



            

    

  



f

full

The

book

         



   



life one leaf turned

 

a

Like





    

 

 

T.

B.

full

Like



of

life

       

  

a

        

               

red

    

seal

is the set - ting

    ff

red

    

seal

is the set - ting

ff

    red

     

seal

is the set - ting

ff

 

one leaf turned

    ff

   

o'er!



    

        

    

            

 

ff

          

(q=32)

rit.

42

S.

  

     f

sun

sun

B.



  red

rit.

Pno.

         





good and

    

  

seal

 

the

done,

e - vil men have



good and

f        

      

 

the

done,

On the



           

On the

   sun

T.

On the

f

 

A.

  

the

good and

     is the

set - ting sun

e - vil men have

e - vil men have



 

done,

men

  p

have

 done

to -

    p

Naught can



to -

 

Naught can



  

    Naught can



mf

p

p

  

to -

 to -

    day

re -

    day



day



re -

   day





re -





re -

                                                                              pp f                                    

(q=32)

 

30

D q = 56   pp    47

S.









 





 







store!

 

A.

pp





store!

      store! pp

T.

B.



 

pp

 

store!

D q = 56   

Pno.





Pno.



  





                  



                  



  3

     

 

 

 

 

  





  

A tempo

                    3

fff



3

3

 

3

3







     

 

 

rit.

ff

           









54

Pno.

  



pp

 

51

  

ffff





        