Score in C
To Lisa Hopkins New Version to Peggy Kohler
Black Iris
Songs for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano Mary Coleridge
1. Winged Words Quickly q= 126-132
Soprano
Clarinet in A
Piano
4
p
f
mf
fp
p
f
6
f
p
sfz
Matthew Barnson (2000)
p
6 pp mf fp pp
7
mf
f
p
rubato
ff
rubato
mf sub.p molto cresc. f *see notes to performer in regards to pedaling
2 10
a tempo
p
As
dart
ing spar
-
rows
sffz pp
p
p pp u.c. f pp
f
12
3
mf
skim
a
a
cross
f
p
pool,
6
6 6 6 6 pp sfz pp f
ppp
14
a
pool,
whose
p
mp
p
mp
p
tran
mf
-
quil
mf
p
depths
re -
p
mf
fp mp
p
mf
p but full, dolce
fp
p
5
t.c.
p
3
f
19
flect a tran - quil
f
ff
mp
f
t.c.
mf darkly
So
p
pp
richer
o're the depths
sub.p mf
f
timidly
p
mf
sub.p p
of
pp
fp
sil - ence,
dark
and
richer
p
mf
p
t.c. u.c.
f
sub.p
cool,
f
u.c.
sub.p
23
28
p
mf
sky,
freely
sub.p
mp
f sub.p
f
Our winged words
dart
7
p non cresc.
play
-
5
6:4
3
-
ful-ly
f
f
4 32
7
sub.p
fp
sub.pp
f
f
sub.p
pp
sub.p
f
p
mf
6
6
mf
dart
play
-
sub.p
ful - ly and sel - dom break
t.c.
mf
f
words
pp
sub.pp
fp
mf freely poco cresc.
the
quiet
freely p
u.c.
mf lightly
Our winged
36
10
mp
p
6 6
34
a tempo
of the
lake
crytsalline- ringing (not brittle)
freely
ppp non cresc.
without pedal
5 39
p
as
they
flit
non cresc.
by
mp
as they flit
p
rit.
rubato
by.
sub.p
accel.
ah
mp
pp
fp
winged
a tempo
pp
fp
ppp
mf
mp
words
f
pp
accel.
sub.p
a tempo, rubato, ad lib.
(half whispered)
48
pp
a tempo
mp
mf
ah
mf
f
p
bell-like, ringing
pp
a tempo, rubato, ad lib.
p
flit
f
as they flit
rubato
f
mf
rit.
42
sub. f
flit by
fp
mp
p
(pedal only as indicated until m.52)
poco decresc.
p
pp
p
6
52
p
sfz
p
sffz
sffz
sffz
56
shimmering
pp delicate
59
62
(pedal lightly)
a tempo
a tempo
sub.p
mf confident
our
pp fp
poco a poco ritardando
winged
p
words
mf
fff
ff
fp
sub.p
7
accel.
accel.
Slower f
mp
66
our winged
70
pp
words
Slower
a tempo
p
a tempo
p
sub.p
f
p
sub.pp
f
mf
pp
mp
74
p
pp
pp
p
pp
fp
fp
pp
8
77
mf
p
pp
f
f
pp
slightly slower
f
3
3
a tempo
f
mf
80
mf
6
pp
3 mp 3 mp
p
pp
83
6 f mp 3 3 3
poco cresc.
85
sffz
ppp
sffz
pp
mf
pp
p
pp
niente
October 2000 Rochester
Mary Coleridge
2. A Moment 1
9
Tranquil, with confidence and majesty q = 66-76
Tranquil, with confidence and majesty q = 66-76
3
pp
p
mp
3
mf
mf
accel.
3
3
mf
sub.p
pp
mp
p
p
mp
mp
p
The
3
3
3
p 3
3
pp
p
mf
3
p
a tempo
quasi niente
p
p3
sub.pp
mp
mf
p
11
6
p
3
3
pp
7
(1998)
clouds
had made a
pp
p
3
pp
10
f
mf
16
-
crim
son
3
A - bove the moun
crown
3
mp
p
19
ff
high.
f
3
-
A bove the moun
p
3
mf
3
3
p
sub.p
u.c.
3
3
5
f mp
3
p
sub.pp
3
mf
The storm - y sun
tains
3 f
p
p
leggiero
3
-
high.
tains
6
mf
22
-
p
f
3
-
3
3
3
was
go - ing
p
pp
poco a poco cresc.
11
f
3
25
down
In
a
pp
28
p
sub.p
sub.p
t.c.
mp
p
-
mf
-
y
f
3
f
31
-
p
mf
sky
-
p
-
3
mp
-
-
3
storm
3
f
5
3 f
f
12 34
rest
on
f
me,
And hold
mf
pp
your breath
p
3
Why did you let
be - tween?
p
p
u.c. (sempre loco)
so
your eyes
f
6 3 3 6 p (loco)
38
p ma non troppo, tranquillo, legato
p
43
rit.
pp
In all
-
the a
this can nev - er be As if it
had
rit.
ppp
nev - er be
ges this can
not been.
mp
47 a tempo
a tempo
p
3
p
p
pp
pppp
12
p
poco cresc.
rit.
she
August 22, 1998 Granite
mf
p
mf
Still
as she
p
poco a poco cresc.
pp
as she looked the
mf
Still
p
pp
looked
a tempo
pp
p
mf
as she looked as
mp
mp p
looked
(2000/2003)
Expansive h.= 56
3. Iron Clouds Expansive h.= 56
pppp
Emily Brontë
1
pppp
ppp
pp
mp
13
14
22
gradually more intense
iron
clouds
iron
p
29
clouds iron
clouds
would
part
pp delicate (as one phrase)
f
mf poco cresc.
pp sotto voce
and
sun
f
36
fsub.p
mf
sun - light shown
mf
p
f
p
p
f
mf
sun - light
mp
be - tween
poco a poco cresc.
light
f
shown
-
pp
but
drear
-
i - ly
strange
p
44
54
and
pale
and
cold
p
pp
p
15
Charles Baudelaire Translated by William H. Crosby
4. Meditation Lento doloroso, ma tranquillo
1
p
(1998/2003)
3
16 6
p
Be
my Sor - row;
still,
12
p
poco cresc.
17
pp
pp
here:
en - ing;
p
-
ness falls,
mp
A
pp dark
pp
p
-
Ev
sub.p
ev - en -ing's
for
sub.p
3
- your li -tran ty, 4:3
pled
p
the
p
You
to your tran - quil
p
p
3
hold
p
sub.pp
17
21
3
-
som
per - vades
ber air
pp
25
peace
on some;
32
n.
the
to
o -thers bring - ing care.
p
p
pp
pp
3
3
ppp
ff
ff molto cresc. 3
molto cresc.
6
sffz
ppp
Be -stow -ing
qui - et-ly
ppp
ci - ty,
poco cresc.
3
3
3
sffz 6 sub.ppp
18
6 6 7 6 7 3
37
39
42
While
3
all those loath
ppp
Piú mosso
poco rubato
mf
-
mp
3
3
molto cresc.
cresc.
3
f
Be -neath the
loll
3 3
f
sub.p
3
mul - ti-tudes of mor - tals
some
mp
6 5
19
45
ff
whip
ff
sffz
48
morse
in
53
Tempo I
pp
mf
val,
pp
Or
p
Sor
row
take
re -
sffz
sffz
p
and come a - way,
pp
hand
for
mp
my
scrab -ble
Sor - row, My
sffz
sffz
Or scrab - ble,
sffz
cra - ven fes - ti -
My
sffz
piú intensio
pesante
of Lust the ex - e - cu - tion - er,
sffz
20 59
come far,
come far
3
f
p
Years,
3
3
mf
from bal - con -ies of
down
3
p
mf
mf
3 3 3
in fad -ed
pp
down
sub.p
3
dressed
3 3
sub.p
hea - ven,
the dead Years lean - ing
p
f
69
pp
p
the dead
Be - hold
65
of them.
3
3
all
3
f
From
f
p
lamentoso
3
p
gown;
3 3
3
3
Up
sub.p
from the
p
21 73
3
wa - ter's depths,
3
p
mp
dy
-
ri - sen,
has
3
3
3
sub. p
3
3
ling;
3
p
mf
f
The
3
-
3
ri - sen, smi
has
3
Re -gret
3
3 3 3 3 f sub. p molto cresc.
ing Sun
3
81
cresc.
3
3
Re - wa - ter's depths,
3
77
3
3 3 mp
has sunk, has sunk
p
a - sleep
be
-
neath
its
arch,
22
mf
like a wind - ing
And,
molto decresc. 3 3
89
sotte voce
-
trail
mf
dear
pp
one,
we
hear the ten - der
p
pp
3
p
comes
from the East
We hear,
sub.p
p
that
cloth
Night's ap - proach.
We hear,
mf
94
ing,
p
mf
ff
mf
85
p
p
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