"Shiv'em" by Michael Scherperel

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‫שבעים‬ Shiv'eem

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four songs for soprano, violin, and piano

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



www.michaelscherperel.com V0054-002-F2014

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1. Red Heifer / Chukat (‫)חֻ ַקּת‬ 2. Sandals / Balak (‫)בָּ לָק‬ 3. Caretaker / Behar (‫)בְּ הַ ר‬ 4. Korban / Vayikra (‫)ויקרא‬

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poems by Rachel Barenblat music by Michael Scherperel

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four songs for soprano, violin, and piano

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‫שבעים‬ Shiv'eem

Note: shiv'eem is Hebrew for seventy.

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Music © copyright 2012 Michael Scherperel all rights reserved.

Poems used by permission of the author, Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, from her book 70 Faces: Torah Poems.

Cover illustration: Aneta_Gu/Shutterstock V0054-002-F2014 www.michaelscherperel.com

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Shiv'eem

Michael Scherperel

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Rachel Barenblat

for Susan Boardman on her 70th birthday...friend, colleague, performer, teacher

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1. Red Heifer / Chukat

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   

                    

                                                                 Scurrying  = 108

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Soprano

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Violin

   

Scurrying  = 108

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‫ֻח ַקּת‬

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Piano

© Copyright 2012 Michael Scherperel All rights reserved. www.michaelscherperel.com

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2. Sandals / Balak ‫בָּ לָק‬

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Sauntering  = 108

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Soprano

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Violin

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                                               Sauntering  = 108

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11

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       

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pizz.

T

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14

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packed

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fish

you

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

 

    

can't

 

e - ven



2. Sandals

  

   

21

S

        

      

         



 

  

21

name?"

      

 

  



  

       

 

N

Pno.

  

S

      

24

PR

Pno.

3

3

EV IE W

Vln.

3

-D O

                       molto rit.

3  24 molto rit.       24

 



 

 



  

   

       

   

    



  

  

  







 

        3 I

          3 3

    

3

molto rit.

  

O PY

  



C





T

Vln.



O



sul A

21

15

3

O PY C T O

PR

EV IE W

-D O

N

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3. Caretaker / Behar ‫ְבּהַר‬

Vln.

6

S

    

           

PR

6

Pno.

days

  

     

 

    

O PY 

    



  

l.h.     

 

           

   

Six

 

                   

EV IE W

6

 

  

-D O

Piano

  

  

C

             legato            

Quietly  = 112







T

Soprano

          

O

Violin

         con sordino      

N

Quietly  = 112

you may vis - it

     



       



  

  

  

  

 

to pick

  

sug - ar-snap peas

  

  

  

 to

  

      

20

3. Caretaker

     

Vln.

               

  

10





 

S

 

14

 

  

leg - gy

    

         

  

bush - es

     

      

     

    

     

T

  

  

poco cresc.

         

  

 



 

     

  

   

   

  

strip string beans from their

C

  

             

    

PR

Pno.

  

EV IE W

14

  

  

     

14

Vln.

  

to

O

Pno.

bur - nish your fin - gers with bas - il and dill

N

 

10

 

poco cresc.

-D O

S



poco cresc.

O PY

               

10

and choose

         

  

   

rad - ish - es

 

    

 

to

O PY C T O

PR

EV IE W

-D O

N

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4. Korban / Vayikra ‫ויקרא‬

alla chitarra

   

(senza sord.)

Soprano







         

O PY

       





                                           r.h. non leg.                  

-D O

Piano

N

O

With joy  = 108

T

Violin

    

pizz.

C

With joy  = 108

                                                4                   





   

  

EV IE W

S

Pno.

You'll need a smok - er.

                        

PR

4

    

  

 

  



 

Get one fromHome

  



 

  



                  

4

Vln.

 

   De - pot

        

 

  

24

4. Korban

                    9       

   

tight - en

O PY

and

each screw and





bolt



 

ex -

                                       

  

13



   

13

S

13







  



act - ly



as the di

            

PR

Pno.



EV IE W

Vln.



-D O

N

Pno.

                      

   

C

9



    

T

S

   

O

Vln.

    



9

-







rec - tions teach.

             

                         





   

Split

   

birch

logs,



   



 

and

  

4. Korban

S

17

ma - ple



 

  

   



       



kin - dle

  





knobs

   

of

char - coal

  

   









fan

them

                  

21



     

21

S

21





 

PR

Pno.

  

EV IE W

Vln.

-D O

N

Pno.







     

card - board

        

lay - er

 

the

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



     

 

O PY

  

17

 

                     

        

with

    

C



T

Vln.



O

17

25

   

                       hard - woods to burn.                                (l.h.)                 

arco 0

0

0

0

0

0

26

4. Korban

              29



29

S



29

 

then close







O

T



O PY

rev - erence

the

                                                       

lid.

           

PR

Pno.





bird with



EV IE W

Vln.

the

N

Pno.

Place

O

S

-D

Vln.

                                          

C

                    25        25              25

 

   

sost.ped. sino al 



  

   



     

(sim.)



        

    

What

   



   ris

  

-

   

es

 



  will

   

 

per -

4. Korban



            

fume

32

Pno.





      



         

  

  





S







O 



PR

 

hair.



  

clothes,

            

 

 

         

           

your

   2

pizz.



(non rit.)



                   

2 2 2                             2

35

Pno.

  

your

2

EV IE W

35

     

           







       

        

-D

Vln.



 

the neigh - bor - hood,

2

35

2

O PY

S



C

32

                                                      

T



O

Vln.



N

32

27

 

    



 



     

 

O PY C T O

PR

EV IE W

-D

O

N

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