Written for Insparire Nova "The Chapels of Westminster Abbey" concert May 16 & 17, 2014
Far-Far-Away (for Music) For SSAATTBB Chorus, unaccompanied Text: Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809 - 1892 Poet Laureate of Great Britten and Ireland Buried in Westminster Abbey
Approximately q = 68
p bb b b 4 j & 4 œ
Kira Zeeman Rugen
F j œ-œ .. œœ ˙-˙
ad libitu: Allow the meaning and aggogic accent of the text to determine the speed.
Soprano
What
Alto
Tenor
b & b b b 44
p j œ
bb b b 4 pœ V 4 J
What
p ? b b b 44 œ b J
What
Bass
What
3
S
A
T
B
&
bbbb
&
bbbb
V
bbbb
sight
j œ œ-
so
œ œ
œ
œ
œ- . sight
j œ œ-
œ œ
œ
œ
œ œ
œ
œ
45 œ- . 45
so
sight
so
54 œ- .
sight
so
œ
˙- .
where earth's
? bb b b œ
˙- .
where earth's
œœ
in - to
44
œ œ 44
in - to
œœ œ 44
in - to
œ-
him through the
œ œ
lured
œ œ . œj to
œ- .
he knew
fields
he knew
œ- .
own hue.
j œ n ˙˙
f œ œ . n œj to
œ- .
heaven's
own hue.
f œ œ . Jœ
heaven's
own hue.
f œ œ. œ J
heaen's own hue,
to
to
œ- . œ-
Fœ ˙. J
U j ˙ P ˙. œ ˙ ˙.
heaven's
heaven's own hue,
œ-
œ
as
F
œ- .
fields
him through the
f
heaven's own hue,
œ-
œ
he knew
j œ ˙-˙ .. he knew j F˙- . œ
œ- . fields
him through the
heaven's own hue.
œ-
fields
him through the
lured
œ œJ
4 œœ .. œœj œ œ œ 4 œ where earth's green stole in - to ˙- . where earth's
lured
œ œJ
45 œ .
œ œ
lured
œ œ
U P
œ nœ
a -
Far
œ œœœ œ œœœ
P œ U˙ œ œœœ œ œœœ J
œ
heaven's own
Far,
P U ˙ ˙. ˙
hue.
Far
˙.
Far
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