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Forest for

SATB Chorus

Music by Robert S. Cohen Poem by Nanci Bern

Š2019

Leapfrog Productions 303 Upper Mountain Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 (973) 783-9192 www.robertscohen.com bobcohenmusic@gmail.com

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Forest Holding light translucent We grasp to touch high borne glory Then reach within to feel it's warmth Dancing droplets twirl And pirouette down stems Along veins that hold life Breathe breath that smiles Slumbers in the dark Tendrils of dreams serene We sleep embraced by their forest roots Monoliths of earth Trees are a preamble to eternity Their roots so entrenched in time.

Composer's notes It's important to accentuate the percussive quality of the repeated consonant "d." Also, to emphasize the 3+3+2 cross-rhythm on the words "dancing droplets twirl." .

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for Junges Consortium Berlin

Forest

Adagio maestoso

Soprano

       Hold - ing

Alto

             Hold - ing

Tenor

ing

Bass

Piano

light

light

light

          

Hold - ing

 

  



  



      

   

Hold - ing

 

   



    Hold - ing

   

light

   

Hold - ing

light

(for rehearsal)

 





 

   

light

   

   



   



Hold - ing



 



Hold - ing

 

light

  

 

 

 

 

 

   



light

trans





light









Hold - ing

 



   

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light

  

-

trans

-

trans

-



 trans



 

-

2 4

S

    

 

 



lu - cent

A

 

lu - cent

Pno.

7

S



 



  

 

 

     

reach with - in

A

  



reach with - in

T



   



B

Pno.

We

grasp

to

 

  

   

it's

its

 



 

  



 

feel it's



warmth

 

feel

 

 





  Then

      



 







   



warmth

to

feel



  

it's warmth

feel







warmth

it's

warmth

it's

  

 

  





 

warmth



 

  

it's

its



its







warmth

   

its

Then

glo - ry

 



Then

glo - ry

high



warmth

glo - ry

high

 

 

 



glo - ry





feel

 

high

touch



   

touch

to

 

   

grasp



reach





 

reach









feel

 

touch

 

to

   

to

 

feel





grasp





to

 



  

 





   

         

touch

 

lu - cent

high borne

to

We

   

B

 

grasp

 

lu - cent



We

We

   

T





its



 



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

     



3

S

  

   



 



 



 





   





  

  





10

warmth

T

warmth

B

warmth

Pno.

feel

it's

feel



A

T

B

its

feel



   





 

 







 



      

       

 

d

 

twirl

        d d d d d d d d     



d

     

pir - ou

-

ette

    d

d

d

d

d

      d          d

 

down stems

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

        

Danc - ing

drop - lets

twirl







        d d d d d d d d

     

 

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d





 





















































 



































d

warmth

it's

d

Pno.

warmth







feel

 

drop - lets





its

          Danc - ing







   warmth           

14

S

Piu mosso

  



 

warmth

A

12



   



d

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4

S

A

T

B







     Danc - ing

    Danc - ing

Danc - ing

d

d Danc - ing

Danc - ing









d

 





     

 

     

 

d

pir - ou

Pir - ou

-

-

    d

ette

ette

d

d

d

d

d

 

 

  



 



  





  



































    





         

    



d

d

   

d

  



that hold

d

d

d

d





down stems

d

        

that hold

down stems

d



d

Pno.

 



d

B

     

   

A - long veins

T

twirl



d



         A - long veins

A

droplets

   

d

20

S

twirl

        d d d d d d d d





drop-lets

        

         Danc - ing

Pno.

        



17

life



life

d

  

       

Danc - ing Danc - ing

d

Danc - ing Danc - ing

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

 













    















       







  













d

d

d

d











 







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5









23

S

A

T

B

24 

                d



Danc - ing

Pno.

 













        

26

S

d

A

T

d

d



 

 

  

         

     

    

d

d

d



 



  

  

d

d

d

d



drop - lets

d

d

twirl

Pir - ou

 













 

 

 





 





  





d

d

d

d

d

d

d



-

ette

 









 

d

d

d

d

down stems







         

       

d

   

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d



  

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d







        

Danc - ing

twirl



d

d

   

d

twirl



d

d

  

drop - lets



d

        

          

d

      

d

d

             

drop - lets

Danc - ing

Pno.

d



        d d d d d d d d            Danc - ing

B

           

d

Danc - ing

 

d

    d

          Danc - ing d d d d d d    

d

d

d

  

drop - lets

twirl



        

 













 









 





 



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 



 

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

 



  





 

29

S

A



d

T

B

d

d

  

d

d

d

d





  





    











 





 

    

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d





















A - long veins





 





d

 



 

 

 











d

A

T

that

hold





d

d

d

d





 



veins that hold





 









 

 

 



 

 





 

 













 

 

 

 





 

























     



d

 





life

Pno.

d

 

down stems

                d d d d d d d d d d d                 d d d d d d d d d d d        



d

ette

-

life

B

d



 

31

S

d





Pir - ou

Pno.

d



  

           

  









A - long veins

that

hold

      

32

Danc - ing

drop - lets

veins that hold

  

twirl

pir - ou - ette

  



 

 





  

Danc - ing

   



 

drop - lets

twirl

 

Pir - ou - ette



  

  

 





d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d























   

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

  

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S

A



B

twirl Pir - ou - ette

 

    

d

twirl Pir - ou-ette



        

                            

d d d

d d d d d

B

Pno.

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

         



d

d

d

d

d

Pir - ou - ette down stems

  

  

     

 

Danc - ing

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

Danc - ing

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

Danc - ing

drop -lets

twirl

pir - ou - ette

Danc - ing

droplets

twirl

pir - ou - ette

Danc - ing

drop -lets

twirl

pir - ou - ette

 

d

            

pir - ou - ette

 

d

            

twirl

 



            

droplets

  



   

Danc - ing

               

 

  



                

 

    



d

 



      



  

     

Pir - ou - ette down stems

     

                d

T

d

     

d

   

d

   

pir - ou - ette down stems

d

                d

      

 



                           

d

A

Pir - ou - ette down



36

S

twirl pir - ou - ette down

Danc - ing drop - lets twirl

                   d d d d d d d d d d d d d

Danc - ing drop - lets

Pno.

Danc - ing drop - lets

                             Danc -ing drop - lets

T

            



33

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 



 

 



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

  

   

 



 

  

  

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 

 

   

 

 

 



8

S

A

T

B

    

  

 

38

pir - ou - ette down stems



 

  





 

Pir - ou - ette down stems

        

 

Pir - ou - ette down stems

Pno.





B

Pno.

Pir - ou - Pir - ou - ette down

        

 

  













 









 

 

  





twirl

pir - ou

twirl

     

 

      d d d d d d

 

      

             drop - lets

          d d d d d d d d            d

 

d

d

d

d

d

      

 

 



   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d

 

pir - ou

d

 

-

-

ette

down stems

ette

down stems

d

d

d

d

d

  d

d

      



 

 

 

 

 

d

 

d

 

 



 



drop - lets



           



 

 

 



      

 

 

 



Pir - ou - ettedown

      





              

d





Danc - ing

T

Pir - ou - ette down stems



Danc - ing

A

            



Pir - ou - ette down

40

S

Pir - ou - ette down Pir - ou - ette down



  

pir - ou - ette down

         



Pir - ou - ette down stems

    

    

pir - ou - ette down stems

       

 



        









 



Danc - ing

     

     

drop - lets

Danc - ing

twirl

drop - lets

twirl

        d d d d d d d d          d

d

 

   

d

d

d

d

d

d



      

 

  

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 



 



43

S

A

T

     Danc - ing



    



Pno.

   



Danc - ing

    

T

B

Pno.



twirl

Danc - ing

  

Danc - ing



 

drop - lets



  



twirl

 



  

drop - lets

twirl

  





    d

d

d

d

    

  





Pir - ou - ette down

     

    









 



  





















     

  

   

   



d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

 

     



 

 









d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

    



 









d

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

 



  



 









 

            

     

            

             

A - long veins

A



twirl

drop - lets

46

S

    

drop - lets

   

Pir - ou - ette down

B



A - long

veins

A - long veins

A - long

veins

A - long veins

A - long

veins

            

A - long veins

      

that

hold

veins that hold

A - long veins

that

hold

veins that hold

A - long veins

that

hold

veins that hold

      

   

 

            

            



  



 





  

  

A - long veins

     





   

A - long









 

 

veins

 

    

A - long veins

   





   

that

 



 

hold

  

veins that hold

 

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



 

 

 



10

      48

S









(breathy)

Breathe

life

A

T

B

     life

 







d

    







d

d

d

d

d









d

d

d

 







  



  



50

S

d









breath

A

breath

T

         d d d d d

B

    d

 Pno.



   

        d d d d

        d d d d d

                             

d

d

d

d

d

d

Breathe





  









 

ord.

ord.



d d d d d

    d d d d





           

                    

   

d

d

d

 

 

d

   

d



       

d d d d d



        

that

       



       

that



(breathy)





            d





life

d

Pno.



     

  

d



d

d

    



   



d



 

smiles

  

smiles

     d d d d

    d

    d d d d

        d d d d d

   

                 

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11









53

S

A

T

  d

B



    

  d d d d d

Pno.



S

A

T

                                



 

    



    

       

d d d d

d d d d d

       



d d d d d

Pno.

 





in

the

-









d

bers

   



in

the

  d d d d d

d d d d d

d d d d

 

 

                                        

         d d d d d

d d d d

 espress.  

rils

of





d d d d d

Tend

   

-

espress.

-

rils



of

               

  



dark

dark

       

 

   

d d d d d

 

d d d d

  

d

d d d d d

    

                            

       

       







     

     

   

Tend

                         



d d d d d

57





Slum

bers

 

       



d

B

d d d d



56



-

     

   d d d d d



Slum

    

d

        d d d d d

        d d d d d



dreams

  dreams

    d d d d



se



se

-

-

              

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 

12

        

       

59

S

d d d d d

A

T

d

d d d d

       

 

d d d d d

       

d d d d d

d d d d d

Pno.







           



   



        d d d d d

        d d d d d

T

B

Pno.

 

 







d d d d



their

braced

by

their



             

 

d d d d d



by

 



       

   

braced

 

We

  

We

    

d

A



    

62

S



d d d d



           

for

-

est

for

-

est



               

 



-

sleep

em

-





           

   



       

em

   

       

d d d d

sleep

  

d d d d

   

d d d d d

   

d d d d d

  

d d d d d





rene

       

   

  rene

B

       

d

 

        d d d d d

        d d d d d

    d d d d



roots

   

roots

                 

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13

       

65

S

d d d d d

A

    d

T

B

    d d d d

        d d d d d









    d





   

68

 



est



roots



   

d d d d d

-

S

d

A

d d d d d

        d d d d d

T

B









    d d d d

d d d d d

    

  d

for

   

Pno.



                       



-

-

    d d d d

-

-

                       

    

d d d d d

    d



        d d d d d

        d d d d d

d d d d d

-

       

   

       

-

d d d d

           

 

        

d

   

roots

           

for



d d d d

est

-

   

       

d d d d d

   

for

Pno.

d d d d d

   

  

           

       

       

for



       

-

-

    d d d d



est

    est

                       

    

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14 molto rit.

        

71

S

d

A

d

d

d

d

    

B

d

d

d

d

       

d



   





  

d

d

d

d

d

d

roots

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

   

maestoso



    



    



    



 



Mon - o

Pno.

d



Mon - o

B

d





Mon - o

T

d

  

Mon - o

A

d



73 Molto

S

d

   

roots

Pno.

  

       

       

d

T

   

   

 

 

  

 

-

-

-



liths



 











liths

liths

 -

 



 

 

   

 

 

 

 

d

 

 

 

d

 

 

 

  





  

 

 

  



 



 





 



   of

earth

  



 

  

 

 

of

of

of

earth

earth

earth

   

 

d

 

d

 

d

 





Mon - o - liths

  

 



Mon - o - liths



 



Mon - o - liths

  

 

d



Mon - o - liths

  

d

 

liths

  

 

d

 

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   

     



 

  

15

      

         

75

S

Trees are a

A



  

Trees

T

are

a

     

 



  

a

pre - am - ble

a

pre - am - ble

   

   

 

  

 

78

S

     roots

A

    

roots

T

   

roots

B

   

so

Pno.

  



en - trenched



en

to

 

trenched

-

 







  

to

e

  

 

in

 

in



in

       

   



e

   





e

     



ter - ni-ty

ter - ni - ty

-

e

-

 

to



-



e

-

      

in

       

   



en - trenched

roots



e

           

Trees are

Pno.

pre - am - ble

             

to

             

Trees are

B

pre - am - ble





 

time.

  





   

    ter - ni - ty

e

   to

         



 

-

-

-

   



 

ter - ni - ty

     

   

time.

roots so

 

time.







 

  

 



  

time.

 

 







en - trenched







 







en-trenched in



time.

  

 

  

time.

Their

ter - ni - ty

 

en-trenched in

  

ter - ni - ty





ter - ni - ty

   in

to

to

  

time.



        

     





     

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16 allargando

   

81

S



time.

A

T



 



 



time.

B

so

 

time.

  

Pno.



  



  



A

B

 





 

 

   

Pno.

Hold - ing













 

 

light

in

   

   

  



light



 

   







    



   

 

time.

   

   





en - trenched in

  

time.



time.

 





  

    

 

  

  

   

  

  

 

time.

time.

  

time.

  



  

Hold - ing





time.

   

in

in

   

  

in









Hold - ing



   





 





    

in

 





in

light

T

mosso 

time.



84

S



 

en - trenched in

time.



82 Piu

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