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It Is Not Always May for SATB choir with piano accompaniment

Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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It Is Not Always May

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) q = 66 Exultant f

    

Soprano Solo

    



      

The sun is bright,

   SOPRANO  

the air is



  mf

      The

   

ALTO

TENOR

BASS





      

    





     

mf

  

dart - ing swal- lows soar and

sing.





































 















 

f

    



 

   

hear

           

hear



bird

ah

Spring.

  



ah



Spring.

  

   



  

bird

f

   

  

The

blue -





  

blue -



  

   

The

mf

from the state - ly elms I

blue -

f

            from the state - ly elms I

blue -

f

mf

And

    

The

And

 







     

     

sing.



The

     

dart - ing swal- lows soar and





* The piano part may be played four-hand, if needed

  

   



f bright







   







q = 66 Exultant

6



mf

The

       Piano

 



 

clear

 



DENNIS TOBENSKI (2015)

bird

bird

pro - phe- sy - ing



ah

Spring.

 Spring.















 



 



 





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  

  

 

2

   11



 





  









   











   

mp

 



So

blue

f



 f

 



So

blue



 



So

blue

mp





So

blue









f





 

you wind - ing





 



you wind - ing

mp

mp



you wind - ing

f









you wind - ing

                             

mf

  

      14

ri -

     ri -

      

ri -

      

ri -

 



 

ver



 







 



flows,

 

ver





flows,

           

seems an out - let from

    It

   

seems an out - let from

     It



seems an out - let from

    It



 

    It

flows,

ver





flows,

ver



   



   

seems an out - let from

  the





 





 

sky,

p

   Where



  the

 

sky,

  the



sky,

  the

    



 

 

sky,

p

    Where

                                                               



     

        





    

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

  

     

p

17







 

 

The

   







freight - ed clouds at p

 







an - chor



      





till





wait - ing

till

3





the west



wind 3





the west

wind







  

 



blows,







an - chor



at



3



clouds at

      wait - ing

 3

 3

an - chor



 

blows,

 3

an - chor

3

f

 lie. f

 lie. f

 lie. f



lie.

                                             p

     

     



 

    19



         





 



All things

   







 



All things



     



 



 



    





   



are new;



buds,

   





are new;



buds,





 





 



 f

 





   

 

 

  





   

   

  

  





the

   

The buds,

 

the

   

The buds,



the

the

 

   

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  

4

   

 

22

leaves,

   

That

   

gild



  



  

 







the elm tree's nod- ding







crest,





leaves,

     leaves,

  



leaves,

 









25     

 







 



 

     







mp

       

 



 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 







       



e'en the nest be - neath the

e'en the nest be - neath the











eaves;



nest!

mp

      

 

 



There are no birds in last year's

            



   

There are no birds in last year's

mp

 



And

           



        

mp

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

      



 



And

      





mp

nest!

nest!









eaves;

nest!

                                        

       



   

 

   



   

 

   



      

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  





5

f

All things

  







f

 



All things

   

f





  



f



All things

   



 



All things

    f

    

   re -

joice

in youth

  

      

  

    

re -

re -

joice

in youth

in youth

joice

   re -

      

joice

  

and

   

and

  

and

   

in youth

and

                                            

       



 

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   



love,

 

The

     



love,

  The

     



love,

  The

      

 

love,

The

 







ful - ness of



  

 

         

   

 



 

their first





their first

                       



their first



ful - ness of

          

their first



ful - ness of







ful - ness of





   

 

 de

 de







      





light!

 

de

light!

  

mp

 



And







light!



de



mp

 



And







mp

 



And





mp

 

light!



And

                         

   

 

   



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     

6

      36

learn

 

from

      learn

      

 

from

 

learn

      

from

 

learn

from

           





the soft





the soft





the soft





the soft

 

 

heav'ns

   

 

 



 

 



heav'ns

a - bove

 

 

heav'ns

a - bove

heav'ns

 



a - bove

The

 

p

-

p

ten

-

p

ten

             

 

 



 





    

-

p

 



 



 

 

of

of





 

der - ness

 

  

 



of

der - ness

 





der - ness

 





melt - ing ten - der - ness

ten



   



 







 

a - bove

          

   



mp

of

       

 

     

      



 













  

     



 













  

      



 













  

     



 













 

 

     

                      





39

night.

night.

night.

night.

        

       

   



     

f









 



 

   

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  

 

     44



7

mp

  



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   





 



  

 



   3 

 

 

that read'st this





   

3

 

sim - ple mp 3



sim - ple

    



   



mp

  





that read'st this







 

Maid-en,

rhyme,

sim - ple mp

rhyme,

  

 

sim - ple

rhyme,

3



rhyme,



                                                                

       48

                  



  

f

  



En - joy f

  



En - joy f



  

En - joy



f



 



En - joy

     

  

mp



 

 

 

 



 

 



 

 

thy

thy

thy

thy

          

      



youth,



 

it

youth,

youth,

 

3

will

not





will

not

 





it

will

not

it





stay;

3



will

not















stay;

3



 



stay;

 

En -

3

it

 

youth,





  



stay;

                                                        

 

f

       

 



 

 



 



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8

   

 



joy the fra -grance of

thy

51





 



 



  



prime,



  

 









 





p sub.

 







For

O!

it

is

p sub.



  

 

 

 

    54

mf

 

    

 

not

al







For

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it

is

not

al

 



p sub.







For

O!

it

is

not

al

 



p sub.





 



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O!

it

is

not

al



p sub.

 

 

-

ways

 

  

 



 



 

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

 

-

ways

  -

ways

  -

ways

   

 





























May!

 

mf



May! mf

    

May! mf

   

May!

        

   

                           

 



f

 



 



   

 



 

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   

9

  







 





 

  













 

57



  

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

 

      59

q = 56

          



 

  

f

 



 

En - joy

the

f

 



 

En - joy

the

f

 



 

En - joy

the

f

 



 

En - joy

the

    



     





 

 

q = 56

 

 

 

   



 

 

Spring

Love

and

Youth,





 

 

of

Love

and

Youth,





 

of

Love

and



 

 

of

Love

and





 



Spring

 

 

of

Spring

 





Spring

 

  

 





       

 

  



mp

  To

 

Youth,



mp

 

mp

 

To





some

  

To





mp

To

Youth,

   









some



 

some



 

some





















f

     

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  



good an -

     

gel



good an -

       



good an -

      

good an -

   

the

    

gel

leave

the

  

   

    

leave

the

  

     

the

 





rest;

 





rest;

 

p



p



 





p



 

Time

 

 

 





 

 

f





will teach thee f



 

will teach thee

 

 

 

f

will teach thee

Time

For



 

Time

For

rest;





For

    

leave



For

  

gel

 



rest;

    



Time

 

f





will teach thee

  







  







mf

   





    

p sub.

66

    

leave

gel



   

p

mf

   

soon

the

truth,

p sub.

    

  

soon

the





mf

the



truth,

p sub.

    

mf

    

soon

mf

    

soon

the

p hushed



truth,





 

   







 

   



There are

no





There are

truth,

p sub.

     





no

p hushed



p hushed







There are

no

p hushed







There are

no

birds

in

birds

  birds

 

in

last



   



birds

in



 year's



year's

 

last

last



nest!





year's

 



nest!

  

last

   

in

 



nest!



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year's

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nest!

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 

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

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

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