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SATB a cappella

Stars Kathleen Allan

2015

2’30�

Stars

by Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922) Now in the West the slender moon lies low, And now Orion glimmers through the trees, Clearing the earth with even pace and slow, And now the stately-moving Pleiades, In that soft infinite darkness overhead Hang jewel-wise upon a silver thread.

And all the lonelier stars that have their place, Calm lamps within the distant southern sky, And planet-dust upon the edge of space, Look down upon the fretful world, and I Look up to outer vastness unafraid And see the stars which sang when earth was made.

Commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, Artistic Director This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, Artistic Director

Stars Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922)

Kathleen Allan (b.1989)

SATB a cappella

q = 48 Freely

S A

3 ° b4 & 4 œ œ œ œœ ™™

3œ 4 œ œ œ œ- œ œ the slen- der p

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‰

moon lies low,

now O - ri - on glim- mers through the mf now O - ri - on glim- mers through the

And

And

T B

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Now in the West

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moon lies low,

3 œœ 4

œœ

now,

And

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through the

4

trees,

moving forward

° b3 & 4 ˙™ ˙

Œ

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‰

3

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trees, mp trees,

with e - ven p

And now the state - ly mov- ing

pace and slow,

moving forward

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Œ

3 œ 4 œ œœ œœ œœ 4

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trees,

with e - ven

pace and

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4 4

slow,

molto mf f

p

8 3 3

° 4 3 & b 4 œ œbœœ ˙˙ Ple- ia - des,

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in - fi- nite dark- ness,

that soft

œ œ

in - fi- nite dark- ness o - ver - head molto

Hang

mf p

f

? b 4 b˙˙ ™™ ¢ 4

Œ

œ œœ œ

bœœ œœ Œ

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dark- ness,

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dark- ness

o

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ver

Œ

head

rit.

A tempo poco più mosso 12

p

° bœ & œ

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jewel - wise up - on

a

sil - ver

w ˙

thread.

2˙ 4˙

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Mm Mm

Calm mp

p

? œ ¢ bœ

w œ œ œ

w œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ U ˙ u

jewel - wise up - on

a

sil - ver

‰ œJ œ œ

thread.

mp And all the

lone- lier stars

œ œ œ œ 2 œœ 4 that have their

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4 4

œœ

place, Calm

4 4

2 mp

mf

16

° 4w & b4 w

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plan- et- dust up - on the edge of

And

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space,

Look

mf

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˙™ 3 ˙™ 4

4 ˙˙˙™™ 4

lamps with- in the dis- tant south- ern

sky,

Oh

j ˙ œ œœ bb˙˙

Ϫ

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rit.

A tempo meno mosso f 20

mp

° b œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ S1 & b down up - on

œ bœ œ

œ bœ œ bœ œ œ

the fret - ful world, Look down up - on

the fret - ful world, and

Ϫ

j bœ ˙

I

look up

Ϫ

j bœ ˙

I

look up

mp f

b œ œ œ œ œ bœ ‰ bœJ

œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ b &

S2

down up - on

the fret - ful world,

Look down up - on

the world, and

f p molto

& b bœ

A

œ

bœ œ

œ

œ

œ bw

bœ

down

up

-

on

the

fret

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ful

world,

and

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p

f

bœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ &b ‹ down up - on the fret - ful world,

T

œ œ bœ œ œ œ bw

‰ bœJ

up - on

the fret - ful world, and

f B

? b bb˙˙ ¢

˙ ˙

down

up

-

bœ bœ

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on

the

-

bœ œ

œ

I, molto

p

w

bœ fret - ful world, and

I,

poco rit. to

out - er

pp vast- ness un - a - fraid

And

see

mp pp the stars which sang when earth was made.

23

° b Œ bœ œ œ bœ n˙ ™ & bw bœ b˙ bœ œ˙ nw un

bw ?b w ¢

b˙˙

-

a

˙˙

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fraid, pp

nw w

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- œ œ œ œ w

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mp

pp

Oh

bw w w

w ˙ ˙

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