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The Fabric of Streams

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Contemplating the lace-like fabric of streams outspread over the mountains, we are reminded that everything is flowing — going somewhere, animals and so-called lifeless rocks as well as water.

Thus the snow flows fast or slow in grand beauty-making glaciers and avalanches; the air in majestic floods carrying minerals, plant leaves, seeds, spores, with streams of music and fragrance; water streams carrying rocks both in solution and in the form of mud particles, sand, pebbles, and boulders.

Rocks flow from volcanoes like water from springs, and animals flock together and flow in currents modified by stepping, leaping, gliding, flying, swimming, etc.

While the stars go streaming through space pulsed on and on forever like blood globules in Nature’s warm heart.

— John Muir from My First Summer in the Sierra Chapter 10, “Tuolumne Camp” August 27

Cover photograph is by Isaiah West Taber and appeared in Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. VI. No. 4, January, 1908, pg. 211.

“View across Hetch Hetchy Valley, early 1900s, from the southwestern end, showing the Tuolumne River flowing through the lower portion of the valley prior to damming.”

This photograph is in the public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hetch_Hetchy_Valley.jpg

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for the Seattle Bach Choir Anne Lyman, director

The Fabric of Streams Tuolumne Camp, August 27

John Muir adapted by the composer

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Gregory W. Brown

q ≈ 60; distant

p 3 34 j 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4

≈15" altos: same instruction as tenors; altos do not need to wait for all tenors to have entered before entering

! ˙ œ Œ

repeat ad lib., asynchronously with tempo ad lib. [q = 40–72] enter one by one, ad lib.

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…flow - ing…

The

The alto/tenor: complete your final iteration and then join choir

lace - like

The

lace - like

Œ

p 3 œ 4 J

streams

The

j œ œ.

out - spreads

# 4 & # 4 œ œœ œ œ streams out - spreads

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streams

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p 3 34 j 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4

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fab - ric of

p 3 34 j 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ

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2

lace - like

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.

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œ

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42 œ œ œ 43 œ œ œ

œ

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42 œ œ œ 43 œ œ .

j œ œ

œ aœ œ œ œ

42 œ œ œ 43 œ œ .

o’er

o’er

o’er

out - spreads o’er

the moun - tains,

the moun - tains,

the moun - tains,

the moun - tains,

and re

and re

and re

and re

-

-

-

-

minds us

minds us

lace - like

that

fab - ric of

eve - ry - thing is

42 œ œ œ œ 43

that

eve - ry - thing is

j œ 42 œ œ œ œ 43

that

eve - ry - thing is

j2 3 œ 4 nœ œ œ œ 4

that

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3 œ œ œ œ œ 44

œ 2 œ œ aœ œ 3 J 4 4

minds us

minds us

fab - ric of

eve - ry - thing is

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7

## 3 F & 4 œ

˙

poco a poco accel.

flow - ing,

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˙

˙

Œ

flow - ing,

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flow - ing,

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and

so - called

and

so - called

fast of slow

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P œ

beau - ty - mak - ing

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gla

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snow

f Œ œ

œ œ

P ‰ j œ œ -

Ó

The

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flows

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snow

œ

flows

and

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nœ

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fast or

av - a - lanch - es.

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œ

ing,

flow

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-

ing

life - less

rocks,

œ œ œ œ

life - less

rocks,

flow

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fast or

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well

as

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flows

and

"

œ

in

"

œ

œœ œ

˙

œ

flows

flows

œ œ œ œ œ aœ

œ œ nœ.

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as

as

fast or slow

"

slow,

well

œ œ œ œ

œ.

œ aœ ˙ slow, flows, P ‰ œj ˙

œ œ n˙

as

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flows

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œ

œ

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˙

P ‰ œj ˙

"

j œ œ œ

ciers

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in grand

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flow

4 4

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an - i - mals

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ing,

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#### 3 ˙ .

4

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flow

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fast or

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slow

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fast or slow

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in

grand

fast or slow in

fast or slow in

#### 3 & 4 ˙

26

sotto voce

snow

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flows,

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snow flows,

#### 3 V 4

"

gla - ciers

and

av - a - lanch - es.

beau - ty - mak - ing

gla - ciers

and

av - a - lanch - es.

grand

beau - ty - mak - ing

gla - ciers

and

av - a - lanch - es,

f unis. œ 3 n œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ div.

beau - ty - mak - ing

grand

The

gla - ciers and

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P œ n œ œ œ Œ 42 œ n œ œ œ 43 av - a - lanch - es.

!j ‰ œ 43

œ œ œ œ 2 Œ 4 Œ av - a - lanch - es.

[ q ≈ 84; lively / legato ]

The

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œ ˙

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Œ

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44

"

œ ‰ œj œ

#### # # n˙ œ œ œ

Œ

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the snow

the snow

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flows.

flows.

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# # # # # Œ Fœ œ #

˙

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snow flows,

! ‰ œj 43

f j 3 œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ n œ j n œ œ œ œ Œ 42 Œ . œ f 3 œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ . œJ

? #### œ œ a œ œ œ 4 œ 4 ˙ slow,

f œ 3 œ 4 œ œ . œj œ n œ œ Œ 42 Œ

in grand beau - ty - mak - ing

œ œ œ œ 44 ˙

slow,

œ œ œ

the snow flows,

the snow

#### # ˙ #

flows.

the

in

ma -

F Œ n œ œ . n œ 44 œ œ œ œ a œ œ œ J The air

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air

œ

in

ma -

#### # & # Ó

F œ œ n œ œ ˙-

#### # & # Ó

F

32

car

-

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ries seeds,

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car

-

Œ

‰ œJ ˙-

‰ œ œ œ œ.

J -

Œ

‰ œj ˙-

‰ j n œ œ œ œ- .

and spores,

ries seeds,

and

and spores,

j œ œ œ œ #œ

leaves

and

with streams

j œ œ nœ œ œ

leaves

with streams

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Œ œ œ œ œ œŒ -

Œ œ œ n œ-

‰ œj œ- .

? #### # œ œ œ ˙ #

Œ œ œ œ œ œŒ -

Œ œ œ œ -

‰ œj œ- n œ

- jes - tic

- jes - tic

floods

car - ries min - er - als,

floods

spores and seeds,

car - ries mi - ner - als,

spores and

seeds,

# # # # # fœ œ œ b œ b œ n œ b œ b œ œ Ó bb & #

p Œ œ bœ œ

#### # f bbb œ œ œ Ó b œ & # œ b œ œ œ bœ

p Œ œ

mu - sic

and

mu - sic

and

fra - grance,

bbb œ b œ œ Ó

f ? #### # œ œ ˙ #

bb b œ

mu - sic

and

and

Ó

fra - grance.

#### # f V # #œ œ œ bœ mu - sic

mu - sic and

mu

p œ œ œ œ

fra - grance.

p œ Œ œ

fra - grance,

mu

mu - sic

and

œ œ œ bœ

-

sic

and

and leaves

with streams

and leaves with

of

œ œ œ œ streams

of

Ó

Œ œ-

œ œ œ œ

bœ œ

Œ œ -

˙

˙

Ó

˙

˙

Œ œ b œ œ- Œ

˙

œ Œ

fra - grance,

-

sic

and

fra - grance,

fra - grance.

seeds,

fra - grance,

seeds

œ- Œ leaves,

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of

j œ œ œ #œ œ

poco meno mosso, dolce

36

of

car - ries leaves,

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b &bb Œ

41

b &bb Œ

œ

œ-

and

mu

œ

œ-

mu

œ-

- sic.

mu

- sic,

b Vbb œ œ œ Œ

and

min - er - als,

? b œ- œ œ Œ bb

˙

min - er - als,

&

bbb

&

bbb

45

Soli

&

bbb

- sic,

œ

"

U

Ó

˙

œ

œ

˙

Ó

Ó

on

and

on,

on

and

on…

bœ

œ

and

on,

bœ

œ

b˙

Ó

œ

˙

and

on,

on

œ œ

œ bœ

Œ

F F Œ œ œ

on,

Wa - ter streams

Wa - ter streams

œ

Œ

F œ œ œ

œ œ œ

Wa - ter streams

Coro

œ

and

q ≈ 76

"

œ

on

on

U

Ó

Œ bœ

œ

U

b Vbb 45

œ

œ bœ

on

and

on,

œ

on

œ

and

œ

œ bœ on

œ b˙.

œ

and

on,

œ œ3 œ œ Œ

Ó

Œ

œ Œ

Ó

œ Œ

Œ œ œ

œ œœ

car - ry - ing mud,

œœœœ 3

car - ry - ing mud,

car - ry - ing mud,

"

Œ bœ

œ

œ œ3 œ ˙

U

on

on

wa - ter streams car - ry - ing

‰ œJ œ œ

wa - ter

Œ œ œ

wa - ter

streams,

div.

Wa - ter streams,

! with tempo ad lib. [q = 40–72] b & b b ˙ Nœ œ Œ

œ œ3 œ œ œ œ

˙

p Œ œœ œœ ˙˙

"

"

repeat ad lib., asynchronously

on

and on…

bb U b V w

on…

? bb U b w

on…

!

"

( ) T&B close to [n] ad lib.; hold at least until soloists enter

repeat ad lib., asynchronously with tempo ad lib. [q = 40–72]

˙

On

œ œ Œ

and on…

pœ œ ˙ Œ œœ ˙

"

div.

( )

Wa - ter streams,

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and

and

wa - ter streams,

wa - ter

œ

"

f (soli rejoin sections) œ œ œ, P œ œ Œ ‰J Œ Ó

The Fabric of Streams

b &bb œ Œ

3

mud,

car - ry - ing sand,

b &bb œ Œ

car - ry - ing sand,

car - ry - ing

b & b b Œ œœ œœ

œ Œ œ

49

Wa - ter

(cont.)

sand,

Œ

and

œ

œ

on…

Œ

and

Wa - ter

&

bbb

œœ

b Vbb œ ? b bb

on…

streams,

F œœ œ œ

Ó

unis.

F œ œ Ó

boul - ders.

"

div.

wa - ter streams

mud,

Œ Ó

P Tutti œ Œ œœ œ Œ œ . œj œ œ œ mud,

mud…

œ

rocks

œ œ œ fœ œ

œ

sand

P œ

and

mud…

œ- œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ

œ bœ

b œ- œ

œ œ œ

bœ œ

flow,

flow

rocks

flow,

from

flow

œ

from

vol - ca - noes,

œ

vol

œ œ œ œ bœ œ -

rocks

flow

rocks

flow

œ- œ œ

rocks flow,

-

ca - noes,

Œ

sand

and

bœ

bœ

rocks

flow

œ

œ

rocks

flow

‰ b œJ œ œ œ b œ

unis.

like wa - ter from a

Œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ like

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œ J

"

f œ

rocks

Œ œ.

Œ

car - ry - ing boul - ders…

Rocks flow, rocks flow, fœ œ b œœ œ œœ œ œ b œ˙ Rocks flow, rocks flow, f œ ˙ œ œ- b œ œ œ Rocks

œœ Œ

3

wa - ter streams

f

f œ œ3 œ œ œœ

car - ry - ing boul - ders,

œ œ œ

Œ

Ó

Rocks flow,

œ

f œ œ œ œ œ œœ

and boul - ders,

car - ry - ing boul - ders,

œ œ œ

unis.

boul - ders. Rocks flow,

b &bb Ó

f ,P œ œ œ œ Œ ‰J and boul - ders,

3

œ œ œ

Œ Ó

"

œ ? b b Œ œ œœ œ œœ Œ b 53

Œ

mud,

Œ Œ

On

peb - bles,

wa - ter streams

œ Œ

V

peb - bles,

and

streams,

œ

bb b (cont.) ˙

and

f , P Œ ‰ Jœ œ œ œ and boul - ders,

3

streams

on

peb - bles,

Œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œJ œ œ Œ

b Vbb œ Œ

& b ˙

and

Œ

‰ œj œ œ

Œ œ œ œ œ 3

streams

bb

‰ Jœ œ œ

Œ œ œ œ œ

49

wa - ter from a

The Fabric of Streams

b b ‰ œ œ- b œ œ œ œ b & J

57

like wa - ter from a spring,

b &bb Œ

œ

from

œ œ bœ

b V b b bœ

œ

œ

? bb b œ b

œ

spring,

a spring,

rocks

spring, rocks

œ

œ

œ

flow,

## Œ F & #œ. œ œ

63

All the while

## Œ F & œ. œ œ

All the while

V

˙.

while

the

œ

the

œ

while

? ## ˙ ˙

P Œ œ bœ œ

rocks flow, rocks

˙

sub.

the

˙ ˙

the

P

˙

flow,

P ˙˙ b b ˙˙

flow,

œ ˙

œ bœ œ œ

œ b˙.

œ Œ ˙

˙

Ó ˙-

flow,

rocks

rocks

Nœ #œ œ œ cresc.

stars

go stream - ing

cresc.

œ œ œ œ

stars

go stream - ing

cresc.

œ #œ nœ œ

stars

go stream - ing

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ cresc.

stars

rocks

˙

flow,

go stream - ing

rocks

flow,

Ó ˙˙ -

flow,

rocks

˙

œ Œ

through

œ

space,

œ

through

˙

through

œ œ

flow,

rocks

˙˙ b b ˙˙

sub.

poco rall. e dim.

˙ œœ

flow,

sub.

rocks

œ

œ œ œ Œ

rocks flow, rocks

flow, rocks

più mosso

##

P Œ œ œ œ

sub.

œ œ

flow,

rocks

poco rall. e dim.

rocks

˙

flow…

b˙ b˙

Ó Ó

(# œ)

##

(# œ)

##

flow…

U

˙ b˙

flow…

UF Ó Œ œ . œ ## All the

Ó

flow…

UF

Œ œ . œ ## All the

repeat ad lib., asynchronously with tempo ad lib. [q = 40–72]

f œ- œ œ œ ˙ Œ puls - ing

on and on…

f œ- œ œ- œ

œ- œ œ- œ

puls - ing, puls - ing,

puls - ing, puls - ing,

œ Œ

f œ- œ œ- œ

œ- œ œ œ

œ Œ œ

through space,

puls - ing, puls - ing,

f - œ œ œ œ-

puls - ing, puls - ing,

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œ ˙.

space

space,

œ œ

œ

U

puls - ing, puls - ing

œ- œ œ- œ

puls - ing, puls - ing,

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≈20" ≈10" sop. div. ad lib.

## œ œ ˙ Œ & (cont.)

68

on

&

V

##

sempre dim.

and on…

œœ œ ˙˙ Œ ˙

on and

[n]____________

on…

#

repeat ad lib., asynchronously with tempo ad lib. [q = 40–72]

œ œ ˙ Œ

œ- œ œ- œ

puls - ing, puls - ing

U

sempre dim.

SAT close to [n] ad lib. and hold; catch breathe as necessary

on and on…

œ œ ˙˙

Œ

sempre dim.

puls - ing, puls - ing,

[n]____________

[n]____________

on and on…

? # # œ- œ œ- œ

W

# U W W

repeat ad lib., asynchronously with tempo ad lib. [q = 40–72]

##

# U W W W

43 œ- œ Œ puls - ing,

U

œ- œ Œ œ œ Œ œ- œ Œ œ- œ Œ sempre dim.

puls - ing,

puls - ing,

puls - ing,

puls - ing…

# U

W [ŋ]

basses remain in tempo; the quarter rest should be held for either 1, 2, or 3 beats; after ≈20", close to "ng" ad lib. and hold

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