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Winner of the 2016 Illinois ACDA Choral Composition Contest Music by Deanna Witkowski

Where Shadow Chases Light Text by Rabindranath Tagore from Gitanjali (1913) SSAA choir with piano Music Š 2015 Deanna Witkowski/ Tilapia Tunes/BMI. This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Where Shadow Chases Light

By Rabindranath Tagore from Gitanjali (1913)

This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the wayside where shadow chases light and the rain comes in the wake of the summer.

Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, greet me and speed along the road.

My heart is glad within, and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet.

From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door, and I know that of a sudden the happy moment will arrive when I shall see.

In the meanwhile I smile and I sing all alone.

In the meanwhile the air is filling with the perfume of promise.

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Winner of the 2016 Illinois ACDA Choral Composition Contest Premiered by the IL-ACDA Directors' Chorus, Jonathan Reed, conductor, on June 30, 2016 at the IL-ACDA ReTreat at Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

Where Shadow Chases Light Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

   SOPRANO 1  

Deanna Witkowski

q=72

SOPRANO 2

ALTO 1

ALTO 2

Piano

            



q=72

       

 p



This

 

    mp



This,

      is my de -

   

 

light, p

      



This is my de- light, p

   

 





  

        

  

      

  

mf

this, mp

this is my de - light mf

this, mp

this is my de - light mf

this, mp

this is my de - light mf

              

light,



        

 

 

this is,

this,

thus to

thus to

thus to



this is my de - light

 

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 

 

 

thus to

 

3

5            

q=80

poco rit.

wait



and watch at the way - side

poco rit.                        



poco rit.                       



wait





 



 

wait

and watch at the way - side

and watch at the way - side

        

wait

 

poco rit.

 



   



   



   



     

light

where shad - ow chas - es

light







and watch at the way

     8

where shad - ow chas - es

p

 

and the

 

and the

and the

   

mp                      

rain comes in, in the

wake of the

sum - mer

and the

wake of the

rain comes in, in the

 

sum - mer



mp                     

rain comes in, in the

wake of the

sum - mer

and the

             

p

 



mp

              

            

p

 



rain comes in, in the

p

and the



A

q=80

 

rain comes in, in the

A

wake of the

sum - mer



rain comes in, in the

 

                      p                      This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

   

4

             13

           mf

wake of the sum- mer, and the rain comes

mp





 

 

and the rain comes

               



in,

  

  



            



        

wake of the sum - mer,

       in,

in the wake

comes

in,

   







mp

in, in the wake

  

of the sum- mer, and the rain

 



B        mp q=72

with

 

in the

mf

 

 





  



wake of the sum - mer,



      

Meno mosso

17

in the

in, where shad - ow chas-es light

  

and the rain comes

         

in,

 



in the wake of the sum- mer, and the rain

   

comes

     mf

mp





 

          

wake of the sum- mer, and the rain comes



in the wake of the sum- mer, and the rain



 





tid - ings,

          



comes

  



  

in,







     un -

known

un -

known

     

Mes - sen - gers, with mp

tid - ings

Mes - sen - gers, with

tid - ings

with tid - ings from un -

known

tid - ings,

with tid - ings from un -

known

                    

      

of the sum mer,

                  mp

with

B                                                           This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Meno mosso

q=72

           

5

  mf  

  

  

21

f

poco rit.

q=80





   

mf         



mf   

f   

mf

mf    

f   

skies

greet me

mf

f

skies



and speed a- long the road.



skies







greet me

road.

mf







greet me

          mf f               

road.



      poco rit.

mp



 

 

q=80

3

3

3

3

               3 3 3 3                

C

   25

mp

C



mp

     



mp



 3 

  

3  

  

3

and the

     

mp

  

and the

My heart is glad with - in,

   

     

My heart is glad with - in,

 



road.

mf

greet me

skies



 

mf

My heart is glad with - in,

and the



     

breath

of the

breath

of the

 

breath

of the 3

  

My heart is glad with - in,

and the

 

breath

of the

  



  



  



  



pas - sing breeze

pas - sing breeze

pas - sing breeze

pas - sing breeze



is



is



is



is

3 3                                            3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.  This score 3

3

3

3

3

3

6

  



 



 



29

  



sweet.

I

sit

here

     



    

till dusk



mf



till dusk



From dawn







sweet.

    

I

sit

here

  





mf

   

sweet.







sweet.

  

   

mf

I

sit

here

  





mf

   

I

From dawn

sit

be- fore my

be- fore my



 

fore my



here

 

fore my

3 3 3 3 3 3                                       3    3 3 3                        3 3 3      

   33





door,

 



door,

 





         p

and I know that of a p

sud- den

and I know that of a

sud- den

         



door, C7susy



I shall

mf

       

 mp



mf        



when I shall mf

         

mo - ment will ar - rive when I shall

door,

  

poco rit.





       mp

the hap py mo - ment

   mf     

                           p                    poco rit.                 purchase performance copies.

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I shall

   

 

   





7

D q=76 37    



   



    









 



 









 



 



  







see.



    

   

    

In the





   

mp

mean - while,

mp

see.

In the

mean - while,

see.

   





see. q=76

D   

  

    42

                   tenderly

mp



                        



smile

   

and I





smile

    



   

       

sing all a

     

-

    

   

 

 

lone.



with anticipation; allargando till m. 50 mp



 



  

    

  

p with anticipation; allargando till m. 50



 



  



      





is



In the

mean - while

 





mean - while

the

air is

    the

air

                    allargando   till m. 50                   

 

   mp

in the

  

fill - ing,

p with anticipation; allargando till m. 50

In the

I

   

with anticipation; allargando till m. 50



I

in the



fill - ing,







fill - ing,



              

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  



 



 



 mf  



 mf  

47

mean - while,

mean - while,

mean - while,

  



mean - while,

  

  

  

50 q=69

   

 

      

mf

the air

is

fill

 

fill

fill

    



 f   

   

f     

    

f

-

mf

fill

     

-

-

-

ing with the per -

ing



ing

per -

per -



 



ing with the per -













prom - ise.





prom - ise. q=69

fume

of

fume

of

   

fume

of

                                     

prom - ise.

 

of

f      

prom - ise.

 

fume





confidently mf

      

This is my de - light. confidently mf

      

This is my de - light. confidently mf

      

This is my de - light. confidently mf

      

This is my de - light.

                                       

     

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