ANNABEL LEE an English Ballad for high voice & harp (or piano) by Nestor Taylor

NESTOR TAYLOR

Annabel Lee

An English ballad for high voice & harp (or piano)

Athens 2003

Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Edgar Allan Poe

ANNABEL LEE

Nestor Taylor (2003) 'Annabel Lee': Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Andante; very smooth and gentle

* Pianists should note that Harp harmonics sound an octave higher than written and should therefore adjust notes accordingly.

year-ago, - inaking dom-by thesea, thata

           

High

Harp/Piano* 5 9 12           An English Ballad  

  

   

 It pp wasmany-andma ny-a       dim. pp  p, sempre legato   

    

bythename ofAN NA-BEL                                                                                                                                               

q. = c.60

Voice

poco rit...............,

p cresc.

Allargando ..................................................., a piacere ....., A tempo

maiden-therelived whomyoumayknow

LEE; And p, sempre dolce e legato thismai den-shelived withnoo ther-thought thanto

loveandbeloved byme. I wasachild and

she wasachild, inthisking dom-by thesea;

           15 18 21 24   



   

    

     But un poco più weloved withalove thatwasmore than love  un poco più                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2

andmyAN NA-BEL-LEE; Withalove thatthewinged

seraphs-ofheaven- cove-ted-her andme.

thiswasthereason-that,long a go, -in

this king dom-by thesea, awind

            27 30 34 38   

  mf   

        

mp 

  mp  sf     

più p  blew     più p                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             3

I m

And

outofacloud, chilling-mybeau ti-ful-AN Sostenendo, con tenerezza

a tempo; So p, dolce that her high

kins men-came and

boreheraway, - away - fromme, toshut

herup ina

sepul-cre,-inthis king dom-by the

            41 44 47 50         

       dim.   

born-

 

 

  

................. NA-BEL-LEE;

p, dolce



        

 sea. mf              mf dim.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4

The

angels,-nothalf sohappy-inhea ven,-

sim.

went en vying-her andme Yes! quasi f, animando thatwasthe

reason-(asallmenknow, inthis king dom-by dim. the

sea) That Un poco più animando thewind cameout ofthecloud by f night,

           53 Io TEMPO ma agitando un poco 56 59 62         

 pp   p   

  

  

   

      

   

      p, cresc. legato  f                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             5

quasi f, animando

dim.

chil f, ben sentito ed espr. ling-andkil ling-myAN NA-BEL-LEE, chil meno assai ling-andkil ling-myAN NA-BEL-

f meno assai

LEE. But p our

love itwasstronger-by

farthanthelove of those whowereol der-thanwe of

many-farwi ser-thanwe And

nei ther-thean gels-in

            65 68 71 74               



            



 pp  p, sempre legato      

    

   dim. pp  cresc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        6

heaven-a bove, -northede mons-downun der-thesea, can

moltoespr.

ever-disse-ver-mysoul fromthesoul ofthebeau ti-fulAN NA-BEL-

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

    

     LEE!    cresc. f dolce                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    7

For

moonnever-beams, with poco cresc. outbringing-medreams ofthebeau liberamente; dolciss. ti-ful-

colla voce

LEE; Andthestars never-rise, butIfeel thebrighteyes ofthebeau tiful-ANNA-BEL-

LEE; And p, cresc. animando assai, con fervore............................................................................................. so,all thenighttide, Iliedown bytheside ofmy

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       

, dim.  p     

the

ANNA-BEL  

  

     

  p, cresc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      8

dar f, poco a piacere, meno assai ling,- mydar-ling, my p, teneramente.........., life andmybride, inher

f, colla voce

sepul-chre-therebythesea,

p, colla voce

in sotto voce her tomb lentamente....................., by thesea. poco

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

        

  

 

     p            dim.        p  l.v.     ppp Papagou, 05-04-03 Dur: ca.5 mins                                                                                                                                                                                                                      9