The Gods of Winter score

For Harold Rosenbaum and The New York Virtuoso Singers

The Gods of Winter for SSAATTBB choir

Music by Patrick O’Malley Poem by Dana Gioia 2019

Commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers. World Premier by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor, on November 9th, 2019.

Approximately 10-12 minutes

Composer’s Note After I met Dana Gioia as a student in his “Words and Music” class at the University of Southern California, there were two works I found in his 99 Poems collection that struck me as needing to be set to music. The first, “Equations of the Light,” I set as an art song in 2017 for soprano and chamber duo, and the second was “The Gods of Winter,” which I have set as this current choral piece from 2019. Both poems enthralled me thanks to Gioia’s ability to shroud his experiences, both with nature and people, in mysterious beauty and evocative imagery. These poems inspire in me a yearning sense of nostalgia – not the kind that you can frame in a picture book, but rather the kind that can, through contemplation of the past, be a spiritual gateway towards the future.

“The Gods of Winter” captures an idyllic yet melancholic picture of a winter storm – the kind of storm that, unlike thunderstorms, is filled with quiet, peace, and the unknown (“a storybook view of paradise”). Gioia heavily emphasizes the finality of winter, which suggested to me an acute sense of memory; of realizing an ideal form of nature and family once it may be gone. Deciding how to capture this reaction in music eventually led me to rethink my relationship with the text. Instead of treating Gioia’s poem as the body of the music, why not treat it as the destination; the goal; the end of a journey? As if the music were traveling back through the storm itself to that peaceful place sitting inside and reflecting on the majesty outdoors?

As such, I decided that for the beginning of the piece to the climax, the music would only use the words, syllables, and sounds taken from the very first line of the poem. I treat it almost like a Kyrie to a mass, in which a very short line of text is repeated over and over until the music transcends the meaning of the text with its own emotional states. In this music I draw equally from my own harmonic discoveries as well as older sounds suggesting prayer and spirituality (imitation and suspensions etc.). After this, Gioia’s poem is set in full – simply, clearly, and virtually unadorned, like quietly sitting next to the fire, looking out the window at the snow in moonshine.

Copyright 2019 by Patrick O'Malley Music (ASCAP)

Performance notes Whenever an unpitched "s" sound is followed by the pitched words "storm" or "snow," the "s" should connect directly to the word without a breath.

X noteheads indicate unpitched sounds (always an "s" in this piece). Circled X's are rhythmically the same as clear noteheads (whole notes, etc.) while X's without a circle are rhythmically the same as black noteheads (quarter notes, etc.).

Arrows in the text indicate a gradual change of sound.

from 99 Poems: New and Selected

The Gods of Winter

by Dana Gioia Storm on storm, snow on drifting snowfall, shifting its shape, flurrying in moonlight, bright and ubiquitous, profligate March squanders its wealth.

The world is annihilated and remade with only us as witnesses.

Briefest of joys, our life together, this brittle flower twisting toward the light even as it dies, no more permanent for being perfect. Time will melt away triumphant winter, and even your touch prove the unpossessable jewel of ice.

And vanish like this unseasonable storm drifting there beyond the windows where even the cluttered rooftops now lie soft and luminous like a storybook view of paradise.

Why not believe these suave messengers of starlight? Morning will make their brightness blinding, and the noon insist that only legend saves the beautiful. But if the light confides how one still winter must arrive without us, then our eternity is only this white storm, the whisper of your breath, deities of this quiet night.

Commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers World Premier by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor

The Gods of Winter Music by Patrick O'Malley Poem by Dana Gioia

A Feeling of Stillness q = 60 Soprano 1

Soprano 2

Alto 1

& 44

∑

∑

& 44

∑

& 44

∑

∑

& 44

Ó

∑

Tenor 2

Baritone 1

V 44 V 44 ? 44

∏ X

X

∏

Ó

X

∏

X

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X

-

X

-

X

s (no pitch)

∏ X s

∏ X

(no pitch)

-

X -

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-

X

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X

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X

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(no pitch)

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∑

s

s

(no pitch)

s

Tenor 1

X

s (no pitch)

s

Alto 2

∏ X

(no pitch)

X.

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storm

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w

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w

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(no pitch)

Baritone 2

s

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X

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X

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X

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X

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X

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π j x œ.

storm

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7

S1

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X

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S2

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A2

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T2

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&

π

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storm

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on

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on

f

stor

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f

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w

w

f #œ #w

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(change to)

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stor

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on

f œ

stor

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f œ

stor

on

f œ

stor

on

stor

w

˙

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w

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w

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p

m

p

m

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m

p ˙

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on

(change to)

p ˙

(change to)

m

m

p ˙ m

p ˙ m

p ˙ m

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14

S1

& w

S2

A1

A2

T1

T2

B1

A

w

w

w

w

w

& w

w

w

w

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w

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X

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w

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w

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x

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X

X

X

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X

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X

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X

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X

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X

j œ x.

s

s

s

B2

3

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w

w

x #œ.

J

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4

S1

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S2

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& œ X. s

A1

& X -

A2

T1

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w

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20

w w

w w

storm

T2

B1

B2

V w ? w ?

w

w w

w

w w

w

45 w

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45 w

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45 w

F œ

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F #œ

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on

on

on

F

45 w

45

F w

#œ on

54 w F 45 w

on

F

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on

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storm on storm on

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F F 44 œ œ œ #œ storm on storm on

F F 44 œ # œ œ œ storm on storm on

F F 44 # œ œ œ œ storm on storm on

F F 44 œ œ œ œ storm on storm on

44

F

F

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25

S1

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S2

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storm

A1

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A2

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storm

T1

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T2

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m

w

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m

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m

w

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on

3

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on

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on

3

3

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on

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on

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on

3

3

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on

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on

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on

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storm

on

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on

3

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on

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storm

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on

3

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on

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3

storm

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B2

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5

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stor

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m

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m

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m

stor

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m

stor

m

w w

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6

B Calm, Weightless S1

P cresc. poco a poco... #œ œ œ œ œ #œ # œ n œ # œ &

Œ

P cresc. poco a poco... #œ œ œ œ œ #œ & #œ #œ nœ

Œ

snow

S2

snow

A1

A2

T1

T2

B1

B2

& w & w V w V w

on drift

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cresc. poco a poco...

-

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snow

snow

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snow

drift - ing

on drift

-

w w

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fall

on

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fall

on

j œ œ

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j œ œ

on snow

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-

snow

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fall

nœ

fall

F œ œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ snow

on

drift

-

ing

snow

on

drift

-

ing

F œ œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ

? w

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w

w

? w

cresc. poco a poco...

w

w

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& œ.

31

S1

f j #œ nœ #œ nœ bœ f j #œ nœ #œ nœ bœ on drift

S2

& œ.

on drift

A1

& ˙

-

-

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ing

& ˙

f œ œ œ œ

on drift - ing

T1

.

V œ

snow

T2

.

V œ

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p

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p

snow - fall, fall

U U

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snow - fall, fall

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ing

on drift

-

ing

snow

on drift

on drift

-

-

ing

ing

˙

˙ bœ œ

snow

F

b˙

œ œ

˙ ˙

rit.

a tempo

p

œ ˙

œ

-

storm

fall

p œ

F œ œ œ ˙ F

snow - fall, fall snow - fall

snow - fall, fall

œ œ

snow

snow - fall, fall snow - fall

snow - fall, fall

F

snow

snow - fall, fall

p f U U #œ #œ œ œ J #œ Nœ œ œ œ on drift

˙

snow - fall, fall

p f U U ? #œ œ nœ œ #œ #œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ snow

B2

U U

p f U U ? #œ œ nœ œ #œ #œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ snow

B1

p

p f U U œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ on drift - ing

A2

C Quietly Majestic

7

-

fall

w

storm

p

œ b˙

-

w

œ

fall

on

p

bw

storm

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on

w

F œ œ œ ˙

p œ

bw

snow

-

snow - fall

on

F œ œ œ ˙

p œ

snow - fall

F

˙ bœ œ b˙

snow - fall

F

˙ bœ œ b˙

snow - fall

on

b˙ b˙

p p

storm

storm

bw storm

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8

con rubato

bœ

36

S1

S2

& ˙.

on

bœ

& ˙.

on

œ bœ œ œ

storm on snow on

œ bœ œ œ

storm on snow on poco

A1

& ˙.

bœ

on

T1

T2

B1

B2

& ˙.

bœ

on poco

storm on snow on

œ bœ œ œ

storm on snow on morendo

bœ bœ œ œ

storm on snow on poco

A2

œ bœ œ œ

bœ bœ œ œ

œ bœ œ œ

morendo

bœ œ ˙

storm on storm espressivo

bœ œ ˙

storm on storm

b œ œ 43 b œ bœ

snow on drift - ing

b œ b œ 43 b œ bœ

snow on drift - ing

∑

∑

43

∑

∑

43

storm on snow on morendo

storm on snow on

espressivo

œ bœ œ œ

storm on snow on

V ˙.

bœ

bœ bœ œ œ

∑

∑

∑

43

V ˙.

bœ

bœ bœ œ œ

∑

∑

∑

43

∑

∑

∑

∑

43

∑

∑

∑

∑

43

? ?

on storm on snow on poco morendo

˙

Ó

˙

Ó

on

storm on snow on

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9

D Dolce

a tempo

π & 43 b ˙ .

rit.

41

S1

snow

S2

π & 43 œ b ˙

snow

A1

A2

& 43 & 43

∑

F bœ œ œ 44 b œ b œ œ bœ œ F bœ œ œ 44 b œ b œ œ bœ œ storm

on

storm

on

storm,

F 44 œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ storm

∑

storm,

on

storm,

F 44 œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ storm

on

storm,

poco rit.

bœ bœ œ œ bœ snow on

œ

poco

œ

drift - ing snow - fall, poco

œ œ bœ œ œ snow on

poco

drift - ing snow - fall,

œ œ bœ œ œ snow on

œ

drift - ing snow - fall,

bœ bœ œ œ bœ

snow on

poco

œ

drift - ing snow - fall,

T1

V 43

∑

44

∑

∑

T2

V 43

∑

44

∑

∑

B1

? 43

∑

44

∑

∑

B2

? 43

∑

44

∑

∑

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10

a tempo

F bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ & bœ bœ

44

S1

storm on storm on snow on snow on

S2

F bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ & bœ bœ F œ bœ œ œ & œ œ œ œ

storm on storm on snow on snow on

A1

storm on storm on snow on snow on

A2

F œ bœ œ œ & œ œ œ œ

storm on storm on snow on snow on

T1

F bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ V bœ bœ

storm on storm on snow on snow on

T2

F œ bœ œ œ V œ œ œ œ

storm on storm on snow on snow on

B1

?

∑

œœœ

bœ

P œ œ ˙

bœ

œ

P œ œ ˙

snow

on

œ

P bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˙

bœ snow

on

œ

œ

P bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˙

snow

on

œ

œ

snow

on

drift

ing snow - fall,

œœœ

bœ

drift

drift

drift

-

-

-

ing snow - fall,

ing snow - fall,

ing snow - fall,

œœœ

bœ drift

œ

-

-

ing snow - fall,

bœ œ œ

drift

-

P œ œ ˙ P œ œ ˙

ing snow - fall,

∑

F

bœ œ œ œ

snow on drift - ing

bœ œ œ œ snow on drift - snow -

bœ œ œ b œ œ œ bœ œ

storm on storm on snow on drift - ing

B2

?

∑

∑

F

bœ œ œ b œ œ œ bœ œ

storm on storm on snow on drift - ing

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f & #w

#w

47

S1

snow

S2

-

f & #w

snow

A1

f & #w f & #w

-

f j V Nœ. #œ #œ snow

T2

B1

f ? N œ . # œJ # œ -

f ? N œ . # œJ # œ snow

B2

-

f j# œ .

N œ # œ V snow

snow

fall

Nw

snow

T1

#w

-

snow

A2

fall

-

-

fall

Nw -

with Joy

f #œ #œ œ #œ #œ œ #œ œ

p

-

p

œ -

p

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p œ #œ #œ œ #œ -

fall,

p œ #œ #œ œ #œ -

-

fall,

p œ #œ #œ œ #œ -

-

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

f œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ

p œ #œ #œ œ #œ -

snow

f #œ #œ œ # œ #œ œ #œ œ

p

fall

œ

11

-

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fall,

fall,

f œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ snow

on

snow

on

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on

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on

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on

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on

f #œ #œ œ # œ #œ œ #œ œ f #œ #œ œ # œ #œ œ #œ œ f œ œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

f œ œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

snow

on

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#œ #œ œ œ #œ # œ & J œJ

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50

S1

drift

S2

ing snow

-

-

-

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-

ing snow

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ing snow

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sub.

fall,

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f p 54 œ œ ˙

sub.

p

sub.

p

p 44 ˙ œ œ

m,

storm on

p 44 ˙ œ œ

stor

m,

f

p

storm on

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fall.

œ œ

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stor

p f 54 œ œ ˙

m,

storm on

stor

m,

storm on

p f 54 œ œ ˙

p 44 ˙ œ œ

storm on

m,

storm on

stor

m,

storm on

f p œ # œ . œ œ œ 45 # ˙ J > œ #œ ˙ >

-

fall.

storm on

sub.

p 44 ˙ œ œ

stor

sub.

fall,

44

˙

storm on sub.

45

˙

storm on sub.

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-

stor

storm on

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J >fall, -

ing snow

ing snow

-

#œ #œ œ Nœ

ing snow

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B2

-

#œ #œ œ œ #œ # œ V J œJ drift

B1

-

#œ #œ œ œ #œ # œ V J œJ drift

T2

ing snow

œ #œ #œ œ #œ œ & drift

T1

-

p f 54 œ œ ˙

storm on

œ # œ # œ # œ œj J ˙. >

œ #œ #œ œ #œ œ & drift

A2

ing snow

#œ #œ œ œ #œ # œ & J œJ drift

A1

-

sub.

p ˙ œ œ 44

p f p 54 44 œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ

storm on

stor

m,

storm on

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S1

f f

stor

S2

f

A1

f

T1

f f

-

-

-

-

-

œ #œ œ ˙ -

-

-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

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-

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-

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-

œ #œ œ ˙ -

œ ? 44 # œ # œ œ œ # œ # œ œ # œJ # œ œ œ # œj œ œ # ˙ . f

-

stor

-

stor

B2

-

#œ œ œ œ 4 œ # œ œ œ #œ #œ œ V4 œ œ stor

B1

-

& 44 # œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ # œJ # œ œ œ # œj œj œ. ˙ stor f #œ œ œ œ 4 œ # œ œ œ œ #œ #œ œ V4 œ œ #œ œ ˙ stor

T2

-

œ #œ œ ˙

& 44 # œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ # œJ # œ œ œ # œj œ # ˙ . œ stor

A2

-

#œ œ œ œ 4 œ # œ œ œ œ #œ #œ œ &4 œ stor

p

Relaxing...

#œ œ œ œ 4 œ # œ œ œ œ #œ #œ œ &4 œ

54

13

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-

-

-

-

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w

43

w

43

p

m

p

m

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20

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22

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24

I

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m

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29

K Very freely

p & Œ œ œ ˙

May be sung by the section or a soloist. quietly expressive

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S2

& w

œ

snow on drift - ing

,

a tempo

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w

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n

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rit.

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n

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122

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flur - ry - ing in moon - light,

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bright

and u - biq - ui - tous, prof - li - gate March

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30

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˙

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126

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its

wealth.

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130

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made with on - ly us as

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U

˙˙

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˙˙

world

is an - ni - hi - lat - ed

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˙˙

U

˙˙

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and re -

Œ # œœ # œœ .. œœj # œœ . œœj Œ ‰ œœj . our life

to - geth - er,

this

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to - geth - er,

this

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to - geth - er,

this

The Gods of Winter

∑

135

31

∑

∑

S 1, 2

&

A 1, 2

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T 1, 2

V # œœ .. œœ œœ

B 1, 2

brit - tle flower

138

S 1, 2

A 1, 2

&

twist - ing to - ward the light

∑

˙˙ # œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ

p ˙˙ # œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ

no more per - ma - nent

p #œ œ œ œ œ 3

dies,

e - ven as it

p

no more per - ma - nent

˙

dies,

∑

3

no more per - ma - nent

45

∑

π & œœ # œœ œœ œœ # # œœ œœ

˙˙

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for be - ing

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T 1, 2

dies,

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e - ven as it

3

per - fect.

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win - ter,

and

j j œ . œ Œ ‰ œ 45

win - ter,

and

# œ . œ Œ ‰ œ 45 J J win - ter,

and

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32

& 45

S 1, 2

& 45 # # œœ œœ œœ œœ

e - ven your touch

T 1, 2

B 1, 2

V 45

prove

3

e - ven your touch

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jewel

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3

œ œ œ œ

? 45 # œ œ œ œ

the un - pos - sess - a - ble

prove

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jewel

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prove

3

the un - pos - sess - a - ble

Ó

p # œ Œ

Tutti

π Œ

And

3

3

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∑

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3

A 1, 2

44

∑

142

jewel

of

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of

ice.

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M Gently S 1, 2

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like this

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&

∑

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?

∑

∑

∑

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∑

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be - yond the

The Gods of Winter

& # # œœ

148

S 1, 2

33

j œœ ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ # # œœ .. œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ # # œœ .. œœ # œœ . œœ œœ . . .

win - dows

where e - ven the

clut - tered roof - tops

soft and lu - mi - nous

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&

∑

T 1, 2

V

∑

∑

∑

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∑

∑

∑

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∑

now lie

p j # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & # œ œ œ # œ # œ œ .. œ # # ˙˙ ..

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poco

151

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B 1, 2

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dise.

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dise.

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dise.

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U

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sto - ry - book view of par - a

∑

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U U

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of

suave mes - sen - gers

of

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34

πN f U 4 # œ # ww & 4 œ ˙˙ ..

155

S 1, 2

star - light?

A 1, 2

f

U

& 44 N # œœ ˙˙ .. star - light?

T 1, 2

π

# ww

ww

n

f U π p Œ œ œ. œ #œ #œ œ œ #œ œ V 44 # N œœ ˙˙ ..

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star - light?

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S 1, 2

& 43 ˙˙ ..

44 ww

A 1, 2

& 43 ˙˙ ..

44 ww

B 1, 2

will

make their bright - ness bling - ing,

p f π U œ œ. œ #œ #œ œ œ #œ œ œ ˙. Œ J

159

T 1, 2

ww

43

ww

43

n

star - light?

B 1, 2

ww

will

make their bright - ness bling - ing,

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saves

the beau - ti - ful.

that on - ly leg - end

saves

the beau - ti - ful.

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the noon in - sist

œ œ #œ #œ #œ. œ œ 3 4 and

the noon in - sist

ww

45

ww

45

‰ œ œ œ œ . œj œ . œj 45 œ œ. œ œ. œ 5 ‰ œœ J J 4 But if the light

con - fides

how

But if the light

con - fides

how

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& 45 ˙˙ ..

163

S 1, 2

A 1, 2

T 1, 2

44 ww

˙˙

Ø X 4 &4

still

still

win - ter must ar

win - ter must ar

166

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S2

Ø & 44 X s

A1

Ø & 44 X s

A2

s

T 1, 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

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is on - ly this white

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is

on - ly this white

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rive

with - out

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us,

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storm

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4 #œ œ œ 4 then our e -

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∑

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storm

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B 1, 2

-

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∑

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S1

45

V 45 œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 44 œ # œ # œ œ œ œ one

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44 ww

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35

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m

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m

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36

π & Œ # œœ œœ œœ

Œ # ˙˙

&Œ œ œ œ

Œ ˙

O Delicately, freely S 1, 2

π

the whis - per

A 1, 2

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the whis - per

T 1, 2

π ?Œ œ œ œ

the whis - per

B 1, 2

the whis - per

of

of

breath,

j ‰ œœ # œœ .. œœ ˙˙

‰ œœ œœ # ˙˙ ..

œ

˙.

‰ œj œ . œ ˙

‰ œ œ

# ˙˙ ..

‰ œœj # œœ .. œœ ˙˙

de - i - ties

‰ œœ œœ # ˙˙ ..

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‰ œ œ

your

Œ # ˙˙

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of

Œ ˙ of

breath,

your

breath,

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˙.

your

breath,

U

œ #œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œœœ ˙ & œ

175

S 1, 2

your

# ˙˙ ..

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night.

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U

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T 1, 2

V # ww

˙˙

U

˙˙

night.

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? w night.

the

the

the

‰œ J

the

˙

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de - i - ties

of this

of this

of this

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∏ œ #œ œ œ œ œœœ

of this

qui

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qui

qui

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˙. qui

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U ∏ œ œœ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ #œ ˙

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night.

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night.

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night.

night.

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de - i - ties

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U

˙˙

U

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et

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&Ó

Œ

179

S 1, 2

Ø # œœ

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night.

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night.

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# œœ œ

37

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night.

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