1. Autumn Charles E. Ives
[Harmony Twichell and Charles E. Ives] p
Adagio
c
Earth rests!
c p
sempre legato
c
4
p
Her work is done,
her fields lie bare,
[simile]
8
And ’ere the night
of win ter comes
To hush her song
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and close her tired eyes,
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2. The Cage
[Charles E. Ives] [ Andante (q = about 60) ]
Charles E. Ives
f
A leop ard went a round his cage from one side Evenly and mechanically, with no ritard., decresc., accel. etc. (repeat 2 or 3 times)
f
back to
the oth
er side; he
stopped
on
ly when the keep er came a round with meat.
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3. The Circus Band
[Charles E. Ives]
Charles E. Ives
In quickstep time (about h = 132)
C ff
C 7
mf
All
sum
mer
long,
we
mf
13
boys
Dreamed ’bout
big
cir cus joys!
Down
Main
Street,
repeat (ad lib.)
f
20
band,
Oh!
“Ain’t
f
comes
it
a grand
And
glor
mf
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ious
noise!”
the
8
4. Down East
[Charles E. Ives] Very slowly
3p 4
6 8
7 4
Songs!
6 8 ppp
6 8
p
Vis
3 4
pp
Charles E. Ives
ions
of
my home
land
7 4 ppp
ppp (as a shadow to the voice)
3 4
7 4
5
8 4 come
with
strains
of
child
hood;
Come with
tunes
we sang
in
school days
8 4 8 4
A little faster, but with a slow even rhythm
7
6 8 and
with songs
from Moth
er’s heart:
Way
6 8 p
6 8
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down
east
in
a
5. Her Eyes
[Clinton Scollard]
b 4 &b b 4 Ó
{
11
Moderato
Œ
b 4 &b b 4
p
œ
Ϫ
Her
eyes
Charles E. Ives
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are like un-fath-’ma - ble lakes,
œœ œ
œœ œ œœœ œ œœœ œ
When bright - ly
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œ bb 4 œ œ b œ œ™ & 4 œ œ
4
{
o’er
œ˙ bb 4 <b> b & 4 <b>œ
? bb 44 œ˙œ b
them the morn-ing ra
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œ
œœœ œ œœœ œ
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œ
-
3œ œ 4
U Ϫ
3œ œ 4 œœœ
U #˙œ œ #˙
f
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œœ œ
œ nœœ
œ
œ œœ
œ 4 4
œ œ J
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œ
4 4
animando
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diance breaks, And
4 4 œ œ™
j œ
f
3
yet
> 4 œœ 4œ
4 4
f
œ˙ <b>œ
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j œ œ
3
j œ œ
3
3
the ma - ri-ners had best be-
œ
œ
œ œj 43 #œœ nœœ
>œœ œ
nœœ nœ œ
œ œœ
3
œ
#œ nœ 43 nœ
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6. In the Alley [Charles E. Ives]
Moderato
b & b bbb c Œ
{
∑
∑
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ b œ œ &b b b c Œ œœ œœ œœ mp
b & b bbb Ó
{
œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ J ˙
‰ œ ˙
? bb b c Πbb
4
mp
Œ
œ œ œ
On my way
bb œ &b b b ‰
œœ
? bb b œ ˙ œ bb w
œœ
œœ œ
b & b bbb ˙ ™
. b b & b b b ‰ j bœœœ œ
‰
Attention! Geo. Felsburg!
LH œœ œœj œœ œ ‰ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙
œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ
Through a
. œœœ
. œœœ
œ œ œ œ ? bb b œ b b œw œ
œ ‰ œ ˙
œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œœ ™ œ œœ œ œ œ ‰̇ œ
œœ œ
to work one sum -mer day,
turn newspaper
œ
way,
˙œœ
∑
œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙™ RH
8
{
Charles E. Ives
After a session at Poli’s— (Not sung by Caruso, Jenny Lind, John McCormack, Harry Lauder, George Chappell, or the Village Nightingale.)
Just
œ ‰̇ œ
Ϫ
j œ œ
off
the main
œ
œ
high -
œœ ‰ œœ ‰ œ œœ œ ‰ œ nœœ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
˙
or
O Eb R
˙ ˙ poco ten.
œ œ œ ™ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ
win - dow in an al - ley Smiled a lass, her name was Sal - ly, O,
œ œ ˙
œœœ œ œ
‰
œ
œœœ œ
˙
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‰ w
poco ten.
œ
j œ̇˙ œ ™ œœ œ œ œj œ™
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7. Memories A. Very Pleasant; B. Rather Sad
[Charles E. Ives]
A.
Presto (As fast as it will go.)
6 8
Charles E. Ives
f
We’re
sit ting in
tain to
the op era house, the
6 8 6 8
f
7
op
era house, the op
era house; We’re wait ing for
the cur
for
our eyes; We’re feel
ing pret
we may– “O, Jim
a rise
with won ders
12
ty gay,
and well
my look!” I say, “The
17
band
is tun
ing up
and soon will start
to play!”
We
whis tle and
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we
hum,
17 45
feel
ing of
ex pec
tan cy,
a
cer
tain kind
of
ec
sta sy,
Ex pec tan cy and
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c ec sta sy, ex
pec tan cy and ec sta sy
Sh’--s’-- s’-s.
Curtain!
c c
B. 57
Adagio
p
c
From the street a strain on my ear doth fall,
A
c p
c sempre 61
tune as thread bare as that“old red shawl”;
It is
tat tered, it
is torn,
It shows
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8. Nature’s Way
[Charles E. Ives]
Charles E. Ives
Adagio Moderato
3 4
p
When
the dis tant eve ning bell
calm
ly breathes its
pp
3 4 p
3 4 6
poco ten.
bless
ing;
When the moon light to
the trees
speaks
in words ca ress
ing;
poco ten.
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9. The Side Show
[Charles E. Ives]
Charles E. Ives
In a moderate waltz time
b 3 & b bbbb 4
{
2 4Œ
∑
3 4
œœ 2 ≈ œœj™™™ œœ œ 4 œœ œ Œ Œ
mf
b 3 œ 2œ 4J & b bbbb 4 œ œ
2 4
? bb b b 43 Œ œœœ œœœ 42 œœœ bb œ œ Œ Œ
3 Œ œœœ 4œ Œ
Ri- ley, who keeps the ho -
2 4
œœ œ Œ
trot - ting track
3 4Œ
3 4
œœ 2 ≈ œœj™™™ œœ œ 4 œœ œ Œ Œ
œ œj 43 œ œ œ 42 œ™
tune that ac - comp-’nies the
b 3 & b bbbb 4
that Mis-ter
2 4
? bb b b 43 Œ œœœ bb œ Œ
{
3 2 j œ 3 2 ™ 4 4 4 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œn œ œ œn œ œ
œ œ 43
mf
“Is
b 3 & b bbbb 4
7
‰
bell;
3 Œ œœœ 4œ Œ
tel?”
is the
2 4
œœ 2 ≈ œœj™™™ œœ œ 4 œœ œ Œ Œ
3 4 3 4
3 j 43 œ nœ œ 42 œJ œ 4 œ œ œ
An
2 4 ≈ j™ nœ œ bœ œ
3 Œ œœ œœ 2 ≈ œœ ™™ œœ 4œ Œ Œ 4 œ Œ
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old horse un
3 4 3 Œ nœœœ 4œ Œ
-
2 4
sound turns the
œ
œœ 2 œ œ 4œ Œ œ
œ œœ Œ
3 4 3 4
10. There is a lane
[Charles E. Ives] Adagio sostenuto
b 3 & b bb 4
{
∑
p sostenuto
∑
œ
There
œ œ
is
a
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 & b bb 4 J œ œ œJ J œ œ œJ J œ œ œJ pp ? bb b 43 j œ œ œJ j œ œ œJ j œ œ œJ b œ œœ˙ œœ˙ œ˙
6
b & b bb œ
{
bay,
œ œ œ œ b b b b J & ? bb b j œ b œ œ˙
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cresc.
œ
œ
˙
œ
Pass - ing
œ œ œ
œ œJ œ J
œ œ œ œ J j œ œœ˙
a
œ œ
œ œJ cresc. œ œ J
œ
nœ ™
wood where
œœ #œ Jnœ
œ J
the
Charles E. Ives
˙ lane
œ
which
œ
winds
œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œœ œœ J J J œ œ J j œ œ jœ œœ˙ œœ˙
poco rit.
œ œ œ
œ
lit - tle chil - dren
œœ œ n œœ #œj J œ nœ
j nœ #œ bœJ j nœ œœ˙ n œœ˙
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œ
towards the
˙™
play;
œœ J œ J
j nœ nœœ nœœ œœ™ œ bœj œ J J œ dim.
nœ
nœ J
œœ˙
œ bœ
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11. The Things Our Fathers Loved (and the greatest of these was Liberty) Charles E. Ives
[Charles E. Ives] Slowly and sustained p
I
think there
must
be
a
place in
the soul
all
gan on
the Main Street
ten.
pp
pp
4
3
made
of
tunes,
of
3
tunes
of long a
go;
I
hear
the or
7
cor
ner;
Aunt
Sa
rah
hum ming gos
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pels;
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12. The Waiting Soul
John Newton
Charles E. Ives
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Andante
{
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∑
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{
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#### ˙™ &
œ
p
? #### c œ ˙
™ œ ˙™ n œ œ œ œ œ™
south,
Cheer me
œœ œœ ™™ œœ ˙˙˙
œ™ œ œ œ
œ œ™ œ #œ œ
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{
c
∑
nœ œ™ œ œ <#>œ ™ 42 ™ œ œ™ œ w n œ œ̇ œ œ̇ œ #œ c œ nw œ˙ œ™ n ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙˙œ œ n˙ 2 œ̇ œ # c n ˙ ˙ 4 nœ̇ œ ˙ ˙ n˙˙
Breathe from the gen - tle
#### c &
2 4
∑
œ˙ œ™ œ œ̇
? #### c ˙˙ ˙
5
∑
Blow
#### & nœœ œœ ™™ œœ n˙˙˙
œ ? #### nœœ œœ ™™ œœ œ œœ w
˙™
œ
on
the
# #w ww #w w
from the
œw œ ™ nœ œ nœ #nœœ œ œ ™ nœ œ nœ w
n œœ œœ ™™ œœ n ˙˙˙
œ <n>œ nœœ œœ ™™ œœ
trea-sures of thy word,
œ˙
north;
n œœ œœ ™™ œœ n ˙˙˙
œ œ œ™ œ ˙
œ™ œ œ̇ ‹œ
nœœ œœ ™™ œœ œ œ
‰ j œ œ ™ nœ ˙ of thy
œ̇
œ ™™ œ nœ̇ œ œ <#>œ #œœ ˙
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cresc.
œ
f
word,
œ ™ nœ n
œ̇ nœ nœ ™ œ
œ ™™ œ n˙ œ œnn ˙˙