Diamond - We Two (sample pages) by Peermusic Classical

For Carolyn Reyer

WE TWO I

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day ? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

DAVID DIAMOND

(1564-1616)

(1964)

Andante ( J -- 72)

Voice tJ

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Shall I comp-are thee tQ

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Piano <

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love-ly

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.,_.

A tempo, rna un po' agitato

uif

3-,

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pochissimo agitato -

- A tempo, rna un po' agitato 3

L__i_____-r ~

J!...oco

Rough winds

.--

and more tem-per-ate;

Thou art more

""""""

Sum-mer's day?

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pochissimo agitato- -

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(

72)

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shake the

dar - ling

buds

May,

And

Sum- mer's lease hath

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too

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Some-time

too

hot the eye of hea-ven shines,

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poco rit. -

of - ten

his

from

And e - very fair

gold comp-lex-ion dimm'd,

A tempo

poco rit. -

poco marc. ~

lro..

17•

fair some-time de - clines,

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chance,

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But thy e-ter-nal

or na-ture's chang-ing course un-trimm'd:

.It

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lose pos-ses-sion of that fair thou ow'st,

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Let Me Confess that We Two Must Be Twain, Allegretto ( J =

.I deciso

100)

Allegretto ( J= too)

Let

con - fess

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_....

that

two

must

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~ II

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loves

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help,

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tan

gi -

tan -

borne

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•

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>.,

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it:;.

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spite,

se - pa - ra - ble

agitando -

one re- spect,

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•

but

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there

r is

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two_ loves

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(J = too)

-..

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do >

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lone,_

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m Those Pretty Wrongs that Liberty Commits Allegretto ( J = 100-108) II

.., Allegretto

(J =

100 -108)

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beau- ty,

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might,

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suf •

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swear

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grace the day?

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deeds,

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VI My Love is as a Fever Longing Still, Lento

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love

•

fe - ver

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po~

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that

which

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pre

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to please:

ap- pe-tite

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dim.

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rea - son

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that

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left

not kept Hath

me,

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des - per - ate

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ap - prove,

now

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cresc.

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·-~::.

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which

is death, >

v~~

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v. >

!ii~!ii >

vn No Longer Mourn for Me when I am Dead,

AU egretto ( J> =

144 )

., No

b,a~

Allegretto ( J>= 144) (

p sempre, da lontano

po~

----

iii

---

=i =i

--......_

dead,

Than

•

sul - len

sur -ly

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"---"" mp

shall hear the

you

..........

iii

... -

Give war-ning

iii

cresc II•

bell

iii

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., to

the

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that

world

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...,

Ill

fled

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_.,

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iii

vile

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iii

sim.

when

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b...

mourn for

longer

iii

ltl

vi- lest

with

worms

...

ltl

I " ~

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you

read this

re - mem- her

line,

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Nay,_

dwell:

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mf.-

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for

""I

love you

....

your sweet

would

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for

----

got,

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thin · king

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then

should

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thoughts

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.fdrammatico, sostennto e

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sonoro

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jcupo

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disgrace with

When in

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lone I

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(b~ ~~ bU >

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cries,

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look

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boot - less

hea - ven with my >

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trou-ble deaf

And

I~~ ~

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v~ ~=6·

h,.~ >,

out- cast state,

be- weep my

a -

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all

r;;

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u - pon my- self and

fate, >

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curse my

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f.l I

Wi-shing

hf >

one

rich

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hope, > ,._

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him,_

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art,

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this

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thoughts

my- self

al- most

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such wealth_

mem- ber'd

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state

with

Kings.

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change

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scorn

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11-oe-

.Iff tutta forza

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IX When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought, Andante ( J = 72)

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Andante ( J= 72)

...

the

ses · sions

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poco marc.

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sweet

,.,

p_oej_

J11

rna- ny

thing

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sought,

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with

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drown_ an

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b·&-·

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waste:

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time's

dear

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things past,

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sigh

re- mem-brance of

psub.

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sum-mon up

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thought~

si - lent

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death's

date -less night,

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moan

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ma-ny

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th'ex - pense

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long-since can-cell'd woe,

love's

a · fresh

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can

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