Eternal Reflections - Robert Paterson (Perusal Score)

Robert Paterson

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS for A Cappella Choir

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Program Notes – Short Version (for Program Notes) Eternal Reflections consists of settings of the poems Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz, Life’s Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary E. Frye. Milosz is a Nobel Prize-winning Lithuanian and Polish-American poet. Paul Laurence Dunbar is America’s first prominent AfricanAmerican poet and was a child of ex-slaves. Mary E. Frye was a housewife and florist who became well-known because of her poem.

Program Notes – Long Version Eternal Reflections consists of settings of the poems Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz, Life’s Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary E. Frye.

Milosz is a Nobel Prize-winning, Lithuanian and Polish-American poet, prose writer and translator, and is widely considered one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. After spending most of World War II in Nazi-occupied Warsaw working for underground presses, he emegrated to America and taught at the University of California at Berkeley for more than twenty years. I chose this poem partly because I knew this work would be premiered in Berkeley, where he lived for many years.

Paul Laurence Dunbar is America’s first prominent African-American poet and was a child of ex-slaves.

Although he died at the relatively young age of 33, he produced a large body of work, including this poem and the lyrics for In Dahomey (1903), the first musical written and performed entirely by African-Americans to appear on Broadway. He was friends with many prominent figures of his day, including Wilbur and Orville Wright, Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington, and toward the end of his life he was honored with a ceremonial sword by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Mary E. Frye was a housewife and florist who became well-known because of her poem. According to an article in the London Times, “Frye had never written any poetry before 1932, when she and her husband had a young German Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf, staying with them. According to Frye, their guest had been concerned about her mother, who was ill in Germany, but she had been warned not to return home because of increasing anti-Semitic unrest. When her mother died, the heartbroken young woman told Frye that she never had the chance to ‘stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear”.” Although many versions of this uncopyrighted poem exist, the version used in this setting is the one Frye claimed as definitive before she died.

Although the three poems are related thematically, there are a few other details that link them together. They are all by poets who lived in America, and both Dunbar and Frye were born in Dayton, Ohio. The poems by both Milosz and Frye are profoundly influenced by the trajedies of World War II, and both Milosz and Frye passed away in 2004. Finally, all three poems use musical and aural metaphors, which are particularly useful when setting poems for a choir.

Eternal Reflections was commissioned by Volti, Robert Geary, Artistic Director, for its 30th Season. Do not stand at my grave and weep is dedicated in loving memory to Joseph Henry Geary (July 17, 1922 - June 11, 2008).

– RP Duration: ca. 14’30” World Premiere: Volti choir of San Francisco Robert Geary, Director San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto, CA, USA May 15, 16 and 17, 2009 World Premiere Recording: Musica Sacra Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor Eternal Reflections American Modern Recordings AMR1040

U – long fermata W – short fermata

Explanation of Notation

,

– suggested breath mark

n – niente

/ ^

– subito (when placed before a dynamic, i.e.

– hard accent

/f)

( ) – All markings in parenthesis are courtesy/cautionary markings.

• All accidentals last for the entire measure, unless they are canceled out by another accidental (such as a natural sign). Accidentals only apply to the line or space they are on.

Texts A Song On the End of the World On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

Happy porpoises jump in the sea, By the rainspout young sparrows are playing And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be.

On the day the world ends Women walk through the fields under their umbrellas, A drunkard grows sleepy at the edge of a lawn, Vegetable peddlers shout in the street And a yellow-sailed boat comes nearer the island, The voice of a violin lasts in the air And leads into a starry night.

And those who expected lightning and thunder Are disappointed.

And those who expected signs and archangels’ trumps Do not believe it is happening now.

As long as the sun and the moon are above, As long as the bumblebee visits a rose, As long as rosy infants are born No one believes it is happening now.

Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet Yet is not a prophet, for he’s much too busy, Repeats while he binds his tomatoes: No other end of the world will there be, No other end of the world will there be.

Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) Translated by Anthony Milosz Based on the poem “A Song on the End of the World” © 1945 Czeslaw Milosz, used with the permission of The Wylie Agency LLC. All rights reserved.

Life’s Tragedy It may be misery not to sing at all, And to go silent through the brimming day; It may be misery never to be loved, But deeper griefs than these beset the way.

To sing the perfect song, And by a half-tone lost the key, There the potent sorrow, there the grief, The pale, sad staring of Life’s Tragedy.

To have come near to the perfect love, Not the hot passion of untempered youth, But that which lies aside its vanity, And gives, for thy trusting worship, truth.

This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing.

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) Public Domain, 1903.

Do not stand at my grave and weep Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room.

I am in the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there. I do not die.

Attributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2006) Public Domain, 1932.

Commissioned by Volti, Robert Geary, Artistic Director, for its 30th Season

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS Robert Paterson (2009)

Text by Czeslaw Milosz*)

I. A Song On the End of the World q = Ç 76, adagio

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world ends

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*) Translated by Anthony Milosz. Based on the poem A Song on the End of the World © 1945 Czeslaw Milosz, used with the permission of The Wylie Agency LLC. All rights reserved.

© Copyright 2015 Robert Paterson Music (ASCAP) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.

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ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

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ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

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p a Tempo F 3 U 3 N œœ œœ .. j # œ # œ # ‰ j 43 œ œ œ œ Nœ bœ - bœ œ œ poco rit.

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ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

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leads

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3

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a

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8

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

Sop.

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&

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who ex - pect - ed

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world

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9

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

F >œ >œ >œ # # ≈ ≈ œ œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ œ . & #œ. #œ #œ œ œ >

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ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

54

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3

a proph - et,

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3

who

p ww

f F F äœ / # œ ? œ #œ œ œ a œ- ˙ 3 On - ly

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a Tempo

PERUSAL SCORE ∑

&

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Ten.

∑

3

˙

/p ? 44 œ œ 56

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p

one

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Sop.

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one

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who would be a proph - et,

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12

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59

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3

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not

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F j œœ œœ œœ ‰

much

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v

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42 œ

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3

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binds his to - ma - toes:

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∑

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43

85 œ

?

3

∑

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peats

f

42 œ

PERUSAL SCORE a proph - et,

peats

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3

bœ. >

a proph - et,

a proph - et,

peats while he

Ten.

F j œ œ œ ‰

3

62

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3

much

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is

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œ œ œœ ‰ J a proph - et,

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Ten.

F

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85

No oth - er end

∑

43 ˙˙ ..

F 42 œ œ œ œ œ # œ 43 # œ No oth - er end of the

42 œ œ ˙

world there will be,

42

13

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

P œ ˙ œ & 42 œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ# œœ 44 # œœ œœ œ ˙ œJ ‰ 42

Sop.

No oth-er end of the

Alto

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44 ˙˙ ..

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∑

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∑

4 4

∑

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world there will be,

43

∑

66

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43

(poco)

p (poco) 42 ˙˙ On

p

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˙

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43 ˙˙

j œœ ‰ 42

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daythe world ends

p U ˙.

( p)

daythe world ends

be.

rit.

& 42

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44

PERUSAL SCORE ∑

70

Sop.

& 42

∑

∑

44

∑

& 42

˙

On

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V 42 ˙˙

On

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44

˙.

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Alto

42

∑

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43

U

˙.

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˙.

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p U 43 ˙ œ œ œ ˙ . there will be.

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PERUSAL SCORE

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II. Life’s Tragedy Robert Paterson (2009)

Text by Paul Lawrence Dunbar*) q = Ç 72, adagio

& 43

Sop.

∑

It

It

Bass

/p & œ.

And

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mis

# >œœ

-

may

be

mis

-

F /p b œ bœ Œ Œ & œ . œj b œ b œ all,

Ten.

may

œ œ œ

mis - er - y

# >œœ ..

not to sing at

not to

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er - y

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sing

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# ˙˙ ..

b b œœ œœ ˙˙ not to sing

to

go

j œ bœ bœ A œœ

F Nœ œ Œ Œ

go

go

/p ? b œœ b b œœ b œœ And

si - lent

si - lent

F œ œŒ Œ si - lent

not to

sing

œ.

through

# ˙˙ ..

b b œœ .. through

f > Œ bœ bœ bœ œ

f j œ œ # œ # œ # ˙˙ .. brim - ming

œœ œœ J

3

œœ J

the brim - ming

b œœ .. b b Jœœ b œœ

through

all,

3

the

3

bœ J

the brim - ming

*) Life’s Tragedy by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, 1903. Text in the Public Domain.

!

all,

b œœ œœ b b œœ b œœ ∑

si - lent

F œ œŒ Œ

to

er - y

!

all,

PERUSAL SCORE 5

Alto

be

F ? 3 b œœ b b œœ œ 4 It

Sop.

may

F b œ ˙ 3 V4 bœ ˙

Ten.

∑

F 3 œ œ œ bœ bœ œ > œ ˙

& 43

Alto

∑

F b Œ œ bœ bœ œ

day;

f #˙.

day;

f ˙.

day;

through the brim - ming

!

16 Sop.

9

F

∑

∑

& ˙.

day;

F

Alto

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3

may

be

F bœ ˙ Vb œ ˙

# œœ ..

F ? b œœ b b œœ œ It may be 14

Sop.

mis

# œœ

∑

&

-

mis

-

∑

&

Bass

nev

-

er - y

nev

-

loved,

F ‰ œj b œj œ b œ œj

to be loved,

But

deep - er griefs than

œœ

f # ˙˙

F Œ

er

loved,

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f # ˙˙

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&

Œ

˙

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˙.

way.

≈ b˙. œ œ. œ œ œ b ˙. > these

er - y

be - set the

-

er - y

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∑

V

-

œ œœœ > gl.

these

Ten.

er - y

œ b˙.

er

œ œœœ

loved,

∑

But

p œ œœœ

deep - er griefs than

> œ œ œ

PERUSAL SCORE mis

Alto

œœ œœ b b ˙˙ J

œ œœœ

mis

Sop. 2

nev - er

F

nev - er to be

3

mis - er - y

It may

Bass

f œ œ œ œ œbœ b˙

& œ œ œbœ bœ œ > œ ˙ It

f > Œ bœ Nœ bœ

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

way.

-

er - y

mis

-

er - y

œ œœœ

mis

-

er - y

b b œœ œœ œ œ mis

˙. ˙˙ ..

-

er - y

mis

p

-

œ

er - y

Life's Trag - e - dy.

œ œœœ > gl.

mis

p

-

mis

-

œ

er - y

mis

p b b ˙˙

mis

b b œœ

er - y

-

-

œ œ

Life's Trag - e - dy.

b b œœ œœ œœ œœ p ˙

œ >

/! F

œ œ œ œ >

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œœ

er

-

˙. y

œœ œœ b b ˙˙ .. er

-

!

y

!

17

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

P >œ b œ b œ œ b œœ b A œœ b b œœ b œ b >œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ & œ

>œ b œ bœ b œ b œ œ œ œœ b œœ b b œœ b œœ œ œœ b œœ

19

Sop.

sing

Alto

&

sing

b˙.

sing

Ten.

/p V œ œ œ œ mis - er - y

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/p ? bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ & 44

b˙.

song,

˙

œ

œ bœ œ

œ œ œœ

œ

œ œ œ

b b œœ

F œœ b A œœ œœ

the per - fect

mis - er - y

œœ œœ œœ

b b œœ œœ œœ œœ

Life's Trag - e - dy.

& 44

∑

œ œ œ.

/π V 44 œ . mis

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b b œœ

half - tone

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mis - er - y

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And by a

/π ? 44 b œ .. bœ mis

-

-

‰

ƒ

43

f

∑

j 43 b œ- œ N˙. v 3

Life's

lost the

key,

!

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∑

∑

˙.

!

Life's Trag - e - dy.

PERUSAL SCORE 23

Alto

sing

œ œ œ bœ

Life's Trag - e - dy.

mis - er - y

Sop.

sing

44

˙.

!F œœ œœ œœ œœ >œœ œœ œœ œœ

44 44

∑

p F j‰ œ œ œœ > mis - er - y

jj œ œ ‰ œ-

f > 43 œœ œœ œœ œœ

jj œœ œœ ‰ œœ -

F f ! > > 34 b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ

er - y

er - y

Life's

Life's

Trag - e - dy.

Trag - e - dy.

Trag - e - dy.

Trag - e - dy.

mis - er - y

mis - er - y

œœ œœ œœ œœ mis

mis

-

-

er - y

er - y

18 Sop.

Alto

Ten.

ƒ œ œ ‰‰ œ œ Œ Œ Œ Œ ‰ œj œ J > There the po- tent sor - row, there the grief, The f ƒ f j j & œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ ‰‰ b œ œ b œ Œ Œ Œ Œ ‰ œ > There the po- tent sor - row, there the grief, The F f F ƒ gl. > œ œœœ œ œœœ œ œ œœ V œ œ œ œ f & œ œ œ œ œ

f F V bœ œ œ œ > mis-mis-er - y mis - mis - er - y

Ten. 2

Bass

f F > ? bœ œ œ œ f F bœ œ œ œ > mis - mis - er - y mis - mis - er - y

Bass 2

?

Alto

Alto 2

& 43 ˙ . & 43

& 43

j œ. œ œ Life's

j œ. œ œ

V 43 ˙ .

Life's

Bass

mis

bœ

mis

bœ

mis

bœ

-

-

-

er - y

œ œœ er - y

œœœ er - y

œœœ

ƒ

44 j j 3 œ œ œ œ œ 4 > pale, sad star - ing of 44 3 j j 4 bœ œ œ œ œ > pale, sad star - ing of b >œ œ œ 3 J J 4

4 Ó 4

ƒ F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 44 Ó

mis - er - y

mis

-

er - y

star - ing of

b >œ œ œ 3 J J 4

f F œ œ œœ 4 4

mis - er - y mis - er - y

∑

ƒ

? 43

mis

ƒ

-

∑

er - y

star -ing of

f F œ œ #gl.œ(gentle œ gliss.)

44

mis

∑

mis

F

œ bœ œ ˙

v

˙.

œ bœ œ ˙

v

˙.

œ bœ œ ˙

v

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ƒ

Trag - e - dy.

Life's

Life's

Ten.

gl.

-

er - y

∑

43

∑

43

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Sop.

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

28

ƒ

Trag - e - dy.

ƒ > œ

Trag - e - dy.

ƒ b >œœ

Trag

-

Trag

-

-

er - y

∑

F

œœ œ

œ œœ œ

e - dy.

Trag - e - dy.

e - dy.

Trag - e - dy.

F

∑

∑

Ó

(F )

œ bœ >

! (F )

To have

˙.

F œœ œœ œœ œœ

v

˙

bœ œ >

To have

!

> œœ œœ œœ œœ

F ^ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ N b œœ œœ b œœ œœ b b >œœ œœ A œœ œœ Trag - e - dy.

Trag

- e - dy.

Trag - e - dy.

Trag

-

e - dy.

19

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

38

Sop.

Alto

Œ Œ

∑

&

to the

P ˙˙ ..

& b œœ b ˙˙

F > b œœ œœ b œœ b œœ ˙ b˙ œ

Ten.

come

b b œœ œœ œœ

come come near

Bass

? Œ Œ

come come

F >œ b œ

bœ ˙

ƒ >œ œ >œœ œ œ 4 œ œŒ b &4 œ œ ƒ

œœ œœ œœ come near

œ bœ ˙

> 4 b &4 œ œ œ œ œŒ v >

Ó

F > Œ ‰ b œœ J

f œ œ œ bœ > per - fect

f ƒ > ^ >œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙>˙ ..

4 œ ‰ V4 J ƒ f > > ^ ? 4 b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ‰ œœ œœ 4 J Not the hot pas - sion of

Not the hot pas - sion of

44

!

44

per - fect love,

œœ come

/ >F !

44 œ œ œ per - fect love,

∑

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P ˙.

Ó

Not the hot pas - sion

Ten.

come

come near the

come near

42

Alto

near

œœ

/F œ œ œ œ >

PERUSAL SCORE ^ To have

Sop.

œœ

!

!

˙˙

per - fect love,

come near

P ! bœ œ œ œ Vb œ œ œ œ

P œœ

un - tem - pered youth,

4 4

> œ. b œœ œœ œ . œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ that which lies a - side its van - i - ty,

P w

love,

P b ww

love,

b >˙˙ ..

P b ww

youth,

love,

20 Sop.

b œœ ˙˙ œœ œœ b >œœ œœ œ œ . ‰ bœ œ. & J J And gives, for thy

Alto

& w

!

love,

Ten.

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V

w

!

love,

? b ww F & ˙.

50

Alto

Ten.

Bass

Bass 2

trust - ing wor - ship,

˙

per

!

-

b ˙˙ per

44

-

b˙ per

love,

Sop.

f 43 ˙ .

˙.

˙.

f 43 b ˙˙ ..

˙˙ ..

˙˙ ..

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

45

˙

fect

truth.

f > œ œ œ œ œ 3 b b œœ >œœ œœ œœ b b œœ œœ œœ œœ b b œœ œœ œœ œœ 4 fect

˙˙ -

truth.

fect

love, per-fect love,

f > 34 b œœ >œœ œœ œœ

love, per-fect love,

Ó

∑

love, per-fect love,

love, per-fect love,

b œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ love, per-fect love,

love, per-fect love,

> Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ b ˙ >

42

Ó

42

PERUSAL SCORE F & ˙˙ ..

For

44

∑

∑

F P 3 ^œ œ b œ œ ! 4 / F 3 V b œ œ œ œ 4 œ ‰ œ œ b œ ‰b œ œ œ bœ œŒ œ œ â per - fect love,

This, this in - deed

is to

per - fect love,

per - fect love, per - fect

be

ac - cursed

if we mor - tals love,

P b ˙˙ love,

F P! ! ^ œ œ œ œ ?

44 b œ . œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙ gl.

J love, per-fect love, per -fect

love,

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per - fect love, per - fect

love, per-fect love, per -fect

love,

˙ >

love,

F >˙ 2 ˙ 4 love,

F >˙ 2 4 love,

F ˙ >

love,

42

ƒ q = Ç 108, più mosso U 3 œ œ Œ 44 2 œ ∑ &4 œœ œ 4 >

21

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS rit.

54

Sop.

/ ƒU F 43 œœ œœ ‰ j 44 bœ bœ œ œ œ

or if we

Alto

Ten.

Bass

sing,

& 42 ˙

sing,

/ ƒU bœ œ Œ 43

V 42 ˙˙

sing,

/ ƒU bœ œ Œ 43

?2 ˙ 4 b˙

sing,

ƒ 59 F b˙. œ & 42 ‰ b Jœ œ 44

a Tempo (q = Ç 108)rit. (molto)

Sop.

Alto

& 42 & 42

∑

sing,

sing,

∑

Bass

V 42

∑

?2 4

∑

sing,

ƒ 44 b œ œ œ b œ ƒ

44 w bw

ƒ 44 w

sing,

Ten.

œ

if we mor - tals

bœ œ œ bœ

if we

love,

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44

ƒ

∑

love,

f b ww

f b b ww

love,

f F U" / œ 4 43 œ b œ 4 œ œ œ ˙

Tempo I° (q = Ç 72)

34 ΠΠUΠ42 43

b ˙˙

P U 2 4 œœ

P U 34 b œ œ 2 œ 4 love,

34 Œ Œ UŒ 42 j œ œ œ bœ ˙ â

PERUSAL SCORE or if we

Sop. 2

For

∑

(ƒ)

sing,

44 b w

sing,

We count our joys

f F U" / 43 b œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ ˙

We count our joys

f U" / F 43 œœ œœ œœ 44 b œ œ œ ˙

3

!

not by what we have,

j œ œ œ bœ ˙ â 3

!

not by what we have,

jœ œ œ œ ˙ â 3

!

f /F 3 ! " j 34 œ œ U 4 œ 4 bœ œ œ ˙ bœ œ œ œ ˙ > We count our joys

not by what we have,

We count our joys

not by what we have,

We count our joys

not by what we have,

f /F U ! " 34 œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ ˙ b >œ- œ œ œ ˙ J 3

22

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

/p b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ .. bU œœ œœ œœ ‰ Œ b & J J

64

Sop.

But by what kept us

Alto

from

Bass

from

p bU œ œ œ‰ Œ J from

?

∑

that per - fect

œ œ & œœ # œœ œ œ > & œ œ V œ

mis

Bass

mis - er - y

œ Œ

Œ b ˙˙ ..

Œ

Œ b˙. b ˙.

œœ

love,

love,

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mis - er - y

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mis

-

er - y

mis - er - y

PERUSAL SCORE !

Trag - e - dy.

Ten.

thing.

p F U œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 œ œ œ œ

∑

V

69

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thing.

that per - fect

from

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43 b ˙ .

F /p U j & œ œ œ œ œ . b œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 ˙ . b˙.

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mis

œ #œ œ >

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œ œ œ

-

-

er - y

œ œ œ # œœ œ œ >

˙.

love,

! !

er - y

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rit.

œœ

love,

mis

!

Trag - e - dy.

b b ˙˙ .. œ

b b œœ

mis

!

œ œ œ

-

er - y

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er - y

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mis

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-

er - y

/f 44 N bU ww love,

! ! !

44

/f U b ww /f U bw

love,

44

love,

/Uf 44 N w love,

23

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS In loving memory of Joseph Henry Geary

III. Do not stand at my grave and weep Text by Mary Elizabeth Frye*)

Robert Paterson (2009)

q = Ç 60, Largo cantabile

Sop.

p (molto) F 3 j & 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 b ˙

p œ ˙

F p (molto) 3 j & 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 43 b œ œ œ

p œ ˙

œ ‰ J

œœ œœœ

42

j œ ‰

œœ œœœ

42

43 Œ

F œ

p #œ ˙

j œ ‰

œœ œ œ

42

& 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ

43 Œ

F p œ #œ œ ˙

j œ ‰

p V 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ

œœ œœœ

42

43

∑

∑

œœ œ œ

42

p ? 4 #œ œ œ œ œ œ 4

43

∑

∑

#œ œ œ œ

42

Do not stand at my grave and

Sop. 2

weep,

Do not stand at my grave and

Alto

p

& 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ p

Do not stand at my grave

Ten.

Do not stand at my grave

Bass

I am

not

not

PERUSAL SCORE Do not stand at my grave

Alto 2

weep,

I am

Do not stand at my grave

weep,

weep,

*) Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye, 1932. Text in the Public Domain.

I am not

I am

not

I am not

I am not

there,

there,

there,

there,

there,

there,

24

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS 5

Sop.

Sop. 2

2 &4 œ

œ I

do

2 & 4 œ #œ

œ

I

Alto

Alto 2

Ten.

Ten. 2

Bass

œ

2 &4 œ

œ I

2 &4 œ

œ

2 V4 œ

œ

I

do

œ

do

œ

do

œ

F b˙

œ

bœ J

not

not

œ

sleep.

Œ

not

œ

not

p œ.

43 œ

‰

44

œ.

‰

44

43 œ

p œ.

‰

44

43 œ

p œ.

‰

44

∑

P œ 43

p œ.

‰

44

∑

P p œ œ œ.

43

‰

44

43 Œ

‰

44

sleep.

F

43 œ œ.

F œ sleep.

Œ

F œ #œ sleep.

p

PERUSAL SCORE V 42 œ

œ

œ

I

do

not

œ

œ

œ

I

do

not

? 2 œ #œ 4

œ

œ

do

not

I

sleep.

sleep.

∑

p œ.

sleep.

8

Sop.

Alto

Ten.

F œ

& 44 Œ

F œ

F

V 44 œ

Ten.

Bass

43

3

œ

œ

œ

F

f

œ 3

43

w

blow,

œœ !

œœ b œ œ œ œ

œ œ

œ

am in a thou - sand winds that

/p 44 b œœ œœ œœ b œ œœ œ œ b œ b ww œ œ œ œ

PERUSAL SCORE & 43

I

F

!

b˙.

V 43

!

Fp f ? 3 >œ ˙ 4

!

p 44 b w I

p 44 b w I

43

P Œ œ œ b œ b œ œ œ œ 43 I

snow.

!

P œ œ œ œ 3 4

am the soft - ly

œ œ bœ

I

Fp f ? 3 >œ ˙ 4

43

snow.

p 44 w

∑

blow,

/p 44 bw

am the soft - ly fall - ing

I

blow,

Bass 2

œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ

/F

am in a thou - sand winds that

& 43 ˙ .

10

Alto

43

œ

blow,

œ œ œœ œ

F ? 4 bw 4 w

œ œ

blow,

p ˙

I

Sop.

f /F œ œ œ bœ

winds

I

Bass

p ˙

winds

& 44 Œ

25

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

fall - ing

bw

43

snow.

! ( p) bœ œ

œ

snow.

soft

I

œ -

fall

43 -

26

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

!/F b œœ b œœ b œ œ œœ & 43 œœ

13

Sop.

Alto

p

& 43 b ˙ .

soft - ly

p V 43 ˙ .

snow.

Ten.

snow.

Bass

Bass 2

? 3 ˙.

4 ? 3 b˙.

4

I

œœ

42 ˙

!

34 œ

am

˙ 42

bœ 43

œ

œœ

œœ

œ

œ

gen - tle

œ

I

am

gen - tle

I

am

œ

gen - tle

I

am

gen - tle

œ 43

P /F p ! œ bœ œ bœ œ œ & œ bœ œ œ . > F

of rain,

show - ers

of rain,

P

& œ œ œ ˙ > F

Bass

43 b œœ

œ œ œ bœ am the gen - tle

I

F

show - ers

Ten.

42 ˙

snow.

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

PERUSAL SCORE ^ 16

Alto

43 œ

42 ˙

snow.

Sop.

fall - ing

p 42 b ˙˙

P

V œ œ œ ˙ > show - ers of rain, F P ? bœ œ œ ˙ bœ œ œ ˙ > show - ers of rain,

show - ers of

p / >F œ bœ œ bœ œ œ œ

rain,

show - ers

p !/F œ bœ œ œ bœ œ. v show - ers

of

rain,

of

44

rain,

/F œ œ œ 44 œ > show - ers

of

˙.

44

˙˙ ..

44

27

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

p / >F œ bœ œ bœ & 44 œ œ.

18

Sop.

show - ers of

p

Alto

& 44 œ b œ . rain,

Ten.

Bass

π r ‰.

4 V4 œ π ? 4 œr ‰ .

4 œ

p /F œ bœ œ œ œ œ. > show - ers of

Œ

F

Œ

ƒ >˙ 4 # & 4 # œ # œ # œ # ˙ .. > F

Ten.

3

ƒ

& 44 # œ # œ # œ # # ˙˙ . . > > rip - en - ing grain.

3

ƒ /F 3 V 44 # œ # œ # œ # ˙ . > >

rip - en - ing grain.

Bass

rain,

show - ers

Œ

44

43 œ œJ ‰

Œ

44

p

f

43 # œ œ œ œ # œ # œ 44 >

Ó

I

rip - en - ing grain.

Alto

/F œ œ œ >

show - ers of rain,

43 œ œj ‰

f 43 # œœ œœ >I am

Ó

am the fields of

ƒ /F 3 ? 44 # œœ œœ œœ # >˙˙ .. >

rip - en - ing grain.

!F / P 43 # œœ

F !

I

/p 43 # ˙˙ ..

F œœ œœ œœ œœ # # œœ œœ

am in the morn - ing

fields

44

!

44

!

44

hush,

# >˙˙ ..

I

43

!

hush,

F ! /p #˙.

43 ˙ .

F !

p # >˙˙ ..

# ˙˙ .. >

I

44

œœ

PERUSAL SCORE 20

Sop.

rain,

F p >œ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ

hush,

∑

∑

44

28 Sop.

/F & 44 ww

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

23

I

/F

Alto

& 44 w I

Ten.

V 44 œ

œ

I

Bass

œ

œ

œ

am

in

the

grace

?4 4

#œ -

ful

œ

rush

Of

∑

(F )

œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

24

Sop.

œ

f ä #œ.

&Ó

6

PERUSAL SCORE (F )

6

beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful

Sop. 2

Alto

&Ó

(F )

& œ #œ œ œ 3

beau - ti - ful birds

Ten.

F Vw

œ œ œ #œ œ œ

Œ

beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ 6

6

6

!

beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful beau - ti - ful birds

!

birds

Bass

F ? ww

birds

!

f œ #œ œ œ &

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

œ

25

Sop.

œ

œ

œ 3

3

f œ #œ œ œ & beau - ti - ful

Sop. 2

birds

3

Ten.

Bass

V

beau - ti - ful

-

œ

in

cir

cl

-

ing

œ -

3

cl

-

! >œ œ #œ œ œ œ cir - cl - ing

œ

>œ

ing

flight,

˙˙

birds

6

cir - cl - ing

œ >

flight,

∑

?

∑

F

& œ #œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

26

Sop.

cir

œ

birds

3

Alto

in

œ

f & œœ œœ œœ œœ beau - ti - ful

œ

6

6

6

PERUSAL SCORE F cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing

Sop. 2

& #œ

cir

-

-

-

œ

-

œ

-

cl

-

-

-

œ

6

& œ cir

Ten.

Bass

!

ing

43 3 4

6

F

!

F bœ

!

cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing cir - cl - ing

Alto 2

!

F ! œ œ œ œ 43 & œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ > 6

Alto

-

29

V

?

œ

cir

œ -

-

-

œ -

-

-

œ -

-

-

cl

-

-

-

Nœ -

-

-

∑

cl

-

-

-

œ

ing

ing

43 43 43

30 Sop.

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

F 3 . &4 ˙ > I

Alto

am the star - shine

F 3 & 4 ‰ œj

Ten.

F b >˙ .

3 V4

v flight,

of the

œ

v

/ƒ

b˙.

v

/ƒ b˙.

night.

v

Sop. 2

Alto

Alto 2

Ten.

night.

I

v

4 4 4 4

/F > œ œ œ 44

am the star - shine

3

of the

4 PERUSAL Œ SCORE ∑ &4 I

4 &4

∑

bw night. p 44 b w V

b˙ night. !/ F bw

night.

!

F >œ

bœ

star - shine

bœ

of

night.

-

-

‰ ‰

j œ œ > the

star

gl.

-

star -

night.

-

-

-

-

-

3 j œ œ œ œ >

star

˙.

4 4

>œ

œ

-

3

star - shine of

night.

œ

œ

F >œ ‰ J bœ œ œ œ

b˙ F

night.

am the star - shine

star

/F

bw

? 44 œ

I

Œ

night.

4 &4

F >œ ‰ J

night.

4 &4

night.

Bass

4 4

F / p. œ œ œ >œ œ .

J

ƒ b˙.

F ? 3 b >˙ .

4

30

Sop.

/ƒ

night.

I

Bass

v

night.

b˙.

p œ

I

Alto 2

F! / p > œœ œ . œ. œ œ J œ.

I am the star - shine F! / p j œ. œ œ œ œ. > I am the star - shine F! / p j œ. œ œ œ œ. > I am the star - shine F/p > bœ. œ œ œ œ

/ >f ƒ > œ .

3 œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ &4 ˙.

27

-

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS poco rit.

!

œ œ bœ b˙. &

32

Sop.

3

shine of the night.

Sop. 2

Alto

& œ

star - shine of the night.

& œ -

Alto 2

œ bœ bœ œ œ œ > 3

&

-

œ >

star

œœ

3

-

bœ

˙

Bass

bw

!

V w

Alto

Ten.

Bass

f bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ I

am in the flow - ers that

I

am in the flow - ers that bloom,

bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ I

am in the flow - ers that

bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ I

bloom,

f bœ f bœ

bloom,

f œ

am in the flow - ers that bloom,

bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

PERUSAL SCORE ? w ! Iœ œ am in the flow - ers Ó R ‰.

q = Ç 56 a Tempo poco rit.

F U & 43 œ œ œ F U 3 œ V4 œ œ ? 43

∑

that

bloom,

I

F U 34 œ œ œ &

34

Sop.

! !

shine

shine

Ten.

!

f bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ

∑

3 4 3 4 3 4 43 43 3 4

q = Ç 56 a Tempo

F U Œ Œ Œ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ 44 I

∑

31

U Œ Œ Œ

am in the birds that

F 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4

/π U ! / œF œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4

π U b b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ I

I

am in a quiet

am in a quiet

room.

room.

I

am in the birds that

I

am in the birds that

∑

44

32

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

44 b >œ &

œ œ œ bœ

38

Sop.

sing,

Alto

sing,

œ

birds

4 & 4 bœ

that

≈

sing,

Ten.

œœ œ

4 bw V4 w

œ œœ œ

œ

sing,

sing,

sing,

œ bœ œ

bœ

œ

sing,

sing,

birds

œœ œ sing,

œ birds

œ œœ œ that

42

sing,

œ œ >birds

2 4

œ

3

sing,

42

sing,

Bass

? 44 b w

2 4

sing,

PERUSAL SCORE 44 b >œ

. . . .

2 & 4 œ ≈b œ œ œ œ ‰

39

Sop.

sing, sing, sing, sing,

Alto

Ten.

Bass

2 &4 Œ 2 ˙ V4 ˙ ? 42 ˙

sing,

œœ œ

œ œ œ b œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ 2 bœ œ 4

sing, birds that sing,

≈ b œ œ b œ œ 44 ≈ œ bœ œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ. > sing,sing,

!

!

sing, sing, sing, sing,

44 b ww

sing,

44 b w

sing,

sing,

sing,

sing, sing, birds that sing,

œ œ œœ œ œ >

birds sing,

birds

3

b œ 42 sing,

42 42

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

2 & 4 œ≈

41

Sop.

œ. œ. œ. œ.

‰

sing, sing, sing, sing,

Sop. 2

Alto

Alto 2

Ten.

Bass

Alto

Bass

3 4

∑

2 &4 Œ

œ 43 œ bœ ˙. > birds that sing, I 3

2 &4 Œ

3 b œ 4 œ bœ ˙. >

2 ˙ V4 ˙

f F 4 œœ ˙˙ 4

!

U œœ

f F 4 4 œ ˙

U! œ

f F 4 bœ ˙ 4 thing.

U! œ

thing.

3

birds that sing,

One Solo

in each love - ly thing.

∑

f F 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 44 b œœ ˙˙ I

thing.

3

PERUSAL SCORE f F 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œœ ˙˙ 4 4

?2 ˙ 4 &

/p & œ œ ˙ /p V bœ œ ˙

∑

in each love - ly

I am

in each love - ly

3

thing.

!

U œœ

thing.

f p Œb œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ ww Do not stand at my grave and

Œ

f œ œ b w> Do not stand and cry, f /p œ ww> ? œ œ œbœœ œ œ > Do not

I am

!

U œœ

f p Œb œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ w

Do not stand

Ten.

∑

2 &4

44

Sop.

3 4

f!

F 4 Œ bœ bœ œ U œ 4 œ

33

stand at my grave and

Do not stand at my grave and

cry,

cry,

p

cry,

bœ œ ˙

(molto)

œ. bœ

p (molto) œ œ œbœœ œ œ. œ >

Do not stand

and

Do not stand at my grave and

34

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

f F œ œ œ 3 b˙. & Œ bœ œ œ œ 4 b ˙.

47

Sop.

Do not stand at my grave and

Alto

Ten.

Bass

f V bw > cry, f ? ww>

43

3 3 œ œ b œ œ œ œj 4 œ b ˙ .

4 4 œ

3 4

44 b œ œ ˙ .. b œ œ b˙

43

I

I

do not die.

do not die.

!

PERUSAL SCORE bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ ˙ œ bœ ˙ /p & 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ am not there.

I

(gentle accents)

> >

do not die.

I

am not there.

I

(gentle accents) ! /p & 43 œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ bœ œ ˙ > > I am not there.

I do not die.

I am not there.

I /p (gentle accents) ! bœ œ œ œ œ œ V 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ > > I am not there.

I do not die.

I am not there.

I

p b >œ >œ ˙

(gentle accents)

Bass

44 b œœ œœ ˙˙ .. do not die.

F 43 b b ˙˙ ..

I

Ten.

cry,

I am not there.

50

Alto

F

Do not stand at my grave and

3 4

do not die.

f F & Œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ 43 b ˙ .. œ ˙

cry,

Sop.

cry,

4 œ 4 œ ˙.

?3 4

∑

do not die.

∑

> >

do not die.

bœ œ ˙ > > do not die. œ œ ˙ > > do not die. b >œ >œ ˙ do not die.

!

54

Sop.

&

Alto

&

Ten.

Bass

( p)

∑

∑

∑

∑

∑

∑

∑

∑

V œ œ bœ ˙ > I am not there. ( p) ? bœ œ œ ˙ bœœ œ ˙ > I am not there. & 44 Œ

58

Alto

Ten.

Bass

!

œ ˙ >I amœ notœ there.

!

bœ œ œ ˙ >I am not there.

rit.

Sop.

35

ETERNAL REFLECTIONS

‰

( p)

4 4

œœ œ ˙ >I am not there.

œœ œ ˙ >I am not there.

b œœ b œœ œœ ˙˙ >I am not there.

b b œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ >I am not there. q = Ç 52

œ j œ œ bœ bœ œ œ

F b b ˙˙

j bœ

b ˙˙

3

! !

U ˙˙

PERUSAL( pSCORE F ) U I

‰ ‰ œj œ

& 44 Ó

( p)

V 44 œ œ œ >I am not ( p) ? 44 b œ œœ œ bœ œ >I am not

3

do

3

I

do

˙

œ

˙˙

œœ

there.

there.

3

not

die.

F ˙˙

not 3

‰

die.

F b bb ˙˙˙

die

3

‰

(

die

˙˙

U ˙˙ U ˙˙ ˙

)

Composed: February 1 – March 10, 2009, New York, NY, USA Minor Revisions: November 14, 2009, Burlington, VT, USA Further Minor Revisions: May 23, 2015, Troublesome Gap, NC, USA

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