Nicola LeFanu_Rosetti Songs_EP71735_ISUU

Choral

LEFANU Rossetti Songs

for Women’s Choir Words by Christina Rossetti

EP 71735

NICOLA LEFANU

Rossetti Songs for Women’s Choir

ALLE RECHTE VORBEHALTEN

· ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

EDITION PETERS L E I P Z I G · L O N D O N · NEW YORK

Commissioned by MUSE Cincinnati's Women's Choir Catherine Roma - Artistic Director on the occasion of their 25th Anniversary.

First performance by MUSE, Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir, artistic director nd Catherine Roma, November 22 2008.

This score is a facsimile of the composer’s manuscript, reflecting the state of editorial work and correction as of November 22nd 2008

NICOLA LEFANU

Rossetti Songs for Women’s Choir Words by Christina Rossetti

Contents Page The Bourne

2

The Pancake (round for 3 voices)

4

Lullaby (canon à 2 with ostinati)

5

No friend like a sister

8

The Swallow (round for 4 voices)

10

Home by Different Ways

11

October Canzonet (canon à 2)

13

Duration (complete) c.15 minutes These settings of poems by Christina Rossetti are composed for women’s voices and intended for amateur choir. Any selection from this collection may be made, and the songs sung in any order. Conductors may use solo voices, small groups or large choirs, as they wish.

If instrumental support is needed, they could be doubled by melody instruments, but keyboard (useful in rehearsal) is not suitable in performance. They may also be transposed: for example, ‘Lullaby’ could be transposed up a semitone, and violins used to play the ostinati.

Programme note: These settings of seven poems by Christina Rossetti were composed in 2008; they were commissioned by MUSE, Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir, artistic director Catherine Roma, for first performance Cincinnati, November 22nd, 2008.

Nicola LeFanu (2008)

The Bourne Underneath the growing grass, Underneath the living flowers, Deeper than the sound of showers: There we shall not count the hours By the shadows as they pass.

Youth and health will be but vain, Beauty reckoned of no worth: There a very little girth Can hold round what once the earth Seemed too narrow to contain.

Nicola LeFanu

Hushed and flowing

S (or SA unis)

p

:

G 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : = 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 5 5: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Un - der - neath the grow -ing grass,

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7

G 5 5: 4

B

show - ers:

There

Youth mp

A

B

5

B:

we

shall not count

the

as

they

pass.

5 B

B:

be

vain,

B

5

and

health

will

but

hours

By the

sha - dows

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ty

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There

5

There a

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of

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5

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sound

5 5 5 5 5 5

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of

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Edition Peters No. 71735 © Copyright 2008 by Hinrichsen Edition, Peters Edition Limited, London

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what

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5

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5

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0

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shall

not

4

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5:

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we

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5

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5

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pass.

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5 B

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5 count

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the

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the

hours

the

5

not

By the

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hours

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5

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count

By

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55 sha - dows

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they

pass.

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5 5 B

B

5

B:

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as

they

pass.

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B

5

B:

sha - dows

as

they

pass.

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5

5

of

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of

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shall

sound

the sound

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er than the

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shall not count

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show - ers:

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1

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5: 5 5

5

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A

5

4 4

1 p 5: G 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : = 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 5 5: 5 35

S

5

4

Toss the Pancake (round for 3 voices)

Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in the pan; Fry the pancake, Toss the pancake,Catch it if you can.

Nicola LeFanu Quickly!

E G E ::

5

5

5

5

5

5

Mix

a

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5 5

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5 5 5

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5

5

5

5

B

Pop

it

in

the

pan;

5

5

5

a

5

pan - cake

5

4

5 5

the pan - cake,–

Catch it

Sing once through in unison; then voices enter at 2 bar intervals.

=

5

5

if you can.

4

::

5

Lullaby (canon à 2 with ostinati) Lullaby, oh, lullaby!

Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby!

Stars are up, the moon is peeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby!

While the birds are silence keeping, (Lullaby, oh, lullaby!)

Sleep, my baby, fall a-sleeping, Lullaby, oh, lullaby.

Nicola LeFanu Very gently

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Ostinati

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la - by,

=

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4 5

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B:

5

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la - by,

5

5 5 5 5 a - sleep - ing

5 5 5 5

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5:

5

4

0

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5:

5

4

0

0

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la - by,

pp

555

Lul - la - by,

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4:

4 5

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0

0

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0

0

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0

0

0

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0

2

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5

la - by,

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5

29

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4:

pp

by

5 5 5:

5

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=

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4:

5 5

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5:

5 5

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4 5

5:

5 5 5:

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Lul - la - by

5

a - sleep

p

4:

5 5 5

5:

pp

The canon may be sung by either 2 solo voices, or the choral sopranos, div à 2.

8

No friend like a sister ‘For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.’ from ‘Goblin Market’

Nicola LeFanu

Calm but quite quick Solo S

G

0

= 5 5 5 5 B

mp

?

for there is

S (div)

1 G ?

4:

p

55 ' ' A

?

A (div) G 2

4:

p

like

a

5 '

friend

G 4 4 5 In

calm

or

stor

-

a

friend

0

0

4 5 5 5:

calm

B 5 = B B 5 B

storm

(close lips)

2 G B :

B:

4

calm

1 5 G 5

-

5 B

B:

4

?

5

4

?

friend

(close lips) p

B

B

= 5 B a

friend

B : calm

B 5E5 5 5 5 to

cheer

55 55 5 5 = 5 5 55 55 a

sis - ter

to cheer

=

55 55 55 a

sis - ter

mp

BB ::

(sim)

BB::

calm mp

!B : calm

if one

goes

'

to cheer

4

a - stray

BB ::

f

4 55 :: 55

calm

stor - my

(sim)

B:

one on the

' '

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BB ::

sis - ter

mf

dious way

calm

2G

a

storm

!5 !5 5 te

fp

a

A friend

(close lips) p

sis - ter

= 4 5 5 5

5

mp

my wea - ther;

(close lips) fp 1 5 4 5: 5 B: G 55 :5 B : BB

a

= 5 B

mf

0

= 55 55 55 4

55

B

friend

5

a sis - ter

= 55 BB

BB

B 5 5 I5 5 55 5 I 5 5 5

6

G

friend

friend

A

13

no

5 5 5 5 5I

B: calm

f 4 5 : 5

stor - my

9 mp 5: 4 : 5

19

G 4

To p 1

B G 4 B

5 5 = 5 ! 5 5 5 5 5 :

p

3

lift

one

if one tot - ters

(sim)

BB ::

BB

5

(sim)

?

BB

B: B:

calm

G 4 :

BB

5 5 5 5 B

?

strength - en

1 G ''

whilst

one

stands.

4 B

B

B: B:

' '

I = = 5 5 5 5 5 !5 5 5

a

4

5 = 4

?

strength -en

5 5 5 5 =

For there is

p

BB

5

no

55 55

a

sis

(sim)

B: B:

' '

5 5 B

whilst

one

55

4

2

p

(sim)

BB ::

' '

55

G

1 G 4

0

0

-

5 5 5 5 B

No

friend

B: B:

' '

p

BB:: friend

' '

like

a

sis

5 -

ter

BB

4

4

BB

0

4

p

4

4

B

p

B

-

55

B -

5 -

ter

B: B:

B: B:

BB::

BB::

pp

BB:: friend

ter

0

pp

friend

5

ter

p

4

sis

B: B:

ter

sis

5 :

p

friend

2G 4

mp

!! BB ::

5 4

calm

34

p

stands

sis

0

p

stands

calm

G

stands.

whilst one

5 5 5:

friend like

to

4 B: B : 55 55

4

55

to

sis - ter

whilst one

mf

mp

a

3

55 4

BB

sis - ter

5 5 5 5 5 :

strength - en

B

1 G ?

= 5 5: !5 5 :

strength - en

cheer

G

I 5 = = 55 5 55 55

to

mf

BB ::

cheer

29

f

5 B:

3

To

2G

= 5 5 ::

a friend

mp

0

a friend

p

24

4

down

calm

2G 4

4

10

The Swallow (round for 4 voices) Fly away, fly away over the sea, Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun.

Nicola LeFanu

Light and quick

5 : 5 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 5

G ::5 5 5 : 5 5 5: 5 5 5 5 : 5 : 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 : 4 : Fly a - way,

G

fly a way

o - ver the sea

5 5:

5

Come

=

a - gain,

the

sum - mer

5

5

5

come

a - gain,

=

come

5:

and

bring - ing

Come

the

sun.

5

5

5

back

to

me,

5

5 5

a

The Swallow:

G :: 5

5 5:

5

5: 5

5 5 5 5:

Fly

a - way,

fly

a - way

o - ver the sea

G

Fly

G

5 5 5 5

5 5 5 5:

5

Come

a - way Sun

5 5: a - gain,

-

5

5

lov -ing swal - low,

5:

5 5 5 5 5 :

5: 4:

for sum - mer is done;

= 5 5 5

= B:

come a - gain,

come

G 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55

5:

Bring -ing the sum - mer andbring-ing the sun.

Come

5 5 5 = back to me,

5

5 5 5 4:

a - gain!

Sing once through in unison; then voices enter at 4 bar intervals.

for sum - mer is done;

5

B:

5 5 5 5 5 5

G 5 5 5 5 5 5 Bring - ing

Fly a - way Sun - lov -ing swal - low,

::

-

gain!

=

4:

::

11

Home by Different Ways Home by different ways. Yet all Homeward bound thro’ prayer and praise, Young with old, and great with small, Home by different ways.

Many nights and many days Wind must bluster, rain must fall, Quake the quicksand, shift the haze.

Life hath called and death will call Saints who praying kneel at gaze, Ford the flood or leap the wall, Home by different ways.

Nicola LeFanu

Flowing S

1 p

!5 5

G 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 : 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 Home- ward bound, home- ward bound,Home by dif- fer- ent

ways.

Yet all

Home - ward bound thro' prayer and

Home - ward bound thro' prayer and

p

A (div) G 5 2 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 5 5 : 55: 5 5 55 55 55 5 55

Home- ward bound, home- ward bound,Home by dif- fer- ent

6

1 B: G praise,

5

Young with old, and

great with small,

5 5 5 5 5 5 B: 5 5 5 5 5 5 B:

praise,

2G BB::

praise,

5 5 5 !B : 5 5

Young with old, and

great with small,

ways.

Yet all

Home

a little quicker

p

5 : 5 5 : : 5 5 B 5 Home

by

5: 5 5 5: 5 5 B: 5: 5 5 5: 5 5 B:

12

mp

4 :

4

dif - fer - ent ways.

p

Home

thro' prayer and

by

dif - fer - ent ways.

and

mp Ma

-

ny nights

5 5 55: 5 5 5 5 Ma

-

ma - ny days

Wind must blus - ter,

rain

must fall,

ma - ny days

Wind must blus - ter,

rain

fall,

G 2 5 5 5 5: B: days

5 5 5 5 B: 5 : 5 5 !B :

Wind

blus - ter,

rain

55 :: fall,

Ma - ny nights ma - ny days

ny

f

mf

1 5 5:

5 5 5 5: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 G 5 55555 5 5 5

5

5 555 Quake

mf

5 5 5 !5

the quick -sand, f

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 Ma - ny nights ma - ny days

Quake

quick -sand,

12

17

1 5 5 5 5 5 : G 5 shift

4:

the haze,

2G 55 55

! 55::

shift

haze,

23

1 G

5 5

Saints

G 2

4:

Tempo I

mp

5 5 B :

5 5 5 5 5 5 5:

shift the haze.

Life hath called,

life hath called, and death will call

mp

p

5: 5:

B: B:

kneel at gaze,

who pray - ing

kneel at gaze,

f

5

Ford

29

G 2

Life

35

ways.

2G B: B: ways.

call

5 : 4 5 B: 5: 5 B:

BB ::

1 : G B

will

death

pp

5 5 5 :

will

call

5 5 5 :

Home - ward bound, home - ward bound, pp

life hath called, and death will call

!5 5 5 555

the flood

or leap the wall,

Ford

5 !55 5 5:

5B:5

or leap the wall,

Ford

5 5 55 5 55

Ford

the flood

p

5 5 B : Home - ward bound, p

5 5 B : 5 5 B: Home - ward bound,

by

5:

B: B: leap

home - ward bound,

Home by dif - fer - ent

55 55 BB::

!55: 5 55:: 55 5

home - ward bound,

dif - fer - ent ways.

5 5 5 ::

by

the flood or leap the wall,

5 5 5 : 5 5

4 : 5 : 5 5 5 : 5 5 B : Home

5 5: 5

5 5 B :

4 : 5 :: 5 5 :: 5 5 5 B: B: Home - ward bound, home - ward bound, Home 5 5 5 ::

5 5 5 55 55 5: 5:

5 5 !5 !5 5

5 5:

f

1 5 G 5 5 5 5 : 4 5 B : Life hath called and death

5

: 5 B :

Life hath called,

5 5 5: 5 5 5 55 5 5: 5B: 5

Saints

5

haze.

!5 5 5 : 5 5 5 5 who pray - ing

p

5 5 B :

dif - fer - ent ways.

Home

dif - fer - ent

ppp

5 5 5: 4:

Home - ward bound ppp

4: 5 5 5 ::

Home - ward bound

October Canzonet

13

(canon à 2) Crack your first nut and light your first fire, Roast your first chestnut crisp on the bar; Make the logs sparkle, stir the breeze higher, Logs are cheery as sun or as star, Logs we can find wherever we are.

Spring one soft day will open the leaves Spring one bright day will lure back the flowers; Never fancy my whistling wind grieves, Never fancy I’ve tears in my showers; Dance nights and days! and dance on, my hours!

Nicola LeFanu

Fast 3 3 3 3 1 f, vigorous

4

4 G

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 555 5

Crack, crack, crack

2

G

crack your first nut

0

and

light

0

your first

5 5 5 ! 5 5 3

?

fire,

Roast your first

f , vigorous

0

5

5 5

6

1 ' G

2

3 =5 5 B

Roastyourfirstchest nut crisp

onthebar;

5 5 5

Roast,

G

5 5 5

3

3

5 5 5 5 light

5

5 5 4 ?

yourfirst fire,

12

? B 2G Make,

B make,

B 55

5 5 5 5 5 4 make the logs spar-kle

B stir,

crack your first nut

and

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Nicola LeFanu Nicola LeFanu (b. 1947) studied at Oxford, the Royal College of Music and Harvard. She has composed more than a hundred works, which have been widely played, broadcast and recorded.

She has been commissioned by the BBC (including the Proms), by festivals, and by leading orchestras, ensembles and soloists.

LeFanu has an affinity for vocal music and has composed eight operas, which have been staged in the UK, Ireland and the USA. They include Dawnpath (1977), a children’s opera, The Green Children, (1990), Light Passing (2004), Dream Hunter (2011) and Tokaido Road (2014). She is active in many aspects of the music profession; from 1994 to 2008 she was Professor of Music at the University of York, UK.

Nicola LeFanu (*1947) studierte in Oxford und London sowie an der Harvard University. Ihr Schaffen umfasst mehr als hundert Werke, die regelmäßig aufgeführt, eingespielt und im Rundfunk übertragen werden. Kompositionsaufträge erhielt sie von der BBC (u.a. für die Proms), von diversen Festivals sowie von führenden Orchestern, Ensembles und Solisten. LeFanus besonderes Interesse gilt der Vokalmusik. Zu ihren bisher acht Opern, die in Großbritannien, Irland und den USA inszeniert wurden, zählen Dawnpath (1977), die Kinderoper The Green Children (1990), Light Passing (2004), Dream Hunter (2011) und Tokaido Road (2014). Daneben ist sie beruflich in vielen Bereichen des Musiklebens aktiv; so bekleidete sie von 1994 bis 2008 eine Professur für Musik an der Universität York (GB).

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