Bennett SONGS BEFORE SLEEP (bass-baritone)

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Bennett, Richard Rodney Songs Before Sleep (bass-baritone)

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Songs before Sleep was commissioned jointly by BBC Radio 3 and the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of the New Generation Artists scheme and first performed by Jonathan Lemalu and Michael Hampton on 21st June 2003 at Wilton’s Music Hall, as part of the Spitalfields Festival.

The texts for this work were taken from the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. I am very grateful to my sister, Meg Peacocke, for the idea, for the title and for clarifying many of the texts.

R.R.B.

1. The Mouse and the Bumblebee 1 2. Wee Willie Winkie 6 3. Twinkle, twinkle, little star 14 4. Baby, baby, naughty baby 18 5. As I walked by myself 23 6. There was an old woman 26 Duration: 17 mins. approx

A score and set of parts for the following arrangements of Songs before Sleep are available on hire from Novello: * Bass-baritone and string orchestra * Bass-baritone and chamber ensemble (fl.,ob.,cl.(doubling bcl.),bsn.,hn.,tpt.,perc.(1 player),hp., 2 vln.,vla.,vc.,cb.)

for Jonathan Lemalu

Songs before Sleep Text: anon.

Richard Rodney Bennett

1. The Mouse and the Bumblebee Molto vivo (

= 132)

A

cat

sim.

6

2 2

came fid

dl ing

out of

10

a

barn,

2

un der her arm.

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With

2

a

pair

2

of

bag pipes

2

She

could sing

no

thing but fid dle de

5 cresc. poco a poco

63

Puss

be

2

gan

purr

ing,

the

5:6

5:6

(Ped.)

66

mouse

ran

a

way,

And

the

bee

flew

off

(Ped.)

69

with a wild

huz

za!

brilliante

Ped.

(Ped.)

Ped.

73

veloce arpegg. quasi pizz.

(Ped.)

.

Ped.

non arpegg.

1'15''

6

2. Wee Willie Winkie

Text: William Miller (1810 –72)

Allegro (

= 144)

3

3

sempre, dolce, velato

3

3

Ped.

Ped. una corda sempre, dolce, velato

3

Wee

Wil

lie

Win

kie

Ped.

(Ped.)

6

runs

(Ped.)

through the

town,

Up

stairs

and

down

stairs

in

sim.

10

his

night

gown.

3 3 3 3

3 3

3

Ped. .

3

Ped.

9

38

A

ny thing but sleep, you rogue!

glow er ing like the moon,

secco

Ped. 40

Rat tling in

an

i ron

jug

with an

spoon,

Ped.

Ped.

Ped.

i ron

42

Rum

bling,

tum

bling

round

a

bout,

crow

con Ped. 44

ing

like

a

cresc.

.

cock,

Squeal

ing like

I don’t know what

wak

14

3. Twinkle, twinkle, little star Text: Jane Taylor (1783 –1824)

Andante lento (

dolce espr.

= 69)

Twin kle,

twin kle, lit

tle

dolce

con Ped. Ped. poco cresc.

4

star,

How I

won der what you

are!

Up

poco cresc.

(Ped.)

con Ped.

9

- bove the world so

high,

Like a

di a mond in

the

sky.

13

When the

blaz ing

sun

is

gone,

legato sempre

.

When

he

a

18

4. Baby, baby, naughty baby Text: anon.

Con fuoco

(

= 80)

3

3

3

3

3

con Ped. 7

Ba

3

by,

ba

by,

naugh ty

ba

by,

3

3

3

3

13

Hush, you squall

ing

thing, I

say.

Peace this

3

mo

ment,

3 3

3

senza Ped.

con Ped.

19

peace

or

may

be

3

Bo

na

will pass

this

way.

3 3

senza Ped. .

parte

Ped. sim.

22

91

And he’ll

Ped.

(Ped.)

beat you,

sim.

beat you,

beat you,

And he’ll

sim. (poco arppegg.)

98

beat you

all

to

pap,

And he’ll

eat you, eat

you, eat you,

Ped. 105

snap,

snap,

snap.

3

Ped.

Ped.

Ped. Ped.

(tempo giusto al fine) 111

(Ped.)

1'35''

8 .

23

5. As I walked by myself

Text: attrib. Bernard Barton (1780 –1840)

Lento e semplice (

= 63)

Ped.

sim.

5

9

As

I

walked by my

self

And

talked

to my

self,

My

14

- self

said

un

to

me,

18

Look

.

to thy

self,

Take

care

of thy

self,

For

26

6. There was an old woman Text: anon.

Scherzando

There

(

was

= 84)

an old

wo man

lived

un

der a

hill,

And

stacc. leggiero

poco cresc.

6

if she’s not

gone

she

lives

there

still.

There was

an old

wo man

lived

poco cresc.

13

un

der a

hill,

Put a mouse

in a

bag

and

went

to the

mill.

19

The

.

mil ler

did

swear by

the

point

of his

knife,

He

ne ver

took

32

160

A tempo, brillante

cresc. poco a poco

7:6

7:6

Ped.

sim.

165

There

was

an

old

170

wo

man

tossed

up

in

a

bas

ket,

175

Se

.

ven

teen

times

as

35

224

off

the

sky,

(Ped.)

dim. sempre

229

the

poco rit.

sky.

8

dim. sempre

8

(Ped.)

(dim. a niente)

lunga

235

lunga

(Ped.)

a tempo (tempo giusto)

secco

una corda

242

(meno)

3'45''

.

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