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Bennett, Richard Rodney Songs Before Sleep (mezzo-soprano)
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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 first performance of the version for mezzo-soprano and piano was given in June 2004 by Barbara Rearick, accompanied by the composer. 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
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
came fid
dl ing
out of
10
a
barn,
2
un der her arm.
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With
2
2
2
a
pair
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
Ped.
3
Ped. una corda 3
sempre, dolce, velato
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
Ped. .
3
Ped.
3
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 cock,
cresc.
.
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.
4
poco cresc.
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 tenuto
.
When
he
a
18
4. Baby, baby, naughty baby
Text: anon. Con fuoco (
= 80)
3
3
3
3
3
con Ped. 7
Ba by,
3
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.)
.
8
1'35''
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,
(8)
(Ped.)
229
loco
dim. sempre
poco rit.
the
sky.
8
dim. sempre
15
8
(Ped.)
235
(dim. a niente)
lunga
lunga
(Ped.)
a tempo (tempo giusto)
secco
una corda
242
(meno)
3'45''
.
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