Michael Kaulkin
ARE FRIENDS DELIGHT OR PAIN? for mixed chorus a cappella
1996
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Are Friends Delight or Pain? Are friends delight or pain? Could bounty but remain Riches were good — But if they only stay Ampler to fly away Riches are sad.
—Emily Dickinson Duration: 1’50” Are Friends Delight or Pain? is a short a cappella excerpt from Cycle of Friends, a work for soprano solo, chorus and chamber orchestra composed in 1996 for the Music Group of Philadelphia. Oakland, California composer Michael Kaulkin has written several works for orchestra, chorus and the musical stage. He holds a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory, and previously studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Hear this piece (movement #3) and the rest of Cycle of Friends on the composer’s web site at www.MichaelKaulkin.com.
Catalog No. SWM-002a Copyright © 1996 Michael Kaulkin Unauthorized photocopying or reproduction of any part of this material is prohibited.
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from Cycle of Friends (1996)
Are Friends Delight or Pain? Emily Dickinson (1830 -1886)
Michael Kaulkin (b. 1967)
A Lilting Dance (q.=66)
Soprano I
Alto I
Tenor I
Bass I
Soprano II
Alto II
Tenor II
Bass II
° 6 Œ™ &8
6 &8 6 & 8 Œ™ ‹
? 6 Œ™ ¢ 8 ° 6 &8 & 86
Ϫ
mf
Are
œ
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friends de - light
∑
∑
Ϫ
Ϫ
Ϫ
Ϫ
mf
Are mf
Are
∑
or pain?
friends
œ œ
friends
∑
∑
j ˙™ œ
˙™
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p
p
de - light
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de - light
∑
Ϊ
Œ
p
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∑
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Ϊ
p
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Are Copyright © 1996 Swirly Music All rights reserved.
friends
friends
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5
S. I
A. I
T. I
B. I
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de - light
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or
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pain?
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pain?
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mf
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T. I
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good
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mp
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mp
∑
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S. II
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mp
mp
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good.
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rich - es were
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were good.
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∑ œ™
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good.
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° & œ™ 21
S. I
A. I
T. I
B. I
S. II
& Ϫ
Ϫ
Are
friends de - light
j #œ œ #œ ™ œ œ œ ™ œ #œ œ œ #œ
Ϫ
mf
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mf
friends de - light
#œ
were
B. II
& Ϊ
mf
Ϫ
friends de - light
Ϫ
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j œ œ nœ ™ œ #œ œ
mf
œ
? ¢
good.
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f
Are
Ϫ
f
Are
j œ œ #œ™ œ œ œ
Are
T. II
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A. II
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∑
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friends de - light
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were
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˙™
Ϫ
good.
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Ϊ
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friends de - light
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friends de - light
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friends de - light
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friends
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j œ
de -
7
° <#>œ ™ &
Ϫ
25
S. I
n˙ ™
mp sub
or
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Œ ™ nœ ™
mp sub
∑
&
T. I
™ œ n˙ ™ & œ #œ œ œ œ ‹
or
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B. I
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friends de - light
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A. II
° &
∑
&
∑
B. II
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˙™
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or
mp sub
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∑
˙™ pain?
Ϫ
˙™
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mf
or
∑
∑
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Ϫ
or
∑
& œ ™ œ nœ œ œ œ œ ™ ‹
mp sub
T. II
? ¢ œ™
light
j œ™ œ
mp sub
œ
∑
pain?
A. I
? #œ ¢
∑
Are
Ϫ or
∑ n˙ ™
pain?
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Ϊ
de - light
Ϫ
or
˙™
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mf
pain?
œ œ ˙™ J
friends
∑
#˙ ™
œ #œ J
are friends de -
˙™
Ϫ
Ϫ or
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° &
30
S. I
A. I
T. I
B. I
œ œ œ™ J
Œ œJ
mf
∑
Are friends de - light
& Ϊ
Ϫ
or
pain?
Ϊ
∑
& ‹
n˙ ™
Ϫ
or
? <#>˙ ™ ¢
or
A. II
pain?
T. II
B. II
™ & œ ‹ light
˙™
˙™
? ˙™ ¢
pain?
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or
pain?
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Ϫ
mf
or
Ϫ
pain?
Ϫ
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Ϫ
∑
∑
b˙™
∑
pain?
Ϫ
Ϫ
mp
or
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pain?
∑
˙™ ˙™
Ϫ
mf
or
or mf
˙™
pain?
Ϫ
or
Ϫ
pain?
Ϫ
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Ϫ
∑
∑
° œ j j ˙™ œ & œ #œ & ˙™
˙™
˙™
∑
mf
S. II
Ϫ
∑ œ œ bœ ™ J
Ϫ
Are friends de - light
or
mf
œ œ J
9
° &
35
S. I
A. I
∑
∑
∑
&
B. I
? Œ œ ¢ J
∑
Ϫ
mp
° &
-
if they on
-
œ œ œ ™#œ œ J
˙™
#˙ ™
˙™
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Ϫ
˙™
˙™
˙™
or
pain?
∑
∑
∑
Œ
j j œ œ œ œ™
p
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&
∑
& ‹
∑
Œ
j j œ œ œ œ™ œ™ p
Are friends de - light
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∑ œ™
Ϫ
p
or
˙™
Ϫ
˙™
∑ ˙™
Ϫ
or
˙™
pain?
∑
#œ ™ œ œ
if they on
#œ ™
p
Are friends de - light
B. II
∑
Ϊ
œ œ J
Ϫ
Ϫ p
T. II
mp
But,
& #œ ™ ‹ pain
A. II
#œ ™ But,
T. I
S. II
∑
Ϊ
∑ ˙™
pain?
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° œ #œ œ & J 40
S. I
-
A. I
T. I
B. I
S. II
& #œ ™ & ˙ ‹
j œ œ -
ly
œ J
ly
Ϫ
stay
ampl
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er
ampl
Ϊ
-
Ϊ
∑
Ϫ
er
A. II
&
∑
∑
T. II
& Œ™ ‹
mf
Ϫ
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mp
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if
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mp
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if
mf
œ
j ™ œ œ #œ œ #œ
they on
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they on
-
-
Ϫ
mp
mf
œ
if
Ϫ
mp
mf
œ
if
Ϫ
mp
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they on
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they on
∑
∑
∑
∑
j œ œ #œj ˙ ™ -
ly
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mp
to
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˙™
#œ ™ to
Ϫ
mf
stay
Ϫ
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° & ˙™
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#œ ™
? ˙™ ¢
? œ™ ¢
Ϫ
mf
∑
pain?
B. II
œ #˙ ™ J
-
ly
stay
˙™ stay
-
-
11
° & œ™ 44
S. I
#œ ™
fly
A. I
a
& Ϫ
Ϫ
fly
T. I
B. I
S. II
A. II
& œ ‹
? œ™ ¢
a
-
œ -
-
° Œ™ &
#œ ™ mf
& & œ™ ‹ ampl mf
T. II
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-
mf
B. II
ampl
-
˙™
˙™
p
˙™
˙™
˙™
-
way
-
way
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˙™
p
ly
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ly
p
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p
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stay
mp
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∑
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#œ ™
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if
er
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stay
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er
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to
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mf
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œ
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if
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to
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mp
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to
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mp
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fly
a
p
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-
way,
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p
-
way,
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° &
48
S. I
A. I
T. I
B. I
S. II
∑ ∑
∑
Ϫ
#œ ™
fly
a
B. II
∑
˙™
∑
-
˙™
Ϊ
˙™
Ϊ
way,
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mp
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mp
rich - es are
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Ϫ
Ϫ
Ϫ
to
fly
a
° œ™ &
bœ ™
Ϫ
Ϫ a
˙™ -
˙™
way,
rich - es are
b˙™ -
Ϊ
œ œ œ
mp
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∑
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∑
way,
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Ϫ
˙™
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˙™
˙™
∑
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˙™
˙™
˙™
∑
& œ
œ
ampl - er
T. II
∑
rich - es are
fly
A. II
∑
mp
rich - es are
& & ‹
∑
Ϊ
& ‹
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œ to
fly
#œ ™ a
-
way,
13
° & #˙ ™
mp
& #˙ ™
mp
mf
53
S. I
sad.
mf
A. I
sad.
& ˙™ ‹ sad. mf
T. I
? ˙™ ¢ mf
B. I
˙™ ˙™ ˙™
mp
mp
˙™
∑ ∑
S. II
˙™
mp
∑ ∑
∑
rich - es are sad.
& #œ œ œ œ ™ mf
A. II
˙™
mp
∑
rich - es are sad.
mf
T. II
& œ œ œ #œ ™ ‹ rich-es are sad.
? œ œ œ #œ ™ ¢ mf
B. II
rich - es are sad.
mp
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mp
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˙™
rich - es are
sad.
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Ϫ
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p
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rich - es are
sad.
p
œ #œ œ
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rich - es are
sad.
p
rich - es are
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p
sad.
œ œ œ
˙™
rich - es are
sad.
p
œ œ œ
˙™
rich - es are
sad.
p
œ
p
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rich - es are
˙™
sad.
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U Ϊ
Ϫ
U™ Œ
Ϫ
U Ϊ
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