The Birds' Lullaby | Katerina Gimon| MusicSpoke

For SSAA choir MUSIC BY Katerina Gimon WORDS BY E. Pauline Johnson

Duration ~5’ Commissioned by Myriad, Elise Naccarato, Artistic Director 2016 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Katerina Gimon

E. Pauline Johnson (1861 - 1913) 10''

8''

8''

3

2

1

5''

30''

4 (25'')

Soprano 1

&

#

Soloists: (1 - 2 singers) very sparse texture

F Whistle like a bird/ imitate birdsong

Soprano 2

&

F ˙ ˙

staggered*

#

Mm

˙ #˙ w

staggered

mm

˙

staggered

#˙

mm

˙

˙

U

w

together

w

ñ

"

mm

(bright hum)

Alto 1

Alto 2

&

&

#

#

P .. œ w

staggered*

..

ñ

repeat until line ends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mm

(bright hum)

* Enter, breathe, and re-enter (if applicable) at different times (On the conductors cue, enter within approximately 3 seconds. An easy way to coordinate this is to assign a specific person for the conductor to cue to start, then others can follow) © Katerina Gimon, February 2016 www.katerinagimon.com

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3

2

S1

P # 6 & 8 œ. œ œ #œ œ œ

9 œ œ œ œ 8 J œ

# 6 & 8 œ.

9 œ.

8

j œ ‰ ‰ Œ

# 6 8 ˙.

9 8 ˙.

œ

# 6 8 ˙.

98 ˙.

œ

q = 72

Sing

p

S2

to us,

#œ.

Sing

&

A1

&

A2

ce - dars; the

mm

p

Sing

twi - light is creep - ing

Sing

j 6 œ 8 œ. nœ œ œ œ œ

With

shad - ow - y

‰ 68 œ .

œ.

mm

j 6 œ 8 œ.

With

shad

j 6 œ 8 œ.

With

shad

gar - ments, the

œ.

shad - ow

mm

p

œ

œ.

-

ow

œ.

-

ow

ª 5

S1

&

#

œ œ œ œ.

œ.

j 9 œ œ œ . œ œ œ # œ œ 8 œ œ œ œJ œ œ

˙.

œ.

j œ œ ˙.

98 ˙.

Œ.

Œ œj œ .

œ.

98 œ.

œ.

98 œ.

wil - der - ness through;

S2

A1

& &

#

oo

#

œ.

Œ.

mm

A2

&

#

œ.

mm

All day

All

All

Œ.

day

day,

Œ ‰ Œ œj œ .

All

we have car - olled, and

day,

now would be sleep - ing,

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œ J

So

j œ

œ.

œ.

œ.

p ‰ ‰ œ J

So

4

9

S1

&

# œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ. œ œ ech - o

S2

the

# œ & J œ

œ œ J

ech - o

A1

A2

& &

# #

S1

S2

A1

A2

&

#

œ. œ œ

an - thems

j œ œ

ech

-

war - bled to

war - bled to

j œ œ. o,

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ

ech - o

ª 12

œ

an - thems we

the

an - thems we

war - bled to

,F œ œ œ 6 œ.

8

˙. you;

While we

F œ œ œ 68 œ . ,

˙. you;

œ. you;

swing,

While we

F # œ . œ œ œ œ œ 68 œ. ,

œ. œ #œ œ.

you;

swing,

,F 68 #œ œ œ œ While we

swing,

j œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œj œ . œ . œ ‰

your branch - es sing, And we

drowse to your dream - y

whis - pering.

(ng)

your branch - es sing, And we

drowse to your dream - y

whis - pering.

(ng)

œ J

swing,

And

œ

swing,

While we

œ

j œ

swing,

And

œ

œ J

swing,

j œ œ

swing,

And

j œ

And

98

∑

P # 9 & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ œj œ . œ . œ ‰ # œ . œ œ œ # œ œ œ 8 & &

#

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ œj œ . œ . œ ‰

your branch es sing, And we

#

Sing to us, ce - dars; the

j #œ œ œ #œ œ your branch - es sing, And

drowse to your dream - y

whis - pering.

(ng)

P

œ. œ œ #œ

Sing to us, ce - dars; the

P j j œ œ . œ . œ œj œ . nœ œ œ nœ œ œ

drowse to your dream - y

whis - pering.

(ng)

Va

98 œ œ

dm

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œ

j 98 œ va

5

# 9 œ & 8 ‰

œ

17

S1

Ah

S2

A2

j œ œ

j œ 68 œ . œ # œ œ œ œ

œ nœ œ œ.

œ.

j œ œ

j œ œ

68 œ.

va dm

dm

dm

&

#

Is

Is

98

˙.

woo - ing,

plead - ing,

woo - ing, is plead - ing, to

ah

hear you re - ply;

j œ œ.

œ

va

dm

∑

And

And

œ œj œ œJ œ œj va

dm

dm

va

P 68 ‰ œ œ .

∑

Oo

#

œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 68 ˙ . & # œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ 98 œ œ œ œJ œ œ Jœ here in your arms we are

A1

œ.

# 9 & 8 œ.

21

S2

j œ œ.

œ

ª

S1

œ

# 9 & 8 œ œ œ œJ œ œ.

œœœ œœœ œœœ

œ.

j œ 68 œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ

night - wind is sigh - ing,

A2

Œ.

ah

# 9 j & 8 nœ œ œ nœ œ

night - wind is sigh - ing,

A1

6 œ.

8

œ œ.

J

& &

#

And long - ing to dream to your soft lul - la

98 œ œ œ j # œ œ n œ œ œ œj œ . œ. œ œ œ

here in your arms we are

#

rest - ful - ly ly - ing,

œ. dm

œ

rest - ful - ly ly - ing,

j 98 œ . œ va

dm

œ.

œ

We dream

j œ œ

œ

va dm

dm

to

j œ œ.

dm

-

by;

j œ œ 68 ˙ . œ œ

your soft lul - la

j œ œ va dm

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-

by;

68 œ . œ œj dm

va

6

# œ œ œ. & J

S1

&

S2

#

œ.

œ

j #œ ˙.

f Œ œ œ œ

œ œ.

J

œ.

œ ‰ œ.

25

oo

Œ.

∑

While we

# . F & Œ #œ.

swing,

˙. Œ Jœ œ # œ œ œ .

swing,

And your branch - es

freely staggered

staggered**

A1

˙.

Sing

#

& œ.

A2

dm

ª 30

S1

S2

A1

A2

œ œj œ . va

dm

# ‰ & #œ œ. # & œ.

Oo

Œ

dm

œ œj va

Sing

F œ.

va

œ.

dm

œ œj œ .

va

dm

va

Sing

to us

œ

dm

œ œj œ .

j œ

va

œ. œ.

j œ œ œj œ .

œ.

whis - pering.

œ. ah

œ

j œ œ.

#œ. œ œ

oo

Ah

œ œj

œ.

œ ‰ œ.

œ.

And we drowse to your dream - y

œ.

˙.

to us

œ

dm

œ #œ œ œ œ œ

ce - dars.

& œ.

#œ. œ œ

(ng)

j œ œ

# & œ #œ œ œ. #

œ.

staggered

sing,

j œ œ.

va

dm

œ.

repeat until line ends, slowing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

œ œj va

œ.

dm

œ œj œ . œ œj va

dm

va

** As before, enter, breathe, and re-enter (if applicable) at different times. The given placement is approximate and singers may enter within 3 seconds of this entry, Again, it might be helpful to assign a specific singer to lead, singing the initial entry of each idea. There should be overlap between the staggered ideas.

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7

35

S1

&

#

˙.

dim.

P œ œ 9 œ. œ œ#œ œ œ œ œ J œ 8

8''

25''

drop out one by one

(sustain)

Sing to us, ce - dars; Your voice is so low-ly,

(12'') Soloists:

S2

A1

A2

& & &

(1 - 2 singers) very sparse texture

#

Whistle like a bird/ imitate birdsong

#

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#

A1

A2

dm

# 9 & 8 œ. # 9 & 8

# & 98 œ . &

#

repeat until line ends, gradually slow and stagger

œ . œ œj œ . œ

39

S2

P œ œ œ 98 œ œ # œ œ œ . œ œ œ J

Sing to us, ce - dars; Your voice is so low-ly,

ª S1

9 8

F

va

U

Œ

dm

va

Œ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

repeat until line ends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

dm

j œ œ . œ # œ 78 œ œ œ œ œ . n œ œ 68 œj œ œ .

Your breath - ing so

U

P ˙ œ

staggered

fra-grant, your branch-es so

strong;

j œ œ . œ # œ 78 œ œ œ œ œ . n œ œ 68 œj œ œ .

Your breath - ing so

fra-grant, your branch-es so

staggered

staggered

œ va

˙

dm

œ va

˙

U

Œ œj . œ œ œ

U

Our lit - tle nest

Œ œj œ . œ œ

Our lit - tle nest

strong;

repeat until line ends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

dm

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8 43

S1

&

#

œ. Œ œ J

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. ˙.

# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œJ œ .

œ. Œ œ J

U

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. ˙.

cra - dles are sway - ing so

S2

A1

A2

& & &

#

cra - dles are sway - ing so

S1

& &

A2

& &

While zeph-yrs are breath-ing their slum-ber-ous song.

œ

va

#

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

˙

repeat until line ends

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

dm

staggered one breath

˙

mm

#

˙.

#

˙.

F Œ œ œ œ Jœ œ

U

And we swing,

F Œ œ œ œ Jœ œ

# #

And we swing,

œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ j œ œ J

j œ

swing, While your branch - es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering.

U

(ng)

A1

slow - ly,

While zeph-yrs are breath-ing their slum-ber-ous song.

staggered

(ng)

S2

slow - ly,

#

ª 49

U

# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œJ œ .

œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ j œ œ J

j œ

swing, While your branch - es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering. staggered one breath

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

U

Œ

F

dm

j œ œ œ œœ

And we swing,

˙

j œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œj œ

j œ

swing, While your branch - es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering.

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9

54

S1 S2

A1 A2

&

#

wait for last A1, then, a moment of silence

˙.

# ( Ó .) & ˙.

U

Œ.

P

(begin together, then gradually slow at different rates to stagger) together

œ

œ J

Swing,

wait for last A1, then, a moment of silence

U

Œ.

P

œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ j œ j œ œ J

œ

swing, While your branch-es sing, And we drowse to your dream -y whis - pering.

(begin together, then gradually slow at different rates to stagger) together

œ

Swing,

j œ œ

j j œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œj œ œ

swing, While your branch-es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering.

staggered

˙.

staggered

˙.

ª

# UΠ&

59

S2 S1

p staggered œ œ J We

A2 A1

# U & Œ

drowse

p staggered œ œ J We

drowse

#œ to

#œ to

œ your

œ your

œ

j œ œ

dream - y

œ

j œ

U

whis - pering.

j œ œ

dream - y

j œ

U

whis - pering.

˙.

˙.

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(together)

˙.

ñ

(ng)

(together)

˙.

(ng)

ñ