Evening Star (2013)

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byEdgarAllanPoe

                        Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Piano                       Andantecelestiale Andantecelestiale                                                          Twas    Twas                                        S A T B       noontideofsummer,     noontideofsummer,                   5 5      And    And                             midtimeofnight;    midtimeofnight;                        And    And                          1

EveningStar

            S A T B 9        stars,intheirorbits,      stars,intheirorbits,                        Shone    Shone                            pale,thro'thelight    pale,thro'thelight                         Ofthe     Ofthe                                           S A T B 13       brighter,coldmoon,       brighter,coldmoon,                         'Mid    'Mid                               planetsherslaves,     planetsherslaves,                           2

            S A T B 16      Her    Her                               selfintheHeavens,     selfintheHeavens,                         Her    Her                              beamonthe     beamonthe    beamonthe    beamonthe                                     S A T B  waves.  waves.  waves.  waves.                    20 20                                                                                   3

            S A T B    Igazedawhile      Igazedawhile  I     Igazeda                        24 24               gazedawhile     while                       Onhercoldsmile;      Onhersmile;    Onhersmile;    Onhersmile;                          Too   Too   Too       Too                  -            S A T B 28      coldtoocoldfor     coldtoocoldfor      coldtoocoldfor     coldtoocoldfor                        meThere   meThere  me         meThere                      pass'd,asashroud,    pass'd,asashroud,      pass'd,asa  pass'd,                     A         A     shroud,A     A                   ---4

            S A T B 32     fleecycloud,     fleecycloud,    fleecycloud,        fleecyAfleecy                           AndI   And          Afleecycloud,AndI       cloud,And                        turnedawayto     turnedawayto     turnedawayto     turnedawayto                       thee,   thee,   thee,   thee,                    --            S A T B       ProudEveningStar,Inthy      ProudEveningStar,     ProudEveningStar,    ProudStar,In                       36 36         gloryafar,And        gloryafar,And      gloryafar,     gloryafar,                       dearerthybeamshall       dearerthybeamshall         dearerthybeamshall     dearerbeamshall                  --5

            S A T B 39     be;For   be;    be;shallbe;     thybeamshallbe;                      joytomyheart      joytomyheart     joytomyheart     joytomyheart                        IstheproudpartThou       IsthepartThou      IstheproudpartThou    Isthepart                              S A T B 42       bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat         bearestinHeavenat                    night,And   night,   night,   night,                   bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat      bearestinHeavenat         bearestinHeavenat                     poco rit. poco rit. 6

            S A T B  light  light  light  light                    45 45 a tempo a tempo    Twas                                 noontideofsummer,     Twasnoontideof    Twas                          And   summer,     noontideofsummer,                                        S A T B 49    midtimeofnight;     Andmidtimeof    And                        And   night;     midtimeofnight;                           stars,     Andstars,intheir    And                         intheirorbits,    orbits,Shone       stars,intheirorbits,Shone                         ---  7

            S A T B 53    thro'the    pale,thro'thelight  pale,                        light         thro'thelightOfthe     Ofthe                                   brighter,coldmoon,       brighter,coldmoon,                       'Mid    'Mid   'Mid    'Mid                                          S A T B 57    planetsher     planetsher    planetsher    planetsher                        slaves,   slaves,    slaves,Her    slaves,Her                                selfinthe    selfinthe                        Her    Her   Heavens,    Heavens,                          ---  8

            S A T B 61    beamonthe    beamonthe     beamonthe     beamonthe                       waves.   waves.   waves.   waves.                          ProudEveningStar,Inthy      ProudEveningStar,     ProudEveningStar,    ProudStar,                       A A-            S A T B 64         gloryafar,And        gloryafar,And      gloryafar,     gloryafar,                       dearerthybeamshall       dearerthybeamshall         dearerthybeamshall     dearerbeamshall                      be;For   be;    be;shallbe;       thybeamshallbe;                  ---9

            S A T B 67     joytomyheart      joytomyheart     joytomyheart     joytomyheart                        IstheproudpartThou       IsthepartThou      IstheproudpartThou    Isthepart                        bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat         bearestinHeavenat                              S A T B 70   night,   night,   night,Oh,   night,                        ProudEveningStar,      ProudEveningStar,       ProudEveningStar,Inthy    ProudStar,In                   B B         ProudProudEveningStar,      gloryafar,And         gloryafar,And     gloryafar,                 - -10

            S A T B 73        dearerthybeamshall       dearerthybeamshall      dearerthybeamshall         dearerthybeamshall                      be;For     be;shallbe;   be;        thybeamshallbe;                       joytomyheart        joytomyheart     joytomyheart     joytomyheart                  -            S A T B 76       IstheproudpartThou         IstheIsthepartThou      IsthepartThou    Isthepart                        bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat       bearestinHeavenat         bearestinHeavenat                      night,And   night,   night,   night,            rit. rit.  11

            S A T B        moreIadmireThy        moreIadmire      moreIadmire      moreIadmire                Menomosso   Menomosso 79 79           distantfire,Thanthat        distantfire,Thanthat    distantfire,     distantfire,that                        colder,lowly     colder,lowly     colder,lowly     colder,lowly           --            S A T B   light   light   light   light                     82 82 Tempoprimo Tempoprimo     that                        rit. rit.      colder,lowly     colder,lowly     colder,lowly     colder,lowly             (freely) MuchSlower  (freely)     MuchSlower 84 84  light  light  light  light                            12