Three Poems of Thomas Hardy cycle of three songs for voice and piano
Texts by Thomas Hardy
Dennis Tobenski
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for John M. Koch
I. Her Initials
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928)
Voice
Piano
Moderately
old, two let - ters
she
of the ef - ful
that
high
page
I
wrote
-
sing - er's
rap
-
ture
sim.
Part
whence
seem - ed
thought
gent
came.
po - et's
3
of her name.
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14
a
3
p
of
Up - on
Moderately
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DENNIS M. TOBENSKI (2002)
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When now
I
turn
the
same
but
from
the
-
-
-
-
-
-
let - ters
of
her
diance
a
-
died
has
way.
the
-
name,
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il -
tal light
im - mor
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leaf
the lay,
the
ra
lumes
22
5
6
31
35
-
-
-
But
from
the
-
-
let - ters
of
her
diance
died
way.
the
-
name,
has
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a
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ra
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for John M. Koch
II. A Night In November THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) Voice: recitative
DENNIS M. TOBENSKI (2002)
Piano: clangorous
Voice
f
I mark - èd when the weath - er changed,
ff
Piano
and the leaves rose up and ranged,
night
ly - ing half a -
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Dead leaves blew
in - to
my room,
3
and
a
3
3
that
and the panes be - gan to quake,
let ring throughout
4
3
- light - ed
wake.
3
up - on my
bed,
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and
a
tree de - clared to the gloom
3
its
sor - row
3
3
One leaf
3
of them touched my
hand,
that they were shed.
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3
3
and I thought that it was you
there
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stood
3
as youused to stand,
and
rit.
say - ing
at
last
p sub.
you knew!
rit.
p sub.
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for John M. Koch
III. The Sigh
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928)
Voice
Moderately
Moderately
Piano
p
6
Lit - tle head
some - what bold - er,
and
up -
a - gainst my shoul - der,
eyed;
Till
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then
she, with
shy at first,
11
p
DENNIS M. TOBENSKI (2002)
a
tim - id qua -ver,
10
16
yield- ed
to
the kiss I gave her;
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mp
mp
26
it
im -
plied.
set a - bove me;
But
she
that she had ceased
to love me,
none on earth
some sad thought she was con - ceal - ing
with her feel- ing
Not
sighed.
31
she
That there ming - led
But
she
sighed.
mf
36
She could not
dis - guise
if
or
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so
I
won - dered why
she
sighed.
I knew her through - ly,
to
af - ter -wards
weak - est fash - ion
were vic - tors;
in
doubt,
No - thing seemed
hold us sun - dered, hearts
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dread,
tried:
she
pas - sion,
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a
mf
11
and she loved me
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55
stauch- ly,
tru - ly
till
she
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But she
nev - er
made con - fes - sion
why,
at
she
had
that
first
sweet
May,
re - mem - ber,
And though now
rit.
con - ses - sion,
a tempo p
It was in
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sighed.
rit. 64
died;
a tempo
I near No - vem - ber,
and
p
a - bide
our
till
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my
ap - point - ed
change
That
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half
rit.
rit.
re - gret - ting
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sit
I
sighed.
she
some - times
un - fret - ting,
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