The Owl and the Pussycat - song

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Voice Piano  

        ff                               Allegro q = 120 3    The No.2: PROLOGUE f very rhythmic   Owl     and the Pus        sy     cat                                                        f                              6     went  to  sea p     In mf   a                                    loco                              p                   

JULIAN GRANT EDWARD LEAR Maestoso THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT (1998) an opera in many scenes q = 60 for my daughter, Hattie © JULIAN GRANT 1998. All rights reserved.

No.1: OVERTURE

10    beau       ti  ful  pea   green                                                                                      13    boat     f They took    some                 f                     mf               sf                  15    ho   ney        and  plen   ty  of                                                            17    mo    ney,     wrapped  up  in  a  five                                                              2

19     pound   note.                                                                   21 qqq =         p The  Owl   3                        3        3        3        3                       p     3     3     3     3 eee Slower q = 90 24   looked   up   to  the stars        a                                                                   3

27   bove,   and  sang                                                                29 e = e            3  to  a  3 small 3       3   gui tar.                                                                       Tempo di siciliana 32 q. = 60   No.3: SERENADE      3             3           3       p                                     36         mf with gusto  'O love      ly Pus  sy         O                                                                        4

41    Pus  sy         ten. my    love a tempo                           colla voce                                           mf     45      What a beau    ti  ful  Pus sub p  sy   you are,      you are,          you                                                         p                  50    are,     you are,           What   a   beau   ti                            5                                      54 e = e          ful  Pus   sy  you  are!'         3                                                                              5

      60 Andante q = 60     Pus sy said     to the  Owl No.4: LOVE SCENE      p rapturously 'You,  you,    you,  you                                           p legato                              63      e  le  gant  3 fowl 3                                                                       65     How  charm  ing  ly  sweet    you                                                                         6

67    sing!        O  let us be    mar   ried,                                                                                                     70    Too  long  have we tar      ried.                                                                 72            But, p agitato    what shall we do      for a ring?                                                                                   7

    e = e Slow q. = 40 75  No.5: INTERMEZZO with MOVING SCENERY                            pp          p        mf        p               pp     79      They sailed    a way                                                           p                            82     for a year     and a day                  L.H 5        5        5                                   8

85     to  the land     where the Bong      tree   grows,                                                     mp       sub pp                            89     pp with contained terror and suspense  And there          in a wood          a    Pig gy wig stood                                            3              3                92    with a ring       in the end   of his nose     his nose,             his                                         3             3              9

95         nose, With a ring     at the end         of his  

  f                      3                     Pig-like q = 100 98   No.6: GRAND SCENE with PIG   p

 'Dear  Pig                                                                             sf          102     are you wil   ling    to  sell     for  a                                                                  10

nose.

most politely, but fearful

106

  shil ling      your  ring?'    

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                                                         p   

Said p cupo

the

110      

  Pig  gy  

  f  'I long      will.                                        f                         114    I   will,    I   will        I    will,                                                                          11

120    I      will      I   will  I        will                                                                     sf         126       Allegro q = 120    I  long       No.8: WEDDING SCENE and FEAST (with bells and fanfares - cannons optional)     will.'        So f they took    it a way                        p                                   f                         129     And were mar   ried    next  day                                                              131    By f  the  Tur   key                                                sf                     12

133   who  lives    on  the  hill.                                                           135                They   dined   on                                                    ff             137   mince     and  sli  ces  of  3                                                    ff          139   quince,    Which they ate      with a run     ci ble                                                                                                    ff         mf                  13

141         spoon.      p And  hand  in                                                                ff          Tempo di siciliana q. = 60 143    hand No.9: DANCE FINALE           3          3                p                             146     on the edge   of the   sand                                                                                                14

149    they danced     by the light    of the moon                                                                                               152       the moon,       the                                                                                                      155    moon,                                                                          15

158    they danced     by the light     of  the                               162    moon.                                                                      165              p                          f (H       A tti      E)      [FINE: Hong Kong 4 March 1998] 16