ABSENCE
SATB a cappella
Duration 5 mins
music by Juhi Bansal, text by Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059 - 1127) This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
I walk, my eyes the sky, hoping to find the star you see. I stop each traveler that passes, hoping one might have breathed your scent. I turn my face to blowing winds, hoping they'll bring me news of you. I wander roads, here and there, passing songs whisper your name. I look at strangers' faces, I look away Hoping for a trace of you. Original poem by Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059 - 1127) Translation into Spanish by Emilio García Gómez Translation/adaptation from Spanish to English by Juhi Bansal
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Plaintive, haunted h = 58 - 66 p
SOPRANO
I
walk,
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ALTO
TENOR
BASS
walk,
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my
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Absence
eyes
For rehearsal Piano only
5 5
S.
sky,
3
walk,
my
eyes
to
the
sky,
3
walk,
my
eyes
to
the
sky,
3
Pno.
the
find
5
the
find
the
find
B.
3
hop - ing
hop - ing
hop - ing
f
star
f
f
star
star
the
star
see
you
you
f
see
you
see
you
see
f
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to
3
3
to
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hop - ing
to
3
to
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the
T.
sky,
to
find
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the
eyes
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to
my
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p
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hop - ing 3
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hop - ing
one
hop - ing
one
might
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hop - ing
one
might
each
stop
each
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stop
each
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have
might
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trav' - ler 3
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trav' - ler
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trav' - ler
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that
pass
that
pass
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pass
that
pass
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es
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es
have
have
have
breathed
your
f
breathed
f
breathed
scent.
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breathed
f
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your
your
your
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might
3
p
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one
stop
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p
scent.
p
scent.
p
scent.
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S.
A.
T.
Pno.
22
pp
27
4
winds,
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winds
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blow - ing
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pp
blow - ing
T.
to
turn
Pno.
A.
turn my face
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B.
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S.
B.
Bring out melody "I turn my face to blowing winds" in each part 4 pp 4
turn
4
my
face
to
turn
turn,
29
I
winds,
4
4
I
pp
I
to
my face
blow - ing
turn,
26
4
4
3
4
turn
turn
pp
I
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4
26
I
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4
32 32
S.
turn
turn
A.
B.
S.
B.
Pno.
my face
to
blow - ing
I
to
blow - ing
winds,
turn
I
face
turn,
4
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I
turn
turn,
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my
turn
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4
winds,
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4
T.
4
A.
turn,
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Pno.
T.
35
4
to
4
blow - ing
winds,
4
4
I
4
41
4
my face
35
turn
pp
I
pp
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4
turn
41
my face
to
4
42
S.
(unis) pp
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44
turn
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A.
blow - ing winds,
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4
pp
pp
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turn
my
face
to
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blow - ing
winds,
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B.
Pno.
44
I
turn,
4
4
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S.
turn
A.
Alto
turn
4
my face to
4 blow - ing
winds,
50
(unis.)
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pp
I
turn
4
my face to
blow ing winds,
4
turn
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pp
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turn
turn
T.
turn
pp
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B.
Pno.
47
4
4
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pp
turn,
turn,
50
4
4
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53 52
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poco a poco cresc.
to
to
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ing
4
4 blow - ing
winds,
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winds,
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ing
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4
poco a poco cresc.
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blow
blow
winds,
blow
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winds,
wind,
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poco a poco cresc.
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(unis.)
4
to
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blow
(unis.)
A.
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Gaining momentum
61
4
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winds,
blow
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ing
winds,
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winds,
blow - ing
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winds,
blow
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blow
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blow - ing
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blow - ing,
blow
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winds,
wind,
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4 4
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fff
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ing
winds,
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ing
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winds,
S.
67
69
(cut off still fff )
p
A.
T.
B.
(bass ossia)
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S.
A.
T.
B.
(bass ossia)
of
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of
Slow
pp (staggered breathing)
(long)
(long)
(long)
me
news
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you.
3
pp
you. (long)
news
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me
69
(long)
pp
(staggered breathing) pp
pp
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hop - ing they'll bring
3
(Dramatic dim.)
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p
hop - ing they'll bring
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3
(cut off still fff )
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Freely, plaintive
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3
wan - der
roads 3
wan - der
roads,
3
wan - der
roads
3
3
wan - der
3
here and
3
here and
there,
roads
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Pno.
there
3
10
78
3
3
3
3
3
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S.
A.
T.
B.
I
I
I
here and there,
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Pno.
3
wan - der
wan - der
wan - der
roads
roads
here and there, 3
roads
here and there,
wan - der
3
3
roads
3
here and there,
3
3
3
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3
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3
wan - der
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A.
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B.
Pno.
3
wan - der
wan - der
wan - der
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roads,
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roads,
roads
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3
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wan - der
roads
3
3
here and there,
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roads,
roads
here and there,
wan - der
wan - der
3
3
I
here and there,
roads
86
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wan - der
86
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3
3
roads
11
87
S.
T.
3
3 here and there,
wan -der
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here and there,
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3
here and there,
Pno.
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A.
B.
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3
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3
wan -der roads 3
wan -der roads
3 wan -der
3
roads,
3
89
3
S.
A.
pp
Pass - ing
3
3
3
3
T.
B.
Pno.
pp
name.
3
I
pp I
95 pp I
3
3
pp I
95
look
look
look
look
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at
at
at
at
stran - gers'
stran - gers'
stran - gers'
stran - gers'
here and there,
3
whis - per your
pp
here and there
roads
songs
3
here and there
92
pp
12
97
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fa - ces,
A.
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T.
B.
Pno.
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B.
hop
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mp
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mp
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hop
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hop
hop
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way
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hop
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way
ff
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hop ff
ff
mf
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3
Pno.
a
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look
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a
way
hop
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3
a
ff
ff
look
hop
way ff
(echo) mf
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look
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3
fa - ces,
102
a
look 3
fa - ces,
fa
3
100
ff
ing,
p
106 pp
hop
-
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ing,
106
pp
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13
108
108
S.
(staggered breathing)
pp
3
A.
hop
T.
B.
3
-
- ing,
hop
-
-
pp
for you,
pp
3
ing,
hop
-
-
for you,
for you,
(staggered breathing)
pp
3
3
pp
for you,
for you,
3
ing,
for you,
108
Pno.
3
3
114
S.
A.
T.
B.
Pno.
pp
hop - ing
pp
for
for
pp
pp
a
pp
for
a
for
a
a
trace
ppp
of
trace
ppp
of
trace
you,
you,
ppp
you ppp
trace
ppp
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you
14
120
S.
of
A.
you,
of
T.
B.
you,
you
Hop - ing
pp
for
pp
you.
for
you.
pp
you.
you.
of
you
Pno.
of
Slightly slower
Slightly slower
pp
for pp
for
ppp possible
ppp possible
126
S.
a
A.
a
T.
B.
a
a
Pno.
trace
trace
of
trace
trace
ppp possible
you.
ppp possible
you
you
ppp possible
of
you
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