Forest for
SATB Chorus
Music by Robert S. Cohen Poem by Nanci Bern
Š2019
Leapfrog Productions 303 Upper Mountain Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 (973) 783-9192 www.robertscohen.com bobcohenmusic@gmail.com
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Forest Holding light translucent We grasp to touch high borne glory Then reach within to feel it's warmth Dancing droplets twirl And pirouette down stems Along veins that hold life Breathe breath that smiles Slumbers in the dark Tendrils of dreams serene We sleep embraced by their forest roots Monoliths of earth Trees are a preamble to eternity Their roots so entrenched in time.
Composer's notes It's important to accentuate the percussive quality of the repeated consonant "d." Also, to emphasize the 3+3+2 cross-rhythm on the words "dancing droplets twirl." .
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for Junges Consortium Berlin
Forest
Adagio maestoso
Soprano
Hold - ing
Alto
Hold - ing
Tenor
ing
Bass
Piano
light
light
light
Hold - ing
Hold - ing
Hold - ing
light
Hold - ing
light
(for rehearsal)
light
Hold - ing
Hold - ing
light
light
trans
light
Hold - ing
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light
-
trans
-
trans
-
trans
-
2 4
S
lu - cent
A
lu - cent
Pno.
7
S
reach with - in
A
reach with - in
T
B
Pno.
We
grasp
to
it's
its
feel it's
warmth
feel
Then
warmth
to
feel
it's warmth
feel
warmth
it's
warmth
it's
warmth
it's
its
its
warmth
its
Then
glo - ry
Then
glo - ry
high
warmth
glo - ry
high
glo - ry
feel
high
touch
touch
to
grasp
reach
reach
feel
touch
to
to
feel
grasp
to
touch
lu - cent
high borne
to
We
B
grasp
lu - cent
We
We
T
its
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3
S
10
warmth
T
warmth
B
warmth
Pno.
feel
it's
feel
A
T
B
its
feel
d
twirl
d d d d d d d d
d
pir - ou
-
ette
d
d
d
d
d
d d
down stems
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Danc - ing
drop - lets
twirl
d d d d d d d d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
warmth
it's
d
Pno.
warmth
feel
drop - lets
its
Danc - ing
warmth
14
S
Piu mosso
warmth
A
12
d
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4
S
A
T
B
Danc - ing
Danc - ing
Danc - ing
d
d Danc - ing
Danc - ing
d
d
pir - ou
Pir - ou
-
-
d
ette
ette
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
that hold
d
d
d
d
down stems
d
that hold
down stems
d
d
Pno.
d
B
A - long veins
T
twirl
d
A - long veins
A
droplets
d
20
S
twirl
d d d d d d d d
drop-lets
Danc - ing
Pno.
17
life
life
d
Danc - ing Danc - ing
d
Danc - ing Danc - ing
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
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5
23
S
A
T
B
24
d
Danc - ing
Pno.
26
S
d
A
T
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
drop - lets
d
d
twirl
Pir - ou
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
-
ette
d
d
d
d
down stems
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Danc - ing
twirl
d
d
d
twirl
d
d
drop - lets
d
d
d
d
drop - lets
Danc - ing
Pno.
d
d d d d d d d d Danc - ing
B
d
Danc - ing
d
d
Danc - ing d d d d d d
d
d
d
drop - lets
twirl
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6
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
29
S
A
d
T
B
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
A - long veins
d
d
A
T
that
hold
d
d
d
d
veins that hold
d
life
Pno.
d
down stems
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
d
ette
-
life
B
d
31
S
d
Pir - ou
Pno.
d
A - long veins
that
hold
32
Danc - ing
drop - lets
veins that hold
twirl
pir - ou - ette
Danc - ing
drop - lets
twirl
Pir - ou - ette
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
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7
S
A
B
twirl Pir - ou - ette
d
twirl Pir - ou-ette
d d d
d d d d d
B
Pno.
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Pir - ou - ette down stems
Danc - ing
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Danc - ing
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Danc - ing
drop -lets
twirl
pir - ou - ette
Danc - ing
droplets
twirl
pir - ou - ette
Danc - ing
drop -lets
twirl
pir - ou - ette
d
pir - ou - ette
d
twirl
droplets
Danc - ing
d
Pir - ou - ette down stems
d
T
d
d
d
pir - ou - ette down stems
d
d
d
A
Pir - ou - ette down
36
S
twirl pir - ou - ette down
Danc - ing drop - lets twirl
d d d d d d d d d d d d d
Danc - ing drop - lets
Pno.
Danc - ing drop - lets
Danc -ing drop - lets
T
33
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8
S
A
T
B
38
pir - ou - ette down stems
Pir - ou - ette down stems
Pir - ou - ette down stems
Pno.
B
Pno.
Pir - ou - Pir - ou - ette down
twirl
pir - ou
twirl
d d d d d d
drop - lets
d d d d d d d d d
d
d
d
d
d
d
pir - ou
d
-
-
ette
down stems
ette
down stems
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
drop - lets
Pir - ou - ettedown
d
Danc - ing
T
Pir - ou - ette down stems
Danc - ing
A
Pir - ou - ette down
40
S
Pir - ou - ette down Pir - ou - ette down
pir - ou - ette down
Pir - ou - ette down stems
pir - ou - ette down stems
Danc - ing
drop - lets
Danc - ing
twirl
drop - lets
twirl
d d d d d d d d d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
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9
43
S
A
T
Danc - ing
Pno.
Danc - ing
T
B
Pno.
twirl
Danc - ing
Danc - ing
drop - lets
twirl
drop - lets
twirl
d
d
d
d
Pir - ou - ette down
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
A - long veins
A
twirl
drop - lets
46
S
drop - lets
Pir - ou - ette down
B
A - long
veins
A - long veins
A - long
veins
A - long veins
A - long
veins
A - long veins
that
hold
veins that hold
A - long veins
that
hold
veins that hold
A - long veins
that
hold
veins that hold
A - long veins
A - long
veins
A - long veins
that
hold
veins that hold
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10
48
S
(breathy)
Breathe
life
A
T
B
life
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
50
S
d
breath
A
breath
T
d d d d d
B
d
Pno.
d d d d
d d d d d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Breathe
ord.
ord.
d d d d d
d d d d
d
d
d
d
d
d d d d d
that
that
(breathy)
d
life
d
Pno.
d
d
d
d
smiles
smiles
d d d d
d
d d d d
d d d d d
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11
53
S
A
T
d
B
d d d d d
Pno.
S
A
T
d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d d
Pno.
in
the
-
d
bers
in
the
d d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d
espress.
rils
of
d d d d d
Tend
-
espress.
-
rils
of
dark
dark
d d d d d
d d d d
d
d d d d d
Tend
d d d d d
57
Slum
bers
d
B
d d d d
56
-
d d d d d
Slum
d
d d d d d
d d d d d
dreams
dreams
d d d d
se
se
-
-
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12
59
S
d d d d d
A
T
d
d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d d
Pno.
d d d d d
d d d d d
T
B
Pno.
d d d d
their
braced
by
their
d d d d d
by
braced
We
We
d
A
62
S
d d d d
for
-
est
for
-
est
-
sleep
em
-
em
d d d d
sleep
d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d d
rene
rene
B
d
d d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d
roots
roots
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13
65
S
d d d d d
A
d
T
B
d d d d
d d d d d
d
68
est
roots
d d d d d
-
S
d
A
d d d d d
d d d d d
T
B
d d d d
d d d d d
d
for
Pno.
-
-
d d d d
-
-
d d d d d
d
d d d d d
d d d d d
d d d d d
-
-
d d d d
d
roots
for
d d d d
est
-
d d d d d
for
Pno.
d d d d d
for
-
-
d d d d
est
est
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14 molto rit.
71
S
d
A
d
d
d
d
B
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
roots
maestoso
Mon - o
Pno.
d
Mon - o
B
d
Mon - o
T
d
Mon - o
A
d
73 Molto
S
d
roots
Pno.
d
T
-
-
-
liths
liths
liths
-
d
d
of
earth
of
of
of
earth
earth
earth
d
d
d
Mon - o - liths
Mon - o - liths
Mon - o - liths
d
Mon - o - liths
d
liths
d
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15
75
S
Trees are a
A
Trees
T
are
a
a
pre - am - ble
a
pre - am - ble
78
S
roots
A
roots
T
roots
B
so
Pno.
en - trenched
en
to
trenched
-
to
e
in
in
in
e
e
ter - ni-ty
ter - ni - ty
-
e
-
to
-
e
-
in
en - trenched
roots
e
Trees are
Pno.
pre - am - ble
to
Trees are
B
pre - am - ble
time.
ter - ni - ty
e
to
-
-
-
ter - ni - ty
time.
roots so
time.
time.
en - trenched
en-trenched in
time.
time.
Their
ter - ni - ty
en-trenched in
ter - ni - ty
ter - ni - ty
in
to
to
time.
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16 allargando
81
S
time.
A
T
time.
B
so
time.
Pno.
A
B
Pno.
Hold - ing
light
in
light
time.
en - trenched in
time.
time.
time.
time.
time.
Hold - ing
time.
in
in
in
Hold - ing
in
in
light
T
mosso
time.
84
S
en - trenched in
time.
82 Piu
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