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TEMPESTS (from I Wonder...) I wonder... Why are we so swept up In tempests of our own making— pride, desire, anger, fear? Are the challenges of a normal life not sufficient in themselves that we must, needless, add to our own burdens? I shake my head and wonder.
-Charles Anthony Silvestri
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commissioned by the Central Bucks High School - West Choir, Doylestown, PA Joseph Ohrt, conductor
TEMPESTS from "I Wonder..." for SATB div. a cappella Charles Anthony Silvestri SAUNDER CHOI (b. 1988)
Slowly q= 72
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Soprano
° 4 &4 Œ
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Mezzo-soprano
4 &4 Œ
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43
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43
p
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sub. p
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3
a tempo
15 blooming out 3 ° 5 œ œ ˙ S. & 4 œ
3 œ œ œ 43 b œ œ œ œ œ œ
so swept up
in
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of our own
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mak - ing--
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fear?
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fear?
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fear?
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p A.
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T.
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fear?
pride,
an - ger,
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Are the chal -lenges
of a nor -mal
life
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5 27
° S. & œ sire,
M.
fear?
& #œ
45 Œ
œ
24 ‰ œj œ œ 43
I won - der
45 ‰
‰ # œj ˙
sire,
that we must
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fear?
& œ
42 ‰ œJ # œ œ 43
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sire,
A.
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45 Ó
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fear?
that we must
42 ‰ œj œ œ 43
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that we must
5
T.
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# œ œ œ #œ #œ œ fi - cient in them - selves
B.
I
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won - der
that we must
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I won - der
that we must
30 poco a poco stringendo
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M.
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j œ ‰
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# ˙-
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need less need less need less need This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
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42
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add
M.
2 & 4 #œ ™ add
A.
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to
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a tempo
p sotto voce
° ‰ # œ œ œ œ #Uœ ™ J S. & J
42
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44
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45
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I shake my head p sotto voce
M.
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43
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won - der
p sotto voce
A.
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T.
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45 ˙
won
œ œ 45 # ˙ ™ I
won
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43
and
œ ‰ œ J and
43
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rit. p 41
° 3 S. & 4
44 Œ
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