SSAA a cappella Duration ca. 5’
MUSIC BY Katerina Gimon WORDS BY E. Pauline Johnson
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E. Pauline Johnson (1861 - 1913)
Katerina Gimon 10''
8''
8''
3
2
1
5''
30''
4 (25'')
Soprano 1
&
#
Soloists: (1 - 2 singers) very sparse texture
F Whistle like a bird/ imitate birdsong
Soprano 2
&
F ˙ ˙
staggered*
#
Mm
˙ #˙ w
staggered
mm
˙
staggered
#˙
mm
˙
˙
U
w
together
w
ñ
"
mm
(bright hum)
Alto 1
Alto 2
&
&
#
#
P .. œ w
staggered*
..
ñ
repeat until line ends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mm
(bright hum)
* Enter, breathe, and re-enter (if applicable) at different times (On the conductors cue, enter within approximately 3 seconds. An easy way to coordinate this is to assign a specific person for the conductor to cue to start, then others can follow)
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"
3
2 S1
P # 6 & 8 œ. œ œ #œ œ œ
9 œ œ œ œ 8 J œ
# 6 & 8 œ.
9 œ. 8
j œ ‰ ‰ Œ
# 6 8 ˙.
9 8 ˙.
œ
# 6 8 ˙.
98 ˙.
œ
q = 72
Sing
p
S2
to us,
#œ.
Sing
&
A1
&
A2
ce - dars; the
mm
p
Sing
twi - light is creep - ing
Sing
j 6 œ 8 œ. nœ œ œ œ œ
With
shad - ow - y
‰ 68 œ .
œ.
mm
j 6 œ 8 œ.
With
shad
j 6 œ 8 œ.
With
shad
gar - ments, the
œ.
shad - ow
mm
p
œ
œ.
-
ow
œ.
-
ow
ª 5 S1
&
#
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œ.
j 9 œ œ œ . œ œ œ # œ œ 8 œ œ œ œJ œ œ
˙.
œ.
j œ œ ˙.
98 ˙.
Œ.
Œ œj œ .
98 œ.
wil - der - ness through;
S2
A1
& &
#
oo
#
œ.
Œ.
mm
A2
&
#
œ.
mm
All day
All
All
Œ.
day
day,
Œ ‰ Œ œj œ . All
we have car - olled, and
day,
œ. œ.
now would be sleep - ing,
98 œ.
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œ
œ J
So
j œ
œ.
œ.
œ.
p ‰ ‰ œ J
So
4
9 S1
&
# œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ. œ œ ech - o
S2
the
# œ & J œ
œ œ J
ech - o
A1
A2
& &
# #
S1
S2
A1
A2
&
#
œ. œ œ
an - thems
j œ œ
ech
-
war - bled to
war - bled to
j œ œ. o,
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ
ech - o
ª 12
œ
an - thems we
the
an - thems we
war - bled to
,F œ œ œ 6 œ. 8
˙. you;
While we
F œ œ œ 68 œ . ,
˙. you;
œ. you;
swing,
While we
F # œ . œ œ œ œ œ 68 œ. ,
œ. œ #œ œ.
you;
swing,
,F 68 #œ œ œ œ While we
swing,
j œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œj œ . œ . œ ‰
your branch - es sing, And we
drowse to your dream - y
whis - pering.
(ng)
your branch - es sing, And we
drowse to your dream - y
whis - pering.
(ng)
œ J
swing,
And
œ
swing,
While we
œ
j œ
swing,
And
œ
œ J
swing,
j œ œ
swing,
And
j œ
And
98
∑
P # 9 & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ œj œ . œ . œ ‰ # œ . œ œ œ # œ œ œ 8 & &
#
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ œj œ . œ . œ ‰
your branch es sing, And we
#
Sing to us, ce - dars; the
j #œ œ œ #œ œ your branch - es sing, And
drowse to your dream - y
whis - pering.
(ng)
P
œ. œ œ #œ
Sing to us, ce - dars; the
P j j œ œ . œ . œ œj œ . nœ œ œ nœ œ œ
drowse to your dream - y
whis - pering.
(ng)
Va
98 œ œ
dm
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œ
j 98 œ va
5
# 9 œ & 8 ‰
œ
17 S1
Ah
S2
A2
j œ œ
j œ 68 œ . œ # œ œ œ œ
œ nœ œ œ.
œ.
j œ œ
j œ œ
68 œ.
va dm
dm
dm
&
#
Is
Is
98
˙.
woo - ing,
plead - ing,
woo - ing, is plead - ing, to
ah
hear you re - ply;
j œ œ.
œ
va
dm
∑
And
And
œ œj œ œJ œ œj va
dm
dm
va
P 68 ‰ œ œ .
∑
Oo
#
œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 68 ˙ . & # œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ 98 œ œ œ œJ œ œ Jœ here in your arms we are
A1
œ.
# 9 & 8 œ.
21
S2
j œ œ.
œ
ª
S1
œ
# 9 & 8 œ œ œ œJ œ œ.
œœœ œœœ œœœ
œ.
j œ 68 œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
night - wind is sigh - ing,
A2
Œ.
ah
# 9 j & 8 nœ œ œ nœ œ
night - wind is sigh - ing,
A1
6 œ. 8
œ œ. J
& &
#
And long - ing to dream to your soft lul - la
98 œ œ œ j # œ œ n œ œ œ œj œ . œ. œ œ œ
here in your arms we are
#
rest - ful - ly ly - ing,
œ. dm
œ
rest - ful - ly ly - ing,
j 98 œ . œ va
dm
œ.
œ
We dream
j œ œ
œ
va dm
dm
to
j œ œ.
dm
-
by;
j œ œ 68 ˙ . œ œ
your soft lul - la
j œ œ va dm
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-
by;
68 œ . œ œj dm
va
6
# œ œ œ. & J
25 S1
S2
&
#
œ.
œ
j #œ ˙.
f Œ œ œ œ
œ œ. J
œ.
œ ‰ œ. oo
Œ.
∑
While we
# . F & Œ #œ.
swing,
˙. Œ Jœ œ # œ œ œ .
swing,
And your branch - es
freely staggered
staggered**
A1
˙.
Sing
A2
#
& œ.
dm
ª
œ œj œ . va
dm
# ‰ & #œ œ.
S2
A1
A2
# & œ.
Oo
Œ
dm
va
œ.
dm
œ.
va
œ.
dm
j œ œ.
œ œj œ .
va
dm
va
#œ. œ œ Sing
to us
œ
dm
œ œj œ .
j œ
va
œ. œ.
oo
j œ œ œj œ .
œ.
whis - pering.
œ. ah
œ
œ.
œ ‰ œ.
œ.
Ah
œ œj
˙.
to us
œ
And we drowse to your dream - y
ce - dars.
& œ.
œ œj
Sing
F
œ #œ œ œ œ œ
# & œ #œ œ œ. #
#œ. œ œ
(ng)
j œ œ
30 S1
œ.
staggered
sing,
j œ œ.
va
dm
œ.
repeat until line ends, slowing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
œ œj va
œ.
dm
œ œj œ . œ œj va
dm
va
** As before, enter, breathe, and re-enter (if applicable) at different times. The given placement is approximate and singers may enter within 3 seconds of this entry, Again, it might be helpful to assign a specific singer to lead, singing the initial entry of each idea. There should be overlap between the staggered ideas.
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7 35 S1
&
#
˙.
dim.
P œ œ 9 œ. œ œ#œ œ œ œ œ J œ 8
8''
25''
drop out one by one
(sustain)
Sing to us, ce - dars; Your voice is so low-ly,
(12'') Soloists:
S2
A1
A2
& & &
(1 - 2 singers) very sparse texture
#
Whistle like a bird/ imitate birdsong
#
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#
A1
A2
dm
# 9 & 8 œ. # 9 & 8
# & 98 œ . &
#
repeat until line ends, gradually slow and stagger
œ . œ œj œ . œ
39
S2
P œ œ œ 98 œ œ # œ œ œ . œ œ œ J
Sing to us, ce - dars; Your voice is so low-ly,
ª S1
9 8
F
va
U
Œ
dm
va
Œ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
repeat until line ends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
dm
j œ œ . œ # œ 78 œ œ œ œ œ . n œ œ 68 œj œ œ .
Your breath - ing so
U
P ˙ œ
staggered
fra-grant, your branch-es so
strong;
j œ œ . œ # œ 78 œ œ œ œ œ . n œ œ 68 œj œ œ .
Your breath - ing so
fra-grant, your branch-es so
staggered
staggered
œ va
˙
dm
œ va
˙
U
Œ œj . œ œ œ
U
Our lit - tle nest
Œ œj œ . œ œ
Our lit - tle nest
strong;
repeat until line ends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
dm
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8 43 S1
&
#
œ. Œ œ J
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. ˙.
# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œJ œ .
œ. Œ œ J
U
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. ˙.
cra - dles are sway - ing so
S2
A1
A2
& & &
#
cra - dles are sway - ing so
S1
& &
A2
& &
While zeph-yrs are breath-ing their slum-ber-ous song.
œ
va
#
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
˙
repeat until line ends
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
dm
staggered one breath
˙
mm
#
˙.
#
˙.
F Œ œ œ œ Jœ œ
U
And we swing,
F Œ œ œ œ Jœ œ
# #
And we swing,
œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ j œ œ J
j œ
swing, While your branch - es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering.
U
(ng)
A1
slow - ly,
While zeph-yrs are breath-ing their slum-ber-ous song.
staggered
(ng)
S2
slow - ly,
#
ª 49
U
# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œJ œ .
œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ j œ œ J
j œ
swing, While your branch - es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering. staggered one breath
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U
Œ
F
dm
j œ œ œ œœ
And we swing,
˙
j œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œj œ
j œ
swing, While your branch - es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering.
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9
54 S1 S2
A1 A2
&
#
wait for last A1, then, a moment of silence
˙.
# ( Ó .) & ˙.
U
Œ.
P
(begin together, then gradually slow at different rates to stagger) together
œ
œ J
Swing,
wait for last A1, then, a moment of silence
U
Œ.
P
œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ j œ j œ œ J
œ
swing, While your branch-es sing, And we drowse to your dream -y whis - pering.
(begin together, then gradually slow at different rates to stagger) together
œ
Swing,
j œ œ
j j œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œj œ œ
swing, While your branch-es sing, And we drowse to your dream - y whis - pering.
staggered
˙.
staggered
˙.
ª
# UΠ&
59 S1 S2
p staggered œ œ J We
A1 A2
# U & Œ
drowse
p staggered œ œ J We
drowse
#œ to
#œ to
œ your
œ your
œ
j œ œ
dream - y
œ
j œ
U
whis - pering.
j œ œ
dream - y
j œ
U
whis - pering.
˙.
˙.
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(together)
˙.
ñ
(ng)
(together)
˙.
(ng)
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