Tre Cose for SSA choir
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) edited by Alyssa J. Cossey
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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was a prolific classical-era composer who is perhaps best known as, “The Father of the Symphony,” but his fifty-six unaccompanied canons (of which this is one) have gone almost entirely unnoticed and unperformed. Haydn’s canons were not originally written for a particular patron (like his more well-known works) but were instead written for personal use among friends. The canons were never publicly performed, and, instead, the handwritten framed copies hung as decoration in his study until his death in 1809. Of the forty-six secular canons, only one is written in Italian––Tre cose. The text (written by G.A. Federico) comes from the opening of La serva padrona, where Uberto (an aristocrat) complains about having to wait for Serpina (his maid). Haydn, who was likely very familiar with Pergolesi’s famous comic intermezzo, having composed a few himself, seems to improve on Pergolesi’s setting of the impatient Uberto by re-writing the scene as a canon––“the perfect musical device to depict aristocratic boredom.” Though this edition indicates three repeats, the original gives no such indication––so each conductor and choir can indulge in as many or as few repeats as needed for musical effect.
Text: Aspettare e non venire, Ben servire e non gradire, Star in letto e non dormire, Son tre cose da morire!
IPA Aspettare a spɛtː ˈta ɾe
e e
Translation: To wait around and have no one come, To serve well and get no thanks, To lie in bed and get no sleep, These are three things that kill me!
non non
venire vɛ ˈni ɾe
e e
non noŋ
gradire gra ˈdi ɾe dormire dor ˈmi ɾe
Ben bɛn
servire sɛr ˈvi ɾe
Star star
in in
letto e ˈlɛtː to e
non non
Son son
tre tre
cose da ˈko ze da
morire mo ˈɾi ɾe
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Tre cose G.A. Federico (1726-1744)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Edited by Alyssa J. Cossey
Adagio p
° b3 ™ Soprano ¢& b b 4 œ œ
j œ
j œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ™ œ œ œ œ ‰ œj œ ™ œ
A - spet - ta - re
e non ve
ni - re,
ben ser - vi - re
e non gra-
p Adagio Piano (Rehearsal only)
bbb 43 œ ™ œ & {
j œ
j œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ™ œ œ œ œ ‰ œj œ ™ œ
4
, mp j œ œ Œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ œ sost.
S.
° bb j œ™ & b œ œ œ Œ bœ œ œ ‰ œJ œ™ œ di- re,
star in let - to
j œ
e non dor - mi- re,
son tre co - se da mo ri - re. A - spet -
mp
b A. ¢& b b
∑
∑
∑
∑
Ó
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sost. mp
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9
S.
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cresc. b ™ A. ¢& b b ˙ ta
Pno.
e non ve
ni - re,
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ben ser - vi - re
Ϫ
e
j œ
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ni
-
j œ
star
in
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re, star in
bœ œœ ™ œ œ‰ œ œ™ œ œ ‰
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Sing 3x
13
2 mf S.
° bb & b
∑
∑
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mf
sost. S.
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e
non
j œ
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j œ œ œ œ œ ™™ œ ™ œ
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dor - mi - re,
son
tre co -
se da mo
ri - re.
mf
sost.
b A. ¢& b b œ let -
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non dor
to e
mi
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re, son tre
co - se
da mo - re - re,
A - spet mf
sost.
bb œœ œ œ‰ œj œ™ œ b Pno. { & œ œ nœ œ
j œ
j œœ œ œŒ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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17
S.
° b œ™ &b b ta
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cresc. œ œ œ ™ œ œ œ ‰ œœ J
re e non
ve -
ni -
re,
b j & b b œj œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ ta - re
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bb ˙ ™ b & ¢
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spet - ta
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ta
e
non
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3 20
S.
° b œ &b b
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ni
S.
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star
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let
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b jœ œ Pno. { & b b œ œœ ™ œ
let - to
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star
re,
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b & b b œj œ
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sost.
final time only
Ϫ
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22
S.
° b œ™ &b b mi
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re,
tre
son
co
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se
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son
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da
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j œ bœœœ™ œ œ œ bœ
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j œœ œœ œ œ
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