Luke Flynn
White Moon _______________ ___ SATB Chorus & Piano
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White Moon by Luke Flynn SATB Chorus + Piano Performance Time: c.5:00 Commissioned by Choral Arts Initiative. Brandon Elliott, Artistic Director
White moon comes in on a baby face. The shafts across her bed are flimmering. Out on the land White Moon shines, Shines and glimmers against gnarled shadows, All silver to slow twisted shadows Falling across the long road that runs from the house. Keep a little of your beauty And some of your flimmering silver For her by the window tonight Where you come in, White Moon. -“Baby Face” by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
for my daughter, Serena
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About the Composer: Luke Flynn (b. 1988) is a composer for film, television, and concert hall symphonic and choral music. In the media music industry, Flynn has a highly active career, composing and orchestrating the scores for a variety of films and television shows, and working on film scores for the biggest composers in the industry, including John Williams, James Newton Howard, and Danny Elfman. His Hollywood music department credits include over 100 of the biggest movies and television series in the world, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Frozen II, The Simpsons, The Mandalorian and many others. As a concert composer, his music is regularly performed and commissioned by major symphony orchestras, choirs, and ensembles throughout the world. Flynn’s works also consistently win or place as a finalist in international composition contests, including the Sydney Australia Contemporary Orchestra call for scores, the South Korea Busan Maru International Composition Contest (orchestra), the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, the CSUN Orchestra Northridge Composition Prize, and the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus Composition Competition, among others. Flynn holds a Master of Music Composition degree from Butler University, where he studied with Michael Schelle, a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition from Clarke University, where he studied with Amy Dunker, and has also had the privilege of being the first ever American student to study music composition at 鹿児島国際大学, the International University of Kagoshima in Japan, where he studied with Tadashi Kubo. Flynn resides in Iowa, where he conducts all of his work from his studio.
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Commissioned by Choral Arts Initiative. Brandon Elliott, Artistic Director
White Moon
Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Luke Flynn (2017)
for SATB chorus and piano Gentle, flowing q = 54
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Soprano
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#### 4 & # 4
Alto
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Tenor
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rall.
a tempo
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a tempo {q = 54}
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a
a tempo {q = 54}
13
A
ba - by face.
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out
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p, F 42 œ œ œ 43 œ White
Moon
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p, F 42 œ œ œ œ 43
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p, F 42 œ œ œ œ 43
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bed are flim - mer - ing.
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moon comes in
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Moon
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Moon
White
42 42
Moon
∑
43
∑
43
poco accel.
3
White Moon
S
(e=e)
Dreamily {q = 54}
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f #### 3 & # 4 ˙.
shines,
A
shines,
T
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shines
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Dreamily {q = 54}
B
Shines
and glim- mers,
43 œj œ œ œ œœ Shines and
glim - mers,
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38 œ .. œ
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glim - mers,
j 42 œœ .. œœ 43 œ and
glim - mers,
poco rall.
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gainst
j œ- œ .
a tempo
gnarled
j œ- œ .
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shad - ows,
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shines
and glim-mers,
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and glim - mers a
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and
and
poco rall.
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a tempo
42
glim-mers,
44
glim-mers,
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44
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44
and glim-mers,
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43 œ # œ œ œ œ ˙ sil - ver to
sil - ver to
slow
43 # œ œ œ œ 3
sil - ver to
slow poco
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44
poco
44
poco
44
slow
43 œ œ # œ œ 3
sil - ver to
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44
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slow
3 34 œ œ œ œ
44
poco
3
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slow
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25
4 œœ 4
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44
White Moon
4 rit.
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30
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A
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twist
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twist
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twist
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3 j œ œ- ˙
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rit.
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q = 40
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34
Pno.
q = 40
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road
that
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runs
j œ œ
road
a - cross the
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p Ó
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fall
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j ‰ œ
fall
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j œ ‰
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p œ
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fall
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p Ó
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that
long
runs
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ing,
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32 Assuring q = 48
Ó
p
Ó
,
poco a poco dim.
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from the
that
from the
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runs
,
43 œ
runs
43
from the
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house,
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a -
poco rit.
44
house.
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ẇ
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j œ w˙ .
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freely
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that runs
p
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from the house,
p
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road
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poco rit.
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p Ó
p
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j œ œ œ œ œ ˙
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long
P
poco a poco dim.
P #### # & œ œ œ œ œ. cross the
˙˙
3
cross the long
A
˙
32 Assuring q = 48
shad - ows
ed
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34
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shad - ows
30
Pno.
3
p Ó
,
44 w
house.
44 Ó
freely
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44 œ œ œ œ ˙ œ
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A
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B
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B
(a tempo)
ten.
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42
Pno.
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# ## & # #
42
S
(a tempo)
ten.
∑
38
Pno.
Gentle, flowing q = 54
####
38
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U
˙
4 43
White Moon
6
S
A
T
B
#### 3 & # 4 ## & # # # 43 ## V # # # 43
A
T
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Œ
P
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Keep a
lit - tle of your
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&
####
P subdued
# œ
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by the win - dow to - night, subdued
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her
her
Pno.
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50
beau
-
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by the win - dow to - night,
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j œ œ her
˙
where
˙
where
j œ œ œ œ œ 3
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And
P œœœ œ
some
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And
˙.
White
Moon,
∑
Œ
F 3 œ- œ œ
P œ
of your
F œ- œ3 œ œ œ
flim - mer - ing sil - ver
of your
flim - mer - ing sil - ver
3
some
flim - mer - ing sil - ver For
of your
œ J œ œ œ
And
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3
molto rit. al fine
j œ œ œ œ œ
to - night where you come
3
dim. al fine
to - night where you come
you
come
‰ j œ œ œ
where you come
in,
˙
‰ œ œœ œœ J
where you come
˙
in,
p U Œ œ w
˙
‰ Jœ œ œ
˙˙
you
White Moon.
come
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in,
in,
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U
in,
dim. al fine
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p
where you come
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in,
˙
dim. al fine
in,
where you come
˙
in,
Œ
ggg œœœœ œ
‰ j œ œ œ
dim. al fine
œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
F 3 3 j œ œ œ œ œ œ- œ œ œ œ œ some of your flim - mer - ing sil - ver For F 3 , œ œ œ- œ œ œ œ
P
ty
œ œœœ her
P
ty
44
∑
P subdued # œ œ œ œ œ œ her
F
beau
44 Ó
∑
a tempo {q = 54}
her,
B
Œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
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S
F 44 œ . œj ˙ -
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Pno.
P
a tempo {q = 54}
46
œ
w
White Moon.
p U Œ œ w
White Moon.
p U Œ œ ww œ
White Moon.
U ∑
molto rit. al fine
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wwww ww
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