CHARLES SHADLE: SIX DICKINSON SONGS (2000) For Soprano and Clarinet
I. I'm NobodyI'm Nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody too?Then there's a pair o f u s -Don't tell! They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!How public like a frogTo tell your name the live long dayTo an admiring bog.
2. Brazil
I asked no other thing,No other was denied.I offered Being for it;The mighty merchant smiled.
"Brazil!" He twirled at button,Without a glance my way:"But, madam, is there nothing elseThat we can show today?"
3. Wild Nights!
Wild nights! Wild nights!Were I with thee,Wild nights should beOur luxury!
Futile the windsTo a heart in port, --Done with the compassDone with the chart.
Rowing in EdenAh! The sea!Might I but moor tonightIn thee!
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4. Come Slowly, Eden
Come slowly, EdenLips unused to theeBashful, sip thy jasmines,As a fainting Bee.
Reaching late his flowerRound her chamber hums,Counts his nectars-Enters And is lost in balms!
5. Aristocracy
The pedigree of honeyDoes not concern the bee;A clover any time, to himIs aristocracy!
6. The Morning After Death
The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth,--
The sweeping up the heart,And putting love awayWe shall not want to use againUntil Eternity.
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for Margaret O'Keefe
Six Dickinson Songs for soprano and clarinet
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
1. I'm Nobody! Charles Shadle (b. 1960)
Andante
Soprano
Score in C
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no-bo-dy! Who are you? Are you
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Then there's a pair of us don't
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They'd ban - ish us, you know.
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frog to tell yourto be some - bo - dy!
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day To an ad mir ing
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2. Brazil (dolce)Andante p p p - : = p p m p m f - : : : : = - p p - = = = = m p
Soprano
asked no oth - er thing, No oth-er was de nied. of- fered Be- ing for
Score in C
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way: "But,madam, T&here n(){hingelse Thatwecanshowto day'!"
senza misura colla voce
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3. Wild Nights!
f Soprano
Wild nights' Wild nights!
Score in C
larinet in Bb
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with thee, Wild
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with the
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poco accell. a Tempo I
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4. Come Slowly, Eden
Soprano
Score in C
larinet in Bb
Larghetto p
Come slow
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ly,
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Lips un - used 10 thee Bash ful, sip thy jas - mines, As a
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Reach• ing late his flower Round her cham - ber hums,
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Counts his nee tars en ters And is lost in
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5. Aristocracy
Soprano
Score in C
larinet in Bb
Vivo c schcrzando
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ped - i - gree o f hon ey Does 1101 con - cem the bee;
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6. The Morning After Death
Adagio (Tempo I)
Soprano
accell. 3
Score in C
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3
Clarinet in Bb
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moderato ( a piacere) 5 p
bus - tie in a house The morn - ing af - ter
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act ed up - on earth,
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death
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