Text by Lola Ridge

Melissa Dunphy

for SSAA choir

Shadows over a cradle...

3 min

2015

Commissioned for Ancora by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, Robert Geary Director.

(Shadows over a cradle...re-light craning...A handthrows something in the reand a smaller handruns into the ame and out again,singed and empty...Shadowssettling over a cradle...two handsand a re.)

From Sun-Up by Lola Ridge (1920)

Commissioned for Ancora by the Piedmont East Bay Children's ChoirRobert Geary Director.

Copyright 2015

Soprano 1

Soprano 2

Alto 1

Alto 2

Sha

p

dows, sha dows o ver a cra dle, sha dows o ver a,

h = 50

Sha

p

dows, tsss

fpp

tsss

fpp

Hmm

pp

hmm o

p

ver a

Hmm

pp

hmm o

p

ver a,

S1

S2

A1

A2

sha dows, tss sha

p

dows

poco un poco cresc.

o ver a, sha dows, sha dows o ver a cra dle,

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Sha

p

dows, sha dows, sha

poco un poco cresc.

dows o ver a cra dle, sha dows, tsss

fp

cra

poco un poco cresc.

dle, a cra dle, a cra dle, sha dows, sha dows, tsss

p

tsss

fpp

a

p

cra dle, tsss,

fp

sha

p

dows, sha dows

C

C

C

C

Shadows over a cradle...

Melissa DunphyLyrics by Lola Ridge

(ossia in brackets)

S1

S2

A1

A2

sha dows, re light, sha

mf

dows, sha dows o ver a, sha dows,

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Fire light cran

mf

ing... Sha dows, sha dows, sha dows,

sha

mp

dows, sha dows, sha

mf

dows o ver a, tsss

fp

sha

mf

dows

o ver a cra dle, a cra dle, a cra

mf

dle, a cra dle, a

S1

S2

A1

A2

sha

f

dows o ver a cra dle, sha

legato

dows, sha dows o ver a cra dle,

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sha

f

dows o ver a cra dle, sha

legato

dows, sha dows o ver a cra dle, sha dows,

o ver a, ha

f

ha sha dows,

cra dle, ha

f

ha

S1

S2

A1

A2

re light cran ing... A

ff

hand throws

mp17

re light cran ing... Sha

ff

dows, sha dows o ver a cra dle...

re light cran ing... A

ff

hand throws

mp

re light cran ing... A

ff

hand

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S1

S2

A1

A2

some thing in the re, some thing in the re, some thing in the re,

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somesome

mp

thing in the re,re, somesome thing in the re,re, somesome thing in the

some thing in the re, some thing in the re, some thing in the re,

somesome

mp

thing in the re,re, some thing in the re,re, the

S1

S2

A1

A2

some thing in the re, some thing in the re, some thing in the re, and a smal ler hand

25

re,re, somesome thing in the re, somesome thing in the re, and a smal ler hand

some thing in the re, some thing in the re, the re, and a smal ler hand

re,re, some thing in the re,re, the re, and a smal ler hand

S1

S2

A1

A2

runs in to the ame, somesome

mp

thing in the re,re, runs in to the

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runs in to the ame, some thing in the re, runs in to the

runs in to the ame and out a gain, runs in to the ame and

runs in to the ame and out a gain, runs in to the ame and

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S1

S2

A1

A2

ame and out a gain, in to the ame and out a gain out a

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ame, some thing in the re, and out a gain, and out a gain out a

out a gain, runs in to the ame and out a gain, and out a gain, out a

out a gain, runs in to the ame and out a gain, and out a gain, out a

S1

S2

A1

A2

gain singed,

p

singed, singed

pp37

gain tsss

fp

tsss

fp

singed

pp

gain, singed,

p

singed, singed

pp

and

p

gain, singed,

p

singed, singed

pp

S1

S2

A1

A2

Shad

p

ows, sha dows o ver a cra dle, sha dows

46

Shad

p

ows, sha dows o ver a cra dle, sha dows,

emp ty. sha dows o ver a cra dle, sha dows,

Sha

p

dows, set tling o ver a, sha dows, sha dows

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S1

S2

A1

A2

set tling o ver a cra dle... two

mf50

sha dows, sha dows set tling o ver a cra dle... two

mf

sha dows set tling o ver a cra dle, sha dows set tling o ver a

mf

set tling o ver a cra dle, sha dows set tling o ver a cra dle, a

mf

S1

S2

A1

A2

hands sha

pp

dows, sha dows, sha dows.

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hands tsss

fpp

cra dle, a cra dle... and

p

a re.

cra dle, a cra dle... and

p

a re.

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