Rosner - Minstrel to an Unquiet Lady, op. 77

Arnold Rosner
Minstrel to an
Unquiet Lady
for tenor and piano
op. 77 (1982)

Arnold Rosner
Minstrel to an Unquiet Lady
I. 4
II. 8
III. 11
Arnold Rosner (1945–2013)
Minstrel to an Unquiet Lady
Copyright © 2014 The Estate of Arnold Rosner. rosner@carsoncooman.com
Music engraved by Jeffrey Grossman in SCORE 4.01
Book typeset in Adobe InDesign
ver. 31 December 2013

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Florence Stevenson
Minstrel to an Unquiet Lady
Andante ( = ca. 60)
from The Chronicle of Nine
I.
3
Arnold Rosner
op. 77 (1982)
8
sempre sostenuto, quasi un’arpa
Wel come all 3 you lords and all
your la dies so fine,
con pedale sempre
7
3
3
8
come
and lis
ten to my chron i
3
cle, to the chron i cle of nine.
3 3 3
secco
12
17
3
8
Wel come all 3 you lords and all
your la dies so fine,
secco
secco
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5
23
3
3
8
come
and lis
ten to my chron i
3
cle, to the chron i cle of nine.
3 3 3
28
33
8
I’ve come to sing you a bal lad, just a rhyme, you might say, with out
3
38
3
8
rea son, though it does tell a sad sto ry, and the sto ry is rea son
3
e
secco
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6
43
3
8
nough. What does an y thing mean of it self and in it self save that
3
48
8
it
3
is
a part of some 3 thing else. Life hap pens, does it not?
3 3
52
secco
57
, teneramente
8
An
herb flow er pull èd from its bed
62
8
dies, dies but lives to fla vor food,
secco
secco
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8ba

7
68
8
sav ing your pres ence, my lords and la dies.
secco
8
loco
73 3
3
78
3
3
8
Come and list
en to my chron i
3
cle, to the chron i
cle of nine.
3 3 3
82
secco
86
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Duration: c. 5 min.

8
II.
Andante ( = ca. 60)
3
8
, sostenuto
Now,
Ed ward was
3 a King, but he
was ill and
(con pedale)
7
8 slight.
12
3
8
3
And so it pass’d my friends that he
did die one night.
17
8
Jane Grey was sore
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9
21
3
3
8
3
fright en’d, but she was
3
Tu
3
dor born. Jane Grey was sore fright en’d, but she
3 3
was
Tu
3
dor
24
8
born. And to the coun cil cham ber,
secco
28
3
8
and to the coun cil cham ber went the maid en so 3 for lorn, so
for
33
, serioso
8
lorn.
3
3
Now
Jane will be a
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10
39
8
queen and wear a vel vet gown, with jew els up on her bos om,
44
8
and with a gold en crown, and with a gold en crown and jew els up on her
49
8 bos om.
54
59
Duration: c. 3½ min.
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III.
11
Andante ( = 60)
8
North um ber land to bat tle went,
6
8
North um ber land to bat tle went with bold five hun dred strong.
12
8
He took the road to Nor folk, he took the road to Nor folk,
17
8
a turn so ver y wrong. Lord Dud ley would die in Au gust,
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12
22
8
Lord Dud ley would die in Au gust,
27
8
and swift the days would pass, and swift the days would pass,
32
secco
39
8
while Mar y reign’d in Lon don, while Mar y reign’d in Lon don,
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13
43
8
a prop er queen at last, a prop er queen at last,
secco
48
8
a prop er queen at last, at last.
54
8
La dy Jane will lie in pris on
59
8
till a Mon day dawns full clear.
8ba
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14
64
, serioso
8
Odd
that the sun should shine so bright up on a day so drear,
secco
loco
68
8
a day so drear.
secco
73
78
3 3
8ba
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Duration: c. 4½ min.
Total duration: c. 13 mins.