Rosner - Of Songs and Sonnets, op. 108

Arnold Rosner
Of Songs
and Sonnets
for mezzo-soprano or countertenor and harpsichord
op. 108 (1997)

Arnold Rosner
Of Songs and Sonnets
I. Tell Me, Sweetest Nymph 4
II. To Mr. H. Lawes, on the publishing his Airs 7
III. Presentation to the Father and Mother 12
Arnold Rosner (1945–2013)
Of Songs and Sonnets
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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John Milton
Of Songs and Sonnets
for mezzo-soprano or countertenor and harpsichord
I. Tell Me, Sweetest Nymph
Arnold Rosner
op. 108 (1997)
Allegretto ( = ca. 94)
I: 8’ lute
II: 8’
II
5
8
legato
Sweet E cho, sweet est Nymph, sweet
est Nymph that liv
’st un
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11
legato
seen With in thy air y shell By slow Me
an der’s mar
gent
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I
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green, And in the vi o let im broi der’d vale Where the love lorn Night in gale
II
18
Night ly to thee her sad song mourn eth well.
II
21
legato
Canst thou not tell
me of a gen tle
I
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pair That lik est thy Nar cis sus are? O if thou have Hid them
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in som flow er y Cave, Tell me but where Sweet Queen of Par ly,
*orig.: flowry
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Daugh ter
of the Sphear!
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35
So mai st thou be trans la ted to the skies, So mai st thou be trans
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la ted to the skies, And give re sound ing
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(ossia)
grace to all Heav ’ns Har mo nies.
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45
II
48
poco ritardando
Duration: ca. 2¼ min.
II. To Mr. H. Lawes, on the publishing his Airs
Allegretto ( = ca. 135, = ca. 45)
I: 8’
II: 8’
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II
5
II
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(ossia)
Har ry, whose tune ful and well meas ur’d Song First taught our Eng lish Mu sick how to span Words with
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13
just note and ac cent, not to scan With Mi das’ Ears, com mit ting short and long;
I
17
rit.
a tempo
(ossia)
II
Thy worth and skill ex empts thee from the throng,
II
21
sub.
With praise e nough for En vy to look wan,
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praise e nough for En vy, praise e nough for En vy
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II
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sub.
to look wan;
To af ter age thou
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32
shalt be writ the man That with smooth aire couldst hu mor, with smooth aire couldst hu mor best our tongue.
36
II
poco rit.
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40 (rit.) poco
meno
a tempo
3
Thou
hon our ’st Verse, and Verse must send her wing
43
To hon our thee, the Priest of Phoe bus Quire That
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tun’st their hap pi est lines in Hymn, or Sto ry, lines in Hymn or Sto ry.
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II
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poco rit.
a tempo
I
57 I II
61
Dan te shall give Fame leave to set thee high er Than his Ca
*orig.: Then
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sel la, whom he woo’d to sing, woo’d to sing Met in the mild er shades of
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Pur ga to ry, in the mild er shades of Pur ga to ry.
II
dolce
73
Duration: ca. 3½ min.
Andante ( = ca. 133)
III. Presentation to the Father and Mother
I: 8’+4’
II: 8’
II
6
No ble Lord, and La dy bright, I have brought ye new de light,
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No ble Lord, and La dy bright, I have brought ye new de light,
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Here be hold so good ly grown Three fair branch es of your own,
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Heav en hath time ly
*orig.: Heav’n
tried
*orig.: tri’d
their
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youth, Their faith, their pa tience, and their truth.
31
And sent them here through hard as says With a crown of death less Praise, To
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tri umph in vic tor i ous dance
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II
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O’re sen su al Fol ly, and In tem per ance,
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and In tem per
ance.
48
(secco)
Duration: ca. 2¾ min.
Complete duration: ca. 9 min.
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