Rosner - Nine Tagore Madrigals, op. 37

Arnold Rosner
Nine Tagore Madrigals
for five voices
op. 37 (1968)

Arnold Rosner
Nine Tagore Madrigals
1. The Lady of the Sea 7
2. The Unanswered Question 23
3. When She Pass’d 26
4. The Guest 36
5. Last Night in the Garden 44
6. Her Night’s Silence 50
7. I Hold Her Hands 57
8. The Great Unknown 66
9. Peace, My Heart 72
These nine madrigals are settings of poetry by the Bengali writer
Rabindranath Tagore.
These pieces may be performed in any order, and any one or more of them
may be used without the rest of the group. The performing group should
be balanced and very small. A performance by five good, well-matched solo
singers is a considered option. The part marked Quinto can be taken by a
high tenor or low alto, for solo performance, and any combination of these
for choral performance.
— Arnold Rosner
Arnold Rosner (1945–2013)
Nine Tagore Madrigals
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Texts
The Lady of the Sea
You bathed in the sea and sat on the pebbled shore with wet untied hair. Your loose yellow dress rested on the damp soil
in curved lines around you. On your uncovered breasts and unadorned body the dawn wrote its fine message in lines of
gold. On my brow there shone a dragon crown. In my right hand I held a bow. I came before you in royal robes and said,
“A stranger I have come to your shore.” Startled, you stood up from your seat of stone and asked, “Why have you come?”
I said, “Do not be afraid, I only want to gather from your garden flowers from my God.” You smiled your consent and
walked by my side. Together we picked the junthee and the jatee and the champak. Together we arranged them in my
prayer bowl. Together we sat in worship of the Lord of dance.
The mist disappeared and in the sky the light shone like the smile of Parvati as she gazed upon Shiva’s face. When the
evening star rose over the mountain peak, you were sitting alone in your room. Your blue skirt was tied round your
waist. Garlands of malati were twined upon your head. Tingling bracelets clung to your wrists. As I walked on my way
I played my flute and said, “I came to your door. Look, here is a guest for you.” Startled, you quickly lit your lamp and
looked at me and asked, “Why have you come?” I replied, “Do not be afraid, I only want to deck your slender limbs with
my jewels.” You looked at me with a smiling face as I hung over your breasts a garland like the crescent moon. I took off
my dragon crown and made it a circlet for your dusky hair. Your maidens came, and lit the lamps, the jewels on your
body sparkled and shone. The night of the spring became sweet and tender.
Your dance and my drum mingled in unison. The full moon smiled on the cloudless sky like Shiva and Shivani. Light
and shade trembled on the waters of the sea.
The Unanswered Question, from Last Writings
Faced with the emergence of new being, the day’s first sun asked the question, “Who art thou?” There was no reply.
Endless years passed on the shores of the western sea in the speechless evening. The day’s last sun asked the final question,
“Who art thou?” There was no reply.
When She Pass’d, from The Gardener
When she passed by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touched me.
From the unknown island of a heart came a sudden warm breath of spring.
A flutter of a flitting touch brushed me and vanished in a moment, like a torn flower petal blown in the breeze.
It fell upon my heart like a sigh of her body and whisper of her heart.
The Guest, from Gitanjali
On the day when death will knock at thy door what wilt thou offer to him? Oh, I will set before my guest the full vessel
of my life—I will never let him go with empty hands. All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights,
all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life will I place before him at the close of my days when death will knock at
my door.

Last Night in the Garden, from Lover’s Gift
Last night in the garden I offered you my youth’s foaming wine. You lifted the cup to your lips, you shut your eyes and
smiled while I raised your veil, unbound your tresses, drawing down upon my breast your face sweet with its silence,
last night when the moon’s dream overflowed the world of slumber.
To-day in the dew-cooled calm of the dawn you are walking to God’s temple, bathed and robed white, with a basketful
of flowers in your hand. I stand aside in the shade under the tree, with my head bent, in the calm of the dawn by the
lonely road to the temple.
Her Night’s Silence, from Fruit-Gathering
I know that at the dim end of some day the sun will bid me its farewell.
Shepherds will play their pipes beneath the banyan trees, and cattle graze on the slope by the river, while my days will
pass into the dark.
This is my prayer, that I may know before I leave why the earth called me to her arms.
Why her night’s silence spoke to me of stars, and her daylight kissed my thoughts into flower.
Before I go may I linger over my last refrain, completing its music, may the lamp be lit to see your face and the wreath
woven to crown you.
I Hold Her Hands, from The Gardener
I hold her hands and press her to my breast.
I try to fill my arms with her loveliness, to plunder her sweet smile with kisses, to drink her dark glances with my eyes.
Ah, but, where is it? Who can strain the blue from the sky?
I try to grasp the beauty, it eludes me, leaving only the body in my hands.
Baffled and weary I come back.
How can the body touch the flower which only the spirit may touch?
The Great Unknown, from Last Writings
There lies the Ocean of Peace.
O Helmsman, sail out to the open sea.
You will be my eternal companion,
Take, O take me in your arms.
The pole star will shine, lighting the path to eternity.
O Lord of deliverance, your forgiveness, your mercy shall be my everlasting sustenance.
On my journey to the shores of eternity.
May the bonds of earth dissolve, the mighty universe take me to her arms, and may I come to know fearlessly the Great
Unknown.
Peace, My Heart, from The Gardener
Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.

Delicato ( = c. 106)
Nine Tagore Madrigals
for five voices
1. The Lady of the Sea
7
Arnold Rosner
Opus 37 (1968)
Soprano
You bathed in the sea and sat on the peb bled shore with wet un tied hair.
Alto
You bathed in the sea and sat on the peb bled shore with wet un tied hair.
Quinto
(low alto or
high tenor)
You bathed in the sea and sat on the peb bled shore with wet un tied hair.
Tenor
8
Your
Bass
Your
8
curv’d
lines a
3
curv’d
lines, curv’d
lines a
3
loose yel low dress res ted on the damp soil in curv’d
lines
3
8
loose yel low dress res ted on the damp soil in curv’d lines, curv’d
lines
loose yel low dress res ted on the damp soil in curv’d lines
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mezzo
round you. On your un co ver’d breasts
mezzo
the
dawn
round you. On your un co ver’d breasts
mezzo
the dawn wrote its fine
On your un co ver’d breasts
mezzo
the dawn wrote its fine mes sage in lines of
8
’round you.
and un a dorn’d bo dy
mezzo
and
un a dorn’d bo dy
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wrote its fine mes sage in lines of gold.
mes sage in lines of gold. On my
gold.
8
wrote its fine mes sage in lines of gold, of gold.
lines of gold.
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31
On my
brow there shone a dra gon crown.
brow there shone a dra gon crown.
On my brow there shone a dra gon crown, dra gon crown.
8
On my
On my
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pesante
In
my right hand I held a bow.
pesante
In
my right hand I held a bow, in my right hand I held a
8
brow there shone a crown in my right hand I held a
pesante
brow there shone a dra gon crown.
right
hand I held a bow, in my right hand I held a
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I came be fore you in roy al robes and said,
I came be fore you in roy al robes and said,
bow. came be fore you in roy al robes and said,
8
bow. I came be fore you
bow. you in roy al robes “A
45
“A stran ger I have come to your shore.”
8
“A
stran ger I have come to your shore, a stran ger I have
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53
espr.
Star tled,
you stood up from your seat of
espr.
Star tled,
you stood up from your seat of
espr.
8
stran ger I have come to your shore.” you stood up from your seat of
come to your shore.”
62
stone and ask’d, “Why have you come?”
ask’d,
“Do
stone and ask’d, I said,
8
stone and ask’d I said,
I
said,
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72
3
3
not be
a fraid, I on ly want to ga ther from your gar den flow’rs for
my God,
8
3
“Do
not
be a fraid I on ly want to ga ther from your
77
3
3
Do
not be
a fraid, I on ly want to, on ly want to ga ther from
your
3
3
“Do
not be
a fraid, I on
ly want to ga ther
8
“Do
3
gar den flow’rs for my God.
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82
3
3
I
on
ly want to
ga ther flow’rs for
my
God.”
3
3
gar den flow ers for my God.” I on ly want flow’rs for my God.”
flow’rs, flow ers for my God.”
3
3
8
not be a fraid I
on ly want to ga ther flow ers for my God.”
3
3
Do
not be a fraid, do not be a fraid, ga ther flow’rs for my God.”
87
3
You
smil’d your con sent and walk’d by my side.
3
You
smil’d your con sent and walk’d by my side, walk’d by my
3
3
You
smil’d your con sent and walk’d by my side,
3
con sent and walk’d by my
8
You smil’d your con sent and walk’d by my
3
You smil’d your con sent and walk’d by my
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93
3
To
ge ther we pick’d the jun thee and the ja tee and the cham pak. To
3
side. To ge ther we pick’d the jun thee and the ja tee and the cham pak.
side.
To
8
side.
3
To
side. To ge ther we pick’d the jun thee and the ja tee and the cham pak. To
99
3
ge ther we ar rang’d them in my prayer bowl. To ge ther we sat in
3
wor ship of the
To
ge ther we sat in wor ship of the Lord of dance.
3
ge ther we ar rang’d them in my prayer bowl. To ge ther we sat in wor ship of the Lord of dance.
8
ge ther we ar rang’d them in my prayer bowl. Lord of dance.
3
ge ther we ar rang’d them To ge ther we sat
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Largo ( = c. 40)
The mist dis ap pear’d and in the sky the light shone
The mist dis ap pear’d and in the sky the light shone
like the smile of Par va ti
8
The mist dis ap pear’d and in the sky the light like the smile of Par va ti
like the smile of Par va ti
116
Tempo I ( = c. 106)
as she gaz’d up on Shi va’s face. When the eve ning star rose o’er the moun tain
as she gaz’d up on Shi va’s face. When the eve ning star rose
as she gaz’d up on Shi va’s face. When the eve ning star rose o’er the moun tain
8
moun tain
as she gaz’d up on Shi va’s face.
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124
peak, a lone in your room.
you were sit ting a lone in your room.
peak, you were sit ting. Your blue skirt was tied ’round your
8
peak, you were sit ting a lone in your room. Your blue skirt was tied ’round your
Your blue skirt was tied ’round your
130
3
were
twined up on your head. Tin gling brace lets clung to your
3
were
twined
Tin gling brace lets clung to your
waist. Gar lands of ma la ti Tin gling brace lets clung to your
8
waist. Gar lands of ma la ti up on your head.
waist. Gar lands of ma la ti, ma la ti
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135
wrists. As I walk’d on my way I play’d my
wrists.
wrists. As I walk’d on my way I play’d my flute
8
As I walk’d on my way I play’d my flute I came to
“I came to your door.
143
più
espr.
flute
and
said, Start led, you
quick
ly
“I came to your door. Look, here is a guest for you.”
più
espr.
and
said, Start led, you quick
espr.
ly
8
your door. Start led, you
più
quick
ly
and
said,
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151
lit your lamp
espr.
and
look’d at me and ask’d,
lit your lamp and look’d at
8
lit your lamp me and ask’d,
espr.
and
look’d at me and ask’d,
160
3
“Do
not be
a fraid, I
on ly want to
I re plied,
“Why have you come?” “I on ly want to
8
I re plied, “I on ly want to
3
“Do
not be a fraid
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168
3
deck your slen der limbs, Do not
be
a fraid, I
“to deck them with my jewels,
deck your slen der limbs, deck them with my jewels, I
3
8
deck your slen der limbs, Do not
be
a fraid, I
to deck them with my jew els,
174
on ly want to deck your slen der limbs
to deck them with my jew’ls.” You look’d
on ly want to deck your slen der limbs
8
on ly want to deck your slen der limbs with my jew’ls.”
with my jew els.”
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180
a gar land like the cre scent moon.
at me with a smil ing face
as I hung o ver your breasts a gar land
8
shaped
shaped
183
and made it a cir clet for your dus ky
and made it a cir clet for your dus ky
I took off my dra gon crown
8
like the moon and made it a cir clet for your dus ky
like the cre scent moon. I took off my dra gon crown
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187
hair. and lit the lamps,
hair. and lit the lamps, the jewels on your
Your mai dens came, jewels on your
8
Your mai dens came, the jew els on your
Your mai dens came, and lit the lamps,
193
= = c. 53
The
night of the spring be came sweet and ten der.
bo dy spark led and shone. The night of the spring be came sweet and ten der.
bo dy spark led and shone. The night of the spring be came sweet and ten der.
8
bo
dy
spark led and shone.
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200
Your dance and my drum
Your dance and my drum min gled in u ni son.
Your dance and my drum, dance and my drum.
8
Your dance and my drum min gled in u ni son.
Your dance and my drum min gled in u ni son.
Largo ( = c. 40)
The
full moon smiled on the cloud less sky, the cloud less sky
The full moon smiled on the cloud less sky, the cloud less sky
The full moon smiled on the cloud less sky, the cloud less like Shi va and Shi va ni.
8
like Shi va and Shi va ni.
like Shi va and Shi va ni.
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217
Light and shade trem bled on the wa ters of the sea.
Light and shade trem bled on the wa ters of the sea.
on the wa ters of the sea.
8
Light and shade trem bled of the sea.
Light and shade trem bled on the wa ters of the sea.
Duration: c. 6 min.
Adagio misterioso ( = c. 104)
mezzo
2. The Unanswered Question
Faced,
mezzo
faced,
Faced
mezzo
e mer gence, faced,
(mezzo)
Faced
mezzo
e mer gence, faced e
(mezzo)
(mezzo)
8
Faced,
mezzo
faced
(mezzo)
e
(mezzo)
Faced
with the e mer gence, faced
with the
e
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7
the day’s first sun ask’d
the day’s first sun
mer gence of new be ing, day’s first sun ask’d
8
mer gence of new be ing, ask’d
mer gence of new be ing, ask’d
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mezzo
espr.
“Who art thou?” no
mezzo
re ply. End less years
“Who art thou?” There was no re ply.
mezzo
“Who art thou?” There
was no re ply.
mezzo
espr.
8
the ques tion, art thou?” was
no re ply. End
mezzo
espr.
the ques tion, re
ply.
End
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pass’d, end less years pass’d
espr.
espr.
End less years pass’d on the shores of the
End less years pass’d, end less years pass’d on shores of the
8
less, end less years pass’d on the shores
less
shores of the
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in the speech less eve ning. The day’s last sun ask’d
wes tern sea The day’s last sun ask’d
wes tern sea in the speech less eve ning.
8
in the speech less eve ning. The day’s last sun ask’d the fi nal ques tion,
wes tern sea in the speech less eve ning. ask’d the fi nal ques tion,
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mezzo
“Who art thou?” no
re
ply.
“Who art thou?” There was no re ply.
“Who art thou?” There was no re ply.
8
art thou?” was no re ply.
re
ply.
Duration: c. 2 min.
3. When She Pass’d
Allegro ( = c. 144)
When she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt
When she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt
When she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt,
8
the end of her skirt
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4
touch’d me,
mezzo
touch’d me,
the
when she pass’d by me with quick steps the end of her skirt touch’d me,
8
touch’d me, when she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touch’d me,
When she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touch’d me,
9
the end of her skirt touch’d me, the end of
end of her skirt touch’d me, her skirt touch’d me, the end of
mezzo
her
mezzo
skirt touch’d me, her skirt touch’d me,
8
her
mezzo
skirt touch’d me, the end of
her
skirt, her skirt touch’d me, the end of
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her skirt touch’d me. as she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt
her skirt touch’d me. pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt
as she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt,
8
her skirt touch’d me, the end of her skirt
her skirt touch’d me,
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touch’d me,
touch’d me,
the
when she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touch’d me,
8
touch’d me, when she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touch’d me,
when she pass’d by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touch’d me,
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the end of her skirt touch’d me.
end of her skirt touch’d me. From the un known is land of a
her skirt touch’d me, her skirt touch’d me.
8
her skirt touch’d me, her skirt touch’d me. From the un known is land of a
her skirt, her skirt touch’d me. un known is land of a
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From the un known is land of a heart
espr.
heart
came
a sud den warm breath of
From the un known is land of a heart
8
heart, from the un known is land of a heart
heart, from the un known is land of a heart
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spring, came a sud den warm breath of
espr.
came
a sud den warm breath of spring, a breath of
espr.
8
came
a sud den warm breath of
44
espr.
came
a sud den warm breath of spring, spring,
spring, came a sud den warm breath of
spring, came a sud den, came a sud den warm breath of
8
spring came a sud den warm breath of
came
a
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breath of spring,
spring,
spring,
spring, breath of spring,
8
spring, a breath of spring,
sud den warm breath of spring, of spring,
56
mezzo
of spring, came a sud den warm breath
mezzo
of spring, came a sud den warm breath
of spring, came a sud den, came a
mezzo
8
came a sud den warm breath of spring,
spring,
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of spring, came a sud den warm breath, a sud
spring, of spring, came a
sud den warm breath of spring, of spring, sud den
8
of spring, warm breath of spring.
71
poco ritard.
A tempo
den
warm
breath of spring. A
flut ter of
a
sud den warm breath, of spring. A flut ter of a
warm breath of spring. A flut ter of a
8
came a sud den warm breath of spring.
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79
flit ting touch brush’d me and va nish’d
flit ting touch brush’d me and va nish’d
flit ting touch brush’d me and a flut ter of a flit ting touch brush’d me and
8
brush’d me and va nish’d, a flut ter of a flit ting touch brush’d me and
A flut ter of a flit ting touch brush’d me and
85
mezzo
like a torn flow er pe tal blown in the breeze,
and
va nish’d in a mo ment flow er pe tal in the breeze,
mezzo
touch’d me
in
mezzo
a mo ment flow er pe tal
8
touch’d me
in
mezzo
a mo ment blown in the breeze,
touch’d me
in
a flow er pe tal in the breeze,
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91
blown in the breeze. It fell up on my heart like a sigh of her
blown in the breeze. fell up on my heart like a sigh of her
It fell up on my heart like a sigh of her
8
blown in the breeze. a sigh of her
blown in the breeze.
96
bo
dy,
bo dy, like a sigh of her
it fell up on my heart like a sigh of her bo dy, of her
8
bo dy, it fell up on my heart like a sigh of her bo dy, of her
It fell up on my heart like a sigh of her bo dy, of her
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Meno mosso
( = c. 100)
e ritard. al fine
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like a sigh of her bo dy
and
bo dy and whis per, whis per of her heart,
bo dy, of her bo dy and
8
bo dy, of her bo dy and whis per of her heart, and
of her bo dy whis per of her heart, and
107
whis per, whis per of her heart, whis per of her heart.
heart, whis per of her heart.
whis per of her heart, and whis per of her heart.
8
whis per of her heart, heart.
whis per of her, of her heart.
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4. The Guest
Andante ( = c. 74)
mezzo
when
mezzo
death will knock
On the day when death
mezzo
will knock at
On the day when death
mezzo
will knock at
8
On the day when death
will knock at
will
knock
7
espr.
what wilt thou of fer to him? Oh,
espr.
I will set be fore my
thy door what wilt thou of fer to him? Oh,
espr.
I will set be fore my
thy door what wilt thou Oh,
I will set be fore my
8
thy door of fer to him?
of fer to him?
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guest, oh, I will set be fore my guest
guest, oh, I will set be fore my guest
guest, I will set be fore my guest, oh, I will set be fore my guest, my guest
espr.
8
Oh, I will set be fore my guest, guest,
espr.
Oh,
I will set be fore my guest,
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Allegro con spirito e poco marcato ( = c. 128)
the full ves sel of my life, of my life, my life,
the full ves sel of my life,
8
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of my life, the full ves sel of my life, the full ves sel of my life,
the full ves sel of my life,
8
26
the full ves sel of my life,
the full ves sel of my life, full ves sel of my life,
the full ves sel, full ves sel of my life,
8
the full ves sel, full ves sel of my life, of my life,
the full ves sel of my life, ves sel of my life, of my life,
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of my life, of my life,
of my life, of my life,
of my life, the full ves sel of my life,
8
of my life,
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cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
my
life,
of my life, life,
of my life,
cresc. poco a poco
full
ves sel of my life, my life,
cresc. poco a poco
8
ves sel of my life, ves
sel of my life, my life,
cresc. poco a poco
my
life,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 4. The Guest

40
35
my life, the full ves sel of my life,
my life, the full ves sel of my life,
my life, my life, the full ves sel of my life,
8
ves sel of my life, ves sel of my life,
my life, my life, the full ves sel my life,
38
the full ves sel of my life, the full ves sel of my life,
the full ves sel of my life, the full ves sel my life,
the full ves sel of my life, the full ves sel my life,
8
the full ves sel my life, the full ves sel my life,
the full ves sel my life,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 4. The Guest

41
40
the full ves sel of my life— I will ne ver let him
the full ves sel my life— I will ne ver,
the full ves sel my life— I will ne ver let him go
8
the full ves sel my life— I will ne ver let him go
the full ves sel my life— I will ne ver let him go
42
go, let him go with em pty
go with emp ty hands, let him go with emp ty hands, with emp ty
with emp ty hands, with emp ty hands.
8
with emp ty hands, with emp ty hands, let him go
with emp ty hands, with emp ty hands, with emp ty
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 4. The Guest

42
45
Tempo I ( = c. 74)
dolce sempre
hands.
All
the sweet vin tage of all my au tumn
dolce sempre
hands.
All
the sweet vin tage of all my au tumn
dolce sempre
All
the sweet vin tage of all my au tumn
8
with emp ty hands.
hands.
50
days, all the earn ings and glean ings of my bu sy
days, all the earn ings and glean ings of my bu sy
days and sum mer nights, sum mer nights, earn ings and glean ings of my bu sy
dolce sempre
8
and
sum mer nights, and sum mer nights,
dolce sempre
and
sum mer nights, sum mer nights,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 4. The Guest

43
54
life, at the close of my days when death will
life, place be fore him at the close of my days when death will
life, at the close of my days when death
8
will I place be fore him death will
will I place be fore him
61
knock at my door.
knock at my door, at my door.
door, at my door.
8
knock at my door.
at my door, at my door.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 4. The Guest
Duration: c. 3 min.

44
5. Last Night in the Garden
Allegro con brio ( = c. 160)
Last night I of fer’d you my youth’s foam ing
Last night I of fer’d you my youth’s foam ing
Last night, last night in the gar den I of fer’d you foam ing
8
in the gar den
in the gar den
5
wine. cup to your lips. Last night you shut your
wine. cup to your lips. Last night you shut your
wine. cup to your lips. Last night, last night in the gar den
8
wine. You lift ed the cup to your lips. in the gar den
wine. You lift ed the cup in the gar den
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 5. Last Night in the Garden

45
10
eyes and smil’d while I rais’d your veil,
eyes and smil’d while I rais’d your veil,
smil’d while I rais’d your veil,
3
3
8
un
bound
your
tress es,
un bound your tress es,
15
last night draw ing up on my
last night draw ing up on my breast,
last night in the gar den
3
8
your
tress es, last night in the gar den draw ing
your tress es, in the gar den draw ing,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 5. Last Night in the Garden

46
20
poco
breast your face sweet, face sweet
poco
my breast your face sweet, face sweet
poco
draw ing up on my breast your face sweet, face sweet
poco
8
up on my breast your face sweet, face sweet
poco
draw ing up on my breast, your face sweet, face
sweet
25
poco ritard.
sub.
A tempo
with its si
sub.
lence,
last
night.
with its si
sub.
lence, last night.
with its si
sub.
lence, last night, last night when the moon’s dream o ver
8
with its si
lence. when the moon’s dream o ver
when the moon’s dream o ver
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 5. Last Night in the Garden

31
Lento serena ( = c. 50)
47
To
day in the dew cool’d calm of the
To
day in the dew cool’d calm of the
flow’d the world of slum ber. To day in the dew cool’d calm of the
8
flow’d the world of slum ber.
flow’d the world of slum ber.
37
dawn you are walk ing to the tem ple of God, the tem ple of
dawn you are walk ing to the tem ple of God, the tem ple of
dawn you are walk ing to the tem ple of God, tem ple of
3 3
8
dawn you are walk ing to the tem ple of God, the tem ple of
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 5. Last Night in the Garden

48
42
God,
God,
God, bathed and robed in white, with a bas ket ful of flow’rs in your hand.
8
God, bathed and robed in white, with flow’rs in your hand.
God, bathed and robed in white, with flow’rs in your hand.
46
mezzo
I
mezzo
stand a side in the shade un der the tree,
I
mezzo
stand a side in the shade un der the tree,
I
mezzo
stand a side in the shade un der the tree, with my head
8
I
mezzo
stand a side in the shade un der the tree, with my head
I
stand a side in the shade un der the tree,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 5. Last Night in the Garden

49
50
with my head bent, with my head
with my head bent,
bent, with my head bent,
8
bent, with my head bent,
with my head bent, my head bent, with my head bent,
55
dolce
in
the calm of the dawn by the lone ly road, in the calm of the dawn by the lone ly
dolce
in
the calm of the dawn by the lone ly road, in the calm of the dawn by the lone ly
dolce
in
the calm of the dawn by the lone ly road, in the calm of the dawn by the lone ly
8
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 5. Last Night in the Garden

50
60
road, the road, the road to the tem ple of God.
road, the road to the tem ple of God.
road, the road to the tem ple of God.
8
the road to the tem ple of God.
of
God.
Duration: c. 4 min.
6. Her Night’s Silence
Moderato ( = c. 94)
I know that at the end of some day the sun shall
I know that at the end of some day the sun shall
8
I know that at the end of some day the sun shall
I know that at the end of some day the sun shall
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence

51
7
bid me its last
bid me its last fare well.
mezzo
me
its last fare well.
8
bid fare well.
(mezzo)
bid
Shep herds will play their pipes be neath the ban yan
13
Shep herds will play their pipes be
Shep herds will play their, will
8
Shep herds will play their pipes be neath the ban yan trees, shep
trees, be neath the ban yan
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence

52
18
più
Shep herds will play their pipes be neath
più
the ban yan trees,
neath the ban yan trees, play their pipes be neath the ban yan trees, and cat tle
play their pipes be neath and cat tle
più
8
herds will play their pipes be neath
più
the ban yan trees, and cat tle
play their pipes be neath
the ban yan trees, and cat tle
23
misterioso
by the ri ver, while
my days will
misterioso
graze up on the slope by the ri ver, while
my days will
misterioso
graze up on the slope while
my days will
misterioso
8
graze up on the slope by the ri ver, while
misterioso
my days will
graze up on the slope while
my days will pass
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence

53
30
pass This is my pray’r, that
pass This is my pray’r, that
3
pass in to the dark. This is my, this is
my pray’r,
8
pass in to the dark. This is my pray’r, that
in to the dark. This is my pray’r, that
35
decresc. poco a poco
I may know be fore I leave why
the earth call’d me
I may know be fore I leave
3
decresc. poco a poco
that I
may know be fore I leave why
the earth call’d me
decresc. poco a poco
8
I may know be fore I leave why the earth
decresc. poco a poco
I may know be fore I leave why
the earth call’d me
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence

54
41
to her arms.
decresc. poco a poco
why
the earth call’d me to her
to her arms, why the earth
8
to her arms, why the earth call’d me to her
3
to
her
arms, why the earth call’d me to her
47
Why her night’s si lence spoke to me of stars, and her
arms. Why her night’s si lence spoke to me
Why her night’s si lence spoke to me
8
arms. her night’s si lence me of stars, and her
arms.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence

55
52
day light kiss’d my thoughts in to flow’r.
kiss’d my thoughts in to flow’r. I go, O may I
kiss’d my thoughts in to flow’r. I go, O may I
8
day light Be fore I go, O may I
Be fore I go, O may I
57
sub.
lin ger o
sub.
ver my last re frain,
lin
ger
sub.
com plet ing its mu sic,
8
lin ger o
ver my last re frain, com plet ing its mu sic,
lin ger re frain, com plet ing its mu sic,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence

56
62
dolcissimo
may
the lamp be lit to see your face and the wreath wo ven, and the
dolcissimo
may
the lamp be lit to see your face and the wreath wo ven, and the
dolcissimo
may
the lamp be lit to see your face and the wreath wo ven, and the
8
dolciss.
and
the
71
wreath wo ven to crown you.
wreath wo ven to crown you.
wreath wo ven to crown you, to crown you.
dolcissimo
8
crown
you.
wreath wo ven to crown you.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 6. Her Night’s Silence
Duration: c. 4 min.

7. I Hold Her Hands
57
Allegro ( = c. 130, = c. 195)
I hold her hands and
press her to my
I hold her hands and press her to my breast, I hold her hands and press her to my
I hold her hands and press her to my breast, I hold her hands and press her to my
8
I hold her hands and press her to my breast.
6
breast. I try to fill my arms
breast. I try to fill my arms with her love li ness,
breast. to fill my arms with her love li ness,
8
her love li ness,
I try to fill my arms to plun der her
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

58
11
dolce
with
kiss
dolce
es, with kiss es, kiss es, with
to plun der her smile, kiss
dolce
es, with kiss es, with
kiss
es, with kiss es, with
dolce
8
with
kiss es, with
sweet smile with
15
kiss es, with kiss es, kiss es, to drink her glan ces with my eyes.
kiss es, with kiss es, I try to drink her glan ces with my eyes,
kiss es, with kiss es, kiss es, I try to drink her glan ces with my eyes,
8
kiss es, with kiss es, kiss es, I try to drink
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

59
20
I try to drink her glan ces with my eyes, her dark glan ces,
I try to drink her glan ces with my eyes, her dark glan ces.
8
I try to drink her glan ces with my eyes, her dark glan ces,
25
mezzo
her
mezzo
dark glan ces. Ah, but,
her
dark glan ces. Ah, but,
mezzo
Ah,
but,
8
mezzo
her
dark glan ces. Ah, but, where is it,
her
dark glan
ces.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

60
29
where is it?
where is it?
where is it?
8
ah, but where is it?
Ah, but, where is it, ah but, where is it?
32
espr.
Who can strain the blue from the sky? Who can
espr.
Who can strain the blue from the sky? Who can
espr.
Who
can strain the blue from the sky? Who can
espr.
8
espr.
Who
can
Who
can strain the blue from the sky?
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

61
39
strain the blue from the sky? I try to
strain the blue from the sky?
strain the blue from the sky?
8
strain the blue from the sky?
45
grasp the beau ty,
%L
I try to grasp the beau ty,
I try to grasp the beau ty,
8
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

62
50
it e ludes me, lea ving on ly the
it e ludes me, lea ving on ly the
I try to grasp the beau ty, it e ludes me, lea ving on ly the
8
lea ving on ly
the
56
bo dy in my hands, lea ving on ly the bo dy in my hands.
bo dy in my hands, lea ving on ly the bo dy in my
bo dy in my hands, lea ving on ly the bo dy in my
8
lea ving on ly
bo dy in my hands, the bo dy in my
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

63
62
Baf fled, baf fled,
hands. Baf fled, baf fled,
hands.
8
hands.
68
baf fled and wea ry, baf fled and wea ry I come back.
baf fled and wea ry, baf fled and wea ry I come back.
Baf fled and wea ry I come back,
8
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

64
73
G.P.
How can the bo
dy touch the flow’r,
più
How can the bo
dy touch the flow’r,
baf
molto
fled and wea ry I come back.
8
Baf
molto
fled and wea ry I come back. How can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
Baf
fled and wea ry I come back. How can the
78
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
How can the bo dy touch the flow’r, how can the bo dy touch the flow’r, how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
8
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r,
bo dy touch the flow er,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

65
84
8
how can the bo dy touch the flow er
how can the bo dy touch the flow er,
88
how can the bo dy touch the flow er
how can the bo dy touch the flow er
how can the bo dy touch the flow er
8
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 7. I Hold Her Hands

66
92
dolcissimo
which
on ly the spir it may know?
dolcissimo
which
on ly the spir it may touch?
dolcissimo
which
on ly the spir it may touch?
dolcissimo
8
which
on ly the spir it may touch?
dolcissimo
how can the bo dy touch the flow’r touch?
Duration: c. 2 min.
Adagio ( = c. 48)
8. The Great Unknown
There lies the O cean of Peace,
There lies the O cean of Peace,
There lies the O cean of Peace,
8
O cean of Peace,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 8. The Great Unknown

67
10
poco
(mezzo)
there
lies the O cean of Peace.
poco
mezzo
O Helms man, sail out to the o pen sea.
there
lies the O cean of Peace, of
poco
mezzo
Peace, of Peace.
O
Helms
there
lies
the O cean of Peace, the
mezzo
O cean of Peace,
8
poco
the
mezzo
O cean of Peace.
There
lies
the O cean of Peace, of
Peace.
16
You will be my e ter nal com
man, sail out to the o pen sea. You will be my e ter nal com
of
Peace.
8
O Helms man, sail out to the o pen sea. You will be
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 8. The Great Unknown

68
21
pan ion, Take, O take me in your arms.
pan ion, Take, O take me in your arms, your arms.
Take me in your arms, your arms.
8
my e ter nal com pan ion,
O take, take me in your arms, your arms.
27
tranquillo
The pole star will shine, light ing the path to e ter ni ty. O
Lord
tranquillo
of de
The pole star will shine, light ing the path to e ter ni ty. O
molto
Lord
tranquillo
of de
light
ing the path to e ter ni ty. O
Lord
of de
8
The pole star will shine, light ing the path to e ter ni ty.
The pole star will shine, light ing the path to e ter ni ty.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 8. The Great Unknown

69
33
li ver ance, shall be my sus te
li ver ance, shall be my e ver last ing
li ver ance, your mer cy my sus te
tranquillo
8
your for give ness, your mer cy
tranquillo
your for give ness, your mer cy
39
nance,
sus te nance, shall be my sus te nance, shall be my e ver last ing
nance, shall be my e ver last ing
8
shall be my e ver last ing sus te nance, shall be my e ver last ing
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 8. The Great Unknown

70
45
shall be my e ver las ting sus ten ance, sus ten ance
sus te nance, e ver last ing sus te nance
sus te nance, my e ver last ing sus te nance
8
sus te nance.
shall be my sus ten ance
50
On my jour ney to the shores of e
On my jour ney, my jour ney to the shores of e
On my jour ney to the shores of e
8
On my jour ney, on my jour ney
sub.
On my jour ney
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 8. The Great Unknown

71
56
ter ni ty the migh ty u ni
ter ni ty. the migh ty u ni
ter ni ty. May the bonds of earth dis solve, the migh ty u ni
mezzo
8
May
mezzo
the bonds of earth dis solve, u ni
May
the bonds of earth dis solve,
63
verse take me to her arms, and may I come to know
verse take me to her arms, and may I come to know
verse take me to her arms, and may I come to know
8
verse take me to her arms, and may I
And may I come to know
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 8. The Great Unknown

72
70
fear less ly the Great Un known.
fear less ly the Great Un known.
fear less ly Un known.
8
the Great Un known.
fear less ly the Great Un known.
Duration: c. 3 min.
9. Peace, My Heart
Allegretto dolce e comodo ma un poco mesto ( = c. 102)
poco
Peace, my heart, let the time for part ing, the time for part ing be sweet.
poco
Peace, my heart, let the time for part ing, the time for part ing be sweet.
poco
Peace, my heart, let th time for part ing, the time for part ing be sweet.
8
mezzo
be
sweet,
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart

73
10
mezzo
Peace,
my heart, let the time for part ing, the time for part ing be sweet.
mezzo
8
Peace,
my heart, let the time for part ing, the time for part ing be sweet.
peace, my heart, let the time for part ing, the time for part ing be sweet.
18
Let it not be a death but a com plete ness, let it not be a death but a com
Let it not be a death but a com plete ness, let it not be a death but a com
Let it not be a death but a com plete ness, let it not be a death but a com
8
Let it not be a death but a com plete ness, let it not be a death but a com
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart

74
28
3
plete ness. Let love melt in
to me mo ries
plete ness. Let love melt in to me mo ries
plete ness. and
8
plete ness. Let love melt in to me mo ries and
and
35
3
in
to
songs.
in to songs.
3
pain
in to songs, in to songs.
8
pain in to songs, in to songs.
pain in to songs.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart

75
42
Let the flight through the sky, let the flight through the
Let the flight through the sky
Let the flight through the sky, the flight through the sky, the flight through the
8
Let the flight through the sky, let the flight through the
Let the flight through the sky
48
sky end in the fold ing of the wings.
end in fold ing of the wings o ver the nest.
sky
end
in fold ing of the wings o ver the nest, o ver the nest.
8
sky
o’er the nest, o’er the nest.
in fold ing of the rest o’er the nest.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart

76
55
più
Let the last touch of your hands be gen
più
tle like the
Let the last touch of your hands be gen
più
tle like the
Let the last touch of your hands be gen
tle like the
8
61
flow’r of the night. Stand still,
flow’r of the night. Stand still, O Beau ti ful
flow’r of the night. Stand still, O Beau ti ful
8
Stand still, O Beau ti ful
Stand still, O Beau ti ful
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart

77
68
End, for a mo ment, and say your last words in si lence.
End, for a mo ment, and say your last words in si lence.
8
End, for a mo ment, and say your last words in si lence.
End, for a mo ment, say your last words in si lence.
73
poco
I bow to you and lift up my lamp to guide you on your way,
poco
I bow to your and lift up my lamp to guide you on your way,
poco
I bow to you and lift up my lamp to guide you on your way,
8
mezzo
I
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart

78
81
mezzo
I
bow to you and lift up my lamp to guide you
mezzo
8
I
bow to you and lift up my lamp to guide you
bow to you, I bow to you and lift up my lamp to guide you
ritardando
= c. 84, ancora ritardando
88
dolciss.
to
guide you on your way.
dolcissimo
on your way, on your way, on your way, on your way, to
dolcissimo
guide you on your way.
to
guide you on your way.
dolcissimo
8
on your way, on your way, on your way, on your way, you
on your
way.
dolcissimo
on your way, on your way, on your way, on your way, on your
way.
ROSNER: Nine Tagore Madrigals — 9. Peace, My Heart
Duration: c. 2½ min.
Complete duration: c. 29½ min.