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Hark, hark, the Lark

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  • Uppervoices
  • Bobchilcott
  • Choral
  • Oup
  • Oxford
  • Shakespeare
Hark, hark, the lark is a collection of eight exquisite settings for upper voices, specially commissioned to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. The volume pays tribute to Britain's greatest writer, presenting a selection of his finest texts set to music by some of today's most accomplished choral composers.

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9 ° ¢ Vb Vb Vb œ œ blows his t t nail,* mp œ œ And mp œ œ And œ > > > > > Dick the shep-herd bl - ows his nail,* And œ > > > > > When icicles hang by the wall 51 f > > œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Dick the shep-herd bl - ows his nail,* And f > > > > Tom > bears œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > Tom bears œ œ œ > > > ‰ œ t œ > j > œ > œ f And Tom bears ° ¢ ° ¢ Vb 13 Vb Vb Vb 17 Vb Vb > > > mp #-> t œ j œ u logs in - to the hall, And mp milk p . . comes fro - zen home > œ > œ œ œ > œ œ-> t œ j u œ œ œ. œ. œ œ œ œ logs in - to the hall, And milk comes fro - zen home in pail, mp p p . in pail, . and > œ > œ > œ > t œ œ œ -> j u œ œ œ. œ. œ œ œ œ logs in - to the hall, And milk comes fro - zen home in pail, mp milk comes fro - zen home mf When > blood is nipped, and ways > . and > dolce be foul, Then mf mp mf œ u œ œ. œ. . t œ œ œ œ œ œ j > œ œ j > œ t mp milk for online perusal only œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ comes fro - zen home in p pail, blood is nipped, ways > u mf . . t œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ > œ j in t p pail, œ œ œ blood is nipped, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ mp ways be foul, > œ œ > œ mf # t j be foul, * blows his nail = warms his hands by blowing on them

52 When icicles hang by the wall ° ¢ Vb 21 Vb Vb night night agitato - ly sings the - ly sings, p mp > > star - ing owl: ‘Tu œ œ ‰ t œ œ œ œ œ œ t œ j agitato dolce , œ œ œ ù œ œ œ œ œ œ œ dolce , œ œ = œ ù œ night - ly sings, > p > > > > > night - ly sings the star - ing owl: agitato p > œ > œ > œ > œ > œ > œ night - ly sings the star - ing owl: Œ Œ - for online perusal only ° ¢ Vb 25 Vb Vb œ mf t . œ œ œ œ œ j œ u œ œ u œ œ œ œ - whit, Tu - whoo! Tu - whit, Tu -whit, Tu - whit, Tu - whoo! p like an echo mf t t u u œ r œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ. j t t œ j ‘Tu - whit, Tu - whoo! Tu - whoo! p like an echo mf u t t œ r œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. j œ j ‘Tu - whit, Tu - whoo! Tu - whoo! mp Tu - mp Tu - ° ¢ Vb 29 Vb Vb mp Œ œ œ œ u œ u Tu - tu - whit, Tu -whoo! Tu - whit!’ p > > œ œ œ œ œ j t Œ - whit, Tu - whoo! Tu - whoo! Tu - whit!’ p > > œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j t Œ u œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > œ > u œ - whit, Tu - whoo! Tu - whoo! Tu - whit, Tu - whit, Tu - p œ œ u œ

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