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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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° ¢ Vbb 11 Vbb Vbb œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ do - proach do - proach do - proach no not no not no not wrong; near; ‰ œ œ œ œ wrong; near; wrong; near; Come Worm Come Worm Come Worm not nor not nor not nor You spotted snakes with double tongue 59 near snail near snail ‰ œ œ œ œ b‰ œ ‰ Œ œ near snail our do our do our do poco rall. bœ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ Fai no Fai no Fai no f - ry Queen. of - fence. œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ = œ œ f # - ry Queen. of - fence. b œ œ ‰ f - ry Queen. of - fence. for online perusal only ° ¢ ° ¢ Vbb 17 Vbb Vbb Vbb 25 Vbb Vbb Angelically a = 100 pp ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ Phil pp Phil pp Phil pp Lul pp Lul pp Lul - o - mel* with mel - o - dy, Sing in our sweet lul - la - by; ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ b œ = ‰ b‰ œ œ - o - mel* with mel - o - dy, Sing in our sweet lul - la - by; œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ = œ bœ œbœ œ œ œ - o - mel* with mel - o - dy, Sing in our sweet lul - la - by; ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ - la, lul - la, lul - la - by; lul - la, lul - la, lul - la - by. ‰ œ œ œ œ # œ b‰ œ ‰ œ = œ œ b‰ - la, lul - la, lul - la - by; lul - la, lul - la, lul - la - by. - la, lul - la, lul - la - by; lul - la, lul - la, lul - la - by. mf mf mf b œ ‰ b œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ #‰ œ = œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ bœ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ * Philomel = a nightingale. Shakespeare references Ovid’s Metamorphosis, in which the character Philomela is transformed into a nightingale.
60 You spotted snakes with double tongue ° ¢ Vbb 33 Vbb Vbb poco accel. poco rall. cresc. Œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ Ne-ver harm Nor spell nor charm Come our love - ly la - dy nigh. cresc. ‰ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Ne - ver harm, nor charm Come our love - ly la - dy nigh. cresc. f Œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ #‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ Ne-ver harm Nor spell nor charm Come our love - ly la - dy nigh. f f # ‰ for online perusal only ° ¢ Vbb 42a Vbb Vbb 1. a tempo mp dolce So good night with lul - la - by. mp dolce So good night with lul - la - by. mp dolce poco rall. Œ œ œ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ Œ Œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ = ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ b ‰ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ So good night with lul - la - by, lul-la- by. b ° ¢ Vbb 42b Vbb Vbb 2. Slower p dolce Œ œ œ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ Œ Œ rall. So good night, with lul - la - by. p dolce bœ œ œ œ œ So good night, with lul - la - by. p dolce œ So = ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ ‰ b œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ Œ good - night with lul - la, lul - la - by. œ b œ = ‰
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