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Hark, hark, the Lark

  • Text
  • 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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8 And will he not come again? ° ¢ { V # ### 32 V # ### V # ### V # ### B#### slightly slower œ œ J œ 5 4 œ œ œ Go to thy death - bed, 5 œ œ j œ 4 Œ œ ‰ Go to thy death-bed, 5 œ œ j œ 4 œ ‰ Go to thy death-bed, F F F F slightly slower 4 5 ‰ Ó Œ ‰ 5 4 Ó Œ Œ Œ E pp He pp 3 4 rall. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ 3 œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ He pp He pp 3 4 3 4 ne ne ne rall. - ver will come a - gain. - ver will come a - gain. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ 3 4 œ ‰ œ - ver will come a - gain. œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ for online perusal only ° ¢ { V # ### 37 V # ### V # ### V # ### mp # His mp # His mp # Tempo II a = 112 œ Œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ Œ œ œ beard as white as snow, beard as white, as white as snow, All His beard as white as snow, All Tempo II a = 112 # œ Œ œ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ œ mp B#### œ # Œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ Œ Œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ

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