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Libby Larsen - Barnum's Bird

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  • Opera
  • Vocal score
  • Libby larsen
  • Barnums bird
  • Larsen
In the composer’s own words, Barnum’s Bird is the story of art: in service of humanity on the one hand, and in service of commerce on the other. Inspired by a letter from famed Swedish soprano Jenny Lind to Harriet Beecher Stowe, it relates the story of Lind’s 1850–51 American concert tour, and her partnership with the showman P. T. Barnum, and explores the ways in which art and its marketing intersect. Musically, it incorporates authentic European and American music of the mid-1800s, creating a unique score that will appeal to a wide variety of listeners. 9780193866065

78 Perc. 679 ÷ w æ œ

78 Perc. 679 ÷ w æ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ Œ w æ w æ 679 & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Pno. ? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Perc. Pno. 684 ÷ 684 & ? œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ Œ J J J œ œ œ . œ # Ÿ œ . ( œ ) ∑ œ J œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ Œ J J J œ œ œ . œ # œ Ÿ . ( œ ) ∑ œ J œ œ œ ‰ Œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ Ó J J ˙æ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ œ œ œ . # œ n˙ ( # œ) ˙ . Ó Œ ‰ œ > œ> œ> # œ> œ> ˙> J Œ w æ b˙ ∑ ˙ SCENE 3: THE SALON Perc. 689 ÷ w æ MM 4 3 quietly (q = 66) Jenny Lind is seated at the piano accompanying herself. Belletti is with her. Autumn, 1850. ∑ ∑ ∑ Pno. 689 & ? œ œ œ . ˙ œ ( ) # Ÿ ˙ œ b˙ w æ œ œ . w œ w æ Ÿ~~~~~~ ˙ w œ # ( œ ) w for online perusal only MM 3 4 quietly (q = 66) 4 3 #˙ . ‰ œ n œ . J Œ œ b œ ˙ . J œ œœ ˙ # ˙˙ ∑ œ ˙ . Œ œ œ Œ œ œ ˙ .

79 J. L. 695 & JENNY LIND ∑ Œ * œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ 4 ˙ . œ œ 4 3 Oh World! Oh Life! Oh Time! On whose Pno. 695 & ? ˙ . Œ œ œ Œ œ œ ˙ . ˙ . Œ œ œ Œ œ œ ˙ . ˙ . Œ œ œ Œ ˙ . œ œ ˙ . Œ œ œ Œ ˙ . œ œ 4 4 ‰ j œ œ œ Œ œ b˙˙ w ‰ j œ ˙ œ 4 3 4 3 J. L. 700 & freely 4 3 œ b œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ . # œ ˙ a tempo œ œ . œ œ œ 3 # œ œ b œ . j œ steps I stand tremb -ling at where I stood be -fore, when will your glo - ry re - turn, no 700 & freely 4 3 ˙ . ˙ . ∑ a tempo Œ œ œ œ ˙ n˙ Pno. ? 4 3 ˙˙ . ˙ . ∑ Œ œ œ # œ b˙œ œ œ J. L. 704 & œ œ ˙ œ b œ œ b œ œ œ ˙ . ∑ ∑ ∑ more, Oh nev - er more Pno. 704 ˙ & œ . j ? b b b œ˙ . b˙ . œ ˙ j œ œ œ for online perusal only œ . œ ˙ ˙ . œ Œ Œ #˙ . ‰ œ n œ . J œ J Œ œ b œ ˙ . ˙ . œœ ˙ # ˙˙ œ Œ Œ ˙ œ b œ b œ b b b œ Œ œ œ . œ b˙ b œ *Oh World! Oh Life! Oh Time! Percy Bysshe Shelley, adpt. Libby Larsen

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