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Skempton Poems of Love and War

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for SATB unaccompanied Poems of Love and War sets a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known as 'kennings', while the love poems are more direct, and sometimes playful. Skempton's imaginative settings bring these striking texts to life, artfully using changing metres to evoke the sound of spoken word.

Rognvald Kali Kolsson,

Rognvald Kali Kolsson, Earl of Orkney (12th century) trans. Judith Jesch 8. ‘It’s a fact, wise woman’ 11 SOPRANO ALTO ° & bb b 2 4 q = c.96 p œ œ œ œ 3 ˙ ˙ ˙˙ 4 œ œ Œ 2 4 œ œ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 TENOR BASS ? 2 ¢ b b b 4 It’s œ œ p a fact, wise wo - man, that your hair is pret - ti - œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙˙ 3 4 œ Œ 2 4 œ œ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 8 ° &b b b 2 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ 3 ˙ 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ Œ œ 2 4 ? 2 ¢ b b b 4 - er than that of the la - dies with locks like Fro - di’s meal. The œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ 3 ˙ 4 œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ 2 4 16 ° &b b b 2 4 ˙ œœ œ for online perusal only ˙ ˙ ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ ˙ 3 4 ? ¢ b b b 2 4 prop of the hawk - field* lets hair like gold - en silk fall ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ œ ˙˙ œ 2 4 ˙ ˙ 3 4 25 ° 3 &b b b 4 œ œ œ 2 3 4 ˙ 4 œ Œ 2 œ 4 ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ Œ on - to her shoul - ders; I red - den the ea - gle’s claws. ? 3 ¢ b b b 4 œ œ œ œ 2 3 4 ˙˙ 4 œ Œ œ 2 4 ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ Œ * a kenning for woman

12 Anonymous (from the Poetic Edda) trans. Judith Jesch 9. ‘Praise the day at evening’ q = c.88 mp ° SOPRANO 3 & b ALTO 4 œ œ hum p TENOR ? 3 ¢ b ˙ BASS 4 5 ° &b ˙ sim. ? ¢ b ˙œ Œ 9 ° &b ? ¢ b ˙œ Œ Praise œ j œ J the day at eve - ning, the wife when she’s cre - ma - ted, a ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ p hum sword when it’s test - ed, a girl when she’s mar - ried, Œ œ˙ sim. œ˙ œ œ j J œ Œ œ ‰ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ ˙˙ Œ œ j J ice when you’ve crossed it, beer when you’ve drunk it. Chop Œ hum ˙œ for online perusal only œ˙ Œ Œ Œ Œ ˙œ Œ œ j œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ˙ hum ˙ 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