Music for Mixed Voices 2022 sampler

SECULAR SSATB

SECULAR SSATB unaccompanied 22 2 for online perusal only April Rain Song Robert A. Harris A

23 Commissioned by the Milwaukee Choristers, James Benjamin Kinchen, Jr., conductor April Rain Song Langston Hughes (1902–67) ROBERT A. HARRIS SOPRANO 1 & b b b b Somewhat slowly, never hurried q = c.60–4 p œ œ ˙. œ . J œ ˙ Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain , œ . J œ œ œ P œ . œ bœ J poco rit. œ œ œ beat up - on your SOPRANO 2 & b b b b p œ œ ˙. œ . J œ ˙ , œ œ œ ˙ P œ œ œ œ Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat up - on your ALTO & b b b b ∑ ∑ p œ œ œ ˙ P œ œ œ bœ œ Let the rain beat up-on your TENOR V b b b b p œ œ ˙. œ . J œ ˙ , œ œ œ ˙ P œ œ œ œ œ œ Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat up - on your BASS ? b b b b ∑ ∑ ∑ for online perusal only P ˙ œ œ Let rain for rehearsal only & b b b b 4 4 4 4 4 4 ? b b b b 4 Somewhat slowly, never hurried q = c.60–4 œ œ ˙. p œ œ ˙. œ . œ . œ J ˙ œ J ˙ , œ œ . , œ œ j œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ j œ . œ bœ œ œ bœ poco rit. œ œ œœ P œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ Music © Oxford University Press 2021. Text © The Estate of Langston Hughes, by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL. Duration: c.3 mins