CHARLES SHADLE: SIX DICKINSON SONGS (2000) For Soprano and Clarinet

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1 CHARLES SHADLE: SIX DICKINSON SONGS (2000) For Sorano and Clarinet I. I'm Nobody I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there's a air ofus- Don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How ublic like a frog To tell your name the live long day To an admiring bog. 2. Brazil I asked no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled. "Brazil!" He twirled at button, Without a glance my way: "But, madam, is there nothing else That we can show today?" 3. Wild Nights! Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile the winds To a heart in ort, -- Done with the comass Done with the chart. Rowing in Eden Ah! The sea! Might I but moor tonight In thee! 1

2 4. Come Slowly, Eden Come slowly, Eden Lis unused to thee Bashful, si thy jasmines, As a fainting Bee. Reaching late his flower Round her chamber hums, Counts his nectars- Enters And is lost in balms! 5. Aristocracy The edigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover any time, to him Is aristocracy! 6. The Morning After Death The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted uon earth,-- The sweeing u the heart, And utting love away We shall not want to use again Until Eternity. 2

3 for Margaret O'Keefe Six Dickinson Songs for sorano and clarinet Emily Dickinson ( ) 1. I'm Nobody! Andante Charles Shadle (b. 1960) Sorano Score in C m :==- Clarinet Bb m ===-PP 5 n, -==== sub no-bo-dy! Who are you? Are you Charles Shadle BMI

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6 2. Brazil Andante -:= m mf-::::=- -==== m (dolce) Sorano asked no oth - er thing, No oth-er was de nied. of- fered Be- ing for Score in C larinet in Bb ITi IU Ii Ii - 6 a iacere -:::= it; The might - y mer-chant smiled. "Bra zil!" 3 He twirled a Largo religioso -===== mf m way: "But,madam, T&here n(){hingelse Thatwecanshowto day'!" senza misura colla voce 6

7 3. Wild Nights! Sorano f Wild nights' Wild nights! Score in C larinet in Bb mf mf 4 f Were with thee, Wild 7

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11 4. Come Slowly, Eden Larghetto Sorano Come slow ly, Score in C larinet in Bb 7 m ======---==== m: -- Lis un - used 10 thee Bash ful, si thy jas - mines, As a,n: sub. --=====m mf m: m mf w 11

12 17 ===- -- Reach ing late his flower Round her cham - ber hums, 22 =====-P ====== PP --- m sub: m Counts his nee tars en ters And is lost in 26 -== -==

13 Sorano 5. Aristocracy Vivo c schcrzando Score in C larinet in Bb m 6 The 12 ed - i - gree of hon ey Does 1101 con - cem the bee; mf 13

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15 Sorano 6. The Morning After Death Adagio (Temo I) Score in C accell. 3 3 Clarinet in Bb - - accell. 3 m m ==-P m moderato ( a iacere) 5 The bus - tie in a house The morn - ing af - ter a temo = 9 --== (dolce) mf death Is sol - em - nest of In - dus- tries En act ed u - on earth, 15

16 14 Temo I m::::,.. --,. - And -;;t - ting love way ::::==- -::::==- a temo gain Un - til E tcr - - ni a temo mf a temo m f ty. - - U ====-PPP

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