HP Edie Hill FOR PERUSAL ONLY. The Bells. 5 voice or choral (SSATB) a cappella. text by Edgar Allan Poe

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1 H0-06 Edie Hill he ells 5 voice or choral () a cappella text by Edgar llan oe FOR ERUL ONLY

2 Edie Hill HE ELL Commissioned by Dr. Richard and Mrs. Louise arco for Dare to reathe remiere erformances: December 11, 000, chubert Club Concert, bbott Northwestern Hospital Chapel, Minneapolis, MN; December 17, Minnesota History Center, t. aul, MN; December 8, 000, University Children s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN Hear the sledges with the bells ilver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle ll the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, o the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, ells, bells, bells From the ingling and the tinkling of the bells. FOR ERUL ONLY Edgar llan oe from he ells, tanza I

3 Edgar llan oe Commissioned by Dr. Richard and Mrs. Louise arco for ensemble, Dare to reathe he ells Edie Hill oprano æ=c. 10 p distant oprano (for rehearsal only) æ=c. 10 -a-ding ding-a-ding playful p distant - - ding ding ding - a - ding ding - a - ding playful a - ding ding - a - ding ding - a - ding Ó b- - a - ding ding - a ding ding - a - - a - ding ding - a - ding - a - ding ding Hear Ó b- Ó Hear b- Hear b b the sled - ges with the FOR ERUL ONLY the sled - ges with the the sled - ges with the b bb bb bb Music reparation by Music dvantage (95) 8-75 Music ervices by aul Gerike Copyright 000, Hummingbird ress. ll Rights Reserved.

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6 # # # # ll the # # stars that ov- er- sprin- kle ll the p # # oo # # # # # # # F # # # twin - kle With F # # #. twin - kle With # oo # # # heav - ens seem to twin - kle with a # # # # heav - ens seem to twin - kle with # # # # #. # # # # # # # # # # heav - ens, seem to twin-kle, ll the # # # heav - ens, seem to twin-kle, oo p # # # # # # # # a a a rall. ƒ savor # crys - tal - line de - ƒ # crys - tal - line de - ƒ # # crys - tal - line de - ƒ # # # crys - tal - line de - ƒ crys - tal - line de - rall. # # # # # # p # heav - ens # p heav - ens # # ll the # # # # # #, light; light; FOR ERUL ONLY light; # light;. light; Keep- ing # # #

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8 , f freely, cascading ly wells tin - tin - nab - u - la - tion Ó Ó F tin - tin - nab - u - F la - tion tin - - b b b - bells, bells, bells, bells, b la - tion that so mus - ic - ly wells From the Ó Ó p - a - p - a - la - tion that so mus - ic - ly wells From the ding ding - a- ding - a - ding ding - a- ding - a -. tin - nab - u - la - tion b b b b b b b b b. - ells, bells, bells, From the - - ding ding - a- ding From the - - FOR ERUL ONLY ding ding - a- ding From the - bells, bells, bells, bells, - ells, bells, bells - 0 bells, bells, bells, bells, b b b b b b ells, bells, bells b b b b bb b

9 broadening f U. empo I (æ=c. 10) # 7 5 ing-ling and the tink-ling of the broadening ing-ling and the tink-ling of the ing-ling and the tink-ling of the bb b ding f. bells. b U sub. ( b ) # bells - a - f U b. bells U Ó. U Ó. bb n U. U Ó. F n - n F n F - empo I (æ=c. 10) # n n -a-ding -a # ding ding-a-ding -a-ding ding n n # f - ding - a ding ding ding - a - ding f - FOR ERUL ONLY f - f - 5.

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12 From solo to orchestra, epigram to epic, Edie Hill s music unfolds seamlessly in all spaces and idioms. orn in New York City (196), her works are widely performed in the United tates, Canada, and Europe in such prestigious and varied venues as Lincoln Center, the L County Museum of rt, the Library of Congress, Minneapolis Walker rts Center, t. aul s he chubert Club, he Cape May Festival (N), he Downtown rts Festival (NYC), Liviu Cultural Center (Romania), Feszek Müvészklub (udapest), as well as venues in angkok (hailand), Dublin (Ireland), Moscow (Russia), Iceland, Great ritain, Germany, he Netherlands, the Minnesota tate Fair, classrooms and cafes, basilicas and back yards. three-time McKnight rtist Fellow and two-time ush rtist Fellow, Hill has received grants and awards from the erome Foundation, C, Meet he Composer, and Chamber Music merica among others. he cultivates the talents of young composers and musicians as well as educating and engaging the public in the music of today. he has been a guest lecturer at such institutions as yracuse University, the merican Composers Forum, the Iowa Composers Forum Nuts N olts Festival, ufts University, the University of Michigan, and Delft University (Netherlands). Her choral music has been commissioned and performed by he Estonian hilharmonic Chamber Choir, under the auspices of Classical Minnesota ublic Radio, Cantus, he Rose Ensemble, he win Cities Women s Choir, he Dale Warland ingers, he ingers, the alborg Choir of Zeist (he Netherlands), ocalessence, Harmonium Choral ociety of New ersey, numerous choirs at colleges and universities in the U and Canada, the Minnesota ll-tate Women s Choir under the auspices of Minnesota CD and oyful Noise to name a few. Commissions come from such diverse sources as elite professionals to community and amateur groups. One of Hill's strengths as a composer is the ability to write well for musicians of all skill levels. Whether she is composing a virtuosic piece to show off a soloist s expertise or a work that leads a choir of untrained voices through a gratifying and meaningful musical experience, for Hill the music comes from the same place. Writing music is always an opportunity for her to research, learn, muse, reach down deep, and allow inspiration to come from the stuff of life. Hill earned a.. in music composition and piano performance at ennington College where she studied with ivian Fine, and then went on to earn her M.. and h.d. degrees from the University of Minnesota with principal composition teacher Lloyd Ultan. he has also studied extensively with Libby Larsen. Hill is Composer-in-Residence at t. aul s he chubert Club where she runs the Composer Mentorship rogram. he resides in Minneapolis where she works as a freelance composer and owns Hummingbird ress. FOR ERUL ONLY COMLEE CLOG ND ONLINE ORDERING Grand venue outh Minneapolis, MN 5508 U edie@ediehill.com $.50

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