To a Locomotive in Winter

GREG BARTHOLOMEW To a Locomotive in Winter A setting o oem by Walt Whitman or unaccoanied mixed choir with iano reduction or rehearsal only PERUSAL COPY Visit gregbartholomew.com to listen to recordings to order coies BURKE & BAGLEY

To a Locomotive in Winter Walt Whitman (1819 1892) THEE or my recitative! Thee in driving storm, even as now snow winterday declining; Thee in anoly, measured dual throbbing, beat convulsive; black cylindric body, golden brass, silvery steel; onderous sidebars, arallel connecting rods, gyrating, shuttling at sides; metrical, now swelling ant roar now taering in distance; great rotruding headlight, ix d in ront; long, ale, loating vaorennants, tinged with delicate urle; The dense murky clouds outbelching rom smokestack; knitted rame srings valves tremulous twinkle o wheels; train o cars behind, obedient, merrilyollowing, Through gale or calm, now swit, now slack, yet steadily careering: Tye o modern! emblem o motion ower! ulse o continent! For once, come serve Muse, merge in verse, even as here I see e, With storm, bueting gusts o wind, alling snow; By day, warning, ringing bell to sound its notes, By night, silent signal las to swing. Fiercethroated beauty! Roll through my chant, with all lawless music! swinging las at night; iercing, madlywhistled laughter! echoes, rumbling like an earthquake, rousing all! Law o sel colete, thine own track irmly holding; (No sweetness debonair o tearul har or glib iano thine,) trills o shrieks by rocks hills return d, Launch d o er rairies wide across lakes, To ree skies, unent, glad, strong. "To a Locomotive in Winter was ublished in "Two Rivulets," 1876, in "Leaves o Grass," 1900. For unaccoanied mixed choir with iano reduction or rehearsal only Duration: 6 minutes Premiere erormance July 6, 2002, by Oregon Reertory Singers at Oregon Bach Festival. For inormation about cooser Greg Bartholomew, visit www.g regbartholo mew.com. BURKE & BAGLEY www.bu rk ean db agley. c om 1824 North 5 rd Street Seattle, WA 98106116 Tel: 206.62.4487 Email: o i c e @ b u r k e a n db a g l e y. c o m

Text by Walt Whitman Sorano Alto Tenor Dedicated to Seattle Pro Musica To a Locomotive in Winter Music by Greg Bartholomew q = 78 Rhythmic q = 84 Thee! The storm! Sh!* *Firsts sing "Thee!"; Seconds make "Sh!" sound Sh! Sh! Thee! The storm! Sh!* Sh! Sh! Bass Thee in drivingstorm, Thee or my re ci ta tive! Thee in drivingstorm, q = 78 q = 84 Piano or rehearsal only Perusal Coy 5 q = 90 q = 78 Thee or my re ci ta tive! Thee Thee in driv ing storm, Thee! Thee! in drivingstorm, e ven as now e ven as now e The snow, snow, ven now snow, snow, q = 90 q = 78 2002, 2004 Greg Bartholomew (ASCAP) Email or ermission to coy: ino@gregbartholomew.com

2 10 A q = 84 win ter day de clin ing; Thee! win ter day de clin ing; win terday de clin ing; Thee in an o win terday de clin ing; ly, cresc. mea sureddu cresc. mea sureddu al throb bing, al throb bing, A q = 84 Perusal Coy 15 B * beat * Men close word "" immediately hold "N" sound until last "," which is sung normally; women hold vowel oen to end o note normally. * * * beat con vulsive; con vul sive; black black cyl cyl in dric bo dy, in dric bo dy, gold en brass, gold en brass, B

19 bars, ond 'rous side ar al lel con nect ing rods, ond 'rous side bars, ar al lel con nect ing rods, silv silv 'ry steel; 'ry steel; ond 'rous 22 Perusal Coy C q = 78 gy rat ing, shutt ling at sides; gy rat ing, shutt ling at sides; ant roar, metri cal nowswelling a ral lel con nect ing rods, nowswelling ant roar, side bars, a ra lel con necting, metri cal nowswelling ant roar, now C q = 78

4 26 taeringin dis in in taeringin dis tance; tance; distance; distance; ix'd inront; great rotruding head light, ix'd inront; great rotruding head light, greatrotruding head light, D Perusal Coy q = 72 1 q = 60 long, long, long, long, ale, ale, ale, ale, loat ing va or ennants, loat ing va or ennants, loat ing va or ennants, loat ing va or ennants, tingedwith tingedwith tingedwith tingedwith delicately de li cate ur le; de li cate ur le; le; de li cate ur de li cate ur le; The D q = 72 q = 60

5 The The The dense dense dense dense mur mur ky mur ky mur ky ky clouds clouds clouds clouds out out out out belch ing rom smokestack; belch ing rom smokestack; belch ing rom smoke stack; belch ing rom smokestack; 5 Perusal Coy q = 72 E 8 srings, valves, srings knit ted rame, srings, srings valves, knit ted rame, srings valves, E q = 72

6 41 The tremulous twin kle owheels; wheels; train cars o cars be hind, o o be dient, be di ent, merrily wheels; wheels; cars cars o o be dient, be di ent, 45 ollowing, ollowing, Perusal Coy throughgale or now now swit, calm. swit,now now slack, slack, Now yet steadi ly yet steadi ly switnowslack; ca reering: ca reering: yet stead i ly ca reering: Throughgale orcalm.

F 49 Tye dern! o mo subito Thee! 7 Thee! Thee! cresc. emblem o mo tion o wer! Pulse Pulse o con ti nent! o con ti nent! F Perusal Coy(Continue gradual accellero) G 5 Gently Gradual accellero For once, comeservemuse, merge For once, comeservemuse, merge For once, in in verse, verse, Comeserve Muse, comeserve Muse, e ven as here e ven as here e I ven here G

8 58 I I I see see see see e, e, e, e, With With With With storm, storm, bu et ing gusts o wind, bu et ing gusts o wind, storm, storm, bu et ing gusts o bu et ing gusts o a teo wind, Gently wind, alling snow; H 6 snow; Perusal Coy q = 72 By day, warning, ringing bell tosounditsnotes, By night, silent signallas to H q = 72

68 By day, warning, ringing bell, By night, swing. By day; By night, si lent sig nal las 9 Perusal Coy q = 66 I 7 Seductively (calling to a lover) Roll, Fierce throat ed beau ty! Roll through my chant, withall law less mu sic! swinginglasat Roll, beau beaut ty! ty! night; I q = 66

10 77 Roll, Roll, beau beau ty! ty! e choes, e choes, iercing, madly whistledlaugh ter! Fierce throatedbeau ty! e choes, Rollthroughmy chant, rum blinglikean 81 earth Perusal Coy quake, rum blinglike an earth rum blinglike an earth quake, quake, with all law less mu with all law less mu sic! sic! swing swing ing las ing las at night; at night;

84 Fiercethroat ed beau ty! Fierce throat ierc Fierce ed beau ing mad throat ed beau ty! ly whist led laugh ty! ter! 11 86 Perusal Coy e e choes, choes, e choes, rum rumbling, rum blinglike an earth quake, bling like an earth quake, quake rum blinglike an earth rum blinglike an earth quake rous rous rous rous ing all! ing ing all! all. ing all

12 J 90 Law o sel com lete, thineowntrack Law o sel com Law o sel com irm ly hold ing; J lete, lete, eortlessly (Nosweet ness hold hold ing ing debon air 94 Perusal Coy trills o tearul har or glib i a no thine,) trills oshrieks by rocks hills re trills, shrieks by shrieks by by

99 K rocks hills turn'd, hills hills re turn'd, re re turn'd, turn'd, Launch'd o'er rairies wide, Thee! trills oshrieks by 1 K 104 Launch'd o'er Launch'd o'er Perusal Coy rair ies wide, rair ies wide, (no break) a a a cross cross cross lakes, lakes, lakes, to to to ree skies, rocks hills re turn'd; a cross lakes,

14 109 q = 78 ree ree skies! skies! a a cross cross lakes, lakes, to 2 to ree a cross lakes, to ree skies, a cross lakes, to q = 78 2 Perusal Coy 115 q = 66 skies, skies, skies, q = 66 un un un un ent, glad, ent, glad, ent, ent, glad, glad strong. strong. strong. ( strong. )

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