~ or SATB chorus iano ~ Music by William H. Neidlinger Arranged by Christoher. Hoh Text by Walt Whitman Comiled by William H. Neidlinger HMM 4M400a HohMade Music 4619 Seventh Street South Arlington, A 04 U.S.A..HohMadeMusic.com
ii Blo, bugles blo! Blo, bugles blo! Thro the indos thro doors, burst like a ruthless orce, Into the solemn church; scatter the congregation, Blo, bugles blo! bugles blo! Blo, bugles blo! Blo, bugles blo! Are beds reared or sleeers at night in the houses No sleeers must slee in the beds, You bugles ilder blo! Blo, bugles blo! bugles blo! When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd And the great star early droo'd in the estern sky in the night, I mourn'd yet shall mourn ith ever returning Sring, Ever returning Sring trinity sure to me you bring. Lilac blooming erennial drooing star in the est, And thoughts o him I love. Catain! my Catain! our earul tri is done, The shi has eather'd every rack, the rize e sought is on; But heart! heart! heart! the bleeding dros o red, Where on the deck my Catain lies, allen cold dead, Cold dead. Walt Whitman, 1819 189 Comiled by William H. Neidlinger, 186 194 rom Drums! (1861), When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom d (1865), Catain! My Catain! (1865) Cover hoto by Wenderoth Taylor, 1865; National ortrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
Walt Whitman Com. William H. Neidlinger or the Stuttgart German-American Community Chorus Thomas L. Carter, Director William H. Neidlinger Arr. Christoher. Hoh Sorano Alto Tenor Sloly, ith marked rhythm Bass Beat, beat, drum a-gain, beat, beat, iano Sloly, ith marked rhythm π (q = c 60).. "With reeated dramatic orce, but steadily groingin intensity to" measure 15 HMM 4M400a Musical arrangement coyright 01 by Christoher. Hoh. Text melody are ublic domain. All rights reserved..hohmademusic.com
5............ drum a-gain, beat, beat, drum a-gain!.. 8.. Blo,.. Blo, n blo! Blo, blo! Blo, Blo, bu - gles blo! Blo, bu - gles blo! Blo, blo!.... n....... Blo, blo! Bu-gles blo, n n HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
11. blo!. blo, Blo,. blo! 14 ( ) bu -gles blo! Thro' the in- dos, thro' doors, burst like a ruth-less orce, * blo! Ó Thro' the in- dos, thro' doors, burst like a ruth-less orce,... In - to the sol-emn church; scat-ter the con-gre-ga - tion. Blo, bu - gles blo; bu - gles in - to the sol-emn church; scat-ter the con-gre-ga - tion. Blo, bu - gles in - to the sol-emn church; scat-ter the con-gre-ga - tion. Blo, bu - gles HMM 4M400a In - to the sol - emn church; scat- ter the con - gre - ga - tion. - Blo, bu gles. * Some soranos may reinorce altos i desired or these to measures..hohmademusic.com
4 17 blo! blo!. blo;. blo! blo! blo! blo!.... detached, rhythmic 1 blo; blo! blo! Beat, drums, drum a-gain, sustained, intense sustained, intense sustained, intense....... oco a oco. beat, drums, drum a -gain, beat, drums, drum a-gain, beat, drums, drum a-gain, HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
4........ Blo,.. Blo, n Blo,. bu - gles blo! Blo, bu - gles blo!.. blo!. blo! n. 5 7 beat, drums, drum a-gain! Blo, blo! Bu- gles. Blo,... Blo, n n bu - gles blo! Are beds re-ared or slee - ers bu - gles blo! Are beds re-ared or slee - ers Blo, bu - gles blo! Blo, bu - gles blo!..... Ó blo, HMM 4M400a bu - gles blo, bu - gles blo! ().HohMadeMusic.com
6 0 at night in the hous-es No slee-ers must slee in the beds; You bu -gles ild-er blo! Ó. No Ó. * No at night in the hous-es No slee-ers must slee in the beds; You bu -gles ild-er blo! slee-ers must slee in the beds; You bu -gles ild-er blo! slee ers must slee in the beds; You - - -... bu gles ild er blo! ƒ. ƒ. ƒ Blo, bu - gles ƒ Blo, bu -gles blo! bu - gles blo; bu - gles Blo, bu - gles blo; bu - gles blo! bu - gles Blo, bu - gles blo; bu - gles blo! bu - gles () HMM 4M400a ritard. ritard. blo!.. "gradually dying aay" Ó..HohMadeMusic.com
6. blo, bu - gles blo! blo!. blo! aster 7 blo!. b aster (h = c 48 ). "To voices singing sotly ith the drums ersistent but ar aay" 41 45 ẇ. bb..... HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
8 Tenor Bass 49 Sloer, "quietly sustained" When li - lacs last in the door - yard bloom'd the.. When li - lacs last in the door - yard bloom'd the iano π Sloer, "quietly sustained" (q = c 48)..... 5. great star ear-ly drooed in the est - ern sky in the night, I great star ear-ly drooed in the est - ern sky in the night, I 56.,. mourned mourned.. HMM 4M400a yet. yet shall shall..... mourn ith b mourn ith.... b. ev-er re-turn-ing ev-er re-turn-ing. ( n ) Sring. Sring. N. ritard. Ó Ó ritard..hohmademusic.com
Sorano Alto iano a temo 61 Ev -er re-turn - ing Sring, trin -i-ty sure, trin - i - ty sure to Ev -er re-turn - ing Sring, trin -i -ty sure, trin - i - ty sure to a temo.... 9 65 69. me you bring.. me you bring.. ritard. b star b bb b b b ritard. in the. "legatissimo" b Li - lac bloom - ing er - en - ni - al droo - b n Li - lac bloom - ing er - en - ni - al droo - - ing star, b b b b b "legatissimo" nb exressive b b exressive est, n, b b n n b b droo-ing star in the est, N.. b b. ing. thoughts o him I thoughts o him.. decr. decr. I HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
10 Sorano Alto Tenor Bass iano 77 7 love. b love. b. "(silence)" U U U U U U π π "(silence)" U U (q = c 48) π U U π.. u π π "very sustained not sentimental in a sirit o digniied sorro ith ever increasing intensity Ca-tain! my Ca-tain! Ca-tain! my Ca-tain! Ca-tain! my Ca-tain! Ca-tain! my Ca-tain! "very sustained not sentimental in a sirit o digniied sorro ith ever increasing intensity our our our.. ear -ul tri is done. The shi has eath - er'd ev -'ry rack, ear -ul tri is done. The shi has eath - ev -'ry rack; ear -ul tri is done. The shi has eath-er'd, Ca - tain; the... b er'd. b.. our the ear -ul tri is.. HMM 4M400a done.. The shi has eath-er'd ev -'ry rack;. b l.h. the b.hohmademusic.com
11 81 rize e sought is Ca - tain, 'tis rize e sought is on; on; on; But But But (a quiet descant) div.*., heart! heart! heart! heart! heart! heart!.,. unis.... slight accel. the bleed-ing the bleed-ing rize e sought is on; But heart! heart! heart! the bleed-ing;...... * *.. * *.. slight accel. HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
1 86. dros. dros. dros. o red,here o red, here o red, here. on. on. on. ritard. the deck my the deck my the deck my. Ca - tain lies, all -. Ca - tain lies,. Ca - tain lies, all -...,.. "iú lento" en en. cold, b. cold. 91,.. dead, dead,. dead.. dead,...,.. ritard. Ca-tain, my Ca - tain,!.. b - cold - cold - -,.. - - b - - cold -. - - - -. - * Loer G reerred; to the extent ossible. HMM 4M400a dead. dead.. dead.. * all. - en "iú lento"... cold,. ( ) ( ) ( ) Drum a-gain, beat, beat,.hohmademusic.com
96 1.. Blo blo! ( ) ( ) drum a-gain, ( ) ( ) beat, beat, Ó. Ó.. ( ) Ó n Blo, blo! b U. u U HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com
14 American comoser William Harold Neidlinger excerted three ell-knon oems o Walt Whitman set them as a moving Lied or medium voice iano, i.e. mezzo-sorano or baritone. This choral arrangement o his iece maintains the key o E minor/g maor most o the original iano accomaniment, hich ortrays drums beating bugles bloing. The ublished oems emloyed unusual tyograhy then Neidlinger substituted his on eculiarities o unctuation or Whitman s.* Some Neidlinger erormance directions are incororated verbatim,** e.g. or the iano interlude: "To voices singing sotly ith the drums ersistent but ar aay." Temos suggested or chorus are slightly aster than or a soloist, but still this dramatic song should be erormed ith great exression. * Although Neidlinger s version is resented in the block text on. ii, it is simliied in the choral score. ** in quotation marks HMM 4M400a.HohMadeMusic.com