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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2011-03-08}} {{CPDLno|23239}} [[Media:TF.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [http://www.box.net/shared/2q7mvqcj9t {{ | *{{PostedDate|2011-03-08}} {{CPDLno|23239}} [[Media:TF.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [http://www.box.net/shared/2q7mvqcj9t {{net}}] (MP3) | ||
:Full Score with wind parts and piano short score for rehearsal [[Media:TF.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | :Full Score with wind parts and piano short score for rehearsal [[Media:TF.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | ||
:Full Score with wind parts [[Media:TC.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | :Full Score with wind parts [[Media:TC.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | ||
:Noteworthy Composer files of individual movements ''(requires cresc.ttf font for "hairpins")'' | :Noteworthy Composer files of individual movements ''(requires cresc.ttf font for "hairpins")'' | ||
::'''Frame-Most Holy Night''' [[Media:0_-_Most_Holy_Night_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''Frame-Most Holy Night''' [[Media:0_-_Most_Holy_Night_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:0_-_Most_Holy_Night_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''January''' [[Media:1 - January_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''January''' [[Media:1 - January_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:1 - January_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''February''' [[Media:2 - February_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''February''' [[Media:2 - February_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:2 - February_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''March''' [[Media:3 - March_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''March''' [[Media:3 - March_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:3 - March_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''April''' [[Media:4 - April_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''April''' [[Media:4 - April_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:4 - April_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''May''' [[Media:5 - May_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''May''' [[Media:5 - May_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:5 - May_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''June''' [[Media:6 - June_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''June''' [[Media:6 - June_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:6 - June_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''Midsummer''' [[Media:6a - Midsummer_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''Midsummer''' [[Media:6a - Midsummer_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:6a - Midsummer_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''July''' [[Media:7 - July_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''July''' [[Media:7 - July_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:7 - July_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''August''' [[Media:8 - August_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''August''' [[Media:8 - August_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:8 - August_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''September''' [[Media:9 - September_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''September''' [[Media:9 - September_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:9 - September_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''October''' [[Media:A - October_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''October'''[[Media:A - October_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:A - October_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''November''' [[Media:B - November_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''November''' [[Media:B - November_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:B - November_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''December''' [[Media:C - December.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''December''' [[Media:C - December.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:C - December.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
::'''Frame-Most Holy Night''' [[Media:D_-_Most_Holy_Night_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ::'''Frame-Most Holy Night''' [[Media:D_-_Most_Holy_Night_final.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:D_-_Most_Holy_Night_final.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
:{{Editor|Geoff Allan|2011-03-08}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|138|4281}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | :{{Editor|Geoff Allan|2011-03-08}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|138|4281}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|Copyright (c) J G Allan 2011. This edition can be fully distributed, duplicated, performed and recorded.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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'''Lyrics source:''' ''Verses and Sonnets'', 1886 | '''Lyrics source:''' ''Verses and Sonnets'', 1886 | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
'''Soloists''' Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass | '''Soloists''' Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | {{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | ||
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{{Instruments|Wind: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B flat doubling Bass Clarinet}} | {{Instruments|Wind: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B flat doubling Bass Clarinet}} | ||
{{Pub|1|2011}} | {{Pub|1|2011}} | ||
{{Descr|The Turning Year is a choral song cycle set to poems by Hilaire Belloc. The work is in 15 short movements lasting about 1 hour in total. Each month of the year has a movement with a wordless setting for humming choir and solo oboe for midsummer and the whole work is framed by settings of a Belloc poem "Most Holy Night". | |||
The work is set for SATB choir, SATB soloists accompanied by Flute, Oboe and Clarinet in Bflat doubling Bass Clarinet. | The work is set for SATB choir, SATB soloists accompanied by Flute, Oboe and Clarinet in Bflat doubling Bass Clarinet. | ||
The work was performed in part by Myllburne Camerata in 2008 conducted by the composer. | The work was performed in part by Myllburne Camerata in 2008 conducted by the composer.}} | ||
{{#ExtWeb: | |||
http://www.camerata.org.uk | http://www.camerata.org.uk | ||
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60263/60263-h/60263-h.htm#Page_53 | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60263/60263-h/60263-h.htm#Page_53}} | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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'''January''' | '''January''' | ||
It freezes- all across a soundless sky | It freezes- all across a soundless sky | ||
The birds go home. | The birds go home. The governing dark's begun: | ||
The steadfast dark that waits not for a sun; | The steadfast dark that waits not for a sun; | ||
The ultimate dark wherein the race shall die. | The ultimate dark wherein the race shall die. | ||
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That shall benumb the voiceful earth at last, | That shall benumb the voiceful earth at last, | ||
Is master of our moment, and has bound | Is master of our moment, and has bound | ||
The viewless wind it-self. | The viewless wind it-self. There is no sound. | ||
It freezes. | It freezes. Every friendly stream is fast. | ||
It freezes; and the graven twigs are still | It freezes; and the graven twigs are still | ||
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'''May''' | '''May''' | ||
This is the laughing-eyed amongst them all: | This is the laughing-eyed amongst them all: | ||
My lady's month. | My lady's month. A season of young things. | ||
She rules the light with harmony, and brings | She rules the light with harmony, and brings | ||
The year's first green upon the beeches tall. | The year's first green upon the beeches tall. | ||
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From vengeance under Roncesvalles ta'en. | From vengeance under Roncesvalles ta'en. | ||
Or when his bramble beard flaked red with foam | Or when his bramble beard flaked red with foam | ||
Of bivouac wine-cups on the | Of bivouac wine-cups on the Lombard plain, | ||
What time he swept to grasp the world at Rome | What time he swept to grasp the world at Rome | ||
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- Full Score with wind parts and piano short score for rehearsal
- Full Score with wind parts
- Noteworthy Composer files of individual movements (requires cresc.ttf font for "hairpins")
- Editor: Geoff Allan (submitted 2011-03-08). Score information: A4, 138 pages, 4.18 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) J G Allan 2011. This edition can be fully distributed, duplicated, performed and recorded.
General Information
Title: The Turning Year
Composer: Geoff Allan
Lyricist: Hilaire Belloc
Lyrics source: Verses and Sonnets, 1886
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Soloists Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Wind: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B flat doubling Bass Clarinet
First published: 2011
Description: The Turning Year is a choral song cycle set to poems by Hilaire Belloc. The work is in 15 short movements lasting about 1 hour in total. Each month of the year has a movement with a wordless setting for humming choir and solo oboe for midsummer and the whole work is framed by settings of a Belloc poem "Most Holy Night".
The work is set for SATB choir, SATB soloists accompanied by Flute, Oboe and Clarinet in Bflat doubling Bass Clarinet.
The work was performed in part by Myllburne Camerata in 2008 conducted by the composer.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text The Turning Year |
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October |