A Rural Lullaby- for overtone choir
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This document is the musical score for "A Rural Lullaby" composed by Kathryn 鱈mov叩. It is scored for SATB choir and overtone singers. The piece is a gentle lullaby set in a rural landscape. Singers are directed to gradually reach final consonants and add overtones throughout the piece to create a soothing, otherworldly soundscape.
A Rural Lullaby- for overtone choir
- 1. A Rural Lullaby Kathryn 鱈mov叩 q =102 Gently (for SATB choir & overtone singers) mp SOPRANO Lull da say da rur da say da rur da say da da say da rur a mp ALTO Lull da say da rur da say da rur da say da da say da rur a mp TENOR mp Da lull rur da lull da rur a Bass Lull da say da da lull da rur da lull da rur a ("lull" pronounced as in lullaby) ("rur": gradually reach final 'r' at end of note value) (all upper diamond head notes sound 8va) 7 Over- tones S. day (8) - (6) May you sail a - way to dream - land up - on a star while the si - lence fills the And a - way up - on the dis - tance a whi - poor - will sings a gen - tle ru - ral A. day sail a - way to dream - land up - on a star while the si - lence fills the way up - on the dis - tance a whi poor - will sings a gen - tle ru - ral T. day (9) (6) may you sail a - way to dream - land on a star si - lent and up - on the dis - tance a whi poor - will sings a gen - tle B. day may you sail a - way on a star si - lent and up - on the dis - tance whi - poor - will sings gen - tle Yemyss Music (SOCAN) 2009
- 2. 2 14 Over- tones S. sweet sweet air Lull da say da rur da say da rur da say da lul - la - by A. sweet sweet Lull da say da rur da say da rur da say da da say da lul - la T. sweet sweet air (6) - (6) (7) (8) (5) (7) lul - la - by B. sweet sweet air da rur da rur say da rur da da rur da lul - la - by 20 Over- tones S. da say da rur a day say da rur a day say da rur a day a A. rur say da rur a day say rur a day say rur a day a T. (7) (6) (5) (6) (8) (9) B. rur da rur a day da rur a day da rur a day a
- 3. 3 27 1. 2. ppp a tempo Over- tones ppp mp S. rur a rur a Lull da say da rur ppp mp A. rur a rur a Lull da say da rur ppp mp T. (8) (8) (9) (7) (6) da ppp mp B. rur a rur a Lull da say da 35 S. da say da rur da say da da say da rur a day A. da say da rur da say da da say da rur a day T. lull rur da lull rur a day B. lull da rur da lull rur a day 40 rit. (all upper diamond head notes sound 8va) mf p S. a ru - ral lul - la - by (8) mf p ** A. a ru - ral lul - la by (12) mf p ** T. sing a lul - la - by (12) mf p ** B. sing a lul - la - by (10) ** *All notes with numbers in brackets ( ) beneath are fundamentals. The numbers in ( ) represent overtones. ** All voices, bars 43-44, from text "by", gradually add overtones throughout bar 43 until first beat of bar 44.