abraham lincoln walks at midnight / abbie betinis tenor

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Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

for tenor, piano, and snare drum

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight / Abbie Betinis Tenor, piano, snare drum $7.50 / AB-061-10

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Voice

Snare Drum

Piano

Would

Majestically, ad lib

Majestically, ad lib

I might rouse the Lin coln in you all...

6 3 6

Driving, yet mysterious, 96

L.H.Driving, yet mysterious, 96

snares off

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4

6 3

4

It is por ten tous,

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sim.

and a thing of

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Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

ABBIE BETINIS(b. 1980)

© Copyright Abbie Betinis Music Co. (ASCAP), July 2009. Arranged March 2014 for solo voice (from original TTBB).Order sheet music online at www.abbiebetinis.com

for tenor, piano, and snare drum

VACHEL LINDSAY* (1879-1931)

Co-commissioned as a special project by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Music Educators AssociationPremiered in original men's chorus version by the Minnesota All-State Men's Chorus; David Mennicke, conductor

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* from "Lincoln" (1913) and "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (In Springfield, Illinois)" (1914). Both poems edited and (slightly) modified by the composer.



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state

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That here at mid night,

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in our lit tle- -

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town A

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mourn ing fig ure

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walks, and will not

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rest,

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Near the old

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court house pac ing up and down,

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Or by his

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sweetly, legato

home stead,

sweetly, legato

or in shad ow'd- -

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yards he

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* see note

lin gers where his chil dren used to- -

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play, Or through the

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, bouncy (like cobblestones)

* with apologies to William Byerly: "Waltz," pub. 1854 (one of Lincoln's favorite tunes)

mar ket, on thewell worn stones he stalks un til the

legato

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dawn stars burn a

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way. A

sub

bronzed, lank man!

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(footsteps in big boots)

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His suit of an cient

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sub

sub

black,

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A

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fa mous high top hat- - -

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and plain worn

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legato

shawl. Would I might rouse the

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marcato3

Lin coln in you all.-




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He can not sleep

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espressivo

espressivo

up on his hill side now.

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He is a mong- - - -

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us: as in times be

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fore! And we who toss

gently, as a lullaby

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and lie a wake for

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long, Breathe deep, and start, to-




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see him pass the

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door.

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His head is bowed. He

prayerfully

legato

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thinks on men and

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kings.

molto

snares on

Yea, when the sick world cries,

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how can he sleep?

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Too man y fight,

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Too man y

ad lib.

ad lib.

ad lib.

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weep.

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60 L.H.

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sim.

The sins of war lords

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all but burn his

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heart.

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He sees the dread naughts

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scour ing ev' ry

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main. He

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89 lightly

It breaks his heart that

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prayerfully

kings must mur der still,-

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That all his hours of tra

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vail seem yet in

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molto rit.

molto rit.

vain. And who,-

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who will

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Slower

bring sweet peace




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That he may

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sub

sub

sleep up on his hill a

rit.

rit.

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gain?

6 3 6

103 Driving, yet mysterious ( 96)

snares off

Driving, yet mysterious ( 96)

6 3 6 3


Reviewed as "audacious… edgy and thrilling," the music of Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) is being performed increasingly in the United States and abroad. Abbie has been commissioned by more than 40 music organizations including Cantus, the Dale Warland Singers, The Rose Ensemble, and The Schubert Club. A 2009 McKnight Artist Fellow, she has also won grants and awards from the American Composers Forum, ASCAP, Jerome Foundation, Minnesota Music Educators Association and the Sorel Organization. Abbie studied composition at St. Olaf College, the University of Minnesota, and the European American Musical Alliance, where she spent two summers in Paris, France studying harmony and counterpoint in the esteemed tradition of Nadia Boulanger. Abbie publishes and distributes her music internationally through her website (www.abbiebetinis.com), with additional scores available through G. Schirmer's Dale Warland Series, Graphite Publishing, Kjos, and Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Since 2005, Abbie has been Composer-in-Residence with The Schubert Club. She has also held residencies with The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists and The Rose Ensemble. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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