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CAROL BARNETT
CHRISTMAS EVE, BELLS for SSSAAATTBB Chorus
Text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Copyright © 1991 by Carol Barnett, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Copying or reproducing this publication in whole or in part by any means without permission is a violation of the Federal Copyright Law.
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CAROL BARNETT
CHRISTMAS EVE, BELLS for SSSAAATTBB chorus
Text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers
Premiered December 5, 1991 by the Dale Warland Singers
at Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN
c. 4 minutes
PROGRAM NOTE: Christmas Eve, Bells was written in 1991 for the Dale Warland Singers’ Echoes of Christmas concert. I set the first three stanzas from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam, canto XXVIII, imagining the voices as bells ringing the changes – exploring the variations of their tunes – from “four hamlets round, from far and near, on mead and moor,” the background hum always present in their combined overtones, and a sense of wistful nostalgia for days gone by.
In Memoriam XXVIII The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. Four voices of four hamlets round, From far and near, on mead and moor, Swell out and fail, as if a door Were shut between me and the sound: Each voice four changes on the wind, That now dilate, and now decrease, Peace and goodwill, goodwill and peace, Peace and goodwill, to all mankind. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) !
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Soprano
Soprano 2
Alto
Alto 2
Tenor solo
Tenor
Bass
Piano(for
rehearsalonly)
wb(hum)
wb(hum)
wb(hum)
wb(hum)
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wb
∑
h = 56
h = 56
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Christmas Eve, Bells
Carol Barnett
© 1991 Carol Barnett. All rights reserved.
Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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T solo
T
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Pno.
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w
w
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Ó Œ œb
p
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Freely
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˙b œbirth of
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A 2
T solo
T
B
Pno.
10 .˙ ˙
.˙ ˙
.˙ ˙
.˙A ˙
Œ Œ œ œ œ
The moon is
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∑
10 ....˙˙˙˙b ˙˙˙˙
Œ Œœ œ œ
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w
.˙ œ
hid; the
w
(hum)
∑
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π
.˙
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.˙
˙b œbnight is
˙ œœb
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˙b œb
˙ ˙
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w
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wbstill;
ww
∑
˙˙˙˙ ˙̇b
wwb
h = 56
h = 56
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˙ ˙bzm
w
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˙̇ ˙˙b
wwb
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T solo
T
B
Pno.
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˙ ˙
zm
w
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˙ ˙bzm
∑
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ww
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˙˙ ˙̇b
wwb
w
˙ ˙
zm
˙ ˙bzm
w
∑
ww
wwb
zm
˙̇ ˙˙b
wwb
˙ ˙
zm
w
w
˙ ˙bzm
∑
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˙˙ ˙̇b
wwb
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˙ ˙
zm
˙ ˙bzm
w
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p
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zm
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zm
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zm
w ˙bzm
œ œ .˙b œ
Christ mas bells from
..ww
.w
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œ œb .˙b œ
n.
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T solo
T
B
Pno.
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zm
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zm
w
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ww
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.˙ œb
˙ ˙
zm
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w
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hill,
w
zm
wb
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˙˙ ˙̇
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zm
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wbzm
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wbzm
œb .˙
to hill
ww
∑
˙˙b ˙̇
Œ .˙wb
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Pno.
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wbzm
wbzm
˙ ˙Nan swer
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˙ ˙bw
p
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w
w
˙ ˙b
each
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wbin
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wb
(hum)
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wb
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A 2
T solo
T
B
Pno.
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wbzm
wbzm
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wbzm
wbzm
∑
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˙ ˙̇̇b
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www
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Four voic es of four
Œ . œb œ œFour voic es
.œ Œ
.œ Œ
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.œ œ
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...œœœ œœœ
e = 120
e = 120
n.
n.
p
p
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ham lets round,
œ œ œ œof four ham lets
œb œ œ œ œFour voic es of four
Œ . œb œ œFour voic es
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p
p
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round,
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œ œ œ œof four ham lets
Œ ‰ ‰ Jœœb
From
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Œ ‰ ‰ Jœœb
p
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four voic es,
œ .œ
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œb œ jœ œround, four voic es,
œœb œœ Jœœ
far and
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œœœœb œœjœœ œœ
œœb œœ Jœœ
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œ œb jœ œfour voic es,
œ .œ
œœb œœ Jœœb
near, on
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œœb œœ Jœœb
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
œ œ Jœ œ
four voic es,
œ .œ
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œœb œœ Jœœ
mead and
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œœb œœ Jœœ
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œ œ Jœ œ
four voic es,
œ œb Jœ œfour voic es,
œ .œ
œœb œœ Jœœb
moor, on
∑
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œœb œœ Jœœb
.œ .œ
mead,
.˙
.˙
.œ .œbmead,
..œœb œœ Jœœ
mead and
∑
..œœ ..œœb
..œœb œœ Jœœ
.˙
.œ .œ
moor,
.œ .œbmoor,
.˙
..˙̇bmoor,
Œ . Œ Jœ
Swell
..œœ ..œœb
..˙̇bŒ . Œ Jœ
F
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mead,
.˙
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.œ .œbmead,
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.œ# œJœ
out, swell
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cresc.
.˙
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moor,
.œ .œbmoor,
.˙
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.œ# œJœ
out and
..œœ ..œœb
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Jœ
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mead,
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fail, as
..œœ ..œœb
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Jœ
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.œ .œbmoor
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if a
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door were
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..œœ ..œœbbzm
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..œœ ..œœbzm
.œ .œbtween me
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π
π
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Ó Œ Œ ‰ jœEach
Œ ‰ jœ œb œb œb œ œ œEach voice four chang es on the
˙ .˙sound:
Ó Œ Œ ‰ jœ
Œ ‰ jœ œb œb œb œ œ œ˙ .˙
p
p
p
p
q = 56
q = 56(close to "n")
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Œ Œ ‰ jœb
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.˙wind,
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.˙
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Each
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voice four chang es on the
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rit. poco
rit. poco
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˙ œ œ
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a tempo
a tempo
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Pno.
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peace,
.w
peace,
.wb
peace,
.wb
peace,
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peace,
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peace,65 ..wwb
wb ˙˙b ˙b ˙
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wkind.
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∑
∑
Œ ˙̇b œœbw
∑
più p
più p
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più p
più p
floating
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A 2
A 3
T
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Pno.
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.˙ œ
zm
w
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.˙ œbzm
∑
∑
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œœ ˙̇b œœbw
∑
dim. poco a poco a niente
dim. poco a poco a niente
dim. poco a poco a niente
dim. poco a poco a niente
dim. poco a poco a niente
∑
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zm
.˙ œ
zm
wzm
œ .˙bzm
.˙ œbzm
∑
∑
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∑
∑
œ .˙
zm
.˙ œ
zm
w
œ .˙bzm
.˙ œbzm
∑
∑
œœ ˙̇b œœbw
∑
∑
œ .˙
zm
.˙ œ
zm
w
œ .˙bzm
.˙ œbzm
∑
∑
œœ ˙̇b œœbw
∑
∑
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zm
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w
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∑
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∑
∑
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zm
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