RICHARD RUSSELL

Unaccompanied

Soprano duet

DESIGN FOR LIGHTNING MUSIC

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FourShakespeare

Songsin madrigal style

FOUR SHAKESPEARE SONGSIN MADRIGAL STYLE

by Richard D. Russell

PERFORMANCE NOTE The order of these songs may be changed to suit the performers’s sense of Shakespeare!

TAKE, O take those lips away,That so sweetly were forsworn;And those eyes, the break of day,Lights that do mislead the morn!But my kisses bring again,! Bring again;Seals of love, but seal'd in vain,! Seal'd in vain!

TIRED with all these, for restful death I cry,As, to behold desert a beggar born,And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,And purest faith unhappily forsworn,And guilded honour shamefully misplaced,And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,And strength by limping sway disabled,And art made tongue-tied by authority,And folly doctor-like controlling skill,And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,And captive good attending captain ill:! Tired with all these, from these would I be gone,! Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.

IF MUSIC be the food of love, play on,Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,The appetite may sicken, and so die.

TELL me where is Fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head?How begot, how nourishèd? ! Reply, reply. It is engender'd in the eyes, With gazing fed; and Fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. ! Let us all ring Fancy's knell: ! I'll begin it, —Ding, dong, bell.! Ding, dong, bell.

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Soprano

Soprano

Take,

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O take those lips a way,- that

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so sweet ly- were for sworn.- And

p

those

Andante (q = 100)

Take,

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O take those lips a way,- that

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so sweet ly- were for sworn.- And

p

those

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eyes, the break

mf

of day, lights

p

that do mis lead- the morn. But

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my kis ses- bring a -

Allegro (q = 140)5

eyes, those eyes, the break

mf

of day, lights

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that do mis lead- the morn.

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S.

gain! But my kis ses- bring a gain!- A

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gain,- a gain,- a -

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But

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my kis ses- bring a gain!- My kiss es- bring a

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gain- a -

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1. Take, O Take Those Lips AwayRichard D. RussellWilliam Shakespeare

F O U RS H A K E S P E A R E

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gain, a gain,- a gain,- a gain,- bring a gain,

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gain, a gain,- a gain,- bring a gain,

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- bring a gain,- bring a gain- bring a gain- bring a-

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gain. But

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my kiss es- bring a gain,- but

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my kiss es- bring a -

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gain. bring

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a gain,- a gain,- bring a gain,- bring

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a gain,- a -

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gain Bring

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a gain,- bring a gain,- bring a gain,- bring a gain.-

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gain bring a gain. Bring

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a gain,- bring a gain- bring a gain- bring a gain.-

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Seals

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of love but sealed in vain, sealed

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in vain, sealed in vain!

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Seals

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of love but sealed in vain, sealed

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in vain, sealed in vain!

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), + $ # $( $ $, # $( $% $ # $( $' ) $, ) *

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red- with all these for rest ful- death I cry, As,

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to be hold- de sert- a

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As,

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to be hold- de sert- a

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beg gar- born, and need y- noth

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ing- trimm'd in jol

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li- ty,- and

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pur est-

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beg gar- born, and need y- noth

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ing- trimm'd in jol

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li- ty- and

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pur est-

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faith un hap- pi- ly- for sworn,- and gild ed- hon

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or- shame ful- ly- mis placed.

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faith un hap- pi- ly- for sworn,- and gild ed- hon

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or- shame ful- ly- mis placed.

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And

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maid en- vir tue,- vir tue;- right

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per -

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maid en- vir tue- rude ly- strump et- ed- And

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right per fec- tion-

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fec tion- dis graced.

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and

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art made tongue tied by au-

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wrong ful- ly- dis graced.

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And

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strength by limp ing- sway dis ab- led- and

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art made tongue tied by au-

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tho ri- ty.- And

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fol ly,- fol ly,- fol ly,- doc tor- like,

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con trol- ling- skill.

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tho ri- ty.- fol

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ly,- fol ly- fol ly,- doc tor- like,

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con trol- ling- skill.

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and

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simp le- truth, truth, truth. at

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ten- -

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simp le- truth mis call'd- sim pli- ci- ty,- and

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cap tive- good at -

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ding cap tive- ill:

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red- with all these, from these would I be gone Save that, to

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tend ing- cap tive- ill:

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that, to

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die,

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I leave my love a lone.- Save

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that, to die,

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I leave my love a lone.

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die,

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I leave my love a lone.- Save

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that, to die,

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I leave my love a lone.

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Soprano

Soprano

If

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mu sic- be the food of love play on; play on, give me ex cess- of

Andante (q = 80)

If

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mu sic- be food; if mu sic- be the food of love play on; play

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it

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give me ex cess- of it; give me ex cess- of it,

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that

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sur feit- ing,- that

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on;

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give me ex cess- of it; give me ex cess- of it,

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that

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sur fei- ting,- that sur feit- -

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sur feit- ing- the

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ap pe- tite,- the ap pe- tite,- the

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ap pe- tite,- the

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ing that sur feit- ing,- the

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ap pe- tite,- the ap

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pe- -

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3. If Music Be the Food of Love

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ap pe- tite,- may

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sick en- and so die, may sick en- and so die, may

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tite

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may

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sick en- and die, may sick en- and die, may

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sick en- and so die.

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If mu sic- be the food of love play on.

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sick en- and so die.

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If mu sic- be food, play on.

Soprano

Soprano

Tell

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me where is fan cy- bred. Or

ff

in the heart, or

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in

Allegro (h = 60)

Tell

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me where is fan cy- bred. Or in the

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the head? How

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be got,- how nour ished?- How

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be got,- how nour ished?-

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heart, or in

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the head? How be got- How

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be got,- how nour ished?-

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4. Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred

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* + * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ ) / $& $ $

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ply, re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,

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ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re

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ply, re

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ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply.

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it en gend- 'red- in the

Allegretto (h = 50)E10

ply, re

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ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply,- re ply.

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it en gend- red- in the

S.

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eyes, with ga zing- fed; and fan cy- dies, and fan cy- dies, and fan cy- dies, in

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the

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eyes, with ga zing- fed; and fan cy- dies, and fan cy- dies, and fan cy- dies, in

mp

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cra dle- where it lies, in

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the cra dle- where it lies, where it lies, where it

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cra dle- where it lies, in

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the cra dle- where it lies, where it lies, where it

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lies.

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Let us all ring fan cy's- knell. Let us all ring, let us

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lies.

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Let us all ring fan cy's- knell. Let us all ring, let us all ring, let us

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all ring, let

ff

us all ring. Let

f

us all ring, let

mf

us all ring.

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all ring, let

ff

us all ring. Let

f

us all ring, let

mf

us all ring. I'll

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be gin- it: Ding,

mf

dong,

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Ding,

mf

dong, bell, ding, dong, bell, ding, ding, dong bell.

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bell, ding,

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dong, bell, ding, dong, ding, dong bell.

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I'll

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be gin- it:

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Ding,

mf

dong, bell. Ding, dong bell, ding, ding, dong, bell.

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Ding,

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dong, bell. Ding, dong, bell. Ding, dong, ding, dong bell.

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DESIGN for Lightning Music (ASCAP)

Richard D. Russell, composer (b. 1968, Illinois)

An ASCAP Plus winner, Richard Russell’s music has been performed internationally

and at prominent venues in New York. Highlights include a September 11, 2002,

memorial performance of Remembrances at Merkin Concert Hall, and a

performance of Design for Lightning by trombonist Haim Avitsur in Israel. As well,

his music has been performed in Bulgaria and, in New York, Symphony Space,

New York University, the Ethical Culture Society, and Mannes College of Music.

Richard Russell has been awarded commissions by several professional, amateur,

and student musicians. His work is published by Design for Lightning Music

(ASCAP). He publishes Creativity and Composition, a blog for composers,.

He began writing songs at an early age, beginning formal piano and composition

study at 13. He earned his BA in Music Composition from Blackburn College

(Illinois), graduating magna cum laude. He has also studied musical theater at New

School University and participated in the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. He is

currently pursuing his Masters at SUNY Empire State.

Richard Russell has been active in the New York Composers Circle for several

years, having served on its Steering Committee and acted as Managing Director.

Currently, he is the NYCC webmaster and In The Loop newsletter editor.

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Works performed at (selected list)

• Symphony Space Thalia, New York

• Merkin Hall, New York

• Bar-Ilan University, Israel

• Naval House, Varna, Bulgaria

• Ethical Culture Society, New York

• CAMI Hall, New York

• Saint Peter’s Church @ Citigroup Center,

New York

• Mannes College of Music, New York

• Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew,

Brooklyn

• The Lucy Moses School, New York

• The LGBT Community Center, New York

Works commissioned by (selected list)

•Alaria Chamber Ensemble

•Prismatic Productions

•Sofia Dimitrova, soprano

•Aurora Borealis Duo

•Ollom Dance Company

•Haim Avitsur, trombone

•Tonal Center Trio

Selected Works

• Spirals, for piano trio

• Conversations (Faces), for piano trio

• Reverie, for flute and piano

• Three States of Water, for flute trio

• Two Rilke Songs, for sop, vln, pno

• The Duel, for sop, marimba, bass cl

• Three Elegies, for sop and percussion

• Three Songs of Carl Sandburg, for sop

and piano

• Balance, for trombone and electronics

• Design for Lightning, for trombone and

electronics

• Violin Sonata, for vln and piano

• NeverSummer, for flute, clarinet, piano

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