PAUt

HINDEMITH
NINE ENGLISH SONGS
FOR SOPRANO OR MEZZO.SOPRANO AND PIANO

oN HEARTNG'THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER". ECHO. THE MOON

ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OI HIS CUP O THE WHISTLIN'THIEF O ENVOY

THE WILD ILOWER'S SONG. SING ON THERE IN THE SWAMP O TO MUSIC TO BECATM HIS FEVER

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 CONTENTS

Title Page
On hearing "The Last Rose of Summer" 3
Echo ....... 6
The Moon 8
TheWhistlin'Thief ,.,,.,.12
Envoy .. .. . 18
TheWildFlower'sSong. ....22
Singontherein the Swamp (HighVoice) ... ..... 24
Sing on there in the Swamp (Medium Voice) . . . . . 26
To Music, to becalm his Fever . . , . . 28
On a Fly Drinking out of his Cup . . . 32
 On hearing "The Last Rose of Summer"
Charles Wolfe Paul Hindemith
(1?91 - 1823) (le42)

Slow, with MelancholY (J = ao-Go) p d

Voice
T rat strain a - ain? It seems to
Stow, with lllelancholY (J = s,
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Piano p --- d
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tell Of some-thing like o joy tle-part-otl; I love its mourn-ing ao-cents we[,
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Liko voico of ono, bro- kon-hoart-eil. That

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note that pen-sive ilies & - w&y, Antl can each an-swer-ing thrill a - wak - en, ,

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It sail- ly, wild-ly,seems to say, lfhy meek-heart mourns its truth for -

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*;ak * §§. Or- thero wes one who nev- er more §hall

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meet theo with the looks of glaü-ness, When all of hap -pier life was
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o'er,lVhen first be - gan thy sad. - ness.

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- er, ce&se that melt-ing strain,Too well it §uits the grave'a colil slum-bers;

Too- well the heart-that loved in vain

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Breathes, -
antl- weeps in those wilttnum-bers.
Iives,
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 E cho
Thomas Moore
Paul Hindemith
(rs+z)

Rather fast (J
= 108-116)

Voice
How sweet the an-swer Ech- o makes To mu

Piano

ät night, When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,

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far a - way, o'er lawns and lakes, an - swer- ing light I

Yet love hath ech- oes tru er far And far more sweet,
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 be-neath the moon-light's staa horn- or lute,- or soft gui-tar,

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re - peat.
-Thesongs

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And on - ly then, The sighthat'sbreath'dfor one to hear,
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that one,that on-ly

 The Moon
Paul Hindemith
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1942)

Fast (J ca. eo)

!bice

Piano

tot ters forth, wrapp'd in a gavz ' Y veil, Out of her

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led by the And fee - ble wan-der-ings of her fad -
 -ff diminuendo

Slow (J.os-os)

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Artthoupaleforwea-ri-ness Of climb-ingheav-en andgaz-ingon the earth,

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mong the stars that have a

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eye

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worth its con - stan-cY?

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12
The Whistlin' Thief
Samuel Lover Paul Hindemith
(1797 - 1868) (rs42)
Allegro moderato (J = roo)

Yoice
'When
Allegro moderato (J = roo Pat came the hill, His

Piano

His whist-Ie

8uo;-
/ L-*tt

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t'Some-one
the moth-er said, whist-lin' sur"i'
St.

l--r

"'ti, cm ly the wind Is whist-lin' through the door."

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(Pat whistles a bit of a popular air)

Iivetl a longtimo, Ma - ry, In thie

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t'But,
moth er, youknowthe

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fiü-dle Hangs close be-sido the chink, And the winil up - on the ethrings

Is play-ing the tchuue I thin.kl' (rne pig grunts)

 1. r "l[a-ry Ihearthe Un - ais - y in his mintli'
z."Tho itog is burk-in' The fiil-dle cant play thot tohunel'
Seherzando

moth-er, you know, thoy say The pigs' cen Bee the wintl.." "Th&tig thrue ä -' nough dn the
moth-er, the ilogs will bark 'When - ev-er they soe the moonl' "But how coultl he see the

d@, But I think you msy re - mark, Th at prg§.- tro_ more_ nor-
moon, T[hen, you know, the tlog is blind? Blind-dogswon't bark- at the

Oan Joe ' Ät-y-thing in tho ----

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xoi tia-at.s t" 'pt$"?uyi[u (tuu o's o"'r')
 as you think,

I knowrrcr-y well

Piü presto

Piü presto Shut your mouth,jounhistlid thief,

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Molto agitato
,--- --,-\ ,,;lAllegro moderato

Mglto agitato Allegro moderato

fbg pb? b, /:\-ä --

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And you go off ioyour bett, Dont playup-on me your

Eorthough I have lost my eyes, I have-nt lostmy ears!"-

1B

Enrroy
Franeis Thompson Paul Ilinilemith
(18;e - 1907) (L542)

Quiet (J.= e o-.u)

Yoice
uiet (J.= eor

Piano

arpeggiando
Go, songs, - for is our brief, sweet
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 tlren of swift Joy ano

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ero §ung, andthatwasyes - ter

And some sung, antlthatmaybe to-mor - row.

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o gitato

Go forth; anü if it be o'el ston rr way. _

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old joy- can lenil whatnew- er grief must- bo I

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Anü it was swoet, and that ItreB yes tor - i[ay,

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Anit sweet is sweet, though pur - ehas - etl with

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Tempo primo ,rtf

sor row. - - -Tempoprlmo Go, Bong§, and oome notbaekfrom your-

-- arpegg.

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 And if ask youwhy ye

"tr
- row, Tell them ye grieve, foryour heartsknow To - tlay,
non ar?egg, -Ü a,r?egg1

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PP 'riten.

Tell them ye smile, foryoureyes know To-mor - row.

?nn q,r?eg'g'. Tempoprimo
22

The Wild Flower's Song

PauI Hinilemith
William Blake (ts42)

Quasi rocltotlvo

Ae f wen - iler'il- tho for- est, green leaves

ttI
I hearil & will flow - er- §ing-ing a 8otrg:

Moderato, arloso

fears Ard I do - light.

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But- met- with rcortr.t,

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Sing on there in the SwamP

Yrlt .Whitmon Poul Eindemith
(tert)

Yoice
Sing in the Bwamp,
-

Piano pp

O sing ten der,

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I hear

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I eomo pros - ent'ly, I un-der stand

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r--- ünese
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But o mo-ment I ling for ühe lus - trous star

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^h ryf F.
has de - tein'd DGr tho star,- my de-part-ing com - tade,gza:
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Ji,

holds and de-tains me.

26

Sing on there in the SwamP

Paul flind,emith
Il'alt lYhitman (re 4 3)

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l'ery slow (J
= oo)

Yoice
Sing o:l there in the §w8mp,
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Plano

r r
hi

O sing el bash - ful an«l ton der,

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?oco cnoEc.

I hear Your notos,

I hoar,

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But a mo-ment I - tor, for the lus - troue star-

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has de -tain'd- mo, the star, my de-part-ing oom - rade,
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T
antl de-tains
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28

To Music, to becalm his Fever

Robert Herrick Paul Hintlemith
(1591 -1674) (1e44)

Moderate
Yoice
1. Charm me o
2. Sweet
- - ly

Piano

melt me so with thyde - li That be - ing

vert the samo From a con- §um - ing fire In to&
--
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rav - ish'rl, hence I go A-way in eas-y slum - bers.

gen - tle lick - ing flame, Anrlmake it thus ex - pire.

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p :
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' fr++u :
Ease my sick head, And make my bed, lfhou pow
llhen make me weep My pains & sleep; Anil give me
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er that canst sev er From me this ilI, Anü quickly- still, Though
such ro pos e§ That I, poor I, Muy think thereby I

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my pains will thysoft hav - ing ease

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€tr, With full de - ligüt light,

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Heav - en.

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32

On a Fly Drinking out of his Cup

William Oldys Paul Hindemith
(1696-1761) (|e42)

Quiet (J. ca.oo)

Voice

Piano

Bus- y, cu- rious, thirst-y Drink with me and

--

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drink as Free-ly wel - come to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it
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Though re - peat - ed to three - score

Three mers, when they're gone,

will-