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des-ert plac-es, thou art white with snow and rain, Thou art ris-en from the

pooo a poco agitato

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Poem by KoltsoffEnglish version by

Geo. Harris, Jr., and Kurt Schindler

Allegretto

Voice

Piano

Music byMill Balakireff

P.

Young and bold am_ I,

41 p p .^0 ^^ ^^ mLong to roam and_ rove,_ Will not spend my_ youth Loung-ing by the stove.

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Nev - er was I made For to till and sow,_ For to thrash the_grain,

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to my need But a stur - dy steed And a dag- - ger bright And dark

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woods by night!

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Poem by K. R.Engrlish version by

Deems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Music byPiotr Ilyitch Txliaikovshy

Op. 63, No. 2

Voice

Piano

*Allegro

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it ^ ^Poco meno mosso

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scent of the li-lacs in flow- er.

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sang like the bird that I knew long a - go, Ere my

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fate sent me forth as a va - grant, When he pour'd out his song

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** Romeo and Juliet(Romeo i Julietta)

DUETfor Soprano and Tenor, with Mezzo-Soprano ad libitum

English version by Sigmund Spaeth, Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovskyadapted from Shakespeare's From an unfinished, posthumous work,

"Romeo and Juliet", Act III, SceneV completed and orchestrated by

IMTRODUCTIOM* S.Taneieff

Andante non tanto, quasi moderato

Piano

Horn II

**

espress Allegro giustoHorns III & IV

* This IntroductioQ, constructed with themes from the Overture (of the same name)amd from the Dnet,was written by Tan^'ieff. For scenic performance, Curtain here. Juliet's room. Daybreak. Romeo and Juliet seated by the window.

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rt&EEtSEE^EiiE*S^^FCl.Solo

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iIlistesso tempo

Juliet

Duet

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^I^istesso tempo

strings

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IRomeo .P ^^^

Night - ly she sings on

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cresc.fy

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nfthe night-in

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gale ind not th

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and not he lark,

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not the lark!dim. VI

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'tis the lark, the

P^her - aid of the morn

dolce

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'tis the lark, the her- aid of the morn - ing,

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dawn. Look, love, _? 3

hat en - vious streaks there Do lace the

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sev-'ring clouds. in yon - der East! must

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Poco piu mosso

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iA me-teor of the night shines like a torch on thy way, my love; then

animando

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AUePTO pfiustop espress.

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^ J) j) I.J) I r- iJ> J J 1 P% m^^^=^=y ?so thou wilt have it so, then death

espress.

is wel - come!

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know it!

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her - aid of the morn - ing^

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dear

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love.

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i'tis the dawn!

Nurse (from outside)

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Nurse

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The nurse is call - ing!Romeo ^^ ^

My dear-est chhild, the

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^ ^ ^mp ?^ ^day has come! I pray you haste, 'tis time that you should part. Your la- dy

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P l"p P Pi' ^

p p P

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iwell now. dear est! It is the hour of

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now.

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It is the hour of

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iAllegro giusto 1>P

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Fare - well, thou night of lov-ers joy, Of rap-ture full, with-

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Ik^,

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Viol. I. II con sord.

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^

^^ r^v^

E^^Harp

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^')K r rout al - loy. Fare - well, each kiss and fond ca - ress, Fare- well, thou dream of

{AK r^ r r^ r u ^. r^^^ r I I r I rout al - loy, Fare - well, each kiss and fond ca - ress, Fare- well, thou dream of

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fc^^ JE^^

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g^Ffst 'J n ri g

5t^ ii H rJhap- pi - ness! Why couldst thou not one mo-ment stay? Why must thou flee be -

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mfare - well, O night!

JAK r^ r r icresc. e poco accel.

fore the day? Canst thou not

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4^MN3IM

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hide the dawn-ing light? O night of

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love. stay,

espress.

thou must not yet be gone,. Faith-ful

pt^

d * d

ri rrrfr H/LL^^

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night, stay, and with thy dark- ness hide.

^J? espr.

^And now fare

^^

well. my

^IE

^our

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love'.

Flute

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mpour joy and drive the night

I'.i-. r hp i i^ iCru - el dawn, hide thy light, grant our love the

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:

way. Ah, cru - el dawn. wilt thou no long - er

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im a ^veil of night! Ah, thou cru - el dawn!

cresc. P=l

' rit

f r k =^s

*^

hide thy light? Must lov - ers part be - forerit.

_ jSTthee.

V If i r i f r^Wilt thou not be - gone? Must we part be - fore thee?.

i i -^.i

"^vt X \> %

^mhb* ID'cresc. rit.

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^ma tempo

^^

^^since thou hast con-quer''d night?a tempo fi i

'Tis the

^Ju - liet - ta! Be - lov - ed! Ju -

'

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a tempo

S ^1 'iLis

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if* 3^M ? 5hour,. love, when we must say fare - well.

1^^m ^ ^ ^^!

liet - ta! Love, fare - well! Fare

iftep molto string.

'\\ i hJ ycresc.

r^^TFfc

Be - lov - ed!

mo/fo string.

Be - lov - ed! One last fare

^o f

i^r r

well! Fare - well! Fare - well, Ju

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^well,

^liet

t*gpp^/.^^

^

^

'^i'^-'-^^

cresc.

nc

^fr rjrrrfr^tfeTpti.

^

^ ^iy

^ P P-iz:love! THe night has fled a - way, The

^

^Ffc ^^ niday has come. .

*^^

Fare - well!

^

day has come._

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^iiSJ ^i!'^^

Fare - well!

HarprvN Tpt.

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|i-''i>r^ i^p.

jli>i^h,r

^

-

pFare well!

cT"

(Romeo descends through the window!.) Love,now fare thee well!

j^^yffJ iffH^s

Strlng8__

'Cello o"

'1^, r ^ P f

-o-

le :m. m.y..

Baas

marcatBssn. I

^

^r

Ej'i'^^-o-

t^

^ p espress.5^^^ i^

:s5i

^Ah, love, now fare thee well!

- J nn iFare - well!.

^f ,'^f ^f 1^ ^ ^ f if

f rfiaL.

^ 1Fare - well, fare

ho

well! _

-e- dim.fe

i?p

m^Fare well! Fare

'C i ^f if 1 *** tA>;English Horn

VnS>t. tl,o-

p

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M FP^o-Fare

^well!

32:

Fare

Co:

o

well!

well, fare well!. Fare well!

m te=fe^ ^T T ^^ ^ i ^ci.

^ S fe e-o- ::a-a-

Bssn.I

^ i> b i XE ti I rjFare well!

^^331 351JO^

Fare well!

f'

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o-o-

^ -o- -o- -o- -e-pizz.

^2>pp /Tn

^ ^31: 31: 351 3i;Fare

VTPwell!

^ -o-C\

-o--o- F=^=^

Fare - well!

t*

^ -o-T5 TT

rrt

pizz.

Viol. Solo

r^i iw

HornsHarp

/.h.

o

pizz.

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HYMN TO THE SUN IAir of the Queen of Shemakha

(Piesn Shemakhanskoi tzaritzui "K's61ntzu*>)From the fairy opera

English version by,.^^^ ^^^^^^ Cockerel"

Geo. Harris, Jr., and^2olot6i Pyetushok) byDeems Taylor Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakoff (1907)

Allegro moderato

Voice

Piano

M The Queen of Shemakha dolce^m*Andantino (J: 76)

I

feS^ rrHfif pr iip

To me give an swer, sun clear

^^ mm^p=^*

^'t ./'^'^

poco rit. molto rit.

ijjp

M^^^or^

*feSr r ' p M ^ ^^^fe^^ -^h-^sight - ed! From east-em lands you now re - turn; My own dear

sfe

^>ftl

ll j, , p ^^ J^ > p ^ 1^ ' t > F , jSE2

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0-^ P -^f-^ JM, J) I I -4land have you not light - ed? To tell its dreams do you not

mw^^:tt||ll J^ , p ^ eIe^EJ

IZK

^a^^ ^^^

tf:e/v?sc. jPoeo

yearn?

^ >

f! p p i r^^JT^^'ifr Jl^ i iirp^-p-n

#p^Do still in splen - dour glow the_ ros - es? Still burn the

^ti^ j^ . p / r^

^ iBE^

^

Kitit ^Jebe/ie*c. jPoeo

^^

f /T^iyy^r;^Lr'r7rii"r ./p pp

HI - ies' fier - y sheaves? While the blu

a ptacere

v.. .Pf fe^PPFPies' fier - y sheaves? While the blue dra - - gon-fly re-

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t|* * * ^:* X/?^

i ^z iXt

^^ ^3 5^p "r 'r ^ ^^

i,^*^o-

a ptacere tempo

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/T\es His grace

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form on purple leaves? His crace - - ful form on our-

a tempo

m * %tU%on purple leaves? His grace ful form_ on pur-ple leaves?

II J ^^^J^

a tenijpo

*^ aF

^:ZfJ^ molto rit.

^m^_ ^mo-

iM ff m^ 4=^^

r r -' M' p^AV>ipn in the eve - ning man - ya_ maid - en Comes to the

mA ^ j^^^j^ ^ ^ ^x s^^ > >^ #^^^dolce

'rfi i'l

,

iJH J- i)r} ^

^^

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= ^ [ ^

ftfcs ^^ J^ J) Jm I i^ -^MT-foun - tain with_ soft_ songs, Is still her heart with pas - sion

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"

^

r r^^^ riBfc ^JE^^? "H^ -^-^P^

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ifct'mmq!^ poco oresc.ritt P^ A

m m^&^1 1 m

night. a bold young lov er. To tell a - new sweet pas-sions

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p

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a tempo

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mm^-t-^

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through_ her jeal - ous veil?a tempo

h^^'Iggjytt?

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*

"^ CULLli^ wo//o nY.

^ ^S

fet ggr r ^ M^ p ^^

i

i

mnight be - gins to. dark - en , On si - lent feet

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to him she.

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slips, Does yet her pas - sion bid him heark - en Un-to the

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^ ii'l i isr^^-^jH ^ M=Tr Ei f* i Xi

^^ f=^r r

fcS

/>oco cre*c.

^^p ppir g^^'cr^^^ i 'T F ^ ^^^^ii

vow up -on her_ lips? Does yet her pas - sion bid him hearken, does yet her

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up-on her lips? Ah!. on her

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ili

^?/o

i^ i^ / j^-^ ? g/ \?t 1 q#3x5

jDoro r/Y. /o//o nY.

t'p i r a"&'':r^J

r? tempo

lips, Ah! to the mes - sage of_ her_ lips?

u ^ u [p ff /^w/?os ^ ^^isr^^ ^^i J^ molto rit.

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The Cloud and the Mountain(Notchevala tobtchka zolotaya)

Poem by M.LermontoffEnglish version byDeems Taylor

Andante (Ji6)

Voice

Piano

I'. \ J^p

I r- ^'^> ^^

Music byNicola'i Rimsky-Korsakoff

Op. 3, No. 3 (186)

PJM r J i

Thro' the nightp

^'I r ^^

a gold -en cloud-let rest - ed?

On a

r, r^

PP

31:

^

2 2

i

ir

> J' fi I r' ^^s i2 ^ p I r- p I' ^

Came the morn, and on a - gain shelof ty moun-tain, steep-ly crest -ed;

Smil-ing to the sun with face up-

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# "JT-T-^ ^^lift ed. On the

i ^Z^l ^m ^*f ^' f! p p ^^ I'l J' J^ J^- i' J^p I p p^ p f

moun - tain's crag there rest - ed

i9- 19-

on - ly Fra - gile sil - ver dew-drops Lorn and^*

^cresc.

^ tW^

.w.

IE

^rr J' dim.

3ET

# s^^^^ h'^ ii 1 jp^J'

^J^pi'^^lone - ly He re - mained, his mournful vi-gil keep-ing,

1 J^p p

J'p p^ ^xn

Wrapt in thought, and lost in si - lent weep

P

^ ^Ulf^S^legato

/7J1^^p p^UH - -ar^W

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To Cesar Cni

Poem by NikitinEnglish version byGeo. Harris, Jr., and

Kttrt Schindler

In Silent Woods(V'tiomuoi roshtchye zamolk salavyei)

Allegretto (i'rias)

Music byNicolaV Rimsky-Korsakoff

Op.4,No.3 (lSfi6)

Piano

Meno mosso

j^^J^SiJUlttSi

^^^i.r3 ^^r\ Ti J-ite

I Ff^F-'^ l^^^ ^ ^ i

^ r . . i ^m EST^

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Wdolce

^^^ i' i'^ji I J^ J^^

Sings the night - in -gale now his last note,."^

1 V ^ 1

p ^ ^ i^ y 1 ? 1^^

-1 j< miz r f ^ ^ ^

^^'

'^-'P p p p M ^'r^^'.' ^ 1 ^ T. p i "^' ^'^'p^ 2Falls a star in the splen-dor of night, Thro' wild branch - es the pale moon-beams

I*^

t*''i''l~ii

IiI|J4j[t

J'

-"TBrp

i^i

iJ

SPTfzr nj^ J -J'

J'

Tempo Pf

^. ^

ii''i.'i r ' ^ i-J 'j I p "p p p>

pI'f

^float, In the grass-es the dew glistens white

m ^J rJ-ppp - " b-

^~i^ii

^ ^

'

1 dim. I

r- 'P-r

i i'fFiij'r'

^^ ^^'>/? -/^^

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ipoco piu -f

P P P P J^^J)J .M v> r^hJ^-J^J-^^^fE^EgEJSoft - iy touched by the moon's ten-der kiss,

Meno mosso

How en -dear - ing-ly shimmers thy

iJ*

/ nY.P P I P P P p p ^^ 5=S^ ^P-T-^

face! Could this night with its vi-sions of bliss On - ly last in e-ternal em-

U M^^ iJ3 i . - 1 , 1 . Jmm Wm .f. ^ ^ }"Wf.1^

^

nY.

i^Tempo P

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Poem by Ma'ikoffFrom the New Greek Songs

English version byGeo. Harris, Jr.

The Maid and the Sun(Dyeva i Solntze)

Allegro moderato (J ^ s 0)

Music byNicola'i Rimsky-Korsakoff.Op.50,No.l

(Composed 1897)

a plena voce

Voice

Piano

rf'ii' ji ,n, i.

II

I

, "|- 1^ i;-|i i;iiway be - yond three o - ceans

^ ir\

In a towV there sits a maid - en,

iM ^w '?==ii=^

t gIT\

SS ^ ^

1^^"^> P M M ^'^ I P -M M ^'' ^' ^^

Thread-ing jing-ling due - ats gold - en On fine threads of gleam-ing

$fei ^ k^ ^ i i^'S^

93itt^^ fe: ^ -^^^

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^^ fe r i" i r p J) J > J) 3sil - ver. Twelve the threads that she em-broi- ders For the joy of

#u tt^J^.--^ ^ s ^^# p

^n^ \ J'^=4 ^ fe: ^-y- :g:

ifct P r Jm V' P I p ' ip p J' p ^^her a - dorn - ment, Six and six for breast and tress-es; Then she

m ^i'^t ^^f^ ? ^#

^yT S fep

^m kM cresc. te=^^^ f=^* ^^^

r\

calls un - to the sun

fct# i ^light:

^^3E* ^^ S '' h i'i 'I= / C7

>>^ftt" . ^ S if^

^=*

Meno mossoivieno mosso

Ms Tempo PMeno mosso e ritard.espressivo

^ i IL X49

f, |jj i> }> r -\ M=^ S

'Neath thy glow the mead - ows with - er,

pt

i'

^ i'^^SE^iM nY. assrti Tempo P Poco meno mosso

^Ui^-Mppppr p 1 ri"i' i> J)

.f. J)'Neath my beauty men are vanquished. 'Neath thy glow the meadows

iA ^Tempo Pf..

P M P p ^^m-^fctiP

with - er,t

'Neath my beau-ty men are van

i

m^ fc^^^pp

S^^^^ rp cresc.

^^ ^

Itf:?oco n#.

tempo

^ S lIfct

quish'd!a tempo

P^=^S5

jooco nY.

^i ii' r r #

^--^i-:IMf-r Y

yI5=

^f^^f^^

.Je:^ferpT

?^

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60EASTERN ROMANCE

"The Rose has charmed the Nightingale"(Vostotchnui Romans: *Tlenivshis rosoi, salavyei")

Poem by A. KoltzoffEnglish version by

Geo. Harris, Jr., and Kurt Schindler

Music byNicolai Rimsky-KorsakoftOp.2,No.2 (Composed 1865)

Pianoi

,,

Moderate

pp

wn

t^ i hl.h.

iss^-l.h.

ttf f i ^^ #=^*9^-^

,11 mritpp

9-

mp doIce

p P I r

'

^

P P P^^fet

Ih^

The rose has charm'd the night-in - gale,a tempo

By day and night he

^ -s-

g^ 3 3

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us

ifeftW ^ mn't.

hi h i^ J. h^^

fcS

whom the song, nor why his tune So sad-ly sounds be - neath the moon.a tejnpo '"CZ^^

^^ =

^' itgit J

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/-n

iz:

21

jtprit.

rs^^^

S

M^ ^ ^ iz? S ft SSs f?l.h. l.h.

m t^

m^

ai

^ 1^

*foft:

^=^ U i^tf' iJtfJ i^nY.

^gtf -9-

^

^

ttfe

ppp

IE:

S^

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Oxana's Song(Aria Oksanui)

English version byDeems Taylor

Andante

*Piano

li > i>

Music* byNicolai Rimsky- Korsakoff

(Composed 1895)

p espresstvo

S ;z: pi i T

WrW

i Ii

i i^m

w

1^ ^

i MtUpM$ ^ i r] r ^?J> I r] j.^"~?^~j>? T'^^t-^^i>gttp^ fiZILL Win

^ m 5^^T ^T

j rfo/ec

sP r p p I

J''

p r P pNo, I nev - er shall find a new lov - er

i Jit'j i g ^^^ 1 r a ps

i"3 Ji) r] Ji) pp legatonssai

Efe

1^T H^ T^ 22^

^r p pi^-'p r ppi^-'P ^ pp i p^^^ f f

Half so fine as my old and true lov-er, One so ten - der and half so dear to me,

^1 jT- j Jl j*Jii^^ ^ 3^

^r ^u f=r=Tg r^^ ..j ^*^3E* From the opera "Christmas Night" (Notch pered Rozhdestvom); the text adapted from the Little-Russian novelby Gogol in "The Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka"

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^ p P i^'P r~ppiu f

So in-dul-gent,or half so kind.

^5^^ J _ fi*

Would that ev - er he might be near to me!

^^ F^c=/r gj-

^T^

^E^

Q^TTs

J: * ^sempre legato ^^

^ Li^r r ^^ ^ ^W^ ^ I

i?

^^^ P p I ^" p #^-^Such an - oth - er I'll nev-er find Why did I not for-

: ig^T^ ^ r3 j- j. tE^114V * * Pg

ppi

^^ 1^ r u ^^

l^-^prtyp IP p^TT^ p ^ i'J) i .MJ'Lrppev- er hold to him? Why was I so un - kind and cold to him? Come you back, oh myh m 4 i^ t t tza jO. ZBL

kp'pctyp i p^p^:^!!^ry

^ 1 4 >^ i% *poor,for-lorn lov-er, Quickly come to the maid who loves you so!

^^ m^i i njr>rJ> iijr^i^ i.S=i:gr4

espress.

m

pfc^E^f^

J ^^ 1 1'

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P MP P r p: ^Oft at mass he would come and gaze on me,

^JttjJ: i> ^f^m ^^^y'-i ^ ^rr3 J-i) r3 J^

?>^1S IS^

13^ O^ SM^-r

joeo eresc.te*

pr h \ ^>^^rr' Ip "P r "P MT"^^^hile I mused and for- got to pray;_ Strange the tricks that my fan- cy plays on me

*^^ m ^ rv J ^n itf-y^^:^p ^^

r^^ ^poco cresc.

^J J 11^ J

!pti^r

v^espressivo

r>p r iipp i p'T^r p^ I P *p^r"p'ipi p ^p

^

'ip^PSince my dear lov- er went a - way. When I'm bus- y, I long and sigh for him,

^^ ^ w^^ ^S.fe

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? d= ?sif^

r^

p*

p y I'p'

i

p I p ^p^' ''

p ^p I P ^p^

rJT'

i

p^p

I p ^p^^^

When I'm i - die, I mourn and cry for him, How I sigh for himl How I cry for him!

i tt^ \i \'fi ^^^^^#M J^P^P

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P p^r p p N^p r ^No, I ncva tempo

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er shall find a iicw lov-er Half so fine as my old and true lov-er.

JrfH ^^^^ i!^3 J^s1>P

^ * ?

^eS^ ^^ ;pn:. | -j n .rj^jf f f

J'P r rrc^cr i p p-[ST?i i[; i ^'P L&^^-gff^Ht; was so ten-der and so good - hearted, He was so lov- ing and so_kind!

i4 JT^^ A ^^^ t/ r CJr r

r^np i ^ ^ ^ J. :zz^ ^ ^ ^?^Fi ^^'p p LT [J P P i_r

Would that ev - er he

m tMight be near to me!.

m ^ :J~^ iTO^S

c!;r c_;r 1= F^^^^^^a*J

.^ setup re legato assai "i

1? J st ^^i

r::

^^ ^ ^T~ f

\i^^n p p i ^^jj" fJ^X^cr PPi

Such an- oth - er I'll nev- er_ find. Why did_ I not for-

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ev - er_ hold to him? "Why was I so un-kind andcold to him? Come you back, lad,

^i * ^ i ^m mJ-

s kEE^k i

f r f f

Come you back, lad, To themaid who loves you so! Come youa tempo

p^^

^

poco a poco rit.W \ ^rr i J) n r7*Q' i nr^n i tff i ig^^^It H' p iback, lad, dear lad, Come you back for - ev-er,dear-est lov

poco a pooo rit.er

Jm < i ^=^ 3ddE^5F*g iP1-T f

gp*Sfe ^ *^egjW| ^^ fc* TT

"^

-^' dim.^=f^ r\

mine!

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"Like to the sky serenely smiling"C*Kak nyebesa tvoi vzor blistayet**)

Poem by LermontoffEnglish version by

Geo. Harris, Jr., and Deems Taylor

Music byNicolai Rimsky- Korsakoff. Op. 7, No. 4

(Composed 1K67)

Voice

Piano

teAndante (J. = 66)

^m ij:]J_>J'j)iJij i mLike- to the sky. se -

^pj)

^m^

mf]Wr

T

^^

T- T-

m^

T

{M n^^hm ^3 r p r Er'rene ly smil-ing, Thy glance is blue and

item W^^n,^tem

TmT T-

i^^ 4J^j^''J'iiJi^i ^ i 'iJj^^^^^m ^ ^ 1clear; Like to a kiss with soft. be

^0 ^^fe

^F ^*?F=EET- T- T- T

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ite^ Wgull - ing

^Thy

i Ji^ i I ^ > ^ ^young voice lures mine ear.

For one sweet word thy lips have spo-ken, For thine en

AtI 3

r.h.3

^M i i) ij ^=^f

d "ii\ti J g I '>4^^ IX 1 i^',tj) j) i r "Sllrr ^chant-ing glance,Would I laydownthis glo-rious to -ken,My proud Gru - se - nian

m^m 7 i 1 ^^vtL^ \ i J) ft

^^

ty7 ^ V3

^5 "I ^ ?Tempo 1

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Thy glance is blue and clear ;Z.A. l.h.

Like. to a

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English version byDeems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Largo assai (J: 48)

(Piesnia Lubashi)From the opera "The Tsar's Bride"

(Tsarskaya Nevyesta) Composed 1899By Nicolai Rimsky- Korsakoff

te?i. assaiA , ill L k L te9i. assai ^ |^ ^j;^''V j,J)J'J) i r ^piJ'.^' hJ'l I Ij, J>i' J)lr p pVoice _ _ _ _

(unaccomp.) Help me,dear-est moth-er, to don mybri-dal gown; Soontheycome to lead me be -

tent^ ten.assai* ^neath the mar-riage crown. I'U no long- er grieve thee,my woe I shall not tell; To my true be

ten.

r| i> J J: J- 1 J, ^ J^ .1'' 1 7 I J) ^' J' J) 1 1-7 I P ^ p Jlllov - ed I've said a last fare - well. Loose the band that now

[Tej f i "^"' i ^^ ^'^'J^rn r-a^ P'^J i M p jtholds my_silk-ei

lungn assai

tress - es fast; Stretchme on my cold bed, tjiat I maysleepat last.

#Voice (unaccomp.) te7i. assai^^ ^^ ie7i.assat . ^^t i ,- , _

^^Wind a shroud of lin - en a - bout my snow- y breast, Cross my arms_be - neath_in their

ten.

pale, e-ter- nal_ rest; Light the wax - en ta - pers and place them at_ my_

ten.

jU J) i>/3J'May he stand in awe.

pJ^ IM cJ^may he won-der by my side,

lunga assai

As in vir - gin beau ty sleeps his pal - lid bride .

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Sadko's Song of Glorification

(Velitchalnaya Pyesnya)

English version byGeo. Harris, Jr., and Deems Taylor

Voice I

Piano

M Moderate (J-: 72)WVn i}m

pp

^^

From the dramatic legend(Opera-Builina) "Sadko"

By Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakoff (1896)

m.dolce

m 73~ jn^ al ^1. Blue2. Heav'n

Iik

IS

burnsthewith

o

suncean,

light.

I

changedown

lesshere

andis

SIsempre legate

i- i i^

tiV?y zz: -nz

-ni? ^ ^boundsun

less,

light;

L^^^ ^

Vagt depths ofHeav'n gleams with

wamoon

ter,

light,

^ 3 3

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wusundown

lesshere

andis

soundmoon

less,

light;

piu f

VastHeav'n

63

Pp

-

realms ofglows with

'P J'^ J ^ ^ 'a i mT . ? ^^

^feX k 1 ^ bi"i'

"/["i.'^ 1 i

351 XE 3i:

#tt d: * ? ^ostar

^^^

cean,

light,whatdown

manhere

shallis

meastar

sure?light;

S

iffi^i T^. a:

^-r^ J

^^ ^lU- P

*ftH ^^^^^^eresc.

J J i r J? r "r rDark glow-ing cavHeav'n has its twi

erns, em -'raid and alight, down here is twi

zure. Who was your build - er?light ; Heav'n has its thun - der.

'M swm

J^=J^ J i^L^ J

cresc. poco

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i*Aii^tf r J . i i m V ri f^iii' J > 1^ ?Who is your masdown here is thun -

ter? 'Tis the do - main ofder: All that is force in

the O - cean-King!the U - ni - verse!

|tf iiilTmiTJg ^ ^ ii T ^ ^S: ^/m dim.y^^ z:^^ ~: Z7

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M f^K [ Fr ^ ^ ^^

1-2. Glo - ry to the O - cean-King! Glo - ry to his Queen,so_ ra - diant!

y^ ^ J- ^j J ^"msm U^l^mf w T

^^ r^^ nPrr^ n:^ nu

WKS T T T TA=qsm JTJ J^ r Jl^ -o-

Glo - ry to the Prin- cess_ Vol - kho - va!.

V9 c^ x&i ^^ c^^TO^-^f^m

Mcm

^I

io_

-ilJ- lL-U Ir T r

I r\ m^ tt o' ^tt

^fo r-^ l^fe

UZL

m mcresc.

;r\

^ - . 1 1 ( i^y

rs

^

^^?

^

i^A r^ 31 a:!r i r r r

^

zz:

^3. That sun that burns here, lo! 'tis the ar - dent King!

^ SF=^ xzacM CLCLT'LaiEri' sempre legato

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T

^moon that gleams here,

I22I

lo! 'tis the

J J J ^^^-J-J-Jl^J^

m i ^^^122pur-ple of twi - light, 'tis the smile of their fa - vor !

J-- - li ^-r p

|

"^p * pw

J~3- j i)ij

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iftA=^H 1ppfrown of their an - ger !Mm^m ^t* ^^ wW/d' i 3E

bi~aijtt-i^

?>

f 1

i ^^ ^^^Queen, so ra diant! Glo

,#L^S Jflf!^ h j:

ry to the Prin - cess Vol - kho -

).uss

*ffi 9- ^f--'m&

r

HAr

jSCpM ^=^

MZi:

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iU.m&. i xc^Hail to thee, blue o cean, change - less and bound

iA^ i^ ;i

^ft M^

rn^sinp ^F

ifeio

^^less!

J"' rrnirrry

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Arabian Melody

(Arabskaya Melodia)

English version by,Deems Taylor and Geo. Harris, Jr.

Words and Music byAlexandre Borodine

Allegro passionate (J: too)

Voice

Piano

^^

i :^ in:P

4V , ^rrs^^r~T

^^

;JT] l;JT3r r

:2S

^

r~T

:z

^^r"T

^/r\

dolce

S sf S

Ijooeo rzY.

Do not

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Over the Steppe(Styepyu idoo ya oonuiloyu)

Poem by A. Pleshtche'YeffEnglish version by

Deems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Andante ( J = sa

Music byAlexandre T. Gretchaninoff

Op. 5, No. 1

Edited by Kurt Schindler

Voice

Piano

pooo marc.

r~3

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The Wounded Birch(dstroyu syekeeroi)

Poem by Count Alexis TolstoiEnglish version by

Deems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Andante con moto (J : 3)

Voice

Music byAlexandre T. Gretchaninoff

Op. 1, No. 2

Piano

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My Native Land(Krai tui moi)

Poem by Count Alexis TolstoiEnglish version by

Deems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Voice i

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Music byAlexandre T. Gretchaninoff

Op. 1, No. 4

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Cradle-Song

(Koluibelnaya)Poem by A. Le'rmontoffEnglish version by

Deems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Music byAlexandre T. Gretchaninoff

Op. 1, No. 5

Andante con moto (J: 58)

Voice

Piano

B ?MJ'j>JO'' i' J) E5 r Pd-TcJiBye, my ba - by, bye,_

?Bye, my ba - hy, bye! Soft ly glis - tens

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In the Silence of Night(V moltchanyi notchi tainoi)

Poem by FetEnglish version by

Geo. Harris, Jr., and Deems Taylor

Music bySergei Rachmaninoff

Op. 4, No. 3

Lento

Voice

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Poem by Konstantin Balmont(after Shelley)

English version byGeo. Harris, Jr., and Deems Taylor

The Isle(Ostrovok)

Music bySergei Rachmaninoff

Op. 14, No. 2

Voice

Piano

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"God Took from Me Mine All"(Vsyo otnyal oo minya**)

Poem by Fyodor Tyutcheff

English version byDeems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Music bySergei Rachmaninoff

Op. 26, No. 2

Voice

Piano

sTempo moderato (J = 96) fagitato

?^=ff ^MM^pGod took from me mine

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all, in judg - ment stern: Took

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("Poloobeela ya na petchal svayii")Poem by A. Pleshtcheieff

(after the Little-Russian of Shevtchenko)English version by

Deems Taylor and Geo. Harris, Jr.

Music bySergei Rachmaninoff

Op. 8, No. 4

Voice

Piano

Adagio sostenutomf

^"'' M p I f^^ 8^5 f ^ i P ^To my sor - row I fell in love with him, With a

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'As Fair is She as Noonday-Light"("Ana, kak poldyen, kharasha")

Poem by N. MinskyEnglish version by

Geo. Harris, Jr., and Deems Taylor

Music bySergei Rachmaninoff

Op, 14, No. 9

Voice

Piano

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The Songs of Grusia

(Nye poi, krasavitza**)Poem by Pushkin

English version byDeems Taylor and Kurt Schindler

Music bySergei Rachmaninoff

Op. 4, No. 4

Piano

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love -

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"The Lord is -Risen"("Christds voskres")

Poem byDmitri S. Mereshkdvsky

English version by Geo. Harris, Jr.

Music bySerge'i Rachmaninoff

Op. 26, No. 6

Voice teModerato (J = ss)

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