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River Moons

#2 from Two River Nocturnes for SATB Choir (divisi)

Music by

John Muehleisen

Text by Carl Sandburg

Commissioned for the Choral Arts Ensemble (Rochester, Minnesota), Michael Culloton, Artistic Director by the CAE Commissioning Club

Dedicated to my father, Gene Muehleisen,

who taught me to appreciate the sacramental beauty of Nature

Publication Note: The first of the Two River Nocturnes, titled “Prairie Waters by Night,” is also available from Muehleisen Music, Catalog No. JM 117 (www.johnmuehleisen.com)

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River Moons The double moon, one on the high backdrop of the west, one on the

curve of the river face, The sky moon of fire and the river moon of water, I am taking these

home in a basket, hung on an elbow, such a teeny weeny elbow, in my head.

I saw them last night, a cradle moon, two horns of a moon, such an early hopeful moon, such a child’s moon for all young hearts to make a picture of.

The river—I remember this like a picture—the river was the upper twist of a written question mark.

I know now it takes many many years to write a river, a twist of water asking a question.

And white stars moved when the moon moved, and one red star kept burn- ing, and the Big Dipper was almost overhead.

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)

from Smoke and Steel. 1920

Performance Notes

1. Unless otherwise noted, when the women or men are divided in three parts (SSA, SAA, TTB, or TBB), divide the voices evenly between the three-parts. Three-part divisi that should be performed as distributed amongst the voices is noted as “div. as written.”

2. The first of the Two River Nocturnes is titled “Prairie Waters by Night” and is currently available from the composer (Catalog #117), pending publication by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.

Program Note River Moons was commissioned in 2005 by the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, Minnesota for a concert of works entitled A Word’s Worth, featuring choral settings of texts by a variety of English-language poets, including Dickinson, Blake, Tennyson, Whitman, Bridges, and Shakespeare. The work was premiered in May 2006. When CAE Artistic Director Michael Culloton approached me about this commission and told me about the theme of the concert, I immediately turned to Carl Sandburg, whose Prairie Waters by Night I had set on a commission from The Dale Warland Singers in 2003, the world premiere of which Michael had heard in 2004. I had for some time considered writing several companion pieces for Prairie Waters by Night that would constitute a short suite of “Prairie” Nocturnes based around the theme of water. As with Prairie Waters by Night, I was struck by the beauty of the colorful language that Sandburg uses to describe various images of nature (“double moon, ““sky moon of fire,” “river moon of water,” “it takes many many years to write a river”). Sandburg’s poem takes a simple image of the moon reflected in the water of a river and turns it into a vivid memory from one’s youth, full of the nostalgia, mystery, and wonder that youthful memories invoke so powerfully, all of which I tried to capture in the musical language of the work. Both poems (Prairie Waters by Night and River Moons) invoke a sense of memory: “The river—I remember this like a picture…” and “…sheer waters showing the russet of old stones remembering many rains.” Because they are intended to be companion pieces and because they share similar images, I wanted to establish a musical connection between the texts, which I did in several places in River Moons, particularly in the following passages, which are musically related to passages in Prairie Waters by Night.

“The sky moon of fire and the river moon of water, I am taking these home in a basket hung on an elbow,…” “The river—I remember this like a picture—the river was the upper twist of a question mark…”

The music makes frequent use of antiphonal passages between the women and the men, the former representing the “sky moon” and the latter representing the “river moon.” As with most of my choral works, there is ample use of text painting; however, in River Moons I sought primarily to invoke the emotional content of the memory and wonder that Sandburg so wonderfully paints with his poem. River Moons is dedicated to my father, Gene Muehleisen, who, as the dedication reads, “taught me to appreciate the sacramental beauty of Nature.” His long and eminent career in law enforcement was framed by service as a seasonal ranger in Yosemite National Park, a place of wonder and grandeur that he taught me to appreciate and to love. On the numerous trips that he and I took together throughout Western America and Europe and in the arboretum near his home that he so lovingly tended for more than 25 years, he passed on to me his love of Nature, teaching me that it is the echo of a loving Creator, the handwriting of God writ upon the earth, and a connection with a God who is beyond understanding, yet who can be known through the grand, as well as the intimate beauty of his creation. In four days from now, on Dec. 28, 2005, he will celebrate his 90th birthday, and this work is in part a birthday present and a thank you card to him.

John Muehleisen Lynnwood, WA

Dec. 24, 2005

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River Moons

John Muehleisen (2005)

Copyright © 2005 by John Muehleisen

Carl Sandburg

Commissioned for the Choral Arts Ensemble (Rochester, Minnesota), Michael Culloton, Artistic Director by the CAE Commissioning Club

—Dedicated to my father, Gene Muehleisen,

who taught me to appreciate the sacramental beauty of Nature

* for rehearsal only

NOTE: Unless othewise noted, three-way splits in the women's or men's voices should be evenly distributed amongst the voices. This applies to all of the following: SSA, SAA, TTB, TBB.

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61 3œb œb œ œb œœwwww

62

Jœb .œ ˙pic ture—

jœœb ..œœ ˙̇pic ture—

∑

Ó œb F œbI re

Ó œ œ62 jœœœbb ...œœœ ˙̇̇

Ó œbF œœb

63 ∑

Ó Œ œbPthe

∑jœ .œ ˙

mem berJœb .œ ˙

63 Ó Œ œbP

Jœœb ..œœ ˙̇

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64 Ó Œ œbP œwas thejœœbb ..œœ ˙̇

riv er

∑

wPwA64 Ó Œ œb œJœœbb ..œœ ˙̇ww

65œ œb œ Œup per twist

˙̇ Œ

∑

˙ ‰ jœbP

the

˙ ‰ Jœ65œ œb œ Œ˙̇ Œ˙̇ ‰ Jœœb

P

66 ∑

Œ Œ œœbbPœœ

of a

∑jœ .œ œ

riv erJœb .œ œ

66Œ Œ œb œŒ Œ œb œJœœb ..œœ œœ

67 Ó ‰ JœbPœ œba writ ten

œœbb œœ ..˙̇ques tion mark.

Ó Œ œPthe

.˙ œthe

.˙ œb67 Ó ‰ jœb œ œbœb œ .˙œb œ .˙..˙̇ œœb

68 œ œœb ..˙̇b Fques tion mark.

wwF

˙b ˙bF

riv er

˙b ˙F

riv er

˙b ˙68 œ œœb ..˙̇b

Fwẇ̇̇bbb ˙̇̇b

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69‰ jœbFœb

I know

‰ jœbF

œI know

∑

∑69‰ jœbF

œœb∑

70 .œ jœœbb œœbnow it takes

..œœbb jœœ œœnow it takes

∑

∑70

...œœœbbjœœœœbb œœœœb

∑

Emphasize Soprano 271 œb f œ ˙

man y years

œ œ ˙b

œœbfœœbb ˙˙b

man y years

Ó œœbb f œœman y

Ó œbf œb

man y

71 œœœbbf

œœœœbb ˙̇˙˙bÓ

œœœbbb œœœb

72 .˙ .˙

..˙˙..˙̇bb

years

..˙˙bbyears

72 ....˙̇˙˙....˙̇˙˙bb b b

73 ∑

∑

‰ jœœbb>f œœb> œœbb >

to write a

‰ jœœœbbb>f œœœbb

> œœœbb>to write a

73 ∑

‰jœœbb

f œœœb œœœbb‰ Jœœbbœœbb œœb

74 Ó Œ ‰ jœfÓ Œ ‰ Jœba

∑

Jœœb> ..œœb > ˙˙riv er,

Jœœœbbb > ...œœœb> ˙̇̇

riv er,

74 Ó Œ ‰ jœÓ Œ ‰ Jœbjœœœbb ...œœœb ˙˙̇Jœœbb ..œœb ˙̇

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stagger breathing

stagger breathing

75 œb f œbœb œ œb œtwist of

∑

˙˙AAf(ah)

˙̇̇AAAf(ah)

75 œb œbœb œ œb œ˙˙˙̇̇AAAAA

non dim

non dim

non dim

76 jœb .œ œJœb .œ œwa ter

∑

..˙˙

...˙̇̇

76 jœb .œ œJœb .œ œ.....˙˙˙̇̇

77˙ œbœ ˙b

∑

..˙˙

...˙̇̇

77˙ œbœ ˙b.....˙˙˙̇̇

78 œ œb 3œ œ œb˙ œb œb œask ing a

∑

wwwww

78œ œb 3œ œ œb˙ œb œb œwwwww

stagger breathing79 jœb

F.œ ˙Jœb .œ ˙

ques tion.

œœbbF

œœb œœ œœAh

wF

wwF

79 jœœbbF

..œœ ˙̇œœbb œœb œœ œœwww

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80 wwbbAh

œœbb œœb œœ œœ(ah)

wA(ah)

wwAA(ah)

80 wwœœbb œœb œœ œœwww f

81wwf

œœbbf

œœb œœ œœwbf

wwbbf

81 wwœœbb œœb œœ œœwwwbbb

non dim

non dim

non dim

non dim

F non dim

82wwF

œœbbF

œœb œœ œœœF œb ˙b˙̇bF ˙̇bb

82 wwœœbb œœb œœ œœœ œb ˙b˙̇b ˙̇bb

83wwjœœbb ..œœbb ˙̇

www

83 wwbJœœb ..œœbb ˙̇www

84 ∑

∑

∑

∑84 ∑

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Adagio tranquilo q»§º

Adagio tranquilo q»§º

85

œbp .̇

Riv er

œb .˙Ó œb

pœb

Riv er

Ó œ œ∑

∑85

œbp ..˙˙Ó œb œœb

∑

86

˙U ÓMoons

˙b

˙bU

Moons

˙b

œp œbU Œ œb

pMoons Ah

œ œb Œ œb

œbp œœbb

U ÓMoons

86

˙˙bU Ó˙˙bb Óœœb œœœbbb U Œ œb

87Ó Œ œœbp

Ah

Œ œp

˙Ah

Œ œ ˙bwb w

Ó Œ œœbb pAh

87Ó Œ œœbŒ œ ˙˙bwwbÓ Œ œœbb

88 wwbb

wwww

wwbb88 wwbb ww

wwwwbb

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89Œ œb P œ œAnd white stars

Œ œ œ œŒ œb

Pœ œb

And white stars

Œ œb œ œb

∑

∑89Œ œbP œœ œœœb

∑

90 wbmoved

w

wbmovedwbÓF œb œb

when the

∑90 wwwwbbb

Ó œb œb

91wf

w

wf

w˙b f˙b

moon moved,

∑91 wwww˙b ˙b f

92 Œ œbfand

Œ œb

Œ œb fŒ œand

∑

∑92 Œ œœbb f

∑

**

***

* NOTE: Bring out Tenor 1 line

molto legato

molto legato

molto legato

molto legato

molto legato

93 œb œb œ œone red star kept

œb œb œ œb

œ œb œ œœb œb œb œbone red star kept

Œ œœbbf œœbb œœAband one red

Œ œœbbf œœb œœand one red

93 œœœœbbb œœœbb œœœœœb œœœœœb

Œ œœœbbbœœœbb œœœb

** Ossia: On beat 4 of this measure (93), alternatively, the Alto 2 and Tenor 1 parts could be switched so that Alto 2 sings the Bb and Tenor 1 sings an Ab.

non dim

non dim

non dim

non dim

94

Jœœb ...œœœbbb ˙̇̇burn ing,jœb .œb ˙Jœb .œb ˙bburn ing,

wwbbstar

wwbbstar

94 jœœœœbb b ....œœœœbbb ˙̇̇˙˙bwbwwwbbb

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95 ∑

∑

∑

∑95 ∑

∑

96

œP ˙b œ

and the Big

œbP

˙b œand the Big

Ó œbp œb

Ah

Ó œb œb

Ó œbp œb

Ah

Ó œb œb

96

œ ˙b œœb ˙b œÓ

P

œœbbp

œœbb

97

˙ ˙bDip per

œb .˙bDip per

w .˙ œbww

97

˙ ˙œb .˙bww .˙ œb

98

wU

wU

wUwwbUw

98

wUwwwwwb U

99 ∑

∑

Ó ˙bP

was

Ó ˙b Pwas

99 ∑Ó ˙b P

non cresc.

non cresc.

non cresc.

100 ∑

∑

˙b ˙bal most

˙˙bb ˙˙˙bal most

100 ∑˙˙bb ˙˙˙b

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101 Ó ˙bP

was

Ó ˙bP

was

˙b ˙˙bo ver

˙˙˙bbb ˙˙˙o ver

101 ∑˙˙˙˙bbbb ˙˙˙˙˙b

non cresc.

non cresc.

102

˙b ˙al most

˙b ˙al most

wwwbbbhead.

wwwbbbhead.

102 Ó ˙wwwwwwbbbbbb

103˙b ˙bo ver

˙˙b ˙˙o ver

wwwwww

103˙˙b ˙˙˙bwwwwww

104wwbb Uhead.

wwbUhead.

wwwU

wwwU

104wwwwbbb UwwwwwwU

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