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For Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
ERIC WHITACRECHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
Sleep
Lento; lontano e molto legato
For SATB Chorus a cappella
commissioned in loving memory of Mr. M.W. Lacy and Mrs. Caroline Morris Lacy,by their daughter, Julia Lacy Armstrong
ALTO
The
pp
eve
ning
- hangs
be
neath
- the
moon,
A
5
A.
sil
ver
- thread
on
dark
ened
- dune.
With
clos
ing
- eyes
and
9
A.
rest
ing
- head
I
know
that
sleep
is
com
ing
- soon.
Poco più mosso14
A.
Up
mf
on
- my
pil
low,
- safe
in
bed,
A
mp
19
A.
thou
sand
- pic
tures
- fill
my
head,
I
mf
can
not
- sleep,
my
23
A.
mind's
a
flight;
- And
yet
my
limbs
seem
made
of
lead.
p
27
A.
If
pp
there
transparente
are
mp
nois
es
-
in
the
mp
night,
31
A.
A
fright
ening
-
mp
shad
ow,
-
flick
ering
-
mp
light;
35
A.
Then
pp
I
sur
ren
- der
- un
to
- sleep,
Where
mp
39
A.
clouds
of
dream
give
sec
ond
- sight.
43
A.
What
p espressivo
dreams
may
come
both
dark
and
deep,
of
47
A.
fly
ing
- wings
and
soar
ing
- leap
As
f
51
A.
I
sur
ren
- der
- un
to
- sleep
As
I
sur
ren
- der
-
55
A.
un
to
- sleep,
As
I
sur
ren
- der
- un
- -
59
A.
ff
- - - -
to
sleep,
63
A.
sleep,
p
sleep,
sleep,
sleep,
67
A.
sleep,
mf
sleep,
p
sleep,
dim. poco a poco
71
A.
sleep,
sleep,
sleep,
gradually reduce dynamic to a whisper;repeat and dim. al niente
sleep,
ppp
2
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