Every Life Shall Be a Song

GWYNETH WALKER

No. 7336|Walker|Ever y Life Shall Be a Song|Piano/Choral Score

for SATB Chorus (divisi),Brass Quintet, Percussion and Piano

John Addington Symonds (1840–1893)G. Walker, alt.

Gwyneth Walker

Every Life Shall Be a SongComposed in celebration of the Centennial of Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, Vermont: 1907–2007

for SATB Chorus (divisi) and Piano

© Copyright 2008 by E. C. Schirmer Music Company.A division of ECS Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts.

All rights reserved. Made in U.S.A.

Catalog no. 7336

q = 108

q = 108

SopranoAlto

TenorBass

Piano

These

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things

shall

be.

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things

shall

These

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shall

be.

These

things

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f triumphantly

l.v.

6 rit.

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be.

These

things

shall

be,

these

things

shall

be,

these

things

shall

be.

These

things

shall

be,

these

things

shall

be,

these

things

shall

be.

These

things

shall

be,

these

things

shall

be,

these

things

shall

l.v.

2

(rit.)

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10A

A

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Slightly faster q = 120

S

A

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be:

a

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e’er

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world

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rise

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world

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rise

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be:

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world

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shall

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e’er

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world

has

known

shall

rise

f

mf

f

15

with

mf

flame

of

free

dom

- in

our

souls

and

light

of

know

fledge

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our

with

mf

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our

souls

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with

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our

souls

and

light

of

know

fledge

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with

mfflame

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our

souls

and

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know

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our

mf

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3

19SA

TB

eyes.

These

things

shall

be.

eyes.

These

things

shall

be.

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mf flowing

simile

27SA

We

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will be gen

tle,

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and

strong,

to

speak

no

words

of

war,

but

dare

31SA

all

that may plant

our

kin

ship

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on

earth

and

fire

and

sea

unis.and

air.

4

35SA

TB

These

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be.

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shall

be.

unis. These

things

shall

be.

f

C

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39

Na

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tion- with na

tion,

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with

land,

un

armed

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live

as

com

rades

- free;

in

p

43

the

unis. mf

ev

ery

- heart

and

brain

shall

throb

the

pulse

of

our

sweet

un

unis.i

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47

pulse

of

our

sweet

un

unis.i

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These

fthings

shall

be.

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be.

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51 D

D

These

things

shall

be.

These

things

shall

be.

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p

mf bring out

simile

55

Ah,

p

I

dream

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Slightly faster, with energy q = 132

SA

I

dream,

I

dream

mf

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p

mf

63

A

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Altoand

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loft

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and

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fill

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skies,

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skies,

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sic

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fill

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skies,

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mf

p

7

71

ev

ery

- life

shall

be

a

song,

when

ev

ery

- life

shall

unis.

be

a

song,

when

ev

ery

- life,

and

ev

ery

- life

shall

be

a

song,

when

ev

ery

- life,

and

ev

ery

- life

shall

be

a

song,

when

mf

p

75

all

the

earth

is

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ra

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all

the

earth

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all

the

earth,

when

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all

the

earth,

when

all

the

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the

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when

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ery

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be

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song,

when

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ery

- life

shall

be

a

song,

be

a

song,

when

ev

ery

- life

shall

be

a

song,

(rit. to end)

(rit. to end)

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3’30”

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Program Notes

Every Life Shall Be a Song is a celebration of life, unity, and music— a setting of a text by the 19th century British author JohnAddington Symonds (1840–1893). This work was written incelebration of an important anniversary in the composer’s homecommunity of Randolph, Vermont. The Victorian-style ChandlerHall was originally built in 1907, in the midst of the heyday ofsuch cultural building projects. By the end of the 1920s, however,the hall had fallen into disrepair and was no longer in use. In1978, The Albert B. Chandler Cultural Foundation was formedto renovate the hall and turn it into a thriving arts andperformance center for Vermont. It has remained as such to thepresent day, serving each year as the home for a variety of culturalevents — with a particular focus on classical music. Many ofGwyneth Walker’s compositions have been performed inChandler Hall over the years.

The text of the work summarizes the artistic message and goalsof the Chandler Cultural Foundation stating that “New arts shallbloom of loftier mold, and mightier music fill the skies, and everylife shall be a song... When every life shall be a song, then all theearth is a paradise.”

—Carson P. CoomanUsed by permission.

Publisher’s Notes

The full score (Catalog No. 7338) and parts (Catalog No. 7340)are available for sale. The piano part in the present edition servesas the piano part for the full version.

Gwyneth Walker

Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) is a graduate of Brown Universityand the Hartt School of Music. She holds B.A., M.M. and D.M.A.Degrees in Music Composition. A former faculty member ofthe Oberlin College Conservatory, she resigned from academicemployment in 1982 to pursue a career as a full-time composer.

Walker’s catalog includes over 180 commissioned works fororchestra, band, chorus and chamber ensembles. Her music ispublished by E. C. Schirmer Music Company of Boston (choral& vocal music) and MMB Music of St. Louis (orchestral &instrumental music).

Walker is a proud resident of Braintree, Vermont, where shelives on a dairy farm. She is the recipient of the Year 2000“Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Vermont Arts Council.