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HP04-05 Edie Hill The Fenix for SATB div. chorus with soprano solo text, Anglo Saxon, from the Exeter Book FOR PERUSAL ONLY FOR PERUSAL ONLY The Fenix Se sceal þære sunnan sið behealdan She shall behold the sun’s journey leohte in life light in life lif butan ende life without end ðone wudu weardaþ, wundrum fæger in woodland dwells, wondrous fair fugel feþrum strong, se is fenix haten. bird, feather-strong, who is called Fenix. Se sceal þære sunnan sið behealdan She shall behold the sun’s journey hwonne up cyme eastan glidan When up comes, gliding from the east ofer sidne sae swegles leoma. over the wide sea, heaven’s gleam Se sceal þære sunnan sið behealdan She shall behold the sun’s journey leohte in life light in life þær se eadga mot eardes neotan, There she enjoys her dwelling place wyllestreama wuduholtum in, in the well-streams and the woodland grove, wunian in wonge, oþþæt wintra bið living in the world, until winter takes þusend urnen. a thousand turns. ond fenix byrneð. and Fenix burns. wundrum fæger wondrous fair lif butan ende life without end leohte in life… light in life… Text from the Exeter Book, public domain FOR PERUSAL ONLY GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION Pronunciation key: æ= “A” in “cat” th= “voiced th,” as in “that” U= like “oo” in “book” Anglo Saxon key: þ and ð = “th” æ= “A” in “cat” leohte in life ley-oh-tuh in lee-vuh Se sceal þære sunnan sið behealdan suh shéyal thæ-rah sU-nahn sith beh-héyal-dahn lif butan ende… leef bU-tahn end-(uh) ðone wudu weardaþ, wundrum fæger thoh-nuh wU-doo wehr-dahth, wUn-droom fæ-yer fugel feþrum strong, se is fenix haten. fU-gel feth-room strong, suh iz fee-nix hah-ten hwonne up cyme eastan glidan hwoh-nuh up cyU-muh éy-as-tahn glee-dahn ofer sidne sae swegles leoma. oh-ver sid-nuh say swey-lehs ley-oh-ma þær se eadga mot eardes neotan, thær suh éy-a-dyah moht éy-ar-dehs ney-oh-tahn wyllestreama wuduholtum in, wyUl-ehs-tré-ya-mah wU-doo-hohl-toom in FOR PERUSAL ONLY wunian in wonge, oþþæt wintra bið wU-nee-ahn in wohn-yuh, oh-thaet wintra bith þusend urnen. thU-send Ur-nen. ond fenix byrneð. ohnd fee-nix byU-rneth Commissioned by the Rose Ensemble with funding provided by the Jerome Foundation and special support from the Schubert Club. The Fenix for the Rose Ensemble Edie Hill æ=c.48 ["The Fenix" should sing from behind an altar or from a side or back balcony (unseen)] Soprano Solo 4 Œ ∑ ∑ (The Fenix) & 4 æ=c.48 ["Treble choir" is to sing near the back or middle of the space] Soprano 4 (with optional Œ ∑ ∑ Boy Soprano) & 4 [Solo Soprano or boy soprano is to sing from the back or side of the space (apart from the choir)] Soprano & 4 Œ ∑ ∑ Alto & 4 Œ ∑ ∑ Alto & 4 Œ ∑ ∑ Tenor V 4 Œ ∑ ∑ æ=c.48 ["Drone Choir" is to stand in front, singing from or near the altar] Alto & 4 Œ ∑ ∑ 3 P 3 Tenor V 4 ‰‰. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ‰ Ó Œ ‰‰. œ R 3 3 J R Se sceal Þæ-re sun - nan sið be-heal - dan Se Baritone FOR? 4 Œ PERUSAL∑ ONLY∑ Bass ? 4 Œ ∑ ∑ Music Preparation by Music Advantage [email protected] Copyright © 2000, 2016, Edie Hill. Music Services by Paul Gerike All Rights Reserved. 2 expressively, full of light 3 p S & ∑ ∑ œ œ œ# œ ˙# leoh -3 - - - S & ∑ ∑ ∑ S & ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ T V ∑ ∑ ∑ stagger breath, seamlessly n A p & ∑ oow w * stagger breath, seamlessly n n T p V œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙Ó w 3 3 sceal Þæ-re sun - nan sið be-heal - dan (nn) * oo stagger breath, seamlessly n FOR3 P PERUSAL ONLYn p B œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ w ? ‰‰. R 3 3 Ó Se sceal Þæ-re sun - nan sið be-heal - dan (nn) * oo stagger breath, seamlessly n p w w B ? ∑ * oo * May be most successful when drone is sung with head voice, or "small-mouthed" oo. 3 6 F P f S œ# œ. œ œ œ# ŒÓ œ œ# œ# œ# J ∑ ∑ ∑ & 3 - te leoh - - - te Solo Soprano or Boy Soprano S œ œ j & ∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ œ# . œ ∑ lif bu - tan en - de S & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ T V ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ n 3 P A & Œ ‰‰. r (oo)w w w w ˙ Seœ n 3 P T V w w w w ˙Œ‰‰. œ (oo) SeR B ? w w w w w FOR(oo) PERUSAL ONLY B ? w w w w w (oo) 4 11 3 P S j œ# œœœ œ œ# .. & ∑ Ó Œ‰œ œ œ œ leoh - - - te in li - S & ∑ ∑ ∑ S & ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ T V ∑ ∑ ∑ n n A 3 3 p & j ‰Œ scealœ Þæœ - reœ sunœ - nanœ siðœ. be-healœ œ -œ dan (nn)œ œ oo˙ w n n T p V œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ‰Œ ˙ w 3 3 J sceal Þæ - re sun - nan sið be-heal - dan (nn) oo w w w B FOR? PERUSAL ONLY (oo) B ? w w w (oo) 5 14 P S œ# œ. œ# ˙œœ# Œ ∑ Œ‰œ œ œ# œ# œ# J Ó ∑ & 3 - - - fe leohJ - - - - te Solo Soprano or Boy Soprano F S œ œ & ∑ œ œ# œ œ# ŒÓ ∑ ∑ lif bu - tan en - de S F & ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó ˙ œ œ œ œ lif bu - tan en - A F & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ# lif bu - tan en - A F & ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó œ œ œ œ# lif bu - tan œ enœ - T V ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ A & (oo)w w w w w T V w w w w w (oo) B ? w w w w w FOR(oo) PERUSAL ONLY B ? w w w w w (oo) This page intentionally left blank. Full score available for purchase. 7 23 S & ∑ ∑ ∑ ["Treble choir" : begin moving towards the front (altar) to join the "drone" group.] S & ∑ ∑ ∑ S j & œ# œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ ‰Œ Ó lif bu - tan enœ - de A & œ# Ó ∑ ∑ enœ - de A ∑ Œ‰j & œ œ œ# œ œ lif bu - - - - - tanœ œ T œ# œ œ œ V œ œ œ œ ∑ lif bu - tan en - de 3 P A 3 & ‰‰. r (oo)w w Seœ scealœ Þæœ - reœ sunœ - nanœ (nn)œ œ T V w w w (oo) n 3P 3P p B œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ? ‰‰. R ŒŒ‰‰. R 3 FORbe-heal-dan PERUSALnn Se sceal Þæ -reONLY sun - nan (nn) (grad. to "oo") B ? w w w (oo) 8 26 S & ∑ ∑ ∑ [Boy Soprano moves to front (but off to the side) where he will sing towards the end of the piece.] ["Treble choir" continues to move towards the front (altar) joining "Drone choir".All should be in the front, in place by letter A S & ∑ ∑ ∑ S & ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ A p & j ‰Œ ∑ ∑ en˙ - deœ p T œ j V œ œ œ# œ œ# ‰Ó ∑ lif bu - tan en - - - de n 3 A p 3 3 & Œ ‰‰. r j ‰ (oo)w Seœ scealœ Þæœ - reœ sunœ - nanœ siðœ. beœ - healœ - danœ œ oo˙ 3 p T . V w w ‰‰ œ œ œ ˙(grad. to "oo") (oo) be-R heal- dan (nn) n p 3 p B ˙ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙ w FOR? Œ PERUSAL‰ J ‰ ONLY (oo) sið be - heal-dan oo B ? w w w (oo) 9 very freely 29 p ( ) S j œ# ˙ œ œ# j œ# œ# œ œ œ# œ ˙œ. œ & ‰ œ œ. œ ŒŒ‰œ œ œ œ leoh - - - - te leoh - - - te in li - - - - fe S & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ S & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ A & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ T V ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ n A π & ŒÓ (oo)w w w œ n T π V w w w œŒÓ (oo) π n w w w œ B ? ŒÓ FOR(oo) PERUSAL ONLY n π w w w œ B ? ŒÓ (oo) 10 A Dramatically, with wonder and awe 33 æ=c.52 p 3 S U j U & ∑ j j ‰ œ œ œ ‰ 43 wunœ - drumœ œ fæ - ger p F p 3 U U A ‰ ‰ ‰ j ‰ 3 & j j j j œ œ œ 4 ðoneœ wuœ - duœ wearœb - daþ,œ œ wunœ - drumœ œ fæ - ger p F p 3 T j j U U V ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œb œ œ‰ 43 ðone wu - du wear - daþ wun - drumJ J fæ - ger J p F p 3 T j j U U V ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œb œ œ‰ 43 ðone wu - du wear - daþ wun - drumJ J fæ - ger J p 3 B p F œ œ œ U œ œ œ U ? ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ J J ‰ J ‰ 43 ðoneJ - wu - du wear - daþ J wun - drum fæ - ger 35 poco accel. æ=c.60 S & 43 ∑ ∑ 4 ∑ P 3 P F A 3 ∑ 4 ‰ ‰Œ & 4 œ œ œ# œ 4 j j fu - gel feþ-rum strong,œn œ wunœb œ - drumœ œ p F F T j P 3 ŒŒ‰œb œ œb œ œ ‰Œ 4 ‰ j j ‰Œ V 4 seœ isœ fe - nix ha- ten. 4 wunœ œ - drumœ œ FOR PERUSALp F ONLYF T j P V 43 ŒŒ‰œ œ œb œ œb œ œ ‰Œ 4 ‰ j j ‰Œ se is fe - nix ha- ten.