The Lake Isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats PETER BIRD Moderato e = 120 PIANO 14 T. Pno. Pno. mf 3 mp and a small ca - bin build there, have there, a hive for the hon - ey mp A Solo: mf Adagio q=72 (e = e) A I will a - rise and go now, and go to In - nis - free, Adagio q=72 (e = e) 27 T. Allegro e = 144 Pno. 21 T. accel. 7 Pno. p - bee, of clay and wat - tles made; Nine in the bee - loud bean rows will I 3 and live a - lone glade. 3 3 Copyright © 2007 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded. 2 B 32 S. mf I A. 3 will a - rise, mf and go now, rise, 3 I T. B. I Pno. 39 S. A. will a - rise, B. go to Pno. - a - rise, now, and a small ca - bin build there, 3 nis - free. In - nis - free. there, and small ca - bin build there, and go to made; Nine of clay and wat - tles made; In - nis - free, nis - a - now, of clay and wat - tles and a small ca - bin build In and nis - free. go now, - and go to and In In and go mf free. T. and go B 3 will and go to mf a - I will mf Tutti: Nine In - nis - free. of clay and wat - tles made; 3 3 46 S. bean rows will I A. bean rows will I T. B. Pno. have there, have there, a To In hive for the hon - ey - bee, and live a - lone hive for the hon - ey bee, In - nis - free. - nis C h = 48 (bar = bar) Largo 52 S. a - free. a in the - lone in the A - lone A - lone in the bee bee- loud - - loud bee - loud loud A. Solo:S B. Solo: glade. glade. Pno. mp For glade. T. glade. in the bee mp And I shall have some peace there, for C pp Largo h = 48 (bar = bar) 4 57 S. peace comes drop A. - morn Pno. - drop - to where the ing to where the crick - et a mer, a glow, the a- There mid - night's all a- and eve - ning of the There mid - night's all of veils sings; sings; from the and eve - ning pur - ple veils drop - ping pur - ple glow, - et and noon - crick ping from the ing glim Pno. slow, - ing glim - mer, A. slow, 67 S. - morn A. 62 S. ping peace comes drop Pno. full of full of 5 72 S. lin A. lin T. B. Pno. - - D nets' wings. Tutti: Tutti: B. slow, ping slow, ping D slow, mp shall peace I I shall have some peace shall there, there, I shall have some peace for drop - peace comes drop - for peace comes drop - ping from the drop - ping from the veils of the veils of the ping from the veils of the veils of the morn - ing the morn - ing drop - ping, drop - ping from for peace comes drop - there, there, for peace comes drop - have some peace drop - have some legato And I legato slow, ing T. And legato And mp legato ping A. nets' wings. And Tutti: mp 78 S. Tutti: mp morn - ing morn - ing to where the to where the to where the to where the 6 84 S. crick - et A. T. B. crick sings; - et sings; crick - et crick - et There mid - night's all sings; There sings; There A. and eve - ning T. B. eve - ning eve Pno. - ning full full of - mer, a and noon a pur - ple mid - night's all a - glim - mer, and noon a pur - ple lin - glow, of lin of - lin glow, nets' glow, wings. 3 nets' wings. lin wings. nets' f and - and nets' wings. - 3 glim full and noon a pur - ple glow, of full mid - night's all a - glim - mer, and eve - ning a - glim - mer, There mid - night's all a - 90 S. 3 3 3 3 3 7 E Moderato q=120 (bar = bar) 96 S. A. T. f (in strict tempo) (e = e) I will a mf I will f I will A. rise, T. B. Pno. and go and go for all now, and go will for all and now, go rise, a - rise, ways now, - pp - - (e = e) now, a S. a mf E I Moderato q=120 (bar = bar) (in stricttempo) mf Pno. 101 rise, B. - night and - ways night and 8 105 S. day A. All day T. B. Pno. - for all - I hear lake wa - ter night and ways I hear lap - ping day lake wa - ter ways night and mf with low sounds, lap - ing hear day I hear with low sounds, with lap - ping with lake wa - ter Pno. mf B. I lake wa - ter T. with A. lap - ping 109 S. with low sounds by low sounds by low sounds by the the the low sounds by the shore; shore; shore; shore; F I stand on the road While 113 S. While A. While T. B. While Pno. ments T. B. ments ments Pno. on the road - I stand on the road I stand on the road - way, way, way, - way, or on the pave or on the pave or on the pave or on the pave - - - - ments A. I stand - F 117 S. 9 gray, gray, I hear I gray, I gray, hear (freely) it hear it it I hear (tacet) it 10 120 S. in A. in T. B. the in the the in the deep deep heart's heart's core. core. heart's deep heart's deep core. core. The Lake Isle of Innisfree from The Rose [1893] by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee; And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings. I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart's core. ________________________________________________ Program notes: As Yeats wrote in Four Years, he had seriously contemplated the idea of imitating Thoreau and living alone on this island. His sudden recall of the island while standing in a city street led to this poem, which was one of the first in which he loosened his meter and began to find his own voice. For many readers, it also works as a metaphor for the hope of finding some “island” of peace and contentment in this life, before leaving it. I hope this choral setting, with several soloists rather than one, will heighten that universality. Each of the 3 stanzas has its own mood, which is why I change the time signature from 3/4 to 2/2 to 5/4, and transform the melody and harmony in each. Performance suggestion: Sing without vibrato. P.B. 2007 PIANO The Lake Isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats PETER BIRD Moderato e = 120 p accel. 6 mp A Adagio q=72 (e = e) mp mf Allegro e = 144 12 19 25 Copyright © 2007 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded. V.S. 2 PIANO 3 3 mf 31 B 3 38 45 C 52 Largo h = 48 (bar = bar) pp 56 PIANO 3 66 61 70 73 D 4 PIANO 83 f E 96 3 3 3 3 3 (in strict tempo) Moderato q=120 (bar = bar) mf N.B. Conductor and chorus continue in 5/4. (e = e) pp 100 103 106 PIANO 5 109 112 F N.B. All are now together in 5/4. 114 117 (tacet)
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