Songs of Sappho in English Translation by Many Poets 1000630941
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Dinos Constantinides
SAPPHO SONGS
for voice and chamber orchestra
CP
Conners Publications !"##$%& '()*+,-.+"#&
#189 Duration: circa 6’15”
Sappho Songs
I. Homecoming II. To a Handsome Man III. Candor (to Alcaeus)
IV. Light Vanishing
INSTRUMENTATION
2 Oboes 2 Horns in F Solo Voice
Strings
Transpositions are maintained.
Also available:
Sappho Songs for voice and piano [CP#190]
Sappho Songs (1998 revised edition) for voice and chamber orchestra uses the poems of Sappho for text and inspiration. The English translation of the poems was rendered by Professor Willis Barnstone, professor of comparative literature and Spanish at Indiana University, and noted classical scholar and author. The poetess, Sappho, was born on the island of Lesbos in the seventh century BC. She is considered by many as the greatest lyric poet of antiquity, writing with clinical objectivity on the passion of love, and with intimate and colloquial conversational style about nature and her friends. Most of her poems survive only in fragments in the works of Latin and Greek scholars. The music of Dinos Constantinides has been performed throughout the world. He is the recipient of many grants, commissions and awards, including first prize in the Brooklyn College International Chamber Opera Competition, the First Midwest Chamber Opera Conference, and the Delius Composition Contest. He also received the American New Music Consortium Distinguished Service Award, the Glen Award of l’Ensemble of New York, several Meet the Composer grants, numerous ASCAP Standard Awards, and he was honored with a Distinguished Teacher White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides All rights reserved; member ASCAP
Published 1998 by Conners Publications
Conners Publications is a division of A & L Musical Enterprises, Inc. All scores printed in the USA.
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Printed in the U.S.A.
Transposed score
Dinos Constantinides
Sappho (fl. 600 B.C.)
translated by Willis Barnstone*
#189
* Used by permission of the translator.
Sappho Songsfor voice and chamber orchestra
I.
Homecoming
Published 1998 by Conners PublicationsAll Rights Reserved; member ASCAP
© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
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Oboe I
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& 46 44 45Ó œ œ œ œAdagio q»∞™p
œ# œ ˙ .œ ‰ Ó ∑ ∑
& 44 45 436 Œ œ œ œ œAgitato
accel.pœ œ# œ# œ
rall.P Œ œ# œ# œ# œ#
accel.p P
œ œb œb œn ŒUrall.
& 43 45 46 4410 ∑
a tempo
∑ Ó œ# œ# œ œ#p
œ# œ# ˙#
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accel.
# œ# œ# œ œn œ œ œ œn œ œ œ Jœ ‰F cresc. f Œ œb œ .œ Jœn œb œ
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solo
& 44 48 44 4517 œb œ ˙ œ ˙ Ó ∑
ad libπ∑
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Œ .U̇ ŒUπ
& 44 ∑Allegro vivo ∑ Lento 2 Œ ‰ jœ œ# Œpoco accel. p Ó ˙
a tempo p
&7 ˙ œ Œ ∑Allegro vivo
3‰ œn œ 3œ œ œ ÓLento
F∑ ∑U
Oboe I
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#189
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for voice and chamber orchestra
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Sappho Songs
II.To a Handsome Man
& 45 ∑Moderato Ó Œ ˙Adagio
ƒ Jœ ‰ Ó Óπ Ó Œ jœb ‰ jœ ‰Moderato
p
&5 jœb ‰ Ó 3
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& 44 3Allegro
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4Adagio q»∞™
Œ ˙ Jœ ‰π- 2 -
Oboe I III.Candor (to Alcaeus)
IV.Night Vanishing
Sappho Songs Oboe I
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Oboe II
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& 46 44 45Ó œ œb œ œAdagio q»!™p
œ œb ˙ .œ ‰ Ó ∑ ∑
& 44 45 436 Œ œ œ# œ œ#Agitato
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Allegro vivo3‰ œb œ 3œ œ œ Ó
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F∑ ∑U
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I.Homecoming
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
Oboe II
II. To a Handsome Man
& 45 ∑Moderato
Ó Œ ˙#Adagio
ƒ Jœ ‰ Ó Óπ
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&5 Ó jœb ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰
p P∑ Œ ‰ jœn ‰ jœ Ó
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& 44 3Allegro
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4Adagio q»!™
Œ ˙ jœ ‰π
- 2 -
III.CANDOR (toAlcaeus)
IV.Light Vanishing
Sappho Songs - Oboe 2
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& 46 44 45Ó ˙ ˙Adagio q»!™p
˙ ˙ .œ ‰ Œ œb œ ˙ œ ˙ jœ ‰ Ó con sord.
& 44 45 436 ‰ œb œb œb œ jœ#
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accel.p P
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p
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a tempo
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p.˙b Œ ∑
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2
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&8 ‰ .œ ˙Allegro vivo
F π Jœ ‰ Œ ÓLento ∑ .˙U Œπp
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Horn in F I
II. To a Handsome Man
& 45 Œ ‰ jœb œ œb œ œ œb œModerato
solo
P.œ ‰ Œ ˙nAdagio
π ƒ Jœ ‰ Ó Óπ
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πÓ Œ ‰ jœ
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&9 jœ ‰ Œ Ó ‰ Jœ œ# œ œ œ œ
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pœ œ Œ Ó ∑ ∑U
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&14 ∑ 2
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Jœb ‰ Œ ÓAdagiosecco
ƒ
q»!™4
- 2 -
III. Candor (to Alcaeus)
IV. Light Vanishing
Sappho Songs: Horn in F 1
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Horn in F II
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& 46 44 45Ó ˙ ˙Adagio q»!™
p ˙ ˙ .œ ‰ Œ œ œ œb œ œb ˙ jœ ‰ Ó con sord.
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p∑ ∑ 2
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ad libπ ∑a tempo
∑U
& 44 ∑Allegro vivo
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∑ Ó Œ ‰ jœp œ œbŒ Ó
poco accel.
&6 2
a tempo
‰ .œ ˙Allegro vivo
F ppjœ ‰ Œ ÓLento ∑ .˙b
U Œp pp
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
Horn in F II
II.To a Handsome Man
& 45 ∑Moderato Ó Œ ˙#Adagio
ƒ Jœ ‰ Ó Ópp
&4 ∑ Moderato ∑ Œ wF p
jœ ‰ Ó Ópp
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F p2 ∑U
& 44 4Allegro Ó Œ ‰ jœF ˙ .œ
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ppÓ Œ ‰ jœpp œ .˙#
&9
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p œ œ# Œ Ó ∑ ∑Uaccel.
&14 ∑ 2
Allegro
∑accel.
∑ 3Allegro vivo
jœb ‰ Œ ÓAdagio q»!™secco 4
- 2 -
III.Candor (to Alcaeus)
IV. Light Vanishing
Sappho Songs: Horn in F II
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SAPPHO SONGS
for voice and chamber orchestra
Violin I
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& 46 44 45Ó œœ œœb œœ œœAdagio q»!™p
div. œœ# œœb ˙̇ Œ œœ ˙̇nsul tasto
π˙̇ œœ Œ ..˙̇b œœ Œ
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
Violin I
& 44 3œb œ œ 3œ œ œ 3‰ œ œ 3œ œ ‰Allegro vivo
psenza sord.
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&4
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œ œ œbF
&7 Jœ ‰ Ó Ó Œ œ# œ œ œp
˙̇# Jœœ ‰ ÓAdagio
fdiv.
p
&10 ‰ Jœœ .œb Jœœ Jœn œb Jœœp
sul pont.senza vib. unis div. unis div.
3
œn œb œœ wwunis div. ‰ J·œ ·̇ ÓUunisord.
π
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II.To a Handsome Man
III.Candor (to Alcaeus)
& 44 2Allegro
Œ # œn œb œ œn œ œ œ# œf
œ œ œ œ œ# œ# jœn ‰ Œ
&5 Ó
5
œn œ œb œ œb Jœ‰f ƒ ∑Lento
˙ jœ ‰ ‰ jœ#sul tasto
π w jœ ‰ Œ Ócon sord.
&10 ‰ jœœbn œb œn œœb œ œn
Moderatoord. div.
punis div. unis
œ œœb ‰ jœœn ˙˙div.
œœ..·œæ ‰ Œ
unis
P Œ .U ‰ jœ.‰ jœ.
‰accel.
senza sord.
π
&14
jœ.‰ Œ Ó
pÓ Œ œ# . œb .
Allegro
Fœ œ œ œn
6
œ œ# œ œ# œn œ Jœb ‰ œnf π
&17
œ œ Óaccel.PÓ Œ
3
œ œ œf
Jœb ‰5
œ œb œ œn œ5
œb œ œn œ œb5
œ œn œ œb œAllegro vivo
psul pont.
&20
5
œn œ œb œ œn5
œ œb œ œn œ5
œb œ œn œ œb5
œ œn œ œb œ5
œn œ œb œ œn Jœ ‰5
œ œ œ œ œ Jœb ‰
&22
Jœb ‰ ‰ jœœn ˙̇Adagio q»!™
ord.
ƒdiv.
p dim.
ww ˙̇ jœœ ‰ Œπ
∑ Œ ·̇b J·œ ‰unis
π
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Sappho Songs: Violin I
Dinos Constantinides
SAPPHO SONGS
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& 46 44 45Ó ˙̇ ˙̇Adagio q»!™
pdiv. ˙̇ ˙̇ Œ œ œ œbœ œn
sul tasto
π˙ œ Œœ Œ
unis .˙b œ Œ
& 44 45 436 Œ œœ œœ# œœ œœ#
Agitato
accel.
div.ord. œ œ# œ# œœ#rall.
unis div.
Jœœ ‰ œ œ# œ# œaccel.
unis
PÓ Œ ˙̇bn
Urall.
div.
p
& 43 45 46 4410 Œ Œ œna tempo
unis
p œ Œ ˙̇b œ#Udiv. unis .œ ‰ ˙# ˙p ˙# ˙#
& 45 4414 " œ œ œn œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ# œ
accel.p cresc.
j̊œ# ‰ . Œ Œ " œn œ œnF f
Jœb.‰ wb
Adagio q»!™
ƒ p
& 44 48 44 4517 .˙b œ ˙ ww
Óad libπ
div. ∑a tempo
Œ .U̇ ŒUcon sord. unis
π
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Violin II
& 44 3œ# œ œ 3œ œ œ3‰ œ œ
3
œ œ ‰Allegro vivo
psenza sord.
3
œ# œ ‰ 3‰ jœ ‰ Œ œLento
sul tasto con sord.
π w
&4
˙ ˙b œ Œ Ópoco accel.
˙˙̇
a tempo
div. ˙̇ Œ œbunis
∏
&8 ‰ .œ ˙
Allegro vivo
F p3œ œb œ 3œ œ œ ÓLento
FŒ 3‰ œ# œ Ó
p .˙bU Œord.
& 45 ∑Moderatosenza sord. Ó Œ ˙˙# Adagio
div.
ƒJœœ ‰ Ó Óπ
Ó ‰ jœb œ œb œb œ œbModerato
Punis
&5
Jœ ‰ 3œb œn œb3
œb œ œb œ œb œ œ Ó ÓF
Œ ‰ J·œ ‰ J·œ ÓP Œ œ œ œ œp
&9
˙˙b Œ ‰ ..œœbbAdagio
div.
f psul pont.
senza vib.
πww
jœœ ‰ ∑ ∑U
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II.To a Handsome Man
III.Candor (to Alcaeus)
& 44 ‰ . j̊œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œAllegro
fœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ# œ jœ ‰ Ó
&4 Ó 3œb œb œ
3
œ œb œf cresc.
3
œ# œ œ# œ œ œn œn Jœn
‰ œ œœbbƒ Fdiv.
&6 ww
Lento
p ˙# jœ ‰ ‰ jœJœ
sul tastounis
πdiv. œ œ# ˙nw
jœ ‰ Œ ÓJœcon sord.
&10 ‰ jœœ# œ# œn œœ# œ œn
Moderatoord.
punis div. unis
œ œœ# Œ Ódiv. Œ ..·œæ ‰ Œunis
PŒ .U ‰ jœ# .
‰ jœ.‰
accel.
senza sord.
cresc.π
&14
jœ# .‰ Œ Ó
pÓ Œ œ# œ œb œbAllegro
Fœ " " œn
6
œ# œ œ# œ œ# œn Jœ ‰ œ#fcresc.π
&17
œ# œ Óaccel.P
Œ œn œ œ œb œb œ œ œ Jœn ‰f
Jœ ‰ jœn ‰ jœb ‰ jœ ‰Allegro vivo
π&20
jœn ‰ jœ ‰ jœb ‰ jœ ‰ jœn ‰5
œ œ œ œ œ Jœ ‰ Œsul pont. jœb ‰ ‰ jœ ˙Adagio
ord.
ƒq»!™p dim.
w
&24
˙ jœ ‰ Œπ
∑ Œ ·̇b j·œ ‰π
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Dinos Constantinides
SAPPHO SONGS
for voice and chamber orchestra
Viola
CP
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B 46 44 45w œ œAdagio q»!™p ˙ ˙ œ Œ Œ œœb
div.
œ œ œ- œ œbunis
B 45 44 455
˙ jœ ‰ Œ œœbdiv. œb Ó ÓAgitato
accel.
unis Ó Œ œ#rall. p Jœ ‰ Ó Ó
accel.
B 43 45 46 449 Ó Œ U̇
rall.p .˙b
a tempop
jœ ‰ ˙b œœb œœ## œœU
div. ..œœ ‰ .˙# œnpunis
B 44 4513
˙ Ó Ó ! œ œ# œ œ œ œ# œaccel. P
j̊œ# ‰ . Œ Œ œ œ œ œ#F f
B 45 44 48 44 4516 jœ. ‰ w
Adagio
ƒ pq»!™
w ˙# ww Óad libπdiv. ∑
a tempo
Œ .U̇ ŒUcon sord. unis
π
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
Viola
B 44 ww#Allegro vivo
pdiv.senza sord. ˙̇ Œ œ
Lentosul tasto con sord.
unis
π w ˙ ˙b œ Œ Ópoco accel.
B6 ˙̇nb Óa tempo
div. Ó Œ œœ∏‰ .œ ˙Allegro vivo
unis
F p Jœ ‰ Œ ˙#Lento
p ˙ Ó .˙U Œord.
B 45 Œ ‰ jœb œ œb œ œ œb œModerato
senza sord.
pœ œ# æ æ̇ Ó
Adagiosul pont.
π∑
B4 Ó ‰ œn .œModerato
pord. jœ ‰ Ó Ó Œ wwwF
div. jœœœ ‰ Ó Óp
B8 Œ œ œ œ œunis
p ˙ Œ ‰ ..œœAdagio
f psenza vib.sul pont.
πww Jœœ ‰ ∑ ∑U
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II.To a Handsome Man
III. Candor (to Alcaeus)
B 44 2Allegro
Ó ‰ jœb . œ. œ.fœb . œb . œ. œ. 3œ œn œn 3œ œ# œ
cresc.
B5 Jœb ‰ Jœ ‰5
œ œ œb œ œb œœœƒ F
div. wwLento
p ˙̇# jœœ ‰ ‰ Jœsul tasto
πunis w
B9 Jœ ‰ Œ Ó ∑Moderato Œ ‰ Jœœ ˙˙con sord. ord. div.
Pœœ ..œœ ‰ Œp
B13 Œ .U ‰ 5
œ# œ œ œ œ 5
œ œ œ œ œaccel.
senza sord.
pcresc.
unis5
œ# œ œ œ œ 5
œ œ œ œ œ jœ ‰ ! œb œ œF
B15
œ# œ œ œ# œn œb œb œ œ œ# . œ.Allegro
œn . œb . Œ 5
œ# œ œn œ œ 5
œ œ œ œ œp cresc.
B17 5
œ# œ œ œ œ 5
œ œ œ œ œ jœb ‰ ! œ œ œaccel.
F Jœ ‰ . Œ ‰ Jœ#> œn>f
B19
3
œ œ# œ œ ! jœ ‰ jœb ‰ jœb ‰Allegro vivo
πjœ ‰ jœb ‰ jœb ‰ jœ ‰ jœb ‰ 5œ œ# œ# œ œ jœ ‰ Œsul pont.
B22 jœ ‰ ‰ jœœnn ˙̇Adagio q»!™ord.
ƒdiv.
p dim.
ww ˙̇ jœœ ‰ Œπ
2
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Sappho Songs: Viola
Dinos Constantinides
SAPPHO SONGS
for voice and chamber orchestra
Violoncello
CP
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? 46 44 45ww œœ œœAdagio q»!™
pdiv. ˙̇ ˙̇ œœ Œ ‰ jœ œb œ
unis
˙b œ œ œb œ
? 45 44 455
œb œb .œ jœ œ ‰ œœbb œœnb œœnb œœb Jœœ#n
Agitato
accel.
div.
pp Jœœ œœ# œœ ‰ œœ#
rall.p
? 45 43 458
Jœœ œœ# œœ## œœ# œœ# jœœn#accel.
œœ œœ ˙̇b ˙̇#U
rall.
p ..˙̇na tempo
p
? 45 46 4411 jœœ ‰ ˙̇ œ œœ## œœbn
U..œœ ‰ ..˙̇## œœnp ˙̇ Ó ˙̇# jœœ ‰ Œ
accel.P
? 45 44 4815 ! œ# œ œ œn œ œ œ# œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
unis
F cresc. fjœ. ‰ wwnn
Adagio q»!™
ƒ pdiv. ww
? 48 44 4518 ˙̇# Ó Ó Œ œ#
ad libppunis
ppjœ .œ# œ œa tempo
wU ŒU
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I.Homecoming
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
Violoncello
? 44 ..˙̇# œAllegro vivo
pcon sord.div. unis œ œ Œ œ
Lento
ppsul tasto w ˙ ˙b œ Œ Ó
poco accel.
˙n Œ œ#a tempo p
?7 ˙ Œ œnppp
‰ ..œœ ˙̇Allegro vivo
Fdiv.
pjœœ ‰ Œ ˙
Lento
punis
˙ Ó .˙bU Œord.
? 453
œ œ œ wModerato
psenza sord. ‰ jœœæ ˙̇æ Ó
Adagio
ppdiv. sul pont. ord. w œsolo
p ˙ ‰ œœn ..œœModerato
tutti div.
p
?5 jœ ‰ Ó ..œœ ‰œ œ œ Œ Œ wwFjœœ ‰ Ó Óp
Œ œœ œœ œœ œœp
?9 ˙̇# Œ ‰ ..œœAdagio
f p ppsul pont. senza vib. ww J
œœ ‰ Ó Œ ˙bord. vib.
pp .˙ ÓU
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II.To a Handsome Man
III.Candor (to Alcaeus)
Sappho Songs: Violoncello
? 44 ‰ jœ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ.Allegro
fœ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ# . œ. œ# . œ. œ. œ. Jœn . ‰ Œ
?4 jœb . ‰ Œ jœn . ‰ Œpizz. 3œb . œ œn œ œ œ œn5
œ œ œb œ œ œœ œœ#Jœb ‰arco
cresc.
unis
arco
div.
ƒ Fpizz.
wwLento
p
?7 ˙ Jœ ‰ ‰ Jœœb
ppsul tasto
unis div. wœ .˙#jœ ‰ œn ˙#Jœ pp
unis ∑Moderato
?11 Œ .˙b
con sord.
ord.
p œ .œ ‰ Œ Œ .U ‰ jœ# .‰ jœ.
‰accel.
senza sord.
p cresc.
jœ# .‰ jœ.
‰ œ œ œ œ œb œb œ œF?15
œ# œ œb œb œ. œb . œb . œ. œ# . œn .Allegro œn . œb . Œ jœ# ‰ jœ ‰p cresc.
jœ# ‰ jœ ‰ œ œœn œb œb œ ‰
accel.F?18 ! œb œb œ jœ.
‰ Óf
Œ5
œ œb œb œ œ5
œ œ œ œ œ5
œ œ œ œ œAllegro vivosul pont.
p
?20
5
œ œb œb œ œ5
œ œ œ œ œ5
œ œ œ œ œ5
œ œ œ œ œ5
œb œ œb œ œ Jœ ‰ 5œ œ œ œ# œ# jœn ‰ord.
?22 jœœn ‰ ‰ jœ ˙Adagio
div.
ƒunis
p dim.
q»!™w ˙ jœ ‰ œbpp œ ˙b œ œb .˙ jœ ‰
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IV.Light Vanishing
Sappho Songs: Violoncello
Dinos Constantinides
SAPPHO SONGS
for voice and chamber orchestra
String Bass
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? 46 44 45∑Adagio q»!™
∑ Ó ‰ Jœ œb œp
˙b œ œ œb œ
? 45 44 455 œb œb .œ Jœ œ œb Ó Ó
Agitato
accel.
Ó Œ œ#rall. p Jœ
œ# œ# œ# œ# Jœ#accel.
? 43 45 46 449 œ œ ˙ ˙nU
rall.
p.˙
a tempop Jœ ‰ ˙ Jœ ‰ ‰ jœU .œ ‰ Ó Ó
? 44 45 4413 ∑ ˙# Jœ ‰ Œ
accel.P Ó Œ œ œ œ# œ#f
jœ. ‰ Ó ÓAdagio
ƒ? 44 48 44 4517 ∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ#
ad lib ppjœ .œ# œ œ
a tempowU ŒU
? 44 .˙ œAllegro vivo
p œ œ ÓLento ∑ Ó Œ ‰ jœbpp œ œb Œ Ópoco accel.
?6 Ó Œ œ#a tempo p ˙ Ó ‰ .œ ˙Allegro vivo
F p Jœ ‰ Œ ˙Lento
p˙ Ó .˙bU Œ
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I.Homecoming
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© 1998 Dinos Constantinides
String Bass
II. To a Handsome Man
? 453
œ œ œ wModerato
p‰ jœ.æ æ̇ Ó
Adagio
ppsul pont. ∑ ∑ Moderato
?5 œ œ œ Œ .œ ‰pord. Œ wF
jœ ‰ Ó Óp
Œ œ œ œ œp?9 ˙ Œ ‰ .œ
Adagio
f p ppsul pont. senza vib. w jœ ‰ Ó Œ ˙bord. vib.
pp .˙ ÓU
? 44 Ó Jœ. ‰ ŒAllegro pizz.
fjœ. ‰ Œ Jœ. ‰ Œ jœ# . ‰ Œ Jœ. ‰ Œ jœb . ‰ Œ jœn . ‰ Œ
?5 Jœb . ‰ Œ Œ jœ. ‰ƒ
∑Lento ˙ Jœ ‰ ‰ Jœbarco
ppw
?9 Jœ ‰ œn ˙#pp ∑Moderato Œ .˙bcon sord.
p œ .œ ‰ Œ ∑Uaccel.
senza sord.?14 Ó " œ# œ œ jœb ‰F
œ# œn œb ŒAllegro
∑ Ó " œ œ œb œbaccel.
F?18
œ Jœn . ‰ Óf
Œ Jœ ‰ Jœb ‰ Jœb ‰Allegro vivo
pp Jœ ‰ Jœb ‰ Jœb ‰ Jœ ‰ Jœb ‰ Jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœn ‰Fpizz.
f?22 2
Adagio
Ó Œ œbq»!™
pparco
œ ˙b œ œb .˙ jœ ‰
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III.Candor(to Alcaeus)
IV.Light Vanishing
Sappho Songs:String Bass