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Rustic Trances; dance like ♩=108, ♩=♩., slowly ♩=80, faster ♩=120, animate
No full textOriginal manuscript for two B flat Clarinets and a Piano trio on music score paper. Includes music for clarinets. Musical notes in black felt pen. Titles and other notations are typed. Notation at the bottom of the title page says, "copyright by Carl Vollrath © 2009".Clarinet, Pianoscore 24 pages, parts 5 pages; 8 1/2 x 1
A Cradle Song; calmly ♩=56
No full textEngraved score on vellum music score paper for medium voice. The words are from William Blake's poem "Cradle Song".Vocal, Piano3 pages; 11 x 13 1/2Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming in the joys of night;
Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.
Sweet babe, in thy face
Soft desires I can trace,
Secret joys and secret smiles,
Little pretty infant wiles.
As thy softest limbs I feel
Smiles as of the morning steal
O'er thy cheek, and o'er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest.
O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep!
When thy little heart doth wake,
Then the dreadful night shall break
Orchard; moderately slow ♩=56
No full textOriginal manuscript with musical notes in pen. Words, titles, and other notations are typed. The words are from Hilda Doolittle's poem "Orchard".Vocal, Piano4 pages; 8 1/2 x 11I saw the first pear
as it fell-
the honey-seeking, golden-banded,
the yellow swarm
was not more fleet than I,
(spare us from loveliness)
and I fell prostrate
crying:
you have flayed us
with your blossoms,
spare us the beauty
of fruit-trees.
The honey-seeking
paused not,
the air thundered their song,
and I alone was prostrate.
O rough-hewn
god of the orchard,
I bring you an offering-
do you, alone unbeautiful,
son of the god,
spare us from loveliness:
these fallen hazel-nuts,
stripped late of their green sheaths,
grapes, red-purple,
their berries
dripping with wine,
pomegranates already broken,
and shrunken figs
and quinces untouched,
I bring you as offering
Trina's Path for B flat Clarinet & Piano; slowly ♩=54, tenderly ♩=84, slightly faster ♩=92, slightly faster ♩=104, ♩=120 (in one), freely, slow progression ♩=69
No full textEngraved score for Clarinet in B flat and Piano. Includes music for clarinet. Notation at the bottom of the title pages says, "© 2009 by Carl Vollrath".Dedicated to K. PhillipsClarinet, Pianoscore 10 pages, part 4 pages; 8 1/2 x 1
Let Us Dream Once More; moderately about ♩=72
No full textOriginal manuscript with musical notes in pen. Words, titles, and other notations are typed.Vocal, Piano2 pages; 8 1/2 x 11Raindrops in summer means snow in winter;
Good times will leave you souvenirs which only memories can turn to light.
Moonlight will melt to sunlight and steal the starlight for a while
Until the moon will show its face again and let us dream once more.
So the seasons change and summer turns to fall, the winds will come & go
The spring will melt the snow.
Raindrops in summer means snow in winter;
Good times will leave you souvenirs which only memories can turn to light.
Moonlight will melt to sunlight and steal the starlight for a while
Until the moon will show its face again and let us dream once more
Ulysses' Return from Homer's Odyessy (Odyssey); bold spirited ♩=138, allargando ♩=92, slow march tempo ♩=100, impressive ♩=92, ♩=76, camabile ♩=69, slightly faster, stringendo, in one (dotted half note=70), maestoso, calando, ♩=76, agitato, allegro accented ♩=120, slow march ♩=98, grandioso ♩=108, allargando ♩=80, accelerando ♩=116, allargando ♩=92
No full textOriginal manuscript for a chamber orchestra and piano. Music for each instrument on music staff paper. Piano score has notes for other instruments. Notes and notations written in pencil or black felt pen. Title is hand written, typed, or stamped.Chamber orchestra, Pianoscore 47 pages, 12 x 19; parts 3-21 pages, 8 1/2 x 1
Reminiscence for Baritone/Euphonium and Band; cantabile ♩=56 and fast ♩=144
No full textOriginal manuscript for band with solo part for baritone horn or euphonium. Includes parts for each instrument. Score is on band staff paper and parts are on regular staff paper. Musical notes written in black felt pen on music staff paper. The titles are typed. Notation at the bottom of the title page says, "Copyright © 1994 by Carl Vollrath".Baritone, Euphonium, Bandscore 30 pages, parts are 1-2 pages; 8 1/2 x 1
The Moonlit Pond: 6 Korean Classical Poems - Spring Sentiment; tranquil ♩=84 – The Moon in the Well; humorous ♩=132 – Visiting a Temple on a Spring Day; gentle ♩=84 – Mountain Hermitage After a Rainy Night; rain like ♩=126 – The Pinks; with sarcasm ♩=112 – The Full-Moon Hill; ballad like ♩=96
No full textOriginal manuscript on music staff paper for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Musical notes written with black felt pen and words typed. The words are from the book "The Moonlit Pond: Korean Classical Poems in Chinese". Notation at the bottom of the title page says, "Copyright by Carl Vollrath © 2005".Translated and introduced by Sung-Illee and scored for SATB with piano by Carl Vollrath.Vocal, Piano44 pages; 8 1/2 x 11SPRING SENTIMENT: While plum blossoms wilt and willows flow down, My leisurely steps in the spring breeze grow slower. Now the water side tavern is closed and people's talk ceased, Spring rain sweeps the river, threads of thin emerald. While plum blossoms wilt and willows flow down, My leisurely steps in the spring breeze grow slower. slower. THE MOON IN THE WELL: A monk grew enamored of the moon in the well, So he drew moonlit water to pour in a jar. When he came back to the temple, he found, he found, he found, As he tilted the jar, the moon was gone. the moon was gone. gone. VISITING A TEMPLE ON A SPRING DAY: In gentle breeze and warm sun, birds sing merrily; In the shade of drooping willows, the temple gate is half closed. While falling petals cover the earth, the drunken monk sleeps. The air of peace and calm lingers in his mountain hermitage. MOUNTAIN HERMITAGE AFTER A RAINY NIGHT: Rain fell last night on my pine-encircled cot, And the water fall sounds louder over my pillow At dawn I look on the tree in the yard; The birds have not yet awakened to leave their nest. THE PINKS: The whole world loves the beauty of peonies; People plant and grow them to adorn their gardens. Yet who will know that in the grass entangled field Lovely patches of flowers, though untended, still grow? Their tints are cast on the pond like moon beans; Their fragrance spreads in the wind from hill-top trees. As noblemen rarely visit this remote deserted valley The pinks reveals their beauty only to the old ploughman. THE FULL-MOON HILL: Now five hundred years of Kingly glory is gone, Its pomp has left no trace but exuberant pines. upon ruins where flowers have wilted, sadness reigns; The nightingale's song deepens pathos over castle grounds. castle grounds. Plowed fields encroach the palace stairs; grass, undeterred, grows over the railings. Though it grieves my heart to watch it, Kingdoms rise and fall like a flowing stream. Kingdoms rise and like a flowing stream
Parting; expressive ♩=63
No full textOriginal manuscript with musical notes in black felt pen. Titles and musical notations are typed. Notation at the bottom of the title page says, Copyright © by Carl Vollrath 1995.Piano2 pages; 8 1/2 x 1
I Asked a Thief; lightly
No full textEngraved score on vellum music score paper for medium voice. The words are from William Blake's poem "I Asked a Thief".Vocal, Piano2 pages; 11 x 13 1/2I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I ask'd a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy & meek she cries As soon as I went An angel came. He wink'd at the thief And smil’d at the dame. And without one word Had a peach from the tree And still as a maid Enjoy'd the lady