Gwyneth Walker. Birds of Peace. Songs of Freedom and Peace for High Voice, Flute and Piano. The Caged Bird The Raven and the Dove Everyone Sang

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1 Gyneth Walker Birds o Peace Sons o reedom and Peace or Hih oice lute and Piano The Caed Bird The Raven and the Dove Everyone San

2 roram notes: The ird is oten a oetic symol o the exalted qualities o reedom and eace. Birds o Peace sons center around this imaery the ird o reedom the ird o eace. The Caed Bird (oem y 19th-century Arican-American oet Paul Laurence Dunar) sins or his reedom. He eats his in on the cruel ars. He sends a lea to Heaven. or he ould e ree. The Raven and the Dove is ased on an American anti-ar rotest son rom the 1960s ith a text y Ean McColl. The dove she is a retty ird she sins as she lies. This is a mournul son set in the minor mode and oten laced in the lo voice reister. or the dove is entle. She may e rihtened aay. I she leaves the raven ill come. The son imlores: i you live eaceul she never ill o. Everyone San is ased on a oem y British oet Sieried Sassoon ulished in 1919 ust at the end o World War I. The ird is a ird o reedom o ecstasy and o the reoicin soul. Everyone as a ird and the son as ordless. The sinin ill never e done! This thrill o the ird in liht rouht to mind another oem The Windhover y Gerard Manley Hokins (ritten at a similar time to the Sassoon text). Thus the amiliar line o My heart in hidin stirred or a ird is interected into the son. The ird soars aove humanity aove the ar. Everyone s voice as suddenly lited and eauty came like the settin sun. The lute lays a central role in these sons reresentin the ird: strivin or a hiher realm outside o the cae cryin or reedom (end o Caed Bird son); suestin the delicacy o a ird s ins (race notes in Raven and Dove ) and soarin into the hihest ecstatic ranes ( Everyone San ). The sutitle or this last son is as a risoned ird set ree. This seems like a suitale descrition or the character o the lute in the entire set Birds o Peace.

3 ased on the oem Symathy Paul Laurence Dunar ( ) G. Walker alt. Sloly mournully q = 76 lute 5. Birds o Peace or Hih oice lute and Piano 1. Caed Bird Gyneth Walker. 8 - Ÿ ERSE 1 mournully I kno hat the caed ird eels a - las! When the 11 sun is riht on the u -land sloe; hen the ind stirs sot throuh the Coyriht 2015 y Gyneth Walker 252 Park Street Ne Canaan CT 0680.ynethalker.com All rihts reserved

4 srin - in rass and the riv - er los like a raidly as the ind oco accel. cresc. oco accel. cresc. (accel.) stream o lass; hen the (accel.) Sloer Sloer.. irst ird sins and the.. irst ud o - ens and the aint er - ume rom the chal - ice. entle areios steals Walker Birds o Peace 1. Caed Bird I kno oco accel. I kno hat the caed ird oco accel.

5 2 a temo (q = 76) eels. cresc. a temo (q = 76) 26 ERSE 2 ith more strenth and sorro I kno hy the caed ird eats his in till its 29 lood is red on the cruel ars; or he must ly ack to his Walker Birds o Peace 1. Caed Bird

6 erch and clin hen ith intensity ain still thros in the he eats his in he eats his ith edal oco accel. I kno hy he eats his accel. he ould ride on the accel. old old scars and they in he eats his in... a temo (q = 76) ouh a - sin; And a Sloer ulse a - ain ith a keen -. in. ( ) I kno Sloer er stin ( ) oco accel. a temo (q = 76) Walker Birds o Peace 1. Caed Bird

7 R I 51 ERSE kno hy the caed ird sins ah me! When his 5 in is ruised and his heart is sore hen he Walker Birds o Peace 1. Caed Bird

8 eats his ars and he ith edal Sloer oy or lee ut a ould e ree; It is rayer he sends rom his not a car - ol o heart s dee core a Sloer 61 P 65 lea. lea that u - ard to P Heaven he lins a I lea kno I kno hy the caed a ird Walker Birds o Peace 1. Caed Bird

9 69 sins. He ould e ree 7 (cresc.) (cresc.) (cresc.). ( rayer a lea he Walker Birds o Peace 1. Caed Bird " ƒ ) " sins and ould e " ƒ Sloly Sloly rit. cresc.. cresc. cresc. he ould e ree... a temo (q = 76) ree. a temo (q = 76) (emhatic cry or reedom) a 20 7

10 8 anti-ar son o the 1960s Lyrics y Ean McColl G. Walker alt. With entle motion q = 120 m 2. The Raven and the Dove. The Cuckoo Traditional Enlish olk Son Gyneth Walker arr. The ERSE 1 dove she is a 6. n. ret -ty ird she sins as she. lies. lihtly as a ird s in... ( ) She ( ) rins us lad ti - dins and tells us no. lies. 16. She lies in the moun - tains and the val - ley so lo ( ) And i you live eace - ul she Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

11 25 * nev - er ill.. o.. ( ) ( ) m... 5 ERSE 2 oco cresc. Come all you youn n el - los rom near and a -. oco cresc.. cris rhythms as a military drum v v v v v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ n (no edal) *The siner may choose hichever itches are most comortale to sin. Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

12 10 0 cris rhythms as a military drum ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^. ar don t oin in the at - tle don t n.. ^ n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n ^ ^ v v v v v ^ ^ ^ ^ v v v v v v v v 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ o or the. ar. or the dove she ill.. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v v v v v ^ ^ ^ ^ 50 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^. leave you and the ra - ven ill come. And v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ n n.. ^ n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n ^ ^ Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

13 55 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 11 death ill v come v v v v ^ ^ ^ ^ march - in to the v v v v v v v v * sound o a v v v v v.. drum. v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 60 ^ ^ ^ ^ - - ^ ^ ^ ith edal 65 ERSE ently.. Come all you ret - ty ently raceully *The siner may choose hichever itches are most comortale to sin. Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

14 12 70 raceully n n n mai - dens come alk in the. sun ( ) and n n n 75 don t let your youn man ev - er car - ry a. un. A.. 80 ( ). or the ul - lets ill scare her and she ll ly a - ay... ()... Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

15 85 1 ( ) And then there ll e ee - in y * niht and y.... () 90.. day.. delicately ( ) ith edal 95 delicately. ( ) *The siner may choose hichever itches are most comortale to sin. Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

16 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ rit. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ERSE Sloer emhatically rit. n n The dove she is a Sloer emhatically ( ) n. ret - ty ird she sins as she lies. She rins us ood ti - dins and n Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

17 tells us no more ently lies. She lies in the moun - tains and the val - ley so lo. eaceully And i you live eace - ul she nev - er ill * o. m ( ) very eaceully And i you live.. () *The siner may choose hichever itches are most comortale to sin. Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

18 16 11 eace - ul she nev - er ill. o. rit. to end as ins.... rit. to end 15 (rit.) (rit.) as a ird in liht π Walker Birds o Peace 2. The Raven and the Dove

19 Sieried Sassoon ( ) ulished Everyone San (as a risoned ird set ree) 17 With entle motion q = 120 delicately as a ird in liht.. simile A 6 With excitement (Same temo) 6 ith excitement Ev - ry -one sud - den -ly urst out A With excitement (Same temo) 6 6 Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

20 18 12 sin - in and I as illed ith such de - ith edal 1 Ÿ liht as ris - oned irds must ind in ree - dom in - in ild - ly a - cross the hite () Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

21 B oco rit. orch - ards and the oco rit on on - a temo (q = 120) 6 6 Slihtly sloer out o siht... Slihtly sloer dark reen ields ( ). accel. accel. Ev - ry - one s voice as sud - den - ly lit - ed and quietly ecstatic B a temo (q = 120) 6 6 Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

22 20 27 rit. a temo eau - ty came like the set - tin sun. my heart as sha - ken ith.. rit. ( ) a temo ( ) 0 lihtly tonued. tears and hor - ror drit - ed a -.. ay. O ut 6 ith rhythmic enery ( ) C C ev - ry - one... O ut ev - ry - one... ( ).. ( ) P P.. - P Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

23 6-6.. ith roin excitement O ut ev - ry - one as a ird and the ith sliht edal son as ord - less the sin - in ill nev - er e m m done.. Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

24 22 rit. D n n n Sloer q = 108 n n n rit. n n n.. n n n u D Sloer q = * cantaile My heart in hi - din stirred or this 50. simile. ird the a - chieve o the mas - ter - y o the Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

25 5. - soarin thin! O my son! accel.. O my son! O my son! accel (accel.) O my son! (accel.) n n E E a temo (q = 120) ecstatic a temo (q = 120) n n ecstatic ith edal *The lyrics rom mm. 7 to 59 are excerted rom The Windhover y Gerard Manley Hokins ulished in Poems G. Walker alt. Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San 6

26 ( ) Ev - ry -one s voice as sud - den - ly lit - ed and ( ) ( ) Relaxed temo Relaxed temo 6 rit. Sloer.. 67 eau - ty came like the set - tin.. sun. rit. accel. oco a oco O Sloer cresc. oco a oco cresc. oco a oco ut ev - ry - one as a ird ev - ry - one as a accel. oco a oco ( ) delicately cresc. oco a oco (no edal) add edal Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

27 (accel.) (cresc.) (cresc.) ird and the son as ord - less the sin-in ill nev - er e 25 (accel.) (cresc.) 7 Quickly oyously rit. done! Quickly oyously rit. u 2 5 Total: 9 05 une Ne Canaan Connecticut Walker Birds o Peace. Everyone San

RASPBERRY ISLAND DREAMING I. THE RIVER IS LIBBY LARSEN

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