Aaron Grad. The Lost Voice

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1 Aaron Grad g The Lost Voice

2 Original story, ords and music by Aaron Grad Created ith suort rom Culture and the Langston Hughes Perorming Arts Institute Aroximately minutes For narrator, baritone voice and chamber ensemble consisting o: Flute (doubling iccolo) Clarinet in B-lat Violin Cello Percussion* Piano (doubling celesta) *Triangle; Susended cymbal (thin crash); Tam-tam; Temle blocks (); Tom-toms (); Glockensiel (sounds 1ma); Tubular bell in F; Xylohone (sounds 8va); Finger cymbals A keyboard ith a celesta atch may be substituted i needed The narrator should be amliied Audience articiation is otional (and recommended) in measures The audience ill need to be taught their art beore the erormance Each instrumentalist is instructed ear a mask at certain oints Flute: bird Clarinet: bird Violin: ox Cello: bear Celesta: bee Percussion: ant The vocalist ears three masks: bird, deer (or ox) and grasshoer The instrumentalists should move to dierent ositions hen in their animal characters, at oints instructed in the score One ossible layout is: Each instrument requires to coies o its art, or the searate stands More inormation about Aaron Grad can be ound at aarongradcom

3 SCORE IN C In Memory o Susan Kuner The Lost Voice Tri Voice Flute Clarinet in Bb Violin Violoncello Triangle Tam-tam Piano Seet and innocent, q 76 Seet and innocent, q Aaron Grad m m / let ring / æ izz (let ring) solo b m m Words and Music by Aaron Grad [01] < / b b triangle let ring b b b b J b J b b

4 7 oco rall a temo (q 76) b J ah b b Cym susended cymbal / < b sot mallets æ oco rall a temo (q 76) m smooth, loing let ring b j b b 11 J # # b n b ah ah <b b arco # b n b b j b

5 1 J J oco rall tender and vulnerable (alsetto) ah izz (let ring) Cym / n susended cymbal oco rall æ 17 a temo (q 76) Narrator: There once as a young boy ith a beautiul, golden voice He loved singing and making u songs, b b Cym / a temo (q 76) b # b j b

6 0 And his seet melodies brought hainess to everyone around him b J J Ah b arco n j b b n tender and vulnerable Ah Ah b

7 rall a temo (q 76) Ah Glock glockensiel let ring izz (let ring) b rall a temo (q 76) b 7 As the boy gre older, his voice became more and more oerul Ah J J b arco b b n j

8 6 He loved singing more than ever, but he sa that the gron-us did not alays listen anymore 1 Sometimes they ere so busy arguing that they didn't even notice that he as there Cym / izz (let ring) susended cymbal brush b # cresc cresc b b # b n b j J Ah J Ah J Ah b # j J J b R arco izz «j # # R # b - - # b cresc b # j J

9 7 7 Sometimes they ignored him comletely! J Ah Ah 0 Sad and restrained, q 66 oco rall Ah Sad and restrained, q 66 (izz) j b b oco rall b b b

10 8 a temo (q 66) The boy elt very sad hen eole stoed aying attention He thought that maybe, i he could just make his song aster and higher and ancier, b m a temo (q 66) # m b 6 Then they ould listen to him again But there as alays someone else ho could sing better b arco n j b b

11 8 grandiose Ah b b bb b J 6 6 b 6 6 b b b 6 b 6 b b b b b b b 6 6 b 9 J b J J J b b J J j bj j 0 b J Ah J J B b b n b

12 10 The boy elt like he as just not good enough æ æ m æ æ b b His voice gre eak and small istul J Ah æ æ æ æ izz b Tam-tam / tam-tam æ æ ḃ b j b b j

13 9 Soon he as too araid to sing at all He orgot the beautiul melody that used to come out o his mouth ithout even trying 11 Tam-tam / # n b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b æ j b m 6 The sounds he made no ere strange and dierent b b Ah Ah < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r j b J Tam-tam / J bb J j b j b

14 1 6 losing hoe J b J And the other children mocked him Faster, q 80 Ah Ah # # mean J J mean b b mean Toms / tom-toms mallets J # n J j j # # Faster, q The boy as ull o shame and rage, but the only sound he could make as a single, athetic note n # # b b Toms arco, sul ont / æ æ æ æ

15 71 Ah Ah b æ ide vibrato grol grol scratchy b æ æ æ æ æ to iccolo 1 Picc 7 Beore the tears could stream don his ace, he ran, Running, q 160 Ran as ast as he could, toard the orest, ar, ar aay (run in lace, in time ith the beat) æ æ j Running, q 160 b b b b b b b b

16 1 80 Picc iccolo b b b # T Bl / 8 (ord) izz b b b b temle blocks b n b # n n b j b n b # n n b < j j b j j j j J j b b # Picc b # # # n b b # # # n b b j j # j # j j b j b n b # n n b b b b T Bl / J j J J j J j j

17 89 1 Picc # b # b b b # b # b b b b j b j j j b b n b # n n b b T Bl / j J j J # j j 9 (sto running on beat ) Picc b b b # b b b b b # b b j b j j b b b b n b # n b T Bl / j J j j

18 16 Picc 97 choked, constrained J I can't stay there I ant to <b R Cym Picc Cym T Bl / 100 b susended cymbal # leave or - ev - er æ mallets æ arco ord / æ æ / < sul ont æ b b bb bb æ # # # b b b b bæ æ b b b b æ æ b æ temle blocks æ j J b j

19 Picc J I do not ant to ev - er go home 17 n sub Cym / susended cymbal æ b n n sul ont næ æ æ æ æ b æ Picc Cym T Bl 108 Ne - n ver! ord / æ / bb nn n b b b n # # # # n n # # æ æ n # # æ temle blocks j J j æ

20 18 Picc 111 J J I still hear all the mean kids sub Cym Picc Cym Toms / 11 b susended cymbal mak b - ing un o me æ / / æ æ < æ sul ont æ æ b b b # mean J n # bæ ord n # tom-toms (mallets) # æ æ b æ æ n#

21 Picc Toms J So I'll just run and run and run and # J b b n r b b / <bæ æ b b j nbn b# nb b bb n # b 19 Picc Toms 10 (run in lace, in time ith the beat) J run J J j / b b b # b b # b j b b b b b b b n b j n

22 0 1 Picc # # # b # b # # # b # b # n b b b b b Toms / J 18 Picc # b b b # b b b b n b # n n b b Toms /

23 11 1 Picc b b b # b n b b b # b n Toms / b b b b n b # 1 (sto running) Picc T Bl Toms I am cold b J b J b j / b b temle blocks / # Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # * b b n n

24 17 J Picc T Bl Picc Toms 10 and all al - one b * j cresc b It's right' - ning! b / n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b j tom-toms / j n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b b b * * b b # n b # b # b # n b

25 1 (gazing out) J J # Picc Toms Way m m m m o in the dis - tance I see light - ning to lute b J b j j b / b J j j b b b 17 No mat - ter here I run I make no Cym Toms / / b b < b b b b n n b # n b # n susended cymbal n n b j b j j b

26 10 b J Toms rog - ress There's some - thing ver - y # # # n b b b / izz # # j j b b # # n n n b b b b b 1 strange a gliss - bout this or - est izz B b b J ut on bird mask, move to other stand ut on bird mask, move to other stand j b Toms / b n n b J J J

27 17 b j # n b j B < b b n b # J b b # b # # # b J # # J J J 161 B b J b b j # n b n b < b # b # b b b J J b j b j n # J #

28 6 16 lute standing b b b 6 j b b j # n b B b b b b J b b # J b # b j J j b J n b # b j # bj 170 J # standing # b 6 j b b j # n n b B b b j b n b # J b b n b b J j b J # b b # b b j j b b

29 17 rit 7 b # # # 6 # b b B b b n b 6 rit b Sloer, q 1 oco rall a temo (q 1) 178 b- b I think my mind has turned to goo # j # 6 Tri j ij # # arco arco # # # # # triangle / Sloer, q 1 oco rall a temo (q 1) # j

30 8 181 b- b oco rall a temo (q 1) I sear these birds do more than coo # # i j # # # # # # # # 6 Tri / b b # oco rall a temo (q 1) 18 b oco rall a temo (q 1) b # I must be to - tal - ly in sane 6 ij # b b Tri / # # # oco rall a temo (q 1)

31 Tri b 19 I # b * rit Flighty, q 16 side my brain hear their ords in - nÿ~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ b J j # # b / b # # b # J æ J æ J b # b 9 (ut on bird mask) Tri / æ rit Flighty, q 16

32 0 196 J j n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ J n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ J æ æ Tri / æ 199 n Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~ bÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ b J b n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b J J Tri J J /

33 01 1 J i j # i j All birds all be - ore they # i j n b n i j æ ij # i j Tri / 0 b J ly nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b J b 6 b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J b m b m æ æ Tri / æ

34 08 sub b Give your n - sel a - no - ther try sub ij # b b sub n # ij n b J b J i j Tri / 1 sub b n Give your sub # ij b b sub - sel a - no - - ther n # ij J b J i j n i j n Tri /

35 Tri 16 / All # i j i j i j i j birds all be # i j - ore they æ # ij (mute) o + + o o + + o o + + o i j i j 19 b Tri ly nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b b / 6 b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b sub sub o + + o o + + o o + + o æ æ b

36 sub b n Give b your b sub # ij sub - sel a - no - ther n # ij ij n J b J # i j sub # i j i j n Tri / o + + o o + + o o + + o Tri try sub Give sub sub b n b / J b J b b j ij # your - sel a - no - sub n n J b J n o + + o b j b j # ij i j

37 9 (take o bird mask) ther ij n try nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J Tri / J nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J oco rit Hesitant, q 116 All m col legno m birds #Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J col legno all oco rit Hesitant, q 116

38 6 6 - be - ore they ly: hat is Cym Toms 0 #Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # # # J m this m smooth, legato m 6 m # # # b J # J # # # m Why #Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # do they talk to me # / / J J # J # # J # Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j # # # J # Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # izz # # susended cymbal tom-toms brushes # j # # # # # # # # # # nnn# # # # # # # #J # # J # J

39 <# # 7 # # # # # # # # 6 It's b b b bb 6 Cym # / # # # Toms / # # # n # # # # # # # # # # J # j # n # # J Cym Toms not their biz - ness # / / # # # # # n # # 6 6 # # # # nnn# # # # n n # # # J n j # b b #J # # J

40 8 8 Give your - sel a - no - ther try: J # Cym # # / # # Toms 1 / # # n # n j # #J # # J # # nn # # # # nn n j # I # J # J get it! J # J b b Cym Toms cresc / / j i # # b J # j # n J # # # # # # #

41 Faster, ith clarity, q 16 n b b They're tel - ling me they kno it's 9 b b b b B arco arco # # Cym / susended cymbal brushes i j Faster, ith clarity, q 16 n # # n j 6 b Cym rough That doe - n't mean # i j 6 b B / # i j b b # # n J

42 0 9 b I just give u b 6 i j # b b b B b Cym / b b b Cym 6 b n b n b n I'll try a - gain and that's e - nough b b b B / j i b b b b b bn J j b n b

43 accel Running, q (run in lace, in time ith the beat) 1 return to irst osition (kee mask on) b j # # return to irst osition (kee mask on) æ æ æ æ æ n æ æ Tam-tam / tam-tam æ accel Running, q 160 j j 70 æ æ # æ æ æ æ n # # n # ## # # # # # # # # # * #

44 7 Cym / # # # n # # # # susended cymbal mallets <# <# <# # æ # æ æ æ n æ æ m æ # æ # æ æ æ æ æ # æ æ æ æ n æ æ j #j n # n æ # # # j æ 76 rit (sto running) Toms # # n n æ æ æ æ æ æ # æ # # - * # æ # æ æ æ n n # # / tom-toms mallets j j j j j rit # #

45 79 Sloer but still intense, q 1 I have to rest and catch my breath Toms / Sloer but still intense, q 1 # # ## # # * * j j j j # # Cym Toms 8 I'm so tired # # # # # n # # # susended cymbal / / # j j j j j # # n # # n # # # # J # * * # j ##

46 87 # # # # Ev' - ry mus - cle eels like it's on ire # # # # # # # # # # # # # Toms / j j j j j j # # <# ## ## # # 90 rit # # I have run or hours I am Toms / < # n n # # n n # # # # # # # # j j j j j j # # # rit # # # #

47 9 # slee - - y Toms / b b j j j j b # # # # ## b n b b 9 # # Out here, in the night, it Toms / # # # # # # j j j j # n # n n ## # #

48 6 97 gets so cree - y Mysterious, q 80 # # ut on ox mask, move to other stand gliss ut on bear mask, move to other stand Cym Tam-tam Toms / / / 00 # # # accel mallets tam-tam æ Mysterious, q 80 # # # Cym Tam-tam / susended cymbal accel timing can be imrecise through m 07 / æj æ æ # # b n # <# <# < b æ # #

49 0 7 Cym Tam-tam / æj æ æ / æ j æ < # # # # # n # # b b # # < 06 Cym Tam-tam / / æ < n # æ <# <# # # < # #

50 8 q 10 e e e e Toms / 11 tom-toms ith iano 9 8 q 10 e e e e standing lazy < # # # 9 8 n # n # b b J 9 8 # # # # j b b b n b izz gliss lazy b let ring b Toms <b / b b 6 # # # b b # # # n j j gliss

51 1 m reely, seech-like Some rall a temo (q 10) (looking toard violin and cello) - thing is mo - ving there 9 # # rall a temo (q 10) 18 T Bl / # # arco b # temle blocks # # # # gliss 0

52 0 1 rall a temo (q 10) I see a dro-sy ox <# Toms / tom-toms rall a temo (q 10) # # b <# # # b gliss n # and a T Bl / temle blocks n n # n #

53 8 do rall a temo (q 10) - ey bear 1 # Toms / tom-toms j rall a temo (q 10) b J b J # # # # # # 1 # # # # It looks like they could use a na T Bl gliss gliss / # # # # # gliss gliss gliss gliss gliss gliss temle blocks cresc # # j ## #

54 J # # # # But irst I think they ant to gliss # n 0 gliss gliss # j b Toms / n tom-toms J # # <# J J # # j * 8 # J (ut on deer mask) have a chat b n gliss b gliss 0 gliss

55 0 0 b # # n gliss gliss # # 0 0 gliss 7 lazy b ur lazy - - ry crea - - tures <# n gliss b gliss 0 gliss 0 0 T Bl / temle blocks

56 1 # # # # have more un i b # # # # gliss gliss gliss gliss 0 gliss 0 0 T Bl / <# # J gliss they rest rest <# # j 0 gliss gliss gliss 0 gliss 0 0 T Bl /

57 9 J b J J be - ore they run, run, run, 0 0 gliss j j j gliss T Bl / 6 J J b run, run ur - - ry crea - - tures j b n gliss b gliss 0 gliss 0 0 T Bl / j j j m unky #

58 6 67 # # # # have more un i T Bl / b # # n gliss gliss gliss gliss 0 # # gliss 0 0 j j j j # # # n # bn b 71 <# # J gliss they rest <# # j gliss 0 gliss gliss gliss 0 gliss T Bl / j j j # b n # j Jb b n

59 7 7 rest be - ore they gliss T Bl 78 / j j j j nbb j n j j n (mask o) J b J J J run, run, run, run, run j j j b j T Bl / dim j J j b m

60 8 81 Cym T Bl Toms / 8 # # j susended cymbal / / m tom-toms brushes # j ## # # j # # # # # # # # # # n # # # J J # J # J # j # # n J # # J # # # # # These crea-tures have more un Cym Toms # j # dim / / # # # # # # # # # # n j # #J # # J # n # m n gliss n # i j # # nnn# # # # nn j # # J

61 87 <# # # 9 a-ter their rest time gliss b j j # n Cym Toms # # # # / / i j # 90 # b # # J b # # n (+) (+) j # n # J bb # #J # J # # j Cym For me, go-ing don to slee is not my best # # # # n # n # # / # n # Toms / i j (+) (+) <# # # # #J # # j # n b b # # J

62 60 9 <# time gliss j solo b m b b Cym Toms / / i j # # # # n # j # n #J # J # # j # æ J b b # # # 96 # # They're tel - ling me to hit the hay # # # # b gliss n# # n j # #

63 00 To rit - mor - ro is a - no - ther b 61 # n J rit 0 Lullaby, q 116 U Go to slee (yan, ut on night ca or day U eye mask, rest head on hands, etc) U b # i j U Go to slee (yan, ut on night ca or eye mask, rest head on hands, etc) i j # ij Glock U Go to slee (yan, ut on night ca or eye mask, rest head on hands, etc) U glockensiel let ring Lullaby, q 116 U U i j

64 6 07 b i j 6 nÿ~~~~~~~ i b Glock # < b b # bẇ * 10 J # i j b n J b # ij # ij Glock < # # b b nẇ n *

65 1 6 i # j b ij n ij # Glock b b b n n # # 16 n i j j i b Glock < n# n * b n b n n ij b

66 6 18 rit Freely, q c 8 nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J ake u (yan, stretch) n ij ake u (yan, stretch) Glock ake u (yan, stretch) Tub B < rit Freely, q c 8 b J i j tubular bell 1 m reely, seech-like U J J J I eel a lit - tle bet - ter I could U U sit don U U U U to celesta, ut on bee mask

67 b 6 go b on b b b b b b b b b b 6 bÿ~~~~~~~~ b i b b b Cel 9 U b Yet ev' - ry ste I take U U U U Tub B U tubular bell Cel U U

68 66 rit q c 76 just seems to go rong Glock Cel glockensiel rit q c 76 n # rit Sooky, q 66 7 Glock # b b n # n # ut on ant mask, move to xylohone rit Sooky, q 66 Cel celesta (sounds 8va) Xyl 1 J I could stay here, Cel # # * b # b #

69 stuck in my ear rall a temo (q 66) # # J 67 Xyl Cel xylohone rall sot yarn mallets # n * # a temo (q 66) # # b b n b 9 n J Xyl Cel b These bugs I see b b n b b bbb b b n b * b b b J j on't leave me be There's some-thing Xyl Cel b b b b b b b b bb bb J b b j * # J # n

70 68 7 rit U j b (bug mask on) they ant me to hear Xyl # U # Cel rit b U U # b * 60 Steady and determined, q 1 Xyl Cel Steady and determined, q 1 * * b b # sim 6 Xyl # # Cel b

71 66 69 Xyl Cel b n b # n b n # 69 Xyl Cel # n n # b # 7 Xyl b b n n b Cel b n # b n n

72 70 Xyl oco rall a temo (q 1) 7 a little mechanical b Buil - ding hives and j Cel oco rall a temo (q 1) * * * 78 b dig-ging holes, ste by ste Xyl Cel b sim j # b j 81 # e reach our goals Xyl # # Cel b # n b n b

73 Build - ing hives and dig-ging holes, Xyl < Cel n # # n # b b- n- ste by ste e Xyl b # b n n Cel # b n # b n n 90 - reach our goals Xyl b Cel *

74 7 9 rit (mask o) Xyl Cel rit * dim Sloer, ith a sense o onderment, q go to standing osition J Ste by ste, they go to standing osition standing æ æ æ æ æ Xyl Cel Sloer, ith a sense o onderment, q 100 *

75 98 J don't give u So hy should 7 æ æ æ æ Cel * * b R I æ n standing Ste by ste Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R n standing Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r æ æ æ Xyl b m Cel b * * #

76 7 0 Rest gliss n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J Xyl J b m gliss (izz) m gliss 0 Cel b nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * 09 b Fly b 6 nÿ~~~~~~~~~~ i b Cel < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

77 11 oco rit Sloer, ith conidence, q 8 j j 7 I I all don I'll m Xyl Cel oco rit Sloer, ith conidence, q 8 < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ j * * 1 J J try a - gain I I get tired I'll m m n b Xyl Cel # n sim

78 76 1 accel b go to bed Ste by ste, I can't go rong That is ho I gliss 0 cresc Xyl Cel 19 b cresc accel b # cresc b * * * Heroic, q 11 ind my song Xyl gliss Cel Heroic, q 11 *

79 m 77 Ah Ah J J J j j j J J j Xyl Cel * 7 rall reely b b Ah J j j Xyl Cel rall reely

80 78 Xyl Cel Xyl Cel 1 Relaxed and joyul, q 16 U m j U U (izz) U m Relaxed and joyul, q 16 U U J i j # i j gliss When I irst came here I as * * all al - one But no these 6 b gliss 0 0 gliss gliss nÿ~~~~~~~~ i b b b æ U J ij # U J b sim b gliss 0 gliss # b i j b # b # # gliss gliss

81 8 # b 79 crea - tures make me eel at home J # i j b n J gliss n b # ij # ij # # # gliss 0 0 gliss 0 gliss Xyl # # b n Cel b # n b 1 # b I hear their songs sur - round me ith i # j b j ij n b gliss gliss 0 0 gliss 0 # ij 0 Xyl < Cel n # # n # b

82 80 # Xyl Cel 7 joy These songs that guid - ed me to n b j i 0 0 i j n b J # b n gliss n b b # b ij n n n n j gliss ind my voice My riends re - nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # i j i j b J J j j n b gliss gliss Xyl < b j Cel * *

83 0 81 mind me that it's sae to all b æ # ij b gliss 0 0 gliss i j 0 gliss # b 6 gliss Xyl Cel b j # b * sim # # b Xyl Cel nÿ~~~~~~~~~~ gliss And in one day I can - not do it b J gliss gliss gliss gliss J i gliss gliss # i j b 0 b # ij # # # j 0 # # b 0 gliss #

84 8 6 # all When I go ste by n # ij ij n <# # j gliss gliss 0 gliss gliss 0 gliss Xyl b n Cel n b n # # 9 J b # ste I can see there's no - thing # i j b n ij # b b i j j i gliss Xyl Cel n # b # b n #

85 6 b b 8 stand- ing be - teen me and my me - lo - dy n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R n ij J b J j j Xyl 0 < b b n n gliss Cel Cel 6 b n Ah oco rall a temo (q 16) nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R J J b J J b J J J J n * oco rall a temo (q 16) gliss

86 8 68 I ant to tell the J b æ æ æ æ æ æ J j j æ æ j J Xyl æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ Cel b J j b J j 71 n Cel orld hat I have learned nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J J nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j cresc cresc nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j j J J n J J no *

87 7 n 8 that the git o song has been re - Cel J j nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J J nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j j cresc cresc nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j j J j j j j J gliss b j J J J n J J 78 rit U turned Ah Cel U U rit r U U * U

88 86 81 Hal as ast, q 6 m tender J J I miss my am' - ly and I miss my riends J I F Cym Cel / b n j inger cymbals Hal as ast, q 6 nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j (izz) j b n j b n m 8 J J ant to share my voice ith them a - gain Cel <

89 86 Light and tender, q 7 As the boy's thoughts turned toard home, the animals slied back into the orest 87 He aved goodbye, and sent them on their ay ith a very secial melody Xyl Cel 90 return to original osition Light and tender, q 7 nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ return to original osition m b to iano, mask o J Cym nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susended cymbal / mallets (izz) dim ah æ mask o

90 88 9 J # b ah b b j b J b iano j oco rit slightly sloer, q ah return to original osition, mask o Glock glockensiel oco rit slightly sloer, q 66 b

91 99 The boy's voice carried on the ind, over the orest, and all the ay home And rom very ar aay, he heard a aint echo 89 return to original osition, mask o return to original osition, mask o Tri Glock let ring mask o / dim b b b * * * * 60 It as the eole, singing his song! echo (ensemble and audience) Ah triangle sloer a temo (q 66) sing e e e e e e e e e The boy took a dee breath and sang once more sing sing Glock < sing sing arco sloer a temo (q 66) sing n

92 90 sloer 606 ah a temo (q 66) And the eole, even louder and closer no, sang back to him! izz arco Glock sloer a temo (q 66) sloer a temo (q 66) 609 Ah sloer a temo (q 66) sing sing sing sing izz echo (ensemble and audience) e e e e e e e e e sing sing arco arco In that moment, the boy understood that everything ould be okay,

93 and that nothing could ever take his voice aay cresc a temo (q 66) m m All the eole heard his beautiul song, With that eeling, he sang his song again sloer Ah sloer izz and they sang it one last time, ith all their hearts, to elcome him home 91 arco Glock glockensiel m a temo (q 66) cresc

94 9 618 sloer a temo (q 66) Ah echo (ensemble and audience) e e e e e e e e e sing The boy as inally home, and his voice as more beautiul than ever sing Glock 61 sing sing izz sing sloer a temo (q 66) sing arco All he anted as to share his secial song ith everyone And it ent like this: Cym / susended cymbal æ mallets

95 6 J J # 9 Some-times you'll all but you can al - ays rise You may eel tired but you can r i # ir i r # ir Cym / b b b 66 b J # b rest your eyes To reach your goals take lit tle stes each day n J m arco n b J J m b j Glock b b # n glockensiel b

96 9 69 # j b n No mat - ter here you go you'll be o - kay b Glock b < n 61 J b I learned these les-sons no I ass them on n Glock b izz arco J J B J J J J j b

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