Must the winter come so soon?

from "Vanessa"
Samuel Barber
Gian Carlo Menotti

           
Tranquil & sustained ( = 72)

   


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Erika:

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        
           
Must the win ter come so soon?

         



 

     
 

   
espr.

  

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

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              
       
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      
5

 
 Night
     
3

         
af ter night I hear the hun gry deer wan der weep ing in the

         

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           
     
sim.

    

    
 


   

                      
  3   
9

   
woods, and from his house of bri tle bark hoots the fro zen


                 
espr.

   
3

         
  

     
       
    
   
        
2

      
     


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13 

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*

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owl. Must the win ter come so soon? Here

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            
          
   

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
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

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  
 


          
     marc.



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*Barber deleted a measu

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          
      
17

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3

in this for est nei ther dawn nor sun set marks the pass ing of the days.

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                   
3

             
     
sim.

      
     
  

  
    
     
 


 
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 
It is a long win ter

                
molto espr.

      

     
       
      


 
           


   
    
   


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         
3

 
    


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24

here. Must the win ter come so

 
  
       
        
       
       
         
   



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   
              
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     
 




espr.

      
poco allarg.

    


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28

soon?

 
      

  

poco allarg.

 


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   
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      


    

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