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A little flock from Iceland

Peter Bird

Copyright © 2006 by George Peter Bird.This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Flute

Violin

Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.

aI. Lón

fff 42very slow (F =38)l i l i j i j i

slow (F =43)l

Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.

a fff 42 l

mf

j j j m j j j j f i il

Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.b fff 42

mf

i i i i i i i l

Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.

b fff 42 i i i i j z k f j z k il

a fff 42 m i

j m i j k k k k f k k k k j z n kk j

a fff 42

mf

m i j m i j i j k k j i zi z

Swans in Ice land:- white on black. West ward- come wend ing,- a-

5

a fff j k k k j k j j j j 32

faster (F =60)j k k j k k j z k


a fff

legato

j z k k j z j z k i 32 j j j k k j k k

Swans in Ice land:- white on black. West ward- come wend ing,- a-b fff

j k k k j z j k k k j z 32j k k j k k j k z kt


b ffflegato

j z k k j z j j i 32 j k k j j j j

a fff kk j k k j j k k k n k k 32

j k k j j j j

a fff k k k

k k k j k k k kj k k 32 k k j j k k j k k

2

ppear- ing- in pairs; Strong wing beats thun der- in crys tal- line-

9

a fff k k j k k j j m j j j k k k k j j z k j


a fff j j z k i z j j j j z k j j j j

ppear- ing- in pairs; Strong wing beats thun der- in crys tal- line-b fff

j j z k i z k k k k k k j z k j j j j


b fff j j j i m j j j j z k f j j j j

a fff j j j k k k k k k k z k

tk z ktk z kt

j i k k k k j

a fff j j j j z k j j j j j z k j j j k k

air; Will full- to breed on the bourn of des pair.-

14

a fff i m k k k k k k j j j j j j i z


a fff i j k k k k k k j z k j j j j j j j

air; Will full- to breed on the bourn of des pair.-b fff i z

j j j j z k k k j j j i z


b fff i z j j j j z k k k j j j i z

a fffj k k k k k n k

k k k j j z k i j i k k

a fff j k k k k k k k k k k j z k j j j j j j k k

3

Ice land,- Ire land:- out, and back.

19

a fff 42

slower (F =50)j k k j k k j z k i l l l l

Ice land,- Ire land:- out, and back.

a fff 42 j j j j k j k i l l l l

Ice land,- Ire land:- out, and back. Men in long ships,- hel mets- bright,b fff 42

k k k k k k k k j k k j z nj k k j j j j k k j

Ice land,- Ire land:- out, and back. Men in long ships,- hel mets- bright,

b fff 42 j j j j j z k j z n jj jj jj jj j zj z kk ii

a fff 42i j j k k k k i l l l l

a fff 42i z j k j k j z n j k k j k k j j j j

Red haired- and

23

a fff 32 m m m m m m m m m m m m k k k k j

Red haired- and

a fff 32 m m m m m m m m m m m m j j j

Brought with them doz ens- of Ire land's- daugh ters.-b fff 32

faster (F =60)

k k k k k k j j j e k k j j j i m m m

Brought with them doz ens- of Ire land's- daugh ters.-

b fff 32 jj jj jj j zj z k

k jj ii jj jj ii m m m

a fff 32 m m m m m m m m m m m j k k k k j

a fff 32k z k

t k z kt k z ks j k k j k k e j j j i j j j

4

white robed,- just as they caught her, One of them walks all a lone-

28

a fff j k k j k k j j j j z n j j j j k k j

white robed,- just as they caught her, One of them walks all a lone-

a fff j j z k j j j j j z n j j j k k k k j

b fff m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

b fff m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

a fff k z kt k k j k k j j i z k z k

tk z ktk z kt k k k k k k

a fff j j j k k k k k k i z j j j j k k j

by the wa ter,- Chant ing- her heart song- to the night.

33

a fff j j z k j i 42

j k k j j j z k i

by the wa ter,- Chant ing- her heart song- to the night.

a fff j j j j i 42 j k k k j z j z k i

Chant ing- her heart song- to the night.b fff m m m m m m 42

k k k k k k k k j j j z n

Chant ing- her heart song- to the night.

b fff m m m m m m 42 j k k j j j zj z kk j zj z n

a fff j k k j j i 42 l l l m mpj

a fff j k k j i z

42 l l l mp

i

5

E a- la- na o- fa:- Tro mhad- an nall!- Mine are the

37

a fff

solo (freely, no vibrato)

slow (F =45)k k k k k k k k k kj k k

tz kss k k k j m 32

faster (F =65)j k k z k k k

a fff sopranos & altosl l l l 32 l m

b fff l l l l 32 l m

b fff l l l l 32 l m

a fff j z n k z k

t kk k z kt

j k k k k k 32 j mj

a fff i j j i j j 32 i z

peo ple- that o pen- the gran a- ry,- Hall ow- the

40

a fff k kt kt

j k z ktk z kt

k k k z ktk k k k j m j k k k k k

a fff l m l m l m l m

b fff l m l m l m l m

b fff l m l m l m l m

a fff k k j k k k n k z kt

j k k k k k z kt j m j

a fff i z i z i z i z

6

home linn- and safe guard- the ey rie.- Hear when I cry to you;

44

a fff k k k j k k k k j k k k z ks k z k k j m k k

k k k z ktj z k k j

a fff l m l m l m l m l m

b fff l m l m l m l m l m

b fff l m l m l m l m l m

a fff k k j k k j j j k k k k j j m k k k k j j

a fff i z i z i z i z i j

come to me swift ly!- An cuid ich- sibh mi do co mhall?-

49

a fff j k k k k j j n k

slower (F =50)

42j z k j k k k j z k j m

a fff l m l m 42 l l l l

b fff l m l m 42 l l l l

b fff l m l m 42 l l l l

a fffk k k n j k k k k j 42 k k j m j j j j z n

a fff i z i z 42 i i i i

7

Seek a swan with out- a wife: Kel wyn- mac Boyn ton,- of

53

a fff

(solo continues)

k z kt kk k z kt

j k k k j z mfaster (F =60)

32j k k j k k j k z kt

Ah. Ah.

a fff

p

sopranos & altos

jj kk kk kk j zj z jj kk k kk kk kk kk32 jj kk kk jj kk k

k jj k kk

Ah. Ah.b fff

pj z k k j z j j i 32k k k k k k j j j

Ah. Ah.

b fffpj k k k j z j k k i 32 j k k j k k j k k

a fff k z kt k k k z

kt j k k k j n

k k 32j k k j k k j k z ks

a fff k z ks k k k z k

s j k k k j km 32 j k k j k k j k z ks

hus bands- the best. When he will once lay his head on my breast, It's

57

a fff k k

k k k k i m j k k j k k j j j k k k k j j n k

Ah.

a fff kk kk j zj z kk i zi z jj jj jj kk kk kk kk jj jj k

k kk jj j i

Ah.b fff j

j j i z j i j j f j j k k j i z

Ah.

b fff j j z k i j j j j j z k j j i i z

a fff j k k j k k k k k k j j j

k k j j j k k j j k k k k

a fff j k k k k j z k j j k k j k k j j j k k k k j k k

k k

8

I will go swim with him, e ven- to death, Swan to be, be-

63

a fff k k k k j

j z k j j k k k k i mslower (F =50)

42j z k j j

Ah. Ah. Ah.

a fff kk kk kk k

k kk kk j zj z kk jj jj jj jj i zi z 42 jj kk kk jj kk kk

Ah. Ah.b fff

i j j z k k k i j i z 42k j j k k k

Ah. Ah.

b fff j j j j z k k k j j j i z 42 j j j j

a fff j i j z k j j j j j j k k 42

j z k j j

a fff k k k k j j z k j j k k k k i k k 42 j z k j j

yond- this life. Swans in Ice land- watch their star; Au ger- the

68

a fff j z k j z n

mf

sopranosj k k k j k j j j j 32faster (F =60)

j k k j

Swans in Ice land- watch their star; Au ger- the

a fff kk jj kk j zj z n

altos

j z k k j z j j i 32 j j k k

Swans in Ice land- watch their star; Au ger- theb fff

j k k j z nmf

j k k k j z j k k k j z 32j k k j

Swans in Ice land- watch their star; Au ger- the

b fff j z k j z n j k k k j z j j i 32 j k k j

a fff j z k i

k k j k k j j k k k n k k 32j k k j

a fff j z k i

mf

k k kk k k j k k k k

j k k 32 k k j j

9

sea son- by scent of the beach wrack.- When the wind's nor ther- ly,-

72

a fff k k j z k k k j k k j j m j z k j k k

kkk kk j

j


a fff k k j k k j j z k j i j j j j z k j

sea son- by scent of the beach wrack.- When the wind's nor ther- ly,-b fff

k k j k kj j z k j i j j j j z k j


b fff j j j j j j j i j j j j z k f j

a fff j

j j j j j k k k k k k k z ktk z ktk z kt

j i

a fff k k j k k

j j j j z k j j j j j z k j

ice in the grass cracks, Whee ling- they climb a way,- coast ing- the sea track.

77

a fff jj j j k n iA k k k k k k j z k j j j j j i


a fff j j j k n iA k k k k k k j z k j j j j j i

ice in the grass cracks, Whee ling- they climb a way,- coast ing- the sea track.b fff

j j j j i j j j j z k k k j j j j i


b fff j j j j i j j j j z k k k j j j j i

a fff k k

k k j kn k k k k k n k

k k k j j z k i j i k k

a fff j j k k j k k k k k k k

k k k j z k j j j j j j k k

10

Keen ing- voic es- trav el- far. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.

83

a fff 42

slower (F =50)j k k j k k j z k yj z n very slow (F =38)

p

l i l i j i j

Keen ing- voic es- trav el- far. Ah. Ah. Ah.

a fff 42 j

dim.

j j j k jp

kyj z n l j j j m j j j j f i

Keen ing- voic es- trav el- far. Ah. Ah. Ah.b fff 42

k k k k k k k k j k

p

k yj z np

i i i i i i

Keen ing- voic es- trav el- far. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.

b fff 42 jdim.

j j j j z kyj z n i i i i j z k f j z k

a fff 42i j j k k k k yj z n m i j m i j k k k k f k k k k

a fff 42i z dim. j k j p

k yj z n mp

i j m i j i j k k

88

a fff i z m l l eee

Ah.

a fff i z

m l l eee

Ah.b fff i z m l l eee

b fff i z m l l eee

a fff i z m l l eee

a fff i z m l l eee

11

Moun tain- of ice, bea con- of white Stan ding- a lone- in the

90

a 64II. GrímsvötnAndante (G =92)m z m z m z

mp

m z k k k k j z k k k j z k k k k k k


a 64 m z m z m z m z k k k j z k k k j z k k k k k k

Moun tain- of ice, bea con- of white Stan ding- a lone- in theb 64 m z m z m z m z k k k j z k k k j z k k k k k k


b 64 m z m z m zmp

m zkk kk kk j zj z kk kk kk j z

j z k k k k k k

a 64j NOO kk j NOO k NOO j NOO k NOO j

k NOO jk j k NOO j k j m z m z

a 64mp

j z j z j zj z j zj z j j j j j j m z m z

Arc tic- dark ness,- Home to the swans fly ing,- hope to the sea far- ing,-

95

a kz kt k k j k

cresc.

k k k k k k k k k k k


a k j k j k k k k k k k k k k k k

Arc tic- dark ness,- Home to the swans fly ing,- hope to the sea far- ing,-bj k k j k

cresc.

k k k k k k k k k k k


bj k k j k k k k k k k k k k k k

a m z m z kcresc.

j k NOOk NOOk k z k k k k k j

a m z m z k z k k k k z ktkk z k k k

k z kt k

12

Ni fl- heim- gleams in the mor ning- light: Moun tain- of ice, bea con- of white.

98

akz ktk

decresc.

k k k j j j k k k k j z k k z ktj z


af

k z ks k k k k k k k k k kmpk k k j k k k j j

Ni fl- heim- gleams in the mor ning- light: Moun tain- of ice, bea con- of white.b

f

k z kt k k k k k k k j z k k k k j k k k j z


b kzktk decresc.k k k k j j z mp

k k k j z k k kkjj n

aj j k k k k k j n

k j k j k k k k k k k k n

af

idecresc. k k k z k z j z mpj i i j

Krin kl- ing- cracks spring

102

aModerato (G =120)m z m z m z m z f k z k

tk j f k

a m z m z m z m z m z m z

b m z m z m z m z m z m z

Up on the gla cier- the ground is grum bling;- ground is grum bling;-

bfaster

f

k kk k k k k j k j mff j k k j

a iz i z trj z n k k k k

amf

iz triz f i z

13

o pen- quick ly.- Blocks of blue ice top ple- thick ly.- Ee. Ee.

105

a k j k jmf

j k k j j k k j kf k j j k

Grin ding- shards from

a m z m z m z m z m z m z j k j k

Blocks of blue ice top ple- thick ly,- Grin ding- shards fromb m z m z

mfj k k j j k k j j k f j k

ground is grum bling.- Ee. Ee. Ground is grum bling;-

b j k k j i zi z i zi z f j k kk k k

aiz kz kz kz kz kz kz k

z kz kz kz jkz kz kz kz j

a k j j k k k i k k i k k i

Ah. Ah.

109

a k j j z m z m z m z j

mp

k

bit ter- heights. Ee. Ee.

a k k k j z i z i z

bit ter- heights. Up on the gla cier- the ground is grum bling.-bk j j n fk k k k k k j k j k

ground is grum bling.- Up on the gla cier- the ground is grum bling.-

b j k k k n k k k k k k k j k j

akz kz kz kz j k k j k z f ks k k k i

a k k i k k i k k i

14

Mur ky- reeks of steam are ris ing.-

112

a 44 i i k k k k k z ks k k

Swar thy- mists in ev ery- cran ney.- Ee.

a 44 k k k k k z ks k k i j z n

Ee. Ee.b 44 m n k k j k k j k k j n

Grum bling;- grum bling;- grum bling;- grum bling.-

b 44 nmp

k k k n k k k n k k k n k k k

a 44 j k k k k j k k k k f k k k k k k k k k k k kk k k k

a 44mp

j j k z ks j k z kt j k z ks j

Ah. 'Round a seeth ing- tarn un can- ny.- Ah.

116

a n j k k j n k k k k k k k kk k k j j

From a ga ping- hol low- wax ing.- Ah. Ah. Swar thy- mists in

amf

k k k z ks k k k k i j f jmp

k k k k

From a ga ping- hol low- wax ing.- Ah. Ah. Swar thy- mists inbk k k z kt

k k k k n j k k j z k k k k

Ah. 'Round a seeth ing- tarn un can- ny.- Ah.

bmf

j j i k k k k k k k k f k k jmp

j

a k z kt j k k k k j j n k j k k k k

amfk k k z k

tk j z k z k

t k k j f jmp

k k k k

15

Ah. Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens;- Red flame leaps to

121

a j j k k k z kktk zk z kk

t kk kk kk k k z k

t

ev ery- cran ney.- Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens;- Red flame leaps to

a k k k k k f

k k k z ks k z kt k

k k k k k k z kt

ev ery- cran ney.- Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens;- Red flame leaps tobk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k z k

t

Ah. Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens;- Red flame leaps to

b ifk k k k k k k k k k k z k

t

a k k k kk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

acresc.

k z k k z kk z k k z k fk k k k k k k k kk kk kk kk kk kk kk kk

kk kk kk kk kk kk kk kk

heat the ov en;- Lo ki- strains; a chain is bro ken;- Earth es- blood rush-

125

akz k

tk k k k k z k

td k z k

tk k k k k k k k k k


a kz kt k k

k k k z ktk z d ks k k

mfk k k k k k

heat the ov en;- Lo ki- strains; a chain is bro ken;- Earth es- blood rush-bkz k

tk k k k k z k

td k z k

t kk k k k k


bkz k

tk k k k k z k

tk z d kt k k

mf

k k k k

ak k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k d k z k

t k k kk z k

t kto k

a kk kk kk kk kk kk kk kk k k k k k k k k

d k k k k mf

i

16

is a wo- ken.- Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens.- Ah.

129

a k k k k kk k z k

tk k k k k k n k k k

is a wo- ken.- Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens.- Ash es- fly ing;-

a k k k k k k k z ks k k k k k k k k k k k

is a wo- ken.- Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens.- Ash es- fly ing;-b k k k k k k k z k

t k k k k k k k k k

is a wo- ken.- Now a groan ing- gey ser- o pens.- Ah.

b k k k k k k k z ktk k k k o k k k k

t

a k z ktk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k o k k k k k k k k

a k j z k k k k k z ks k k k k k k k k k

Thun der;- spears of light ning- cry ing:- Hell and Mus pell-

133

a k k k k k k kkt o f k

k kA k z ktk k k k kk kk kk kk

wind a rising.- Ah. Hell and Mus pell-

a k k k k kf

f k kA kA e kA kA kA kAn mf

kk kk kk kk

wind a rising.- Ah.bk k k k k o k k k k

tkt k

k k o l

Thun der;- spears of light ning- cry ing.- Ah.

b ktk k k o f

f kf kA kA z e k

t k k k kmf

j k k

ak k k k k k k k n

j znj z

n j k

a k k k k k kkt o

f

f jA m j m mfj m

17

are sur pris- ing- To the go thi- ski ing- near er.- Ash es;- light ning- spears.

137

a kk kk kk kk k k k z kt k z ks f k k m k k kk kk j

are sur pris- ing- To the go thi- ski ing- near er.- Thun der;- light ning- spears.

a kk kk kk kk k k k z kt k z ks k k k j n kA k j

Thun der...-b l l l k j z j z n

"O-

b j k k f k k j j z n l mf

jj

a nj z n j

k k k f k k k k k k k k k k k k k j

a j m j m k k k k ktAo j z k k j

Ash es- and light ning.-

142

a l k z ks k k l n k kA k l

Thun der,- wind, and light ning.- Thun der,-

a n j k m n k k k k k k k n k kA k n j k

"O thinn!- Wise and just All father:- Bind thebj j j z k j j j j j zj z kk

thinn!- Wise and just All father:- Bind the

b jj jj j zj z k jj jj jj jj

j zj z

kk

a n j k m n k k k k k k k nk kA k

n j k

a k z kt kk k k k k k z kt k

k k k k k k z kt kk

18

Ash es- and light ning.- Ash es-

147

a kz ks k k l n k kA k l k z ks k k

wind, and light ning.- Thun der,- wind,

a m n k k k k k k k n k kA k n j k m n k

wa ters- whirl ing- blind ly;- Tame the stream ing-bjj j j z k j j j j k k k k

wa ters- whirl ing- blind ly;- Tame the stream ing-

b jj jj kk kk kk kk jj jj jj j

j j zj z kk

a m n k k k k k k k nk kA k

n j k m n k

ak j k k k k j j j k k k k k k k k k k

and light ning.- Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

152

a l n k k k n j n n j n n j n n j n j z n

and light ning.- Ee. Ee.

a k k k k k k n k k k l n k k k k k k k k k k k j z n

torr ent!- Kind ly- Spare your folk; you have no o ther."-bj k z o

j j j z k j j j zj z kk jj j j zn

torr ent!- Kind ly- Spare your folk; you have no o ther."-

b jj k zk z o jj jj j zj z kk jj jj j zj z kk jj jj j zj z n

ak k k k k k n

k k k l n k k k k k k k k kj j z

n

a k k k ks o j j j k k j z k j j j j j z n

19

159

a ldd

III. Vestur Grænland

1284 beats (60=larghetto)l z l z l z l z

a ldd 128 l z l z l z l z

b l dd 128 l z l z l z l z

b l dd 128 l z l z l z l z

a ldd 128 n z n z

mpn z k z j z k z k z j z k z k z j z j z

a ldd 128 n z n z

mf

n zk z k zk k

sk zkks kk zt kkk z kt k zk k k k z

k ks k zk z k zk z k kt k ks jj kk

164

add l z l z l z l z

add l z l z l z l z

b dd l z l z l z l z

b dd l z l z l z l z

add k z k z j z k z k z k z kt

z ktz i z j z k z k z

add k zk z k z

k z k zks k k zk z kk kkt

kk kktkktkk k zk zsk zk zs k zk z k z

k z k zk z kk kkt k k

s k ks ks k k ks

20

Leif Ei riks- son- of Vin land- now re turns- To

168

add n z n z n z k z k ks k kt kt k

k ktk z k z n z k z

Leif Ei riks- son- of Vin land- now re turns- To

add n z n z

mf

n zk z k k

s k ks ks k k ks j z n z k z

Leif Ei riks- son- of Vin land- now re-b dd l z n z n z n z k z k k

t kktktk k kt

Ró i- ði,- bræ ður.- Ró i- ði,- bræ ður.-

b dd l zmp

k ks k o k z k o k ks k o k zk o

add fk k k k z k j l z l z

add j zj z kk

(repeat)ok z kk k

sk zkks kk zt k

kk z kt k zk k k k z

k ks k zk z k zk z

Ei riks- fjord- in Vest ur- Græn a- land- With wealth of furs and tim ber.-

171

add k kt k k

s j k k z k kt k z

n ktk ktk ktkt k n z

Ei riks- fjord- in Vest ur- Græn a- land- With wealth of furs and tim ber.-

add k k

t k ks j k k z k ks k z n ks k ks k ks ks k n z

turns- To Ei riks- fjord- in Vest ur- Græn a- land.- Sail ors-b dd k z

k z kt n zk k kt k kt

k z k z k z k kt k

o ktz ktz

Ró i- ði,- bræ ður.- Ró i- ði,- bræ ður.- Sail ors-

b dd k ks k o k z ko k ks k o k z

k o n z n z n zmf

ktz ktz

add l z l z l z

add k k

t k ks jj kk k zk z k zk z k zk

s k k zk z kk kktkk kktkktkk k zk zsk zk zs

21

174

add l z l z 44

still 4 beats (60)l poco a poco diminuendol

add l z l z 44 l l

yearn to sleep be side- a fire u pon- the strand.b ddk z k ktk z k kt

k kt k kt k k

tk kt 44 k

k k n l

yearn to sleep be side- a fire u pon- the strand. In the stern He

b ddk z k z k z k z k k

tk kt k k

tk kt44 j z n (don't rush)n kt kt k z ks

add l z mpk z k z k z k z 44 j n k

k k k k k k k k

addk zk z k zk z k zk z kk kk

t k ks k ks ks k k ks 44 j zj z kk jj k k

178

add l l l

add l l l

To seek the floi where fa ther's- firesb dd l m z o kt

ktktkt ktktz kttk

watch es- fell and glac ier- run ning- past To seek the floi where fa ther's- fires

b dddim.

ktkt kt

ktkt kt kt kt

k k k o ktktktktktktz kttk

add kt k k k k

t k k k k k k k o k k k k k k k

add dim.

k k k kkk k j j k k

22

The shore is still and

181

add l l m p o ks ks kt

k k k k

They are a lone.- The shore is still and

add l

p

n k k k k k ks ks ks ks j z k

burn. They are a lone.- The shore is still andb dd

k k jn k k k j o kt k

t kt j z k

burn. They are a lone.- The shore is still and

b ddk k j p

n k k k j o ks ks ks j z k

add ktz kttktz kttktz kttk k k k j k j z j z k

add k k k k k k k

p

k z ks ktk z j z k j k k

vast. There's a rock.

185

add i moderato (G =116)k m z l m

f

k k j j l

vast. There's a rock.

add i i l m

k z ks jm l

vast. There is a rock to lar board.- Fleet andb dd ii

f

faster

n e kk k j z k e k j z l m

mfk k

vast. A rock. Fleet and

b dd ii kkm z l l n k j k n fk k

add k k k k k k k k m z m j k e k j k k k k k k k k

add k k k k z k fasterk n

f e j j z k j j j j j j

23

There is a rock to lar board.- Then takes the helm,

191

add n mfk k k j z k k j z m z f k k k j

He calls to tigh ten- sail a gainst- the mast.

add m z

fk k k k k k z ks k z k

s j z n l

wa ry...- Tigh ten- sail.b dd

k k k n l m k z ktk k j l

wa ry,- He calls to tigh ten- sail a gainst- the mast, Then takes the helm,

b ddk j k k k k k k z k

t k zkt j n k k k j

add k k k k k k k k k k k k j z n k z ks k k

add jj j jj j j j i mfi

turns to the wind, to tar ry.-

196

add k k k k k k k k k j z k m z l l

Why to the wind? Why to the wind?

add l l n mf

k k z ks j z k k z ks j l

And still with vi sion- sharp he skries theb dd l l l m z k

k z ktk z ktk k k z kt

turns to the wind, to tar ry,- And still with vi sion- sharp he skries the

b ddk k k k j z k k j z k n n k k z kt

k z kt k k k z kt

add k z k

t kk k j k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

add i i i i i i

24

A wreck ed- ship. And

202

add andante (G =90)l l n mfk k z ks k k m l

mp

m z k

There is a ship. And

add

slower

l n k j n k j l l m zk

sky: Andb dd

j z n l l l lmp

m z k

sky: There is a wreck ed- ship u pon- the sker ry.- And

b ddslowerj n k k z k

tk k i k

t o o ktk z kt k j z m z k

add j z n l i i i l

add

sloweri ii i

il

all might see, as drif ting- draws them nigh, At least a do zen- men; one wo man's- form:

208

add k z

cresc.

ks k k k k k k k j k k z ktk k k k k k i


addk z ks k k k k k k j z k k z ks k k k k k k j j

all might see, as drif ting- draws them nigh, At least a do zen- men; one wo man's- form:b dd k z

cresc.

ktk k k k k k j k k k z k

tk k k k k k ii


b dd k z ks k k k k k k j z k k z ktk k k k k k i

add l l l l l l

add l l l l l l

25

Nor weg- ians- all, if clo thing- does not lie.

214

add j n k

f

k z kt

decresc.

k k k k k kmf

j z n l l

Nor weg- ians- all, if clo thing- does not lie.

add j n k k z ks k k k k k k j z

n l l

Nor weg- ians- all, if clo thing- does not lie. Up speaks Lei fur,- with a wel come-b ddjjnkk

f

k z kt

decresc.

k k k k k k

mf

k jnk z ktk k k k k k

Nor weg- ians- all, if clo thing- does not lie. Then up speaks Lei fur,- with a wel come-

b ddj n k k z k

t k k k k k k j n k k z ktk k k k k k

add l l l l n k k k k j k

add l l l

i i j j

220

add l 34 m z m z m z 44 l l

add l 34 m z m z m z 44 l l

warm:b ddj m 34 m z m z m z 44 l l

warm: I guess ye'll deign to sail with us to day!- Drag up the wreck to

b ddj n Solok 34

fk z k k k k k k k z ktktkt k k 44 kt

ktj n k kt kt

k z kt

add j z n 34 m z m z m z 44 l l

add i 34

mf

j zcresc.

j z j z 44f

ii i

26

226

add 34 m z m z m z m z m z m z

add 34 m z m z m z m z m z m z

b dd 34 m z m z m z m z m z m z

keep it from the storm. We'll build a no- ther- ship in some bay;

b dd 34ktz kttk k k k

t k k zk z o k z k k k z k kt kt k

tk k k k j n

add 34 m z m z m z mfn j n cresc.j n j

add 34 j z j z j z j zj z j zj z j zj z

232

add m z m z m z m z m z m z

add m z m z m z m z m z m z

b dd m z m z m z m z m z m z

We have the tim ber- and the ship smith.- But do not hold that ye should

b ddk k z k

tk k kt kt k k j

m z k ktktk k k k k k k k

add n f

j k k kk k j k k k mfk ks ks k k k k k k k

add j z j z j z j zj z j zj z j zj z

27

238

add 44 l l l l

mp

add 44 l l l l

I find thee kin and kith, and here with- Be speak- my fa ther's- will,b dd 44 m

mp nk ktktktktk k k k k k

tktk k k z

o

fly a way;- I find thee kin and kith, and here with- Be speak- my fa ther's- will,

b dd 44 ktkt k z o k kt

ktktkt k k k k k k kt kt

k k k z o

add 44 ks ks k z o k ks ks ks ks k k ks ks k k kt

ktk k j

add 44 ii ii ii

j j

In vi- ting- thee, To dwell and win ter- in our Brat ta- hlith,- The

242

add 34

cresc.

k k z kt j k 128mf

4 beats (60=larghetto)

k ks k kt kt kk ktk z k z n z

mp

k z

In vi- ting- thee, To dwell and win ter- in our Brat ta- hlith,- The

add 34 k k z ks j k 128 k ks k k

s ks k k ks j z n z k z

in vi- ting- thee Dwell and win ter- in our Brat ta- -b dd 34

cresc.

k k k j n 128 n z n z mp n z k ktk z k k k k k

t

in vi- ting- thee To dwell and win ter- in our Brat ta- hlith,- Brat ta- -

b dd 34 k k k jtutti

k 128mfk ks k ks ks k k k

t k ks k z n zk kt

add 34 k k

k j z 128 n z n z n z k ktk z k k k k k

tadd 34 k j j k

128mf

kk ksk zkks kk zt k


k ks k zk z k zk zsk zk zs

28

on ly- home ly- house be yond- the wes tern- sea.

246

add k z k z j z k kt

k ktk ktk kt

i z l z l z ee fff

on ly- home ly- house be yond- the wes tern- sea.

add k z k z j z k ks k ks k ks k ks i z l z l z ee fff

hlith,- The on ly- home ly- house be yond- the wes tern- sea.b dd

k z n zmfk z k kt

k kt k kt k k

tk kt k z k z j z l z l z ee fff

hlith,- The home ly- house be yond- the wes tern- sea.

b ddk z k z n z k z k k

tk kt k k

tk kti z l z l z ee fff

add k z n z k z k kt k z k z k z k z i z l z l z ee fff

addk zk z k zk z k zk z kk kk

t k ks k ks ks k k ks i zi z l z l z ee fff

251

a fff 44

IV. DrangeyAndante (G =90)l l l l

a fff 44 l l l l

Ac u ton- nu bid dan- Sanc tus- Mich a- el- ge-b fff 44 m

f

n kk ktktk k k z k

tdecresc.

k k j n k

Ac u ton- nu bid dan- Sanc tus- Mich a- el- ge-

b fff 44 m n k Phrygiank ktkt k k k z ks k f k j n k

a fff 44 i i i o

(sea gull)

k z k k z k k k z o

a fff 44

(squeaky oarlock)

mp

n NOO ktz p m n NOO kt

z p m n NOO ktz p m i

29

Bish op- Guth munder- is row ing,- Mut ter- ing- banns to bind his tem per:-

255

a fff l k k k z kt

k k k k k ks ks k k k z ks k k

Bish op- Guth munder- is row ing,- Mut ter- ing- banns to bind his tem per:-

a fff l f

k k k z ks k k k k k ks ks k k k z ks k ks ks

orn- li- ce- þæt he ure sau la- ge læ- de- on ge fe- an,- þærb fff

mf

k k k kdecresc.

k k k kt ktj k k k z k

t kk k k k k

orn- li- ce- þæt he ure sau la- ge læ- de- on ge fe- an,- þær

b fff k k k k k k k kt ktj k k k z ks k k k k k f k

a fff l k k j k j k j j j k k

a fff i j j j j j j j z k

To feed the hun gry- he must har vest- Eggs and slipp 'ry-

260

a fff k k n k k z ks k k k k z ks k k k k k k k k

To feed the hun gry- he must har vest- Eggs and slipp 'ry-

a fff k k n k k k k k k k k k k z ks k k

hi e- mo tan- bliss i- an- a bu ton- en de-b fff

j k nmp

k k k k k k k k k k k jn

hi e- mo tan- bliss i- an- a bu ton- en de-

b fff j k n k k k k k k k k k k k j n

a fff j z k j k k j z k k k k k k k

a fff j z n j z k j k k k k k k k k

30

svar ti- fu- gi- From the cliffs and heaths of Drang ey.-

264

a fff k k k k k k e k z ks j k k k j z

svar ti- fu- gi- From the cliffs and heaths of Drang ey.-

a fff k k k k k f k k k k j z k k j z

on ec ne- sse.- Ac u ton- nu bid dan-b fff

k z kt k

k k k k k k k k n kk ktktk k

on ec ne- sse.- Ac u ton- nu bid dan-

b fff k z kt k

k f k k k k k j n k k ktkt k k

a fff ok z k k z k k o m j j j k j n

a fff k k k k k k k j k i i

So. The men he sends to nest And har ry,-

268

a fff l k k z n ks k z ks k k k z ks k z ks

So. The men he sends to nest And har ry,-

a fff l

mf

j n k k z ks k k k z ks k k

Sanc tus- Mich a- el- ge orn- li- ce- þæt he ure sau la- ge-b fff

k z kt k

k j z k k k k k k k k kt kt

Sanc tus- Mich a- el- ge orn- li- ce- þæt he ure sau la- ge-

b fffk z ks k f k j z k k k k k k k k kt kt

a fff pok z k k z k k o l l l

a fff i l l

j j

31

tak ing- ropes and tim ber,- Fall and die. The toll is grow ing.-

272

a fff k k k z k

tk j n j z k j z k j j k j z

tak ing- ropes and tim ber,- Fall and die. The toll is grow ing.-

a fff k k k k k j n f

j z k k j k j j j j

læ- de- on ge fe- an,- þær hi e- mo tan- bliss i- an- a bu ton-b fff

j k k k z kt kk k k k k j k n

k k k k k k k kk k

læ- de- on ge fe- an,- þær hi e- mo tan- bliss i- an- a bu ton-

b fffj k k k z ks k k k k k f k j k n

k k k k k k k kk k

a fff l l l l l mpk k k k

a fff j j j j j z k j z n j z k j j

278

a fff k n m l l l e ff 34

Allegro moderato (G =130)m z m z

a fff k n m l l l e ff 34 m z m z

en de- on ec ne- sse.- This is land- is nob fff

k jn k z k

t kk k k k k k j f

nsolo?e ke ff 34j k k j

en de- on ec ne- sse.-

b fffk j n

mfk z kt kk f k k k k k j n n e ff 34 m z m z

a fff i j j j j j j e ff 34

k k k k k k k k

a fff i i i j e j e ff 34

mp

k k k j k

32

284

a ff m z m z m z m z m z m z

a ff m z m z m z m z m z m z

seem ly- seat of elves, but moor of mó rar,- tang i- of trolls, andb ffk z k

tktktk z o k j k k k z o k z k kt

kn k

b ff m z m z m z m z m z m z

a ff k k k k k k k k k k k k k k j k k k k k k j k

a ffj k k k k k k k k j j k k kt kt k

s ks

290

a ff m z m z m z m z m z m z m z


gey mir- of the af tur- gang- u- menn.- By vald of Christ I'll rinse these ills, andb ffk z kt

kt kt f kt kt k k k

k z o k k z k zyj k j k k z o k

b ff m z m z m z m z m z m z m z

a ff k k k k k k k n k kt k

kt k

yj k j k j k

a ff j k j k k k k

k z k zyj k j k k k k

33

297

a ff m z

rall.

m z m z m z

a ff m z m z m z m z

then We may have peace, and end these wraith ly- tolls, So god ly-b ff

k z ktkt kt

rall.

k z ktktkt

k k k kt n

kt kt f kt

b ff m z m z m z m z

a ff k z o k k z o k k z o k k z k

t k k

a ff k k k

rall.

k z ks k k k k f k k k k

301

a ff m z m z 44 l fff Andante (G =100)l l

a ff m z m z 44 l fff l l

mf

folk can gain what's good to eat. Ac u ton- nu bid dan- Sanc tus- Mich a- -b ffk z ktf kt kt k z f k z 44

j z tuttikfffk ktktk k k z k

t kk

Ac u ton- nu bid dan- Sanc tus- Mich a- -

b ff m z m z 44 m zk fff

mfk ktkt k k k z ks k f k

a ff k z ks k

k k k 44j z n fff k k k k j k k

a ff j k k k k k 44 j z n f

ff mf

i j j

34

Now, Strung up on- a rope that's bless ed,- Guth munder- climbs

306

a fff n j n k k k z k

tk z kt k k k k k k

Now, Strung up on- a rope that's bless ed,- Guth munder- climbs

a fff n k j k k k z ks k z k

tk k k k k k k

el- ge orn- li- ce- þæt he ure sau la- ge læ- de- onb fff

j z k k k k k k k k kt ktj k k

el- ge orn- li- ce- þæt he ure sau la- ge læ- de- on

b fff j z k k k k k k k k kt ktj k k

a fff j m k k k k j j k k k k k k k k

a fff i l

j j j j

cliff and ae rie,- Sing ing- psalms and wa ter- cast ing,- Hall ow- ing,- for

310

a fff k k k k k k k k z ks k k k k k k k k k z k

tk k k k

cliff and ae rie,- Sing ing- psalms and wa ter- cast ing,- Hall ow- ing,- for

a fff k k k k

k k k k k k k k k k k k

ge fe- an,- þær hi e- mo tan- bliss i- -b fff k z k

t kk k k k k j k n

k k k k k k

ge fe- an,- þær hi e- mo tan- bliss i- -

b fff k z ks k k k k k f k j k n k k k k k k

a fff i l l k k k k

a fff j j j z k j z n j z k

35

all time last ing.- "Kri a!"- cry the terns; with fair y- Ar rows- bit ing- he is press ed.- Ah.

314

a fff k k k k k z k k k

tk z kt

accel.

k k k z ks k kk k k k

tf

solo?kt

all time last ing.- "Kri a!"- cry the terns; with fair y- Ar rows- bit ing- he is press ed.-

a fff k k k k k k z k ks k z ks

accel.

k k f k z ks k k k k k k

an- a bu ton- en de- on ec ne- sse.-b fff

k f k k k k jn k z k

t kk k k k k k j m

an- a bu ton- en de- on ec ne- sse.-

b fffk k k k k j n k z k

taccel.

k k f k k k k k j mf

a fff k f k

k k l maccel.

m l m n okt

a fff j j i i i i

f

Ah. Ah.

319

a fff 34

Moderato (G =120)kt k

k z o k k ktkt k

k z mfo k k ktkt k

k z

A mi ckle- hand is stretched to give a

a fff 34

solo?k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

A mi ckle- hand is stretched to snip,b fff 34

solo?j k k j j k k j j k

A mi ckle- hand is stretched to snip,

b fff 34solo?

j z j k j k j k k j

a fff 34ktk k z k

tk k k

tktk k z

o k k ktktk k z

a fff 34 k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

36

Ah. Ah. Ah.

324

a fff o k k k

tkt k

k z o k k ktkt k

k z o k k kt

snip, to drop the priest con fess- ing- to his

a fff k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

to drop the priest to his doom.b fff

j k j k k j j k k j

to drop the priest to doom.

b fff k n k jk j z j z j z

a fffkt k

k ktktk k z

ok k k

tktk k z k

tk k k

t

a fffk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k

Ah. Ah.

329

a fff kt k

k z o k k ktkt k

k z rall.

o k k ktkt k

k z j z

doom. Some wil der- wight- un corks- his store of words on height:

a fff k n k k k k k k k

rall.

k k k k k k k k k

Some wil der- wight- un corks- his store of words:b fff n

k k k j j k k j j k k j

Some wight un corks- his words:

b fff k n k j z k j rall.j z j z j z

a fffktk k z

ok k k

tktk k z k

tk k k

tktk k z j z

a fff

mf

k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k krall.

k k k k k k k k k j z

37

335

a fff j z e ff

Andante (G =100)

m z m z m z m z m z m z m z m z

a fff j z e ff m z m z m z m z m z m z m z m z

b fffj z

e ff m z m z m z m z m z m z m z m z

Gven dur,- Gven dur,- stop your bless ing!- E ven- the e vil- need a place to

b fffj

f

soloke ffk j j k kA k kA j n k k k k

j k k k k j

a fffj z

e ff j z j z k z k z j z j k k j j k k j

a fff j z e ff

mf

j zj z j zj z j zj z j zj z k k k kj k z k z k j

Guth munder- climbs down a gain- to shore. Oh.

344

a ff m z m z tuttik z ks k k k k k k k j n j z j z

Guth munder- climbs down a gain- to shore. Oh.

a ff m z m z tutti

mp

k k k k k k k k k j np

j z j z

Here is some un can- ny-b ff m z m z m z m z m z m z solo?

mfk z ktk k k k

live!

b ffjCz m z m z m z m z m z m z m z

a ff j z m z m z m z m z m z m z m z

a ff j z m z

mpj k j k j k k j k k k k k k

38

Oh. Oh.

352

a ff j z j z m z m z j z k j m z

Oh. Oh.

a ffj z j z j z j z

m z m z m z

Gret tirs- son- Or out law- with his house u pon- the isle. How can I cast theb ff k k k k n k k

t k zktktk z kt kt kt j n fk k k j k

Oh. Oh. Oh.

b ff m z m zmp

tuttij z j z j zj z j zj z j zj z


a ffk k k j n m z m z m z m z m z

He sits him down a time a lone.- His hood it hides him like

359

a ff m z m z k k k k z ks k k k z o k k k k z ks k

He sits him down a time a lone.- His hood it hides him like

a ff m z m z k k k k k k k k z

ok k k k z ks k

stone? I'll bide a while.- His hood it hides him likeb ffk o kt kt kt

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A little flock from Iceland I. Lón

Swans in Iceland: white on black.

Westward come wending, appearing in pairs;

Strong wing beats thunder in crystalline air;

Willfull to breed on the bourn of despair.

Iceland, Ireland: out, and back.

Men in longships, helmets bright,

Brought with them dozens of Ireland’s daughters.

Red-haired and white-robed, just as they caught her,

One of them walks all alone by the water,

Chanting her heart-song to the night.

“Eala naofa: Tromhad annall!

Mine are the people that open the granary,

Hallow the home-linn and safeguard the eyrie.

Hear when I cry to you; come to me swiftly!

An cuidich sibh mi do comhall?

“Seek a swan without a wife:

Kelwyn mac Boynton, of husbands the best.

When he will once lay his head on my breast,

It’s I will go swim with him, even to death,

Swan to be, beyond this life.”

Swans in Iceland watch their star;

Auger the season by scent of the beach-wrack.

When the wind’s northerly, ice in the grass cracks,

Wheeling they climb away, coasting the sea track.

Keening voices travel far.

____________________________________ Notes: Historical fiction. The wild swans that summer in Iceland migrate to the British Isles to

pass each winter. Irish Celts believed that some swans were humans trapped by enchantment.

Neolithic Britons may have believed that all swans had the souls of humans who had died

recently. Here, an Irish slave woman in Iceland (~900 AD) appeals to the swans to find her dead

husband. Her two lines in Gaelic are, “Holy swan: Come across!” and “Can you help me to

fulfilment?”.

II. Grímsvötn

Mountain of ice, beacon of white

Standing alone in the Arctic darkness,

Home to the swans flying, hope to the seafaring,

Niflheim gleams in the morning light.

Up on the glacier the ground is grumbling;

Krinkling cracks spring open quickly.

Blocks of blue ice topple thickly,

Grinding shards from bitter heights.

Swarthy mists in every cranney;

Murky reeks of steam are rising

From a gaping hollow waxing

‘Round a seething tarn uncanny.

Now a groaning geyser opens;

Red flame leaps to heat the oven;

Loki strains; a chain is broken;

Earth’s blood-rush is awoken.

Ashes flying; wind arising;

Thunder; spears of lightning crying:

Hell and Muspell are surprising

To the gothi skiing nearer.

“Othinn! Wise and just Allfather:

Bind the waters whirling blindly;

Tame the streaming torrent! Kindly

Spare your folk; you have no other.”

____________________________________ Notes: Historical fiction. Grímnir (the masked one) is a kenning for Othinn, father of the Norse

gods. Grímsvötn (Othinn’s lakes, or torrents) is a place on the Vatnajökull icecap where volcanic

eruptions break through from below, creating boiling lakes which often break out to flood the

countryside. A gothi was an Icelandic official who combined the functions of regional

representative and pagan priest. In the last line he alludes to the fact that worship of Othinn has

been declining, first in favor of Thor, and more recently in favor of Jesus.


Leif Eiriksson of Vinland now returns

To Eiriksfjord in Vestur Grænland

With wealth of furs and timber. In the stern

He watches fell and glacier running past

To seek the floi where father’s fires burn.

They are alone. The shore is still and vast.

There is a rock to larboard. Fleet and wary,

He calls to tighten sail against the mast,

Then takes the helm, turns to the wind, to tarry,

And still with vision sharp he skries the sky:

There is a wrecked ship upon the skerry.

And all might see, as drifting draws them nigh,

At least a dozen men; one woman’s form:

Norwegians all, if clothing does not lie.

Then up speaks Leifur, with a welcome warm:

“I guess ye’ll deign to sail with us today!

Drag up the wreck to keep it from the storm.

We’ll build another ship in some still bay;

We have the timber and the ship-smith.

But do not hold that ye should fly away;

I find thee kin and kith, and herewith

Bespeak my father’s will, inviting thee

To dwell and winter in our Brattahlith,

The homely house beyond the western sea.”

____________________________________ Note: A historical event from The Saga of the Greenlanders, which is also found in Eirik the

Red’s Saga. (However, I have expanded Leif’s greeting.)

IV. Drangey Bishop Guthmunder is rowing,

Muttering banns to bind his temper:

To feed the hungry he must harvest

Eggs and slippery svartifugi

From the cliffs and heaths of Drangey.

So. The men he sends to nest

And harry, taking ropes and timber,

Fall and die. The toll is growing.

He says: “This island is no seemly seat

of elves, but moor of mórar, tangi of trolls,

and geymir of the afturgangumenn.

By vald of Christ I’ll rinse these ills, and then

We may have peace, and end these wraithly tolls,

So godly folk can gain what’s good to eat.”

Strung upon a rope that’s blessed,

Guthmunder climbs cliff and aerie,

Singing psalms and water casting,

Hallowing, for all time lasting.

“Kria!” cry the terns; with fairy

Arrows biting he is pressed.

A mickle hand is stretched to give

A snip, to drop the priest confessing

To his doom. Some wilder-wight

Uncorks his store of words on height:

“Gvendur, Gvendur, stop your blessing!

Even the evil need a place to live!”

Guthmunder climbs down again to shore.

“Here is some uncanny Grettirsson

Or outlaw with his house upon the isle.

How can I cast the stone? I’ll bide awhile.”

He says, and sits him down a time alone.

His hood it hides him like a skin before.

“Here at the worldes end, in this last bay,

We’ll leave a little haven on this rock

For those old souls who spurn eternal life

(except as worthy names in saga strife)

Until Atlantic billows drown this dock

And, like the sea-birds, all are flown away.”

___________________________________________________________

Notes: A historical event; the beloved Bishop Guðmunder Arason lived until 1273. (However, his speeches here are

imagined.) Drangey was already famous as the last refuge of Grettir the Strong (ca. 1028~1031). A landscape-myth

held that Drangey (Pillar-island) and its two basalt columns are the petrified remains of two trolls caught crossing the

fjord with their cow at dawn. One of the pillars, undercut by waves, has since collapsed. Vocabulary: banns =

prayers; svartifugi (svartfuglar) = puffins and guillemots; mórar = male ghosts; tangi = point of land; geymir =

container or reservoir; afturgangumenn = the undead; vald = authority. The under-chant is in Old English, from The

Blickling Homilies [971 AD], XVII, 108, where it follows the account of the vision of Saint Paul, of a wet icy hell in

the north, where the unfortunate souls are suspended from cliffs:

___________________________________________________________

Ac uton nu biddan Sanctus Michael geornlice

þæt he ure saula gelæde on gefean, þær hie

motan blissian a buton ende on ecnesse.

But let us now earnestly ask St. Michael that he

lead our souls into joy, where they may always

without end rejoice in eternity.

A little flock from Iceland: flute part

Peter Bird


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fff 42mf

very slow (F =38)

m i j m i j k k k k f k k k k j z n kk j

Swans in Iceland...

k k j k k j j k k k n k k

7

a fff 32

faster (F =60)j k k j j j j j j j k k k k k k k z ktk z ktk z kt

j i k k k k j j k k k k15

a fff k n k

k k k j j z k i j i k k 42slower (F =50)

Iceland, Ireland...

i j j k k k k i l l l l 32faster (F =60)

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m m m24

a fff m m m m m m m m j k k

k k j k z kt k k j k k j j i zk z ktk z ktk z kt

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a fff k k k k k k j k k j j i 42

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j z n k z kt kk k z kt

j k k k k k39

a fff 32

faster (F =65)

j m j k k j k k k n k z ktj k k k k k z kt j m

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mp

j NOO kk j NOO k NOO j NOO k NOO j

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k NOO jk j k NOO j k

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A little flock from Iceland: violin part

Peter Bird


Violin aI. Lón

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mf

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iz j k j k j z n j k k j k k jj j j

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a fff 32

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a fff j j j j k k

j j k kj i z

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l l l mp

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61

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42 j z k j j68

a fff j z k i

mf


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k k j j k k j k kj j j j z k j

75

a fff j j j j z k j j j k k j k k k k k

k k k k k j z k j jj j j j k k 42

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mpj z j z j zj z j zj z

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j j j

2

93

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k z k k k k zktkk z k k

k k z kt kf

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101

ai j Moderato (G =120)

mf

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k k i k k i k k i k k i k k i k k i112

a 44mp

j j k z ks j k z kt j k z k

s jmf

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k k k z ktk j z k z k

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121

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k z k k z kk z k k z k f

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k k k k k k k k kk kk kk kk kk kk kk kkkk kk kk kk k

k kk kk kk

125

a kk kk kk kk kk kk kk kk k k k k k k k kd k k k k

mf

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132

ak k k k k k k k k

k k k k kt o f

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f jA m j m mfj m j m j m k k k k ktAo j z

141

a k k jk z kt k

k k k k k k z kt kk k k k k

Bind the waters...

k z kt kk k j k k k k j j j

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a k k k k k k k k k k k k k ks o j j j k k j z k jj j j j z n l

160

add


1284 beats (60=larghetto)n z n z

mf

n zk z k zk k

sk zkks kk zt kkk z kt k zk k k k zk ks k zk z k zk z k kt k ks j

j kk k zk z k zk z k zks k k zk z

165

add kk kk

tkk kktkktkk k zk zsk zk zs k zk z k z

k z k zk z kk kkt k ks k ks ks k k ks j zj z kk

(repeat)ok z

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addkk ksk zkks kk zt k


k ks k zk z k zk z k kt k ks jj kk k zk z k z

k z k zks k k zk z

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add kk kktkk kktkktkk k zk zsk zk zs k zk z k z

k z k zk z kk kkt

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j zj z kk jj k k

dim.

k k k kk

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179

add k k j

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j k k k k k k z k moderato (G =116)k nf

e j j z k

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mfi i i i i i i sloweri i i i

206

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il l l l l l l l Norwegians all...l l

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cresc.

j z j z 44f

ii i226

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fly away...

ii ii iij j 34 k j j

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k244

add 128

mf

kk ksk zkks kk zt kkk z kt k zk k k k zk ks k zk z k zk z

sk zk zs k zk z k z

k z k zk z kk kkt k k

s k ks ks k k ks i zi z

249

add l z l z ee fff

251

a fff 44

IV. DrangeyAndante (G =90)

(squeaky oarlock)

mpn NOO ktz p m n NOO kt

z p m n NOO ktz p m i i Bishop...

j j j j j j j z k j zn j z k

262

a fff j k k k k k k k k k k

k k k k k j k i i iSo...l l

j j j j j j274

a fff j z k j z n

toll is growing...j z k j j i i i j e j e ff 34

Allegro moderato (G =130)

mp

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