Benjamin Britten SERENADE for Tenor Solo, Horn and Strings Op. 31 Vocal Score by Erwin Stein Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited London - Paris » Bonn - Johannesburg - Sydney » Toronto » New YorkPrologue - - - . . . Pastoral (Cotton) - = = ee Nocturne (Tennyson) - +» Elegy (Blake) = = ee Dirge (Anonymous, 15th Century) - - Hymn (Ben Jonson)» - = Sonnet (Keats) - = - - IE pilogoc gaat Tae ane ae 12 16 24 32 34 Frontispiece “ Harvest Moon” by Samuel Palmer reproduced by kind permission of Sir Kenneth Clark This work was written for Peter Pears and Dennis Brain, by whom it was firet per- formed with Walter Goehr and his Orchestra at the Wigmore Hall, London Arranged for Viola or Cello instead of Horn,IMPORTANT NOTICE To B.S.-W. 1 The unauthorised copyi clement SERENADE BENJAMIN BRITTEN PROLOGUE ™ Andantecd:80) sempre ad Kbitum 3 poco accel. tempo ’ HORN SOLO =YYtrm— cresc. i <*¥ pp i animando ymoltorall.. - - atempo 4 EN nattvcreases I= ad dim \* PPS PASTORAL (Cotton) Lento 1-50 dolesssimo \ VOICE The Day’ grown old; the faint-ing Sun HORN WINTHROP ROGERS EDITION All rights reserved Tonsittning frbjudes Copyright 1944 in U.S.A. by Hawkee & Son (London), Ltd. ning fGrbjade Copyright for ali countries H, 15595 Priated ia England=>— 0 doleissimo skill, Scarce lug... The sha-dows now - hills seem Serenade +H. 15595[2] A: 63) >= leggiero A ve-ry lit - tle, lit - tle Whilst the small stripling pesante = fol- lowing them Ap-pears a mighty Po - ly-pheme. b pid crese espress. poco piu crese. Serenade H. 15595Serenade West, molto tranguitto (@)= 64) And now on ben-ches all are sat, vr. Phoe-bus, dip - ping Shall lead .. H, 13595NOCTURNE (Tennyson) Maestoso (4 ; 88) con forsa VOICE splen - dour falls....on cas- tle light shakes a-cross the lakes, And the wild in glo - Serenade H, 15595Cadensa‘sensa misura). pit mosso(d=72) n —= pS os == a ES = ry: Blow, bu-gle, blow, set the wild e-choes Loi a cope et = (sim ————SS == = pes oF , ppp quasi trillo pocoapococresc. . - - - - - - - - = -= - 2 ee Dee ET ete = at —— pif ———— —_ SS ae t =e p = = fly - ing,........ Bu-gle, blow; an- swer, echoes, z dy-ing, pocoapocodim. . - - - - Serenade H, 18595rall. - . - - — lunga dy-ing, dy-ing. Junge a Tempo primo da lontano O hear! how thin and sempre Pp => And thinner, clear-er, far - ther go-ingl..... Serenade H, 15595(—=— PP => and far....from cliff and scar .... TB) caconse—‘come s0prt) opp orese__ : SS ~ , = SSS x aS ing! Blow, let us hear the pur-ple..giens re - =. He. == —— f=" — £: = pe Bu-gle, blow; an - swer, @-choes, = SS — H, 15595 Serenadedim. —- = = e == = ; =i SS SSS an - swer,... dy-ing, dy-ing,......... = z f —— poco 8 @ — poco dim. : oo rall. - 7 Tempo primo lunga i esultante © Iove,..... they die...... dy-ing, dy-ing. agg A of espress. e sost. a ... They faint on hill or field... . in yon rich sky, .. H, 18595 Serenade10 ..fromsoul to soul . SPP fb F -_=— St = nf — ze con forsa ee, Tn 8 3 EL cetenan come spre wun And grow fore ver and fore - ver. senza sord. ae P ‘ast trill If p Mast tr fe SF NSIS Si PP ad lib. 7 — ee a — — Ba 3 Blow, bu-gle, blow, set the wild e-choes fly-ing;.... _ a Z = SS SSS =S— eresc, = E [= py Tae a = = ain a ee ae oY NS Serenade H. 15595i And an - swer, S| = — Ss —— = Pa a, fe = f= tr + = = fee SS ; sn e-choos, answer, dy-ing, dy-ing........ dim - = rall. Fe i fungi fl Tempo primo a => => dy-ing, dy-ing. agg a con sord. a SSS © morendo =e. mN 7 = . a — lunga une corda me AC 3 (senza Ped.) H, 15595, Serenade12 ELEGY (Blake) Andante appassionato (di,-42) VOICE express. HORN === a ———e PIANO P sonore = simile Lape poe Popa Ee 3 See peop St pipe te pn t pr Serenade 1H, 15595irre Wr FEE = ESE Ee’ Fe ? 2S ayn erp rignynpt I} Recitative (Cento) — > = © Rose, tou art sick; The in-vi-si-ble worm That flies in the night,. ow (PP espress. me Serenade H. 1359514 S >a ——————— Has found out thy bed Of crim-son joy; And his —= == (molto erese.) pp molto tento) [2] Tempo primo TZ ae dark, se-cret "love Does thy FP come sopra t i a = su 5?” 1 prt H, 18595 Serenade(a PEP . Yep pn t re ve eo r SS oprah ipa 7 ’ ergy ape mh 3 Serenade H, 1559516 DIRGE (Anonymous, 15th Century) Alla marcia grave (¢: 60) come un lamento cho te = VOICE This ae nighte, this ae nighte, E-ver-y nighte and alle, HORN PIANO and fleet and can-dle-lighte,....And Christe re-ceive thy saule.. Serenade H. 1369517 — E-ver-y nighte and alle, - muir thou com’st at last And Christe re - ceive thy . e- ver thou gavst fs] _______ — E-ver- y nighte and alle, Serenade H. 15595,18 Sit thee down and put them on;. .. And Christe a — gav'st nane, E-ver-y nighte and alle, Serenade H, 1559519 whin-nes sall prick thee to the bare banej........... And Christe re - ceive or may'’st pass, E-ver-y nighte and alle, St Ss EFS stace.e pesante Serenade H. 1559520 @Dread thou comet at —_ last}. And Christe thou mays pass, : (vetoce) —" i Serenade 2 1H, 15595at eS Pur-ga-to-ry fire thou com'st at _lastj....... And Christe re + E-vor-y nighte and alle, Serenade 1H. 1559522 fire sall ne-ver make thee shrink. .. And Christe re - a> ‘kite 7 1, thy Serenade H. 1559828 (en sb Ey SE + ee And Christe re - ceive fire will burn thee to the bare banej..... thy ses ae nighte, this ae nighte, paistinio He Te eee ay baited, : + Hiss i sensa_ritardando E-ver-ynighteand alle, Fire and fleet and candle1ighte,..And Christe receive thy saule.... 5s P <_ Serenade H, 1559524 HYMN (Ben Jonson) Presto e leggiero (¢ - 168-176) VOICE HORN we pp” stace. a PIANO sempre pp stacc. hunt -ress, chaste and fair,........ Serenade H. 1559525 laid to sleep, in won - ted man - ner keep: Pp Hes - perus en -treats thy light,......... Hes - pe-rus entreate thy Serena H, 1559526 God - dess, god - dess, god - dess, SP leggiero == op | [23] Serenade SESS)27 (2a) tenebroso = cee let not thy en - marcato’ SPP = Peete Pp - + vious shade Dare it - self to in-ter - pose; ¥. Pp Cyn - thia’s shining orb......... Heav'n to +-————~+ —+ t Sle Serenade H. 1559528 [25] === _=—— (? —== ——— then with wish - ed clear when day did close: =~ then with wish - ed sight, God - dess, _ = —— ca eee marcato. god-dess, god - dess, - cellent - ly H, 13595bow of pearl a - part,..... un-to the fly - ing hart Space to breathe, how Serenade 1H. 1559580 Thou that maksta day of night,.... — Thou that mak’staday of night, Thou that mak'st, inf f— Pp God - dess, god- dess, god -dess, god- dess, Serenade 1H, 1659531 fe leggiero PP Pas: 28 Serenade H, 1559582 SONNET (Keats) Adagio (4. 40) tranguillo_¢ liberamente mr VOICE O soft. em -balmer of the still midnight, Shutting with careful — PIANO PP espress.e sost. A SS => pitt espress. embowerd fromthe light, —== c—, fingers and benign... Our —_gloom-pleasid eyes... En- — == S| ————__ a>? | (29) Pp —1 ores —= -sha-ded....in for- get - - fulness di - vine: b Hi te | be | PPP subito espress. espress, - est Sleepl...... if.. so it please thee,.... close Inmidst of this thine hymn PEP sempre sost. Serenade H, 15595——— pp ae —— ees my wil-lingeyes, Or wait the ‘A-men’ ére thy poppy throws Around my bed its lul - bz PPP legatissimo—__ “| poco ores - + Tingchari - ties. > > PP espress.e sost. ~? 30] pape agitate —— — — —— - 2. Then save...... me, save of the passéd day......... will shine Up-on my pil-low, espress, OF on pora S >> breeding ma-ny woes,— Save me, save me from curious Con _- science, 4 >> a Serenade H. 1559534 Soe eo. F > > > > P— that still lords.. Its strength for dark- ness, bur-row-ing like a mole; molto crese. PPP sempre sost. EPILOGUE (off stage) Andante(d: 80) sempre ad libitum 4 2 “Poe accel. a tempo 5 Horn Solo SS er — crese, a Sopp = = w op a tempo_ Jmolto ral. - animando Av aad motto cresc. t= If PP G ; oom ppp er Serenade A H. 15595