Wenn der Schnee – Georg Trakl 1887-1914

Wenn der Schnee ans Fenster fällt,
lang die Abendglocke läutet.
Vielen ist der Tisch bereitet
und das Haus ist wohl bestellt.

Mancher auf der Wanderschaft
kommt ans Tor auf dunklen Pfaden.
Golden blüht der Baum der Gnaden
aus der Erde kühlem Saft.

Wanderer tritt still herein.
Schmerz versteinerte die Schwelle.
Da erglänzt in reiner Helle
auf dem Tische Brot und Wein.

Georg Trakl

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It was many years after it had been suggested to Coco that a very sensitive version of Trakl’s work had been produced by Anton Webern. Coco was not sure at the time that was a serious suggestion, but perhaps it had been an early work. In due course Coco found a copy which he has scored. You may hear and judge the results in this mp3. If you would like a copy of the midi file to improve the performance, Coco shall be quite happy to provide it, on the understanding that you will share a copy of the revised and improved file with him.

Midi files are produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The ogg and mp3 are produced using Myriad software.

The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1972).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.

Goe, lovely rose,
Goe, lovely rose,
Goe, lovely, lovely rose,
tell her that wastes her time and mee,
tell her that wastes her time and mee,
tell her that wastes her time and mee,
that now she knows, she knows,
that now she knows, she knows,
that now she knows
when I resemble her to thee,
when I resemble her to thee,
when I resemble her to thee,
how sweet and fair she seems to be.
how sweet and fair she seems to be.
she seems to be
she seems to be.

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2 Tell her that’s young
And shuns to have her graces spied
That hadst thou sprung,
in deserts where no man abide
Thou must uncommended died

3 Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retir’d
Bid her come forth,
Suffer herselfe to be desir’d
And not blush so to be admir’d

4 Then dye, that shee
The common fate of all things rare
May read in thee,
How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fayre

Edmund Waller (3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687)

The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1971).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.

I found you – Norah Wells

Your loud sobs
Healing a wound
Unfelt at its infliction
Looking for answers
I found you
coying with the same questions.

© Norah Wells 1971

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The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1971).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.

Herz, mein Herz! – Heinrich Heine

Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht bekommen
Und ertrage dein Geschick
Neuer Frühling giebt zurück
Was der Winter dir genommen
Und wie viel ist dir geblieben!
Und wie schön is noch die Welt!
Und mein Herz, was dir gefällt
Alles, alles darfst du lieben.

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The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1971).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.

Unfinished Quartet – Raymond Tester (1952-)

First
Mary went a-fishing on a summer’s day.
She took…

Second
This is a symbol, this is:
No two…

Third
There’s nowt so queer as folks.
Take…

Fourth
And on the bank they came to her,
.. joined

The words are the copyright of Raymond Tester (b.1952). I should like to include them here, but unless someone can put me in touch with him, and I think it is now (2010) too late, I must assume that I do not have his permission to do so. So I only include the first line of each part of the quartet above. The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt. The mp3 was produced using Noteworthy Composer and Myriad (Harmony) Software.

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The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1971).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.

Goe, and catch a falling starre – John Donne

Goe, and catch a falling starre,
Get with child a mandrake’s root,
Tell me, where all past years are,
Or who cleft the Divel’s foot,
Teach me to heare
Mermaids singing
Or to keep envies stinging,
And finde
What winde
Serves to’advance an honest mind.

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Seraphine – Heinrich Heine

Schattenküsse, Schattenliebe,
Schattenleben, wunderbar!
Glaubst du, Narrin alles bliebe
Unverändet, ewig wahr?

Was wir lieblich fest bessessen,
Schwindet hin, wie Träumerein;
Und die Herzen, die vergessen,
Und die Augen schlafen ein.
sie schlafen ein.

Schattenküsse, Schattenliebe,
Schattenleben, wunderbar!
Glaubst du, Narrin alles, alles bliebe
Unverändet, ewig wahr?

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The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1972).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.

Sweetest love – John Donne

Sweetest love, I do not go
For in weariness of thee
Nor in hope the world can show
A fitter love for me
But since that I
Must die at last, ’tis best
to use my self in jest
thus by feigned death to die.

The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1971).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.