Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars

Bob Chilcott 

Jussi Chydenius 

2 

Sun, Moon, Sea, 

and Stars 

8 contemporary pieces for mixed voices

Bob Chilcott 

Jussi Chydenius 

Sun, Moon, Sea, 

and Stars 

for online perusal only 

8 contemporary pieces for mixed voices 

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First published 2013 

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Preface 

We are both lucky to have sung in world-class vocal groups: The 

King’s Singers and Rajaton. When you have sung in groups such 

as these—made up of six voices—the sound of interlocking vocal 

textures and richly coloured harmony never leaves you. Both of us 

have been strongly influenced by the vocal group ‘sound’, and we 

have inevitably incorporated a great deal of the rhythmic impulse and 

harmonic language of small-group singing into our pieces. 

In this book we have tried to capture a bit of this feeling in eight new 

songs, designed to be sung either by a small group or by a choir. Our 

hope is that these songs, with opportunities for improvisation and jazz 

combo or band accompaniment, are flexible enough to allow groups to 

personalize them, while incorporating into their repertoire a little of the 

style and sound that has been so important to us. 


Bob Chilcott and Jussi Chydenius 

January 2013

Contents 

Composers’ Notes 5 

Come back! Bob Chilcott 6 

Tonight Jussi Chydenius 12 

My Heart’s Friend Bob Chilcott 22 

Deep in the night Jussi Chydenius 30 


Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars Bob Chilcott 41 

On a Windy Day Jussi Chydenius 52 

She walks in beauty Bob Chilcott 60 

The Sound of the Sea Jussi Chydenius 71 

Each piece in this anthology is available 

separately as a digital download

Composers’ Notes 

I have set a great deal of Native American poetry over the years, and 

My Heart’s Friend is one of the most well known and personal of these. 

I stole the piano introduction from an arrangement of a Jimmy Webb 

song that I made for The King’s Singers and Richard Rodney Bennett a 

number of years ago, and I tried to incorporate the feeling of a Jimmy 

Webb song into the melody line. Come back! sets my own words, 

but the inspiration came from a Seminole poem entitled ‘Song for the 

Dying’. 

I have always been a great admirer of the French musician Michel 

Legrand, and I particularly love his ‘Once upon a summertime’, to 

lyrics by Johnny Mercer. I tried to reflect his bittersweet style in Sun, 

Moon, Sea, and Stars, and I imagined it sung by The King’s Singers. I 

have given a contemporary twist to the Lord Byron poem She walks in 

beauty, which includes the opportunity for a bit of vocal improvisation, 

and as with a few of the pieces in this collection, the accompaniment 

is flexible. 

I have never been a musical purist, and I hope that these songs 

will give the opportunity for the singers to use their creativity and 

stylistic flair. 

Bob Chilcott 


I am a hopeless romantic and an utterly text-oriented composer. For me, 

composing without a touching poem is like riding a bicycle with a flat 

tyre—you move forward, but it’s slow and certainly not fun. 

On a Windy Day was the first piece I wrote for this collection, 

and it sets a beautiful poem by Anne Brontë. I wanted to keep the 

piano accompaniment simple, to match the style of the ballad, which 

should be performed with a wide dynamic range. Tonight is a love 

song that sounds to me as if it could appear in a French film—very 

romantic but a bit melancholic. Choirs should feel free to alter 

the scat syllables in my a cappella pieces. If you would rather use 

‘bm’ than ‘dm’ or ‘doo’ than ‘oo’, then do it! 

I was haunted by the poem Deep in the night by Sara Teasdale, 

and I felt it needed to be set to music. The downward chromatic 

melody in the tenors is the harmonic key to this piece, but the emphasis 

should be on the text and the tightness of the rhythms—make it funky 

but poetic. The Sound of the Sea is the ‘biggest’ of my four pieces, 

with piano and optional bass and drums accompaniment, and the 

opportunity for choirs to exploit their full dynamic range. 

Jussi Chydenius

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

*PIANO 

4 

TENOR 

BASS 

 

 

 

T./B. 

 

S. 

A. 

T./B. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- fore 

Lively q = c.112 

for David Lawrence and CBSO Young Voices 

Come back! 

 

© Oxford University Press 2013. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL. 

Words and music by 

BOB CHILCOTT 

(b. 1955) 

 

 

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Come back, come back, come 

you get to the foot of the stairs, Be - 

*Bars 1–4 (and all repetitions) should be played as written. Elsewhere, the piano part may be performed ad lib. An optional bass 

and drum kit part is available in PDF form as a free download from the publisher’s website. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(1884–1933) 

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

TENOR 

BASS 

for 

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only 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The 

JUSSI CHYDENIUS 

(b. 1972) 

moon is a 

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a curv ing 

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dm dm dm dm dm dm 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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for Tim and Natalie 

My Heart’s Friend 

Mary Austin (abridged) 

(1868–1934) 

BOB CHILCOTT 

(b. 1955) 

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

 

 

Moderate, easy feel q = c.76 

 

 

TENOR 

BASS 

 

 

 

 

Moderate, easy feel q = c.76 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIANO 

 

 

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con Ped. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fair is the white star of twi - light, 

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At the day’s end, the day’s end; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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mp dolce 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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she is dear - er, 

She, my 

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heart’s friend. She 

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White 

 

star, 

 

 

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And the moon rov - ing To the sky’s 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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end, the sky’s end; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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risoluto 

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friend. 

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bet-ter 

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Sara Teasdale 

(1884–1933) 

SOPRANO 

Deep in the night 

With a groove, yet profound e = c.120 

 

 


(b. 1972) 

 

 

 

 

 

ALTO 

TENOR 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BASS 

 

 

 

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the stars he flew, 

 

 

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keen as pain was his call to fol - low 

 

 

 

deep in the night, deep in the night, deep in the night, 

 

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mp 

 

Love in my heart is a 

 

 

 

 

 

deep in the night, deep in the night, deep 

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deep in the night. 

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in the night the cry of a swal - low, 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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un- der the stars he flew, keen as pain was his 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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call to fol -low 

o - ver the world to you. 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Deep in the night,


37 

55 

 

 

 

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Love 

mf 

Love 

mf 

in my heart is a cry for -ev 

- er lost as the swal - low’s flight, 

 



 

 

 

Love 

mf 

deep 



 

 

in the night, deep in the night, deep in the night, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

58 

 

 

 

 

seek 

- ing for you and ne - ver, ne - ver 

 

 

 


 

 

seek 

- ing for you and ne - ver, ne - ver 

 

 

 

seek - ing for you and ne - ver, ne - ver 

 

 

 

 

 


38 


61 

 

S. 

 

stilled by the stars at 

A. 1 

 

 

stilled by the stars at night, 

A. 2 

T. 

 

 


 

 

 

stilled 

 

 

 

B. 

by the stars at night, 

 

 

deep in the night, deep in the night, 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64 

 

 

 

night, 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

stilled by the stars at night, stilled by the stars at 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


67 

 

 

 

 


stagger breathing 

 

 

night, stilled by the stars at night, 


 

 

 

 

 

stilled by the stars at 

 

 

 

 

 


39 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70 

 

 

 

mp 

 

 

 

 

night, 

f 

 

 

 

f 

mp 

night, 

mp 


night, 

mp 

f 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

night, 

mp 

 

deep in the night, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp

40 


S. 

74 

 

 

 

p 

night. 

 

A. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

night, 

 

T. 

 

 

 

night, 

B. 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

77 poco rit. 

 

 

p 

mp 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

night, 

p 

mp 

night. 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

night, 

p 

 

deep 

in the night, deep in the night, 

 

night. 

 

 

 

 

night. 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

poco rit.

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

for Kate 

Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars 

Gentle but with rhythmic impulse q = c.69 

pp 

Words and music by 

BOB CHILCOTT 

(b. 1955) 

 

 

 

41 

TENOR 1 

†TENOR 2 

BASS 

 

 

oo 

pp 

 

oo 

pp 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

oo 

oo 

oo 

 

for 

rehearsal 

only 

 

 

 

Gentle but with rhythmic impulse q = c.69 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pp 

 

 

 

 

4 

 

SOLO BARITONE 

p 

 

 

You and I will touch the sun and 

 

 

S. 

A. 

T. 1 

T. 2 

 

 

 

 


 

 

oo 

B. 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The keyboard reduction does not include the solo baritone part. †Alternatively, this part may be sung by Bass 1. 


42 


6 

 

 

 

hold it in our hand. You and I will pierce the sky like 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

oo 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 

 

 

 

 

mp 

rain -drops 

in the sand. And 

 

 

when the sun - light shows its face it’s 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

when 

p 

when 

the sun - light 

 

 

the sun - light 

 

 

 

p 

 

sun 

- - 

 

 

light 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p


43 

10 

 

 

 

 

 

on 

- ly plain to see you’re sun, moon, sea, and stars to me. 

face, 

you’re sun, moon, sea, 

 

 

shows its face, 

moon, 

 

shows 

 

its 

face, 

 

 

 

 

face, 

sun, 

 

 

sun, 

moon, 

and 

moon, 

shows its face, sun, moon, to 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 

 

 

You and I will reach the moon and 


stars, 

 

 

stars. 

 

 

 

 

stars to me. 

stars. 

 

stars to me. 

me. 

oo 

oo 

 

 

oo 

 

oo

44 


14 

 

 

 

You 

 

 

keep it in our sight. You and I will gent - ly fly like 


Will 

gent 

I, 

- ly fly, 

 

 

 

You and I, oo 

 

 

 

oo 

oo 

 

will 

 

 

 

oo 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 

 

 

 

moon-beams 

in the night. And when the moon - light shows its face it’s 

 

 

gent - ly 

fly, when 

mp 

the moon - light 

gent - ly fly, 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when 

mp 

 

moon 

 

 

mp 

the moon - light 

- - 

 

 

 

 

light


45 

18 

 

 

 

 

 

on 

- ly plain to see you’re sun, moon, sea, and stars to me. 

face, 

 

 

shows its 

 

shows 

 

its 

face, 

face, 

 

 

 

 

face, 

you’re sun, moon, stars. 

sun, 

stars. 

stars. 

 

 

shows its face, sun, stars. 

 

stars. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 

 

 

p 

oo 

mf 

You and I 

 

 

 

mp 

 

 

will 


will 

oo 

p 

 

 


 

 

 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

You and I, 

 

 

 

oo 

p 

 

oo 


mp 

 

You 

and I will 

 

will 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp

46 

23 

 

 

 

 

sail the o cean 

 

 

 

 

sail the o cean. 

 

 

25 

f 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wan - der with the tide. And 

 

 

wan 

 

 

wan 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

- wide. You and I will 

 

 

sail the o - cean. You and I 

will 

the o - cean wide. 

You and I, 

 

 

 

 

 

sail the o - cean wide. You and I will 

 

- You and I will 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as the waves go roll - ing by for - 

mf 

 

- der with the tide. 

ah 

with 

the tide. 

ah 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wan - der with the tide. ah 

mf 

 

 

- der with the tide. 

ah 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 


27 

 

 

- ev 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

- er you will be like sun, moon, sea, and stars to me, 

 

 

sun, moon, stars to 

47 

 

 

 

 

 

sun, 

 

moon, stars to 

 

 

 

 

sun, moon, stars to 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 

 

 

 

poco rit. 

a tempo 

mp 

 

 

to 

 

me. 

 

me. 

 

pp 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

me, 

 

to 

me. 

pp 

 

 

 

oo 

me. 

 

 

me. 

pp 

 

oo 

 

poco rit. 

a tempo 

 

 

pp

48 


31 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

oo 

 

oo 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34 

p 

 

 

You 

and I will catch a star and cra - dle it with love. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

oo

36 

Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars 49 

mp 

 

You and I will see it shine for - ev - er up a - bove. 

And 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38 

 

 

 

with the star - light look - ing down it’s on - ly plain to see you’re 

mp 

down, 

you’re 

 

with 

the star - light look - ing 

mp 

 

the star - light look - ing 

down, 

down, 

 

 

with 

down, 

 

 

mp 

 

star 

 

 

 

- - light look - ing down, 

 

 

 

 

 

mp

50 

40 


 

sun, moon, stars. 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sun, moon, sea, and stars to me. 

stars. 

stars. 

poco rit. 

sun, 

p 

 

 

 

 

stars. 

sun, stars. oo 

And 

poco rit. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

oo 

p 

 

p 

And 

 

 

 

 

And 

 

 

 


42 

 

a little slower and freer 

 

 

p 

You’re 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with the star - light look - ing down 

it’s on - ly plain to see, 

 

 

 

 

with the star - light look - ing down it’s on - ly plain to see, 

 

 

 

 

 

with the star - light look - ing down it’s on - ly plain to see, 

 

a little slower and freer

poco rit. 

 

sun, 

 

Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars 51 

44 

 

 

 

sun, moon, sea, and stars to me. 

moon, 

sea, 


stars. 

sun, 

moon, 

stars. 

sun, 

 

 

 

 

sun, 

poco rit. 

 

 

moon, 

moon, 

stars. 

 

 

 

 

stars. 

sun, moon, stars. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


46 slower 

rit. 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

oo 

pp 

 

 

 

oo 

 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

slower 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rit. 

 

 

 

 

 

pp

52 

Anne Brontë 

(1820–49) 

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

On a Windy Day 

Steadily and with emotion h = c.50 

 

 

 


(b. 1972) 

 

 

TENOR 

BASS 

 

 

 

 

 

Steadily and with emotion h = c.50 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIANO 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

con Ped. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 

 

 

 


oo 

pp 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

pp 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An optional bass and drum kit part is available in PDF form as a free download from the publisher’s website. 



53 

9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unis. p 

3 

 

 

My soul is 

a 

- wa - kened, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S./A. 

13 

 

 

3 

3 

 

 

 

my spi-rit 

is 

soar - ing 

and car-ried 

a - loft on the wings of the 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

17 

 

 

 

breeze, and car-ried 

a - loft on the wings of the

54 


S./A. 

21 

 

 

 

 

p 

S. 

A. 

 

 

 

 

T. 

B. 

breeze; 

 

 

 

 

 

for 

p 

a-bove 

and a - round me 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 

 

3 

 

 

 

3 

the wild wind is roar ing, 

 

 

3 

- a 

 

 

 

 

3 

3 

 

3 

- rous - ing to rap-ture 

the 

3 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28 

 

3 

 

3 

earth and the seas, a - rous ing 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

3 

3 

 

3 

- to rap-ture 

the 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

3

32 

 

 

 

 

 

 

earth and the 

 

 

 

 

36 

 

3 

 

3 

in the sun-shine 

is glanc 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

seas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f 

 

The 

 

f 

 

 

f 

 

3 

3 


long with-ered 

grass 

mf legato 

LH 

mf 

The 

- ing, 

the 

3 3 

long with - ered grass in the sun-shine 

is 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

glanc 

- 

 

 

 

 

ing, 

55 

 

 

sim. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39 

 

3 

 

 

3 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

bare trees are 

 

 

 

 

3 

3 

toss - ing their 

 

branch 

 

 

f 

- es on high;

56 

42 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the 

 

 

 

 

3 

3 

dead leaves be - neath them are 

 

 

 

3 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45 

 

3 

3 

3 

 

3 

3 

3 

mer - ri - ly danc - ing, 

the white clouds are scud 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

3 

 

 

-ding 

a - 

3 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

48 

 

 

 


 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

- cross the blue sky, 

a - cross the blue 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sky. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp

52 

 

 

 


oo 

pp 

 

 

 

57 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

 

Fine 

 

oo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S./A. 

61 

 

 

SOPRANOS & ALTOS 

unis. p 

3 

 

 

I 

wish 

I could 

 

see how the o-cean 

is 

3 

 

 

lash - ing 

the 

 

 

pp

S./A. 

58 

65 


 

3 

 

 

foam of its bil-lows 

to whirl - winds of spray, 

 

T./B. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the 

unis. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

69 

 

3 

 

foam of its bil -lows 

to whirl winds 

 

 

- of spray; 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. 

A. 

73 

 

 

pp 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

T. 

B. 

 

 

 

 

I 

wish 

3 

I could 

3 

 

 

pp 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

Ped. 

 

3 

see how its proud waves are 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

76 

 

3 

3 

3 

 

 

3 

3 

3 

dash - ing, 

and hear the wild roar of their thun - der to 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp 

 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp 

 

 

3 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

 


 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

59 

- 

 

3 

3 

 

3 

3 

- day, and hear the wild 

 

 

 

79 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

roar of their 

3 

 

 

 

 

3 

 

 

 

 

 

82 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

f 

Repeat al Fine 

 

 

 

thun 

 

 

 

- der to 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- 

day! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f 

 

 

The 

Repeat al Fine 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f

60 

Lord Byron 

(1788–1824) 

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

 

 

 

for Bruce Rogers and Mt. San Antonio College Singcopation 

She walks in beauty 

Soft and still, but with a beat q = c.76 

 

BOB CHILCOTT 

(b. 1955) 

TENOR 

BASS 

 

 

 

Soft and still, but with a beat q = c.76 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*PIANO 

 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 

 

 

 

 

 

7 

 

 

 

Of cloud less 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unis. pp 


She walks in beau - ty, 

like the night 

unis. 

pp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- climes and star - ry skies; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

*The piano part may be performed ad lib. An optional bass and drum kit part is available in PDF form as a free download from 

the publisher’s website.


61 

9 

 

 

 

And all that’s best of dark and bright 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 

 

 

 

 

Meet in her as - pect and her eyes: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

13 

 

 

p 

 

 

Thus 

p 

 

 

mel-lowed 

to that ten - der light Which 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

62 

15 


 

 

 

 

heav’n to gau -dy 

day de - nies. 

Shewalks in 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 

 

S. 

 

 

 

A. 

beau-ty, 

shewalks in beau-ty, 

T. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pp 

pp 

 

 

pp 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

B. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

unis. p 

 

One shade the more, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p


63 

22 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She walks in beau 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- ty, 

mm 

 

 

one ray the less, Had half im-paired 

the name-less 

grace 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oo 

 

 

Which waves in ev - ’ry 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

26 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

she walks in beau - ty, 

mm 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ra 

 

- ven tress, Or soft - ly light - ens o’er her face;

64 

28 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. 

p 

oo 

B. p 

mp 

Where 

mp 

 

 

thoughts se - rene - ly 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sweet 

30 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

place. 

 

 

ex 

- press 

How 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How 

 

 

 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 


p 

pure, how 

 

pure, 

how 

 

 

 

 

She walks in 

She 

 

dear 

their dwell 

dear their dwell - 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- 

ing 

ing 

beau - ty, 

mm 

walks in beau - ty,


65 

T./B. 

34 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

she walks in beau - ty. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unis. p 

 

 

 

 

 

And on that cheek, and o’er that 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38 

 

 

brow, 

So soft, so calm, yet e - lo - quent, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


S. 

A. 

T./B. 

66 

40 


 

 

 

 

 

 

The smiles that win, the 

T. 

 

 

 

 

 

B. mp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

42 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tints that glow, But tell of days in good -ness 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44 

 

 

 

 

 

spent, 

A mind at peace with 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp 


46 

She walks in beauty 67 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

all be - low, 

A heart whose love is 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in - no - cent, 

in - no - cent, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in - no -cent. 

She walks in beau ty, 

p 

 

p 

 

She walks in beau-ty, 

in -no 

- cent. 

She walks in beau ty, 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

- 

p 

She walks in

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

68 

52 


 

 

 


 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

beau - ty, 

she walks in 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54 

 

* 

 

 


mm 

* 

 

 


* 

 

 

 


 

 

 

* 

 

 

 

 

beau - ty, 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


*This repeat can be taken any number of times, at the performers’ discretion. The vocal lines can be embellished ad lib. or sung 

as written.


69 

56 

 

 

 

 

 


walks in 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

walks in beau ty, 

 

 

 

 

 


walks in beau - ty, in 

mm she walks in beau - ty, walks in 

- she walks in beau - ty, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

58 

 

 

beau - ty, 

† 

 

she 

pp 

walks 

in beau - ty, 

mm 

 

beau - ty, walks in beau 

 

 

beau 

- 

ty, 

† 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

†Diminuendo last time only. 

 

† 

† 

† 

- ty, 



 

 

pp 

pp 

pp 

pp 

 

 

she walks in beau - ty,

70 

60 


 

 

 

 

shewalks in beau - ty, 

walks in 

 

shewalks in beau - ty, 

walks in beau - ty, in 

 

 

 

 

mm she walks in beau -ty, 

walks in 

 

 

 

 

walks in beau - ty, 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62 rit. 

slower 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beau - ty, 


 

 

 

beau - ty, 


 

 

 

beau - ty, 


 

 

 

 

 


rit. 

slower 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

(1807–82) 

The Sound of the Sea 

71 


(b. 1972) 

SOPRANO 

ALTO 

 

Expressively q = c.140 

 

TENOR 

BASS 

PIANO 

 

 

Expressively q = c.140 

 

mf 

 

 

 

con Ped. 

 

 

unis. mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 


T./B. 

5 

 

sea 

 

 

 

 

 

a-woke 

at mid - night from its 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 

 

S./A. 

unis. mf 

 

T./B. 

 

 

sleep, 

 

 

mp 

 

sleep, 

 

 

And 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An optional bass and drum kit part is available in PDF form as a free download from the publisher’s website. 


 

 

mp

72 


13 

 

S. 

 

A. 

round the peb - bly beach - es far and 

T. 

 

 

B. 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 

p 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

wide, 

far and wide I 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

heard the first wave of the ris - ing tide Rush 

mp 

 

 

 

 

I heard the first wave of the ris - ing tide 

 

 

mp 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



73 

25 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on - ward with un - in - ter - rupt - ed sweep. 

 

 

rush on - ward with un - in - ter - rupt - ed sweep. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 mf 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So comes to us at times, from the un-known 

And 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

p 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

32 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in ac - ces - si-ble 

so-li-tudes 

of be - ing, 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in-ac 

- ces - si-ble 

so-li-tudes 

The rush ing 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

- of the sea-

74 

36 


p 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sea - tides of the soul; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- tides of the soul; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39 p 

f 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And in - spi-ra- tions, that we deem our own, Are some di -vine 

fore - 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

f 

fore - 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p 

 

 

f 

 

 

 

 

 

42 

 

 

 

 

 

- shad-ow 

-ing 

Of things be-yond 

our rea - son or con - 

 

 

 

 

- shad-ow 

ing and fore - see - ing 

 

 

 

 

 

 



75 

46 

 

 

 

- trol. 

 

 

 

rea 

-son 

or con 

- 

 

trol. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

51 

 

 

mf 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


A 

mf 

voice out of the si 

 

 

 

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Drawing together two composers long associated with contemporary vocal music, 

Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars presents eight original and exciting pieces by Bob Chilcott and 

Jussi Chydenius. Setting celebrated American and English poetry, as well as speciallywritten 

texts by Chilcott, this collection examines themes of nature, the elements, eternity, 

and love. The timeless character of the words is explored through a wide range of popular 

musical styles, including rock grooves, reflective ballads, and exuberant encores. With a 

cappella and accompanied pieces, optional bass and drum kit parts, and a variety of SATB 

textures, Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars provides an array of compelling concert material for 

today’s audiences. 

Optional bass and drum kit parts for four of the pieces are available as free PDF downloads 

from the OUP website. 

Photo: © Vicky Alhadeff 

Bob Chilcott has been involved with choral music all his life, first as a Chorister 

and then a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge. Later, he sang and 

composed music for twelve years with The King’s Singers. His experiences with 

that group, his passionate commitment to young and amateur choirs, and his 

profound belief that music can unite people, have inspired him both to compose 

full-time and, through proactive workshopping, to promote choral music 

worldwide. 

Photo: © Ville Paul Paasimaa 

Finnish composer Jussi Chydenius combines a traditional choral sound 

with influences from pop and jazz to create works that are fresh, vibrant, and 

accessible. His interest in popular musical styles stems from his experience as 

a drummer in various bands, including the platinum-selling rock group Don 

Huonot, and he is best known as the bass singer and composer in the a cappella 

sextet Rajaton. Chydenius has published a number of acclaimed choral works, 

which are performed by choirs and vocal ensembles throughout Europe and 

North America. 

Also published by Oxford University Press 

Bob Chilcott: Sky (ISBN 978-0-19-335944-4) 

Bob Chilcott: The Isle is Full of Noises (ISBN 978-0-19-335542-2) 

Jussi Chydenius: Autumn (ISBN 978-0-19-336885-9) 

Jussi Chydenius: I am the great sun (ISBN 978-0-19-336882-8) 

Cover illustration: Two Moons Over Southampton/Pat Culler/The Bridgeman Art Library/Getty Images.

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