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- CPDL #7876:
PDF file available.
- Editor: Drew Collins (added 2004-09-17). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- CPDL #6775: Sibelius Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available.
- Editor: John D. Smith (added 2004-02-20). Score information: A4, 4 pages, kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer, some scores are also available as PDF files.
- CPDL #6499: PDF and MIDI files available.
- Editor: Ted Dean (added 2004-01-15). Score information: A4, 4 pages, kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: transposed up a half step, and alto parts placed on separate staves.
- CPDL #5585: PDF, MIDI and Noteworthy Composer files available.
- Editor: Marco-cipoo.net (added 2003-10-02). Score information: 4 pages, kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: listed alphabetically by composer
- CPDL #399:
Finale-1998
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 1999-02-03). Score information: 4 pages, 196 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: piano reduction, (revised 3/9/03, error in piano part)
General Information
Title: The Blue Bird
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB or Soprano solo and SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsongs
Language: English
Instruments: none, piano reduction
Published:
Description: A note from Robert Nottingham:
- Some of the editions on this page are scored for SATB, and some for Soprano solo and SATB where the sopranos take the 1st alto part and the altos take the second alto part. I have sung The Blue Bird in both ways but I personally prefer the latter scoring. Any enlightenment as to how Stanford intended the work to be performed would be welcomed on the discussion page.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
- The lake lay blue below the hill.
- O'er it, as I looked, there flew
- Across the waters, cold and still,
- A bird whose wings were palest blue.
- The sky above was blue at last,
- The sky beneath me blue in blue.
- A moment, ere the bird had passed,
- It caught his image as he flew.
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)
German translation
- Der See bei dem Hügel war schimmerndes Blau;
- Darüber zog friedlich auf luftiger Spur,
- weit über die Wasser, die ruhig und flau,
- ein Vogel mit Flügeln so blau wie Azur.
- Der Himmel darüber war blaues Gewand,
- der Himmel darunter blau-spiegelnder Schein;
- Für einen Moment, eh' der Vogel entschwand,
- fing kurz dessen Abbild im Fluge er ein.
- Poetic translation released under the CPDL license by Jan-Frerk Burmester. The translator would appreciate feedback if you use his translations - please email: jf.burmester(a)web.de