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{{Editor|Geoff Allan|2016-06-28}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|74|2778}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|Geoff Allan|2016-06-28}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|74|2778}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|First performed by Milborne Port Primary School in 1999.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''The Pied Piper''}} | |||
{{Composer|Geoff Allan}} | {{Composer|Geoff Allan}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Robert Browning}} | {{Lyricist|Robert Browning}} | ||
{{Voicing|4 + solos|SATB Choir Childrens Choir T and B and Child Solos}} | {{Voicing|4 + solos|SATB|Choir Childrens Choir T and B and Child Solos}} | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Cantatas}} | {{Genre|Secular|Cantatas}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|Piano}} | {{Instruments|Piano}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1999}} | |||
{{Pub|2|2016|Revised}} | |||
{{Descr|Secular Cantata for For Children's Choir, SATB (Adult) Choir, Child (Lame Child), Tenor (Piper), Mayor (Baritone). 30 mins in length.}} | |||
SATB (Adult) Choir, | {{#ExtWeb:}} | ||
Child (Lame Child), | |||
Tenor (Piper), | |||
Mayor (Baritone) | |||
30 mins in length | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | {{Text|English| | ||
'''Trebles''' | '''Trebles''' | ||
In Transylvania there's a tribe | In Transylvania there's a tribe | ||
of alien people who ascribe | of alien people who ascribe | ||
the outlandish ways and dress | the outlandish ways and dress | ||
on which their neighbours lay stress, | on which their neighbours lay stress, | ||
to their fathers and mothers having risen | to their fathers and mothers having risen | ||
out of some subterraneous prison | out of some subterraneous prison | ||
out of Hamelin town in Brunswick land, | out of Hamelin town in Brunswick land, | ||
but how or why, they don't understand. | but how or why, they don't understand. | ||
'''SATB''' | '''SATB''' | ||
Hamelin Town's in Brunswick, | Hamelin Town's in Brunswick, | ||
By famous Hanover city; | By famous Hanover city; | ||
The river Weser, deep and wide, | The river Weser, deep and wide, | ||
Washes its wall on the southern side; | Washes its wall on the southern side; | ||
A pleasanter spot you never spied; | A pleasanter spot you never spied; | ||
never spied; | never spied; | ||
But, five hundred years ago, | But, five hundred years ago, | ||
To see the townsfolk suffer so | To see the townsfolk suffer so | ||
From vermin, was a pity. | From vermin, was a pity. | ||
'''Trebles''' | '''Trebles''' | ||
Rats! Rats! Rats! | Rats! Rats! Rats! | ||
They fought the dogs and cats, | They fought the dogs and cats, | ||
And ate the cheeses out of the vats, | And ate the cheeses out of the vats, | ||
Split open the kegs of sprats, | Split open the kegs of sprats, | ||
Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, | Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, | ||
And spoiled women's chats | And spoiled women's chats | ||
By drowning their speaking | By drowning their speaking | ||
With shrieking and squeaking | With shrieking and squeaking | ||
In fifty sharps and flats. | In fifty sharps and flats. | ||
By drowning their speaking | By drowning their speaking | ||
With shrieking and squeaking | With shrieking and squeaking | ||
In fifty sharps and flats. | In fifty sharps and flats. | ||
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'''MAYOR''' | '''MAYOR''' | ||
"What's that? Come in!" | "What's that? Come in!" | ||
'''TREBLES''' | '''TREBLES''' | ||
The Mayor he cried, loo-king big-ger: | The Mayor he cried, loo-king big-ger: | ||
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The tall man and his quaint at-tire. | The tall man and his quaint at-tire. | ||
He ad-vanced to the coun-cil ta-ble: | He ad-vanced to the coun-cil ta-ble: | ||
I | '''PIED PIPER - Tenor''' | ||
To please, your honours I am able, | |||
with secret charm, which is no fable to draw | |||
All creatures 'neath the sun, | |||
That creep or swim or fly or run, | |||
After me as you never saw! | |||
I chiefly use my charm | |||
On creatures that all do people harm, | |||
The mole and toad the newt and viper; | |||
and people call me the Pied Piper. | |||
Yes people call me the Pied Piper | |||
Yet, As for what your brain bewilders, | |||
'''SATB''' | If I can rid your town of rats | ||
A scant one thousand? | Will you give me a thousand guilders?}} | ||
No no no far too few | {{mdl|3}} | ||
No no no far too few | {{Text|Simple| | ||
far too few far too few | '''SATB''' | ||
A scant one thousand? | |||
No no no far too few | |||
No no no far too few | |||
far too few far too few | |||
Full fifty thousand we'd pay you! | Full fifty thousand we'd pay you! | ||
we'd pay you! Yes Yes Yes we'd pay you | we'd pay you! Yes Yes Yes we'd pay you | ||
Yes Yes Yes we'd pay you | Yes Yes Yes we'd pay you | ||
Yes Yes Yes! | Yes Yes Yes! | ||
Yes Yes Yes! | Yes Yes Yes! | ||
Yes Yes Yes! | Yes Yes Yes! | ||
Full fifty thousand guilder | Full fifty thousand guilder | ||
we would gladly pay to you! | we would gladly pay to you! | ||
'''SATB''' | '''SATB''' | ||
Into the street the Piper stept, | Into the street the Piper stept, | ||
Smiling first a little smile, | Smiling first a little smile, | ||
As if he knew what magic slept | As if he knew what magic slept | ||
In his quiet pipe the while; | In his quiet pipe the while; | ||
And ere three notes the pipe had uttered, | And ere three notes the pipe had uttered, | ||
You heard as if an army muttered; | You heard as if an army muttered; | ||
'''Trebles''' | '''Trebles''' | ||
And the muttering grew to a grumbling; | And the muttering grew to a grumbling; | ||
And the grumbling grew to a rumbling; | And the grumbling grew to a rumbling; | ||
Grumbling Rumbling Muttering Stuttering | Grumbling Rumbling Muttering Stuttering | ||
Muttering Stuttering Grumbling Rumbling | Muttering Stuttering Grumbling Rumbling | ||
Out of the houses the rats came tumbling. | Out of the houses the rats came tumbling. | ||
out of the houses the rats came tumbling. | out of the houses the rats came tumbling. | ||
Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawn rats, | Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawn rats, | ||
Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawn rats, | Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawn rats, | ||
Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, | Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, | ||
Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, | Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, | ||
Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, | Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, | ||
Families by tens and dozens, | Families by tens and dozens, | ||
Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives | Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives | ||
Followed the Piper for their lives. | Followed the Piper for their lives. | ||
From street to street he piped advancing, | From street to street he piped advancing, | ||
Step by step they followed dancing, | Step by step they followed dancing, | ||
'til they came to rivers border, | 'til they came to rivers border, | ||
Wherein all plunged and drowned in order. | Wherein all plunged and drowned in order. | ||
Wherein all plunged and drowned in order. | Wherein all plunged and drowned in order. | ||
'''SATB''' | '''SATB''' | ||
You should have heard the Hamelin people | You should have heard the Hamelin people | ||
Ring the bells and rock the steeple | Ring the bells and rock the steeple | ||
Dong Bell | Dong Bell | ||
Ding a Ding a Bell | Ding a Ding a Bell | ||
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong bell | Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong bell | ||
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong | Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong | ||
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong | Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong | ||
You should have heard the Hamelin people | You should have heard the Hamelin people | ||
Ringing the bells till they rocked the steeple. | Ringing the bells till they rocked the steeple. | ||
Ding Dong | Ding Dong | ||
When suddenly, up the face | When suddenly, up the face | ||
Of the Piper perked in the marketplace, | Of the Piper perked in the marketplace, | ||
With a | With a | ||
'''PIED PIPER''' | '''PIED PIPER''' | ||
"First, if you please, my thousand guilders!" | "First, if you please, my thousand guilders!" | ||
'''SA''' | '''SA''' | ||
A thousand guilders! The Mayor looked blue. | A thousand guilders! The Mayor looked blue. | ||
'''TB''' | '''TB''' | ||
So did the corporation too. | So did the corporation too. | ||
'''MAYOR''' | '''MAYOR''' | ||
"Beside," | "Beside," | ||
'''SA''' | '''SA''' | ||
quoth the Mayor with a knowing wink, | quoth the Mayor with a knowing wink, | ||
'''MAYOR''' | '''MAYOR''' | ||
"Our bus'ness was ended at river's brink; | "Our bus'ness was ended at river's brink; | ||
We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, | We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, | ||
So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink | So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink | ||
From duty of giving you something for drink, | From duty of giving you something for drink, | ||
A matter of money to put in your poke | A matter of money to put in your poke | ||
But as for the guilders, of them, what we spoke, | But as for the guilders, of them, what we spoke, | ||
As you very well know, now that was a joke. | As you very well know, now that was a joke. | ||
Besides, our losses have now made us thrifty. | Besides, our losses have now made us thrifty. | ||
A thousand guilders! Come man take fifty!" | A thousand guilders! Come man take fifty!" | ||
'''SA''' | '''SA''' | ||
The Piper's face fell, and loudly he cried, | The Piper's face fell, and loudly he cried, | ||
'''PIED PIPER''' | '''PIED PIPER''' | ||
"No trifling O Mayor, I can't wait, beside! | "No trifling O Mayor, I can't wait, beside! | ||
Those Folks who now put me in a passion | Those Folks who now put me in a passion | ||
May find me pipe after another fashion." | May find me pipe after another fashion." | ||
'''TB''' | '''TB''' | ||
Then loud cried the Mayor, | Then loud cried the Mayor, | ||
'''MAYOR''' | '''MAYOR''' | ||
"You threaten us, fellow? Go on do your worst, | "You threaten us, fellow? Go on do your worst, | ||
Go play your tunes piper until your cheeks burst!" | Go play your tunes piper until your cheeks burst!"}} | ||
{{mdl|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
'''SATB''' | |||
Once more he stept into the street, | |||
And to his lips once again, | |||
Laid his long pipe of smooth straight cane; | |||
Yes to his lips again | |||
He laid his pipe of smoothest cane; | |||
smoothest cane; | |||
''' | '''Trebles''' | ||
There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling | |||
Merry crowds all justling and hustling; | |||
Rustling bustling justling hustling | |||
Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, | |||
Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering, | |||
Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering, | |||
And, like fowls in a farmyard when barley is scattering, | |||
Out came the children running. | |||
Tripping and skipping, merrily after | |||
The wonderful music with shouting and laughter. | |||
'''SATB''' | |||
The Mayor was dumb, and the Council stood | |||
As if they were changed into blocks of wood, | |||
Unable to move a step, or cry | |||
To the children who were skipping by, | |||
Could only follow with the eye | |||
The piper turned from the High Street | |||
To where the Weser rolled its waters | |||
Right in the way of their sons and daughters! | |||
However, he turned from South to West, | |||
And to Koppelberg Hill his steps addressed, | |||
And after him the children pressed | |||
'''Trebles''' | |||
When, lo, as they reached the mountain side, | |||
A wondrous portal opened wide, | |||
As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed, | |||
The Piper lead and the children followed, | |||
When all were in to the very last, | |||
The door in the mountain side shut fast. | |||
Yes when all the children were in to the last, | |||
That dark door in mountain side shut tightly fast. | |||
'''SA''' | |||
Did I say all? No! one was lame, | |||
And could not dance the whole of the way; | |||
In after years, was used to say, | |||
'''SOLO CHILD''' | |||
"It's dull in our town since my playmates left! | |||
I can't forget that I'm bereft | |||
The music stopped and I stood still, | |||
And found myself outside the hill, | |||
And | Left alone against my will, | ||
To go now limping as before, | |||
And I will hear of my friends no more!" | |||
The | '''SATB''' | ||
The Mayor sent East, West, North and South | |||
To offer the Piper, by word of mouth, | |||
Wherever it was men's lot to find him, | |||
And | Silver and gold to his heart's content, | ||
If he'd only return the way he went, | |||
And bring the children behind him. | |||
'''SATB''' | '''SATB''' | ||
Alas, alas for Hamelin! | |||
Alas Alas Alas | |||
There came into many a burgher's pate | |||
A text which says that heaven's gate | |||
Opes to the rich at such easy rate | |||
And | As the needle's eye takes a camel in! | ||
And opposite the place of the cavern | |||
They wrote the story on a column, | |||
And on the great church window painted | |||
The same, to make the world acquainted | |||
How their children were stolen away, | |||
And there it stands to this very day. | |||
''' | '''Trebles ''' | ||
In Transylvania there's a tribe | |||
of alien people who ascribe | |||
the outlandish ways and dress | |||
on which their neighbours lay stress, | |||
to their fathers and mothers having risen | |||
out of some subterraneous prison | |||
out of Hamelin town in Brunswick land, | |||
and now we think you understand.}} | |||
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- Editor: Geoff Allan (submitted 2016-06-28). Score information: A4, 74 pages, 2.71 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: First performed by Milborne Port Primary School in 1999.
General Information
Title: The Pied Piper
Composer: Geoff Allan
Lyricist: Robert Browning
Number of voices: 4 + solosvv Voicing: Choir Childrens Choir T and B and Child Solos
Genre: Secular, Cantata
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1999
2nd published: 2016 Revised
Description: Secular Cantata for For Children's Choir, SATB (Adult) Choir, Child (Lame Child), Tenor (Piper), Mayor (Baritone). 30 mins in length.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text Trebles |
SATB |
SATB |