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2 About the Composer Matthew Culloton (b. 1976) is a graduate of Concordia College, where he sang in the Concordia Choir under Rene Clausen. He has undertaken additional conducting studies with Paul Nesheim, Bruce Houglum, and Dale Warland, and has served as a member of The Dale Warland Singers. Matthew serves as Artistic Director and Conductor for The Singers – Minnesota Choral Artists, a forty-voice choir based in the Twin Cities. He is also the Director of Choral Activities at Hopkins High School, for which he received the 2003 VocalEssence/ACDA of Minnesota Creative Programming Award. He has served as the Minnesota ACDA Male Choirs Repertoire and Standards Chair since 1999. As a composer, Matthew’s commissions have included works for The Dale Warland Singers, Chanson, and the Minnesota All-State Choirs. Golden Slumbers Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise, Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry, and I will sing you a lullaby. Care you know not, therefore sleep, While I o’er you watch do keep, Sleep, pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby. -Thomas Dekker Sopranos Altos ˙ Ranges: ˙ & ˙ ˙ Performance Considerations: - Oboe or violin may be substituted for flute if necessary, but flute is the preferred instrument. Note that the obbligato instrument alone plays the melody starting in m. 44, for what would be the third verse. - Observe a legato articulation throughout. - Text stress and syllabic stress will help make this supple text more meaningful to the listener. - Starting with the very end of the first verse, the arrangement oscillates between 2and 3-part voicing. Though it is not necessary, a more balanced sound may be achieved by dividing the singers evenly among all sounding notes. Similarly, it is recommended to use a 4-part division in mm. 52-58, with the two soprano parts dividing on the top staff, and the alto parts singing the unison line together on the bottom staff. 6316 ©2006 Kjos Music Press, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California 92117 3 for Harmonia of Hopkins High School (Minnetonka, MN) Golden Slumbers for Treble Chorus (SSA) with Piano (or Harp) Accompaniment and Flute 17th Century English Folk Song arr. Matthew Culloton Thomas Dekker (1572-1632) Flute Sopranos Altos = 90 poco rit. a tempo mp 5 mp slum - 5 Piano (or Harp) unison mp bers kiss your eyes, p - a tempo mp den Smiles 1. Gol poco rit. a - wake you Duration: ca. 2:15 © 2006 Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California 92117 International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. WARNING! This composition is protected by copyright law. To copy or reproduce it by any method is an infringement of the copyright law. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted matter is subject to substantial penalties and assessments for each infringement. 6316 4 10 when you rise, 14 do not 14 pret - ty dar - ling, mp f f and I lul poco rit. will mp cry, a tempo sing a mf div. - la - poco rit. a tempo a tempo by. 18 6316 Sleep, mf 18 10 mf poco rit. mf ©2006 Kjos Music Press, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California 92117
