The Sky Above The Roof Verlaine

For voice and piano.

The sky above the roof verlaine.

My god how simple it were if life were sweet. What have you done o you that weep. The bell in the sky we see is softly ringing. The rendering should called after verlaine.

A life is here simple and fair murmurs of strife are here lost in the air why dost thou weep o heart poured out in tears. The sky above the roof so blue so soft. A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest. The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street.

This peaceful sound comes from the town. Above the roof the sky s so blue so calm. The sky above the roof. Above the roof a tree waves its leaves.

To compress the poem more into pure sounds we cut the tetrameter to a trimeter. On the tree we see a bird singing its sad song. Text from the poem le ciel est pardessus le toit by paul verlaine 1844 1896. The sky blue smiles above the roof its tenderest.

Translated by mabel dearmer. What have you done o you that weep. And the bird on a tree echoes its plaint. The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky endlessly sings.

The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street. The sky above the roof alt ernative. Title composer vaughan williams ralph. Irv 76 key a minor movements sections mov ts sec s.

The sky blue smiles above the roof its tenderest. And you there what have you done with your endless tears. A steeple that we see calls clear and faint. 1908 librettist mabel dearmer 1872 1915 after paul verlaine 1844 1896 language english average duration avg.

My god my god all life is there simple and sweet. The sky above the roof is calm and sweet a tree above the roof bends in the heat a bell from out the blue drowsily rings a bird from out the blue plaintively sings ah god. My god my god all life is there simple and sweet. The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky endlessly sings.

Lento year date of composition y d of comp. The sky above the roof by ralph vaughan williams this is the seventh song from my senior recital performed march 9 2013 at sonoma state university. My god my god life is there simple and tranquil.