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WEB OPERA

MIDI Files and Online Vocal ScoreColin Johnson has provided us with MIDI and MIDI Karaoke files of all of the music from Haddon Hall, and the NoteWorthy files that were used to produce these MIDI files.

The NoteWorthy files can be played and printed using software available from the NoteWorthy Software web site at noteworthysoftware.com. These all allow you to follow the score and lyrics while playing the song.

For playback and simple printing, we recommend the free browser plug-in. With the free stand-alone player you can play the songs but not print them, while with the commercial NoteWorthy Composer program ($39 with free delivery in the United States) you can also print out the vocal score, with many more options to customize the printout than you get with the browser plug-in.

INTRODUCTION

ACT I - THE LOVERS

SCENE - The Terrace

"The green old turrets, all ivy thatch,
Above the cedars that girdle them rise
The pleasant glow of sushine catch,
And outline sharp on the bluest of skies."

1CHORUS & SOLOS: Today it is a festal day
a. SONG (Dorcas): 'Twas a dear little dormouse
b. MADRIGAL: When the budding blooms of May
Dialogue
2TRIO (Dorothy, Lady Vernon & Sir George); Nay, father dear
3DUET (Dorothy & Lady Vernon): Mother, dearest mother
4SONG (Oswald & Chorus): Ribbons to sell
Dialogue
5DUET (Dorcas & Oswald): The sun's in the sky
6 & 7RECIT. & TRIO (Dorothy, Dorcas & Oswald):
My Mistress comes... O tell me what is a maid to say?
8aRECIT & SONG (Dorothy) Why weep and wait?...Red of the rosebud
Dialogue
8SONG (Manners): The earth is fair
Dialogue
9ENTRANCE OF THE PURITANS
Dialogue
10SONG (Rupert): I've heard it said
11FINALE, ACT I: The bonny bridegroom cometh
a. SONG (Rupert): When I was but a little lad
b. SONG (Dorothy & Chorus): To thine own heart be true

ACT II - THE ELOPEMENT

SCENE I - Dorothy Vernon's Door

"It is a night without a star,
And the hall with revelry throbs and gleams;
There grates a hinge - the door is ajar -
And a shaft of light in the darkness streams."

12INTRODUCTION & CHORUS OF PURITANS: Hoarsely the wind is howling
Dialogue
13SONG (McCrankie): My name it is McCrankie
Dialogue
14DUET (Rupert & McCrankie): There's no one by
Dialogue
15TRIO (Dorcas, Rupert & McCrankie): Hoity-toity, what's a kiss?
16FINALE, ACT II: The west wind howls
a. DUET (Dorothy & Manners): Oh, heart's desire
b. STORM
SCENE II - The Long Gallery
    c. SONG (Sir George): In days of old

ACT III - THE RETURN

SCENE - The Ante-Chamber

17OPENING CHORUS: Our heads we bow
Dialogue
18SONG (Lady Vernon & Chorus): Queen of the roses
19RECIT & DUET (Lady Vernon & Sir George): Alone, alone!...Bride of my youth
Dialogue
20SCENE (Dorcas, Rupert, & Chorus): In frill and feather
21ENSEMBLE: Good General Monk
a. SONG, CHORUS & DANCE: We have thought the matter out
Dialogue
22SONG (McCrankie & Chorus): Hech, mon! hech, mon!
a. SCOTCH DANCE
23FINALE, ACT III: Hark! the cannon!
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