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T i m o t h y C o r l i s NOTES TOWARDS A POEM THAT CAN NEVER BE WRITTEN for three SATB Choirs (divisi.), Solo Cello, Percussion, and Narrator Based on the poem by Margaret Atwood Used with permission from the author Duration ca. 25 minutes
Transcript of NOTES TOWARDS A POEM THAT CAN NEVER BE WRITTEN
T i m o t h y C o r l i s
NOTES TOWARDS A POEM THATCAN NEVER BE WRITTEN
for three SATB Choirs (divisi.), Solo Cello,Percussion, and Narrator
Based on the poem by Margaret AtwoodUsed with permission from the author
Duration ca. 25 minutes
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About the WorkOne line fromMargaret Atwood’s poem illustrates a central inspiration for the composition: “the facts of this world seenclearly are seen through tears.” When I read this poem as a composer, I hear it speaking about the numbing effect ofprivilege in an age where we are bombarded with information. As artists we have the freedom to speak about theinjustices that surround us but are in many ways silenced by the white noise of information. We become overwhelmed by“facts” and often make the mistake of granting such “facts” an objectivity or distance from our senses. Atwood raises thequestion of whether this distance (emotional or otherwise) from information provides clarity. Perhaps a mode ofperception that is subjective, emotional, or entangled offers a deeper kind of clarity.
My goal in writing this composition is to provide a reading of Atwood’s poem that immerses the senses in sound, so thatwe might become entangled in her words. Rather than dwelling on words and concepts as “facts” to be scrutinized, thismusic aims to focus the audiences attention on the immediate sensual experience. Here, we come close to suspending thedistance that our privilege grants us. Instead of being overwhelmed by information or merely interested in statistics, webecome involved and vulnerable.
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Performance NotesThe piece uses the concert space as an essential element of the artistic canvas. This offers the audience an experience thatis distinct from most recorded music and paints the spatial metaphors that are present in the spoken text. The diagramshown above gives a rough guideline as to how the performers should be arranged in the concert space. If the choirs arenot equal in size, choir 2 should be the largest, while choirs 3&4 should be very close in size. Choir 2 may wish tosurround the solo cellist in a semi-circular fashion. The piece is scored for 2 percussionist; both should be set back from theaudience (if possible for sight lines, behind choir 2) so that their sound remains ambient rather than focused. The solosoprano should sing from the foot of the concert space (the rear of a central isle or the front of a balcony) and the Narratorshould feel free to treat the entire concert space as a stage. In general, the sounds notated in this score will work best in awet acoustic; in particular, the effects created in Movement VI will have the strongest impact where the spatial resonanceapproaches cathedrallike proportions.
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NOTES TOWARDS A POEMTHAT CAN NEVER BE WRITTEN
for SATB Chorus (divisi), solo Cello, solo Soprano, and Narrator with triangle, bass drum, and tam-tam
Commissioned by the DaCapo Chamber Choir of Waterloo, Ontario with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council
Music by Timothy CorlisText by Margaret Atwood
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Music: Timothy Corlis © 2008: Lyrics are the Poem: "Notes Towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written", by Margaret Atwood, included in the poetry collection SELECTED POEMS II 1976 - 1986 currently publishes in th United States by Mariner Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin, © 1987 by Margaret Atwood, and in Canada
included in the poetry collection SELECTED POEMS 1966 - 1984, publishes by Oxford University Press © 1990 by Margaret Atwood. All rights reserved.
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pa - cem
œœbbF ˙
pa - cem
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbb b ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbb b ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
˙b Œ
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbb b ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
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pa - cem
œœœnnF ˙
pa-cem
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pa-cem
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œœœ#nF
˙pa-cem
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pa-cem
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œœœ ˙pa - cem
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œœœ# ˙pa - cem
œœœ# ˙pa - cem
œœœ ˙pa - cem
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œœœ ˙pa - cem
œœœ ˙pa - cem
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œœœ# ˙pa - cem
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œœœ ˙pa - cem
œœœ ˙pa - cem
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œœœ# ˙pa - cem
œœœ# ˙pa - cem
œœœ ˙pa - cem
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continue ostinato...
continue ostinato...
All Tenor: now sing ostinato as written
ce - m
ce - m
ce - m
I
II
III
II
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Vcl.
191 .˙ritard poco a poco
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœœbbb ˙pa - cem
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˙pa-cem
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œœœbb ˙pa - cem
œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœbb ˙pa - cem
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œœœbb ˙pa - cem
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˙pa-cemœbπ ˙pa-cem
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∑œœ ˙pa-cemœb ˙pa-cem
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∑
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∑
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∑
∑
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pa - - -
∑
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∑
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∑
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ce - - -
.˙∏ce - - -
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.˙∏ce - - -
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.˙∏ce - - -
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I
II
III
I
II
III
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Vcl. wπ
wπmm
wU
wu
w
wppa - - - - - -
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w
w
w
w∏pa - - - - - -
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w
wb
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wb
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- 8 -
Narrator:There is no poem you can writeabout it, the sandpitswhere so many were buried& unearthed, the unendurablepain still traced on their skins.
Solo
Sop (all)
ii
Sopranos: randomly timed entries, constant individul tempo should create the effect of an echo.
Solo
Sop (all)
Narrator:This did not happen last yearor forty years ago but last week.This has been happening,this happens.
Narrator:We make wreaths of adjectives for them,we count them like beads,we turn them into statistics & litaniesand into poems like this one.
Narrator:Nothing works.They remain what they are.
Solo
Sop (all)
Continue drone...
Continue drone...
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Soprano Solo
Percussion
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w∑∑∑∑∑∑
w
w∏∑
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˙ Ó˙π Ó
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18 Ó P
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perc
t-t
32 Ó ˙P
∑∑∑∑
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∑∑
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∑ww
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∑∑
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Vcl.
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t-t
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64 w∑∑
wb pAh
wpAh
w
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˙ ˙b∑∑
ww˙ ˙b
Ah
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˙ ˙∑∑
ww˙ ˙
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wb f∑∑
www
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˙ ˙b∑∑
ww˙ ˙b
Ah
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˙ ˙∑∑
ww˙˙ ˙˙˙
ww
w>Í∑
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w≤ non vib.
∑ww
wwwwwwwwww
w ƒÓ Œ . JœF
bass drum (soft mallets)
w fw ƒ
wwwwwwwwww
∑œ
A
œ ˙p
RÔœ. (stop sound)‰ . . Œ Ó
∑wwwwf
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∑
∑∑∑∑
wwwwwwww
∑
∑∑
wØ∑
wwwwπ
wwwwπ
∑
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Vcl.
perc
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∑w
wwwwAwwwwA
w ƒÓ Œ . Jœw
wwwwwwww
∑
œ>F
œ ˙p
RÔœ.f ‰ . . Œ Ówwwwf
wwww f
∑
∑∑
wwwwwwww
∑
∑wØ
wwwwπ
wwww π
w≤∏∑
wwwww
wwww
w ƒÓ Œ . JœFw ƒ
wwwwwwww
∑
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RÔœ. ‰ . .Œ Ówwwwf
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∑wwww
wwww
wØwwwwπ
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wuwwwwU
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- 10 -
S
A
T
B
A
T
Narrator:The woman lies on the wet cement floorunder the unending light,needle marks on her arms put thereto kill the brainand wonders why she is dying.
&
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Vcl.
Solo
perc
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90 ∑wbp
Ah
¿triangle (metal stick)
p Ów
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∑˙ ˙
∑w
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∑wb f
∑w
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∑w
∑wp
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∑w
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∑wb p
Ah
¿p Ów
wwwwwwww
∑˙ ˙
∑w
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w≤∏wb
∑wπ
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w ƒw f
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w
wwwwwwww
∑
∑
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RÔœ.f ‰ . . Œ Ó
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∑wwww
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Solo
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Ah
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p Ów
∑∑∑∑
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∑˙ ˙
∑w
∑∑∑∑
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w≤∏wb
∑wπ
∑∑∑∑
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w ƒw f
Ó Œ . Jœbass drum (soft mallets)
w
∑∑∑∑wwww
wwww
∑
∑
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RÔœ.f ‰ . .ŒÓ
∑∑∑∑
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∑
∑∑∑∑
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wuØ∑∑∑∑
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∑wbp
Ah
¿triangle (metal stick)
P Ów
∑∑∑∑wwww
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∑˙ ˙
∑w
∑∑∑∑wwww
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∑wb
¿ Ów
wbpAh∑
∑∑wwww
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∑˙ ˙
∑w
˙ ˙∑∑∑wwww
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w≤p
wb
∑w
wb∑∑∑wwww
wwww
w˙ ˙
∑w
˙ ˙∑∑∑wwww
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w f
wb f
∑w
wb∑∑∑wwww
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∑
∑
∑wp˙ ˙
∑∑∑wwwwf
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∑wbp
Ah
¿ Ów
wb f
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- 11 -
Narrator:She is dying because she said.
Narrator:She is dying for the sake of the world.
Narrator:It is her body, silentand fingerless, writing this poem.
S1
S2
S3
S4
T
A
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Vcl.
Solo
perc
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¿PÓwØ
∑wb p
Ah
∑∑
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∑wb
¿ Ów
wb pAh
˙ ˙∑∑
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∑˙ ˙
∑w
˙ ˙wb
∑∑
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wb
∑w
wb˙ ˙
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˙ ˙wb
∑∑
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wb f
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wb˙ ˙Ó ˙b p
Ah
∑
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∑
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¿ Ów
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∑˙ ˙b
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∑˙ ˙
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∑wbp
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wb f
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wb˙ ˙˙ ˙b˙ ˙
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∑
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˙ ˙wb ff Ó
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- 12 -
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S2
S3
S4
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perc
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˙ ˙wb˙ ˙
Ó ˙bAh
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∑
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wb˙ ˙˙ ˙b
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∑
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∑wbP
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˙ ˙
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w
wb f
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wbPAh
˙ ˙˙ ˙b
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∑
Ó ¿w
˙ ˙wb f
˙ f Ó
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w
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S1
S2
S3
S4
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ww
www
ww
∑wb
∑∑
ww
www
ww
∑˙ ˙
∑∑
ww
www
wwÏ
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&
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Vcl.
Solo
piu mosso166 ∑
Ó
h»¶™˙bf
Ah
.f œDo - na
..˙bf œœDo - na
.f œDo - na
.˙f œDo - na
∑
˙N ˙
˙ ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
∑
w
wƒpa -
wƒpa -
wƒpa -
w# ƒpa -
∑
w
w Pcem
w Pcem
w Pcem
w# Pcem
∑
Ó ˙bfAh
.f œDo - na
..˙b f œœDo - na
.f œDo - na
.f œDo - na
∑
˙ ˙
˙ ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
∑
w
wb ƒpa -
wwb ƒpa -
wb ƒpa -
wƒpa -
∑
w
wb Pcem
wwb Pcem
wb Pcem
w Pcem
wb∏normale
Ó ˙bAh
.˙ œDo - na
..˙b œœDo - na
.˙ œDo - na
.˙ œDo - na
w
˙ ˙
˙ ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
poco rit.wwb
.˙b œDo - na
..˙b œœDo - na
.˙b œDo - na
.˙ œDo - na
w
˙ ˙ƒ
˙b ƒno - bis
˙b ˙ƒno - bis
˙b ƒno - bis
˙b ƒno - bis
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S
A
T
B
&
&
&
&
V?
Vcl.
Solo
meno mossodolce178 wb
wbFAh
.˙b P œDo - na
..˙bbP œœ
Do - na
.˙b P œDo - na
.˙b P œDo - na
˙b ˙b
˙b ˙b
˙b ˙no - bis
˙bb ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
w≥Pw
wb Fpa -
wwb Fpa -
wb Fpa -
wb Fpa -
˙b ˙b
w
wb ,pcem
wwb ,pcem
wb ,pcem
wb ,pcem
w
Ó ˙bFAh
.˙b P œDo - na
..˙bbP œœ
Do - na
.˙b P œDo - na
.˙b P œDo - na
˙ Ó
˙b ˙b
˙b ˙no - bis
˙bb ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
˙b ˙no - bis
w≥Pw
wb Fpa -
wwb Fpa -
wb Fpa -
wb Fpa -
˙b ˙b
.˙ Œ
wb pcem
wwb pcem
wb pcem
wb pcem
w#
Ó PAh
.˙# œDo - na
..˙ œœDo - na
.˙# œDo - na
.˙ œDo - na
˙ Ó
˙b ˙b
˙# ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
˙# ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
wn≥
Pw
wN Ppa -
wwP
pa -
wN Ppa -
wPpa -
˙ ˙
w
wNcem
wwcem
wNcem
wcem
&
&
&
&
V?
Vcl.
Solo
190w
Ó ˙Ah
.˙# œDo - na
..˙ œœDo - na
.˙# œDo - na
.˙ œDo - na
˙ Ó
˙b ˙b
˙# ˙no - is
˙ ˙no - bis
˙# ˙no - bis
˙ ˙no - bis
w≥p
w
wwN ppa - - - -
wwp
pa - - - -
wwppa - - - -
wwp
pa - - - -
˙ ˙
˙ Ó
ww
wwww
ww
w
wπAh
wcem
wwcem
wwcem
wcem
˙ ˙
w
w
wwww
w
wfw
wpa - - - -
wwpa - - - -
wwpa - - - -
wwpa - - - -
˙ ˙
w
w
wwww
ww
w
wFAh
wcem
wwcem
wwcem
wcem
PÓ
˙ ˙
w
wwww
w
w≥πÓ ˙
Ah
wpa - - - -
wwpa - - -
wwpa - - -
wwpa - - -
w
˙ ˙
w
wwww
ww
w
wAh
wcem
wwcem
wwcem
wcem
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V?
Vcl.
Solo
203w˙ ˙
w
wwww
w
ritard
wwb
wπ
Do - - -
wπ
Do - - -
wb πDo - - -
wπDo - - -
ww
˙na
˙na
˙ ˙bna
˙ ˙na
w∏
w
wno -
wno -
wbno -
wno -
wwπ
wπ
bis
˙∏Ó
bis
˙b ∏ Óbis∏ Óbis
∑
∑
w
h»§º
pa - - - -
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
w∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
wce - - -
3
˙π
˙ ˙no - bis
3˙bπ
˙ ˙no - bis
3π ˙ ˙
no - bis
∑
∑
wm
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
w∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
w∑
∑
∑
&&
V?
214w
3
˙π
˙ ˙no - bis
3˙bπ
˙ ˙no - bis
3π ˙ ˙
no - bis
w w w w3
˙π
˙ ˙no - bis
3˙bπ
˙ ˙no - bis
3π ˙ ˙no - bis
w w w w3
˙π
˙ ˙no - bis
3˙bπ
˙ ˙no - bis
3π ˙ ˙no - bis
w w w
&&
V?
226w
3
˙π
˙ ˙no - bis
3˙bπ
˙ ˙no - bis
3π ˙ ˙
no - bis
w w w w3
˙π
˙ ˙no - - bis
3˙bπ
˙ ˙no - - bis
3π ˙ ˙no - - bis
w w
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Vcl.
Solo
perc
233 ∑
∑Ó Œ œ∏
bass drum (soft mallets)
w
w∏∑
ww
w∑∑
w
wwppa - - - - -
∑w
ww
∑w
wwb
∑w
n
wwbce -
¿triangle (metal stick)p Ó∑
wwbm
∑∑
ww
∑∑
w∑∑∑
w∑∑∑
fÓ
∑∑∑
- 16 -
Narrator:It can be done badlyor well, they tell themselves.
Narrator:Partly it's an art.
S
Narrator:It resembles an operationbut it is not one
Narrator:nor despite the spread legs, grunts& blood, is it a birth.
Narrator:Partly it's a job. [no pause]partly it's a display of skilllike a concerto.
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&?
.. ..
.. ..
.. .... ..
.. ..
.. ..
Vcl.
Solo
t-t
perc
∑∑∑∑
∑∑
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&?
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.. ..
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Vcl.
Solo
t-t
perc
∑∑∑∑
wØmm
∑
- 17 -
Narrator:The facts of this world seen clearlyare seen through tears;why tell me thenthere is something wrong with my eyes?
To see clearly and without flinching,without turning away,this is agony, the eyes taped opentwo inches from the sun.
v
SA
TB
Narrator:Is it a bad dream, a hallucination?Is it a vision?What is it you hear?
The razor across the eyeballis a detail from an old film.It is also a truth.Witness is what you must bear.
SA
TB
Soprano 1-5, alto 1-6 enter in a staggered fashion...
Continue drone...
Narrator:What is it you see then?
Narrator:[brief pause]
(all choirs, silence)
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43
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43
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Soprano Solo
Percussion
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.mm
∑
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∑∑∑
.˙∑
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.˙∑
.˙∑
∑∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙∑
.˙∑
∑∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙∑
.˙∑
.p
∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙
.˙∏Pa - - - - - - - -
Ó .
.˙∑
.˙
∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
.Ó .
.˙∑
.˙
∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙
.Ó .
.˙∑
.˙
∑∑
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˙ œno - bis
.˙
.Ó .
.˙∑
.˙b
∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙
.˙bÓ .
.˙∑
.˙b
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.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
.˙bce - - -
Ó .
.˙∑
.˙
∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙n.Ó .
.˙∑
.˙
∑∑
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis∑
.˙bm
Ó .
.˙∑
∑∑∑
.˙n∑
˙ œDo - na∑
.Ó .
.˙∑
∑∑∑∑∑
˙ œno - bis∑
∑
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&?
Vcl.
Perc.
15 ∑∑
˙ œDo - na
∑
∑
∑∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
.p
∑˙ œ
Do - na
.˙b∏
pa - - - - - - - - -.˙∏pa - - - - - - - - -
Ó .
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙.Ó .
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙.Ó .
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙.Ó .
.˙b∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙.˙bÓ .
.˙b¿P˙ œno - bis
.ce - - - -.˙b
ce - - - -
Ó .
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙.Ó .
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.m.˙b
m
Ó .
∑∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙
.Ó .
∑∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
∑∑
˙ œDo - na
∑
∑
∑∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
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Vcl.
Perc.
29 .˙π
∑˙ œ
Do - na
.˙b∏
∏pa - - - - - - - -˙bpa - - - - - - - -
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙..˙
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙..˙
.˙b∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙..˙bb
.˙b¿P˙ œno - bis
.ce - - -..˙bb
ce - - -
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙..˙
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.m..˙bb
m
∑∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙
..˙
∑∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
˙ œDo - - - na
˙ œno - - - bis
vi
SAA
TBB
OstinatoAlto 1
SAA
SAA
TBB
TBB
Narrator:In this country you can say what you likebecause no one will listen to you anyway,
it's safe enough, in this country you can try to write the poem that can never be written,the poem that inventsnothing and excuses nothing,because you invent and excuse yourself each day.
calm
I
II
III
II
II
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&
?
&
&
?
&
&
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..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Vcl.
Solo
Perc.
41 ∑∑
∑∑
∑
∑
˙ œDo - na
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑∑
∑∑
∑
∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
.˙b∏
.˙ppa - - - - - - -
∑˙
∏œ
Do - na
.˙bπ
pa - - - - - - - - -..˙bπpa - - - - - - - - -
˙ œDo - na
.˙bπ
pa - - - - - - -
˙bπpa - - - - - - -
˙∏
œDo - na
.˙bπ
pa - - - - - - - - - - -..˙bπpa - - - - - - - - - - -
.˙
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙b
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
.˙
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
œ ˙œœ ˙
˙ œDo - na
.˙
..˙
˙ œDo - na
˙ œ˙ œœ
.˙
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
.˙b
.˙b∑
˙ œDo - na
.˙œœ ˙bb
˙ œDo - na
.˙..˙bb
˙ œDo - na
.˙˙ œœbb
.˙b
.˙bce - - -
¿P
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.ce - - -
..˙bbce - - -
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
.˙
.˙∑
˙ œDo - na
œce - - -
œœ ˙bbce - - -
˙ œDo - na
.˙
..˙
˙ œDo - na
.˙
..˙
.˙
.˙bm
∑˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.m
..˙bbm
˙ œno - bis
˙ œce - - -
˙ œœbbce - - -
∑.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
.m
..˙bbm
˙ œDo - na
.˙
..˙
˙ œDo - na
.˙
..˙
∑∑
∑˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
..˙
˙ œno - bis
.m..˙bbm
˙ œDo - - - na
˙ œDo - - - na
˙ œDo - - - na
˙ œno - bis
˙ œno - bis
˙ œno - bis
- 19 -
Narrator:Elsewhere, this poem is not invention.
OstinatoAlto 1
OstinatoAlto 1
OstinatoAlto 1
I
II
III
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..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Vcl.
Solo
Perc.
55 .˙b∏
.˙bppa - - - - - - - -
∑˙∏
œDo - na
.˙bπpa - - - - - - - - - -...˙bbπpa - - - - - - - - - -
˙∏
œDo - na
.˙bπpa - - - - - - - -...˙bb
πpa - - - - - - - -
˙∏
œDo - na
.˙bπpa...˙bbπpa - - - - - - - - - -
.˙
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
...˙
.˙
.˙#∑
˙ œDo - na
˙ œ˙ œœœ
˙ œDo - na
.˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
.˙
...˙
.˙
.˙∑
˙ œno - bis
.˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
.˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
œ ˙œœœ ˙
.˙.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
˙˙ œœœbb
˙ œDo - na
..˙b
...˙bb
˙ œDo - na
.˙
...˙
.˙.˙
ce - - -¿P
˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙bce - - -
...˙bbce - - -
˙ œno - bis
.˙
...˙
.˙.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
˙ œœbce - - - -
˙ œœœbbce - - -
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
œœœœ ˙bb
ce - - - - -
.˙.˙
m
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙bm
...˙bbm
˙ œno - bis
..˙cem - - - -...˙
∑.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
˙ œœbm
˙ œœœbbm
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
∑.˙
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
œœ ˙bm
œœœ ˙bbm
∑∑
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
∑∑
∑˙ œno - bis∑
∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
˙ œDo - na
˙ œDo - na
˙ œDo - na
˙ œno - bis
˙ œno - bis
˙ œno - bis
- 20 -
Narrator:Elsewhere, this poem takes courage.
III
II
I
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..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
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Vcl.
Solo
Perc.
69 .˙π
.˙bPpa - - - - - - -
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙bp
pa - - - - - - - - - -...˙bb ppa - - - - - - - - - -
∑
..˙bp
pa - - - - - - -
...˙bb ppa - - - - - - -
˙ œDo - na
..˙bp
pa - - - - - - - - - - - -
...˙bb p
pa - - - - - - - - - - - -
.˙
.˙
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑
..˙cres.
...˙cres.
˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
.˙.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙cres.
...˙cres.
∑
..˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
.˙.˙
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑
..˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙cres.
...˙cres.
.˙b.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙
...˙
∑
..˙bb...˙bbb
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
.˙b.˙
ce - - -
¿F
˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑...˙bb
Pce - - - -
...˙bbbPce - - - -
˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
.˙.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙b
...˙bbb
∑...˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
.˙.˙
m
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑...˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑.˙
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙bPce - - -...˙bbbPce - - -
∑...˙bb
m
...˙bbbm
˙ œDo - na
..˙b
...˙bbb
∑
∑
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑...˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙bPce - - -
...˙bbbPce - - -
∑
∑
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙bm...˙bbbm
∑...˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
∑
∑
∑˙ œno - bis
..˙
...˙
∑...˙
...˙
˙ œno - bis
..˙bm
...˙bbbm
∑
∑
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙
...˙
∑...˙
...˙
˙ œDo - na
..˙
...˙
∑
∑
∑˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
˙ œno - bis
∑
∑
˙ œDo - na
∑
˙ œDo - na
˙ œno - bis
∑
˙ œno - bis
- 21 -
Narrator:Elsewhere, this poem must be writtenbecause the poets are already dead.
III
II
I
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Vcl.
Solo
Perc.
85.˙b
p
.Ppa - - - - - - - -
∑˙ œ
Do - na
..˙bbP
pa - - - - - - - - - - -...˙bbbPpa - - - - - - - - - - -
∑
..˙bbP
pa - - - - - - - -...˙bbbPpa - - - - - - - -
˙ œDo - na
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- 22 -
I
II
III
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.˙
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.˙Um
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- 23 -
Narrator:Elsewhere, this poem must be writtenas if you are already dead,as if nothing more can be doneor said to save you.
Narrator:Elsewhere you must write this poembecause there is nothing more to do.
