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SEA-053-00 Conductor’s Score: $12.00
My Aunt Gives Mea Clarinet Lesson
(Gregory Djanikian)
for soprano, flute, clarinet,percussion, violin, violoncello, piano
Elizabeth Alexander
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My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson
by Gregory Djanikian
“Play,” my aunt said, “pianissimo.”I blew out toots and squeaks, filled the kitchenWith caterwauls, monkeys, pigs,There was a menagerie, there were jungles.“Why not the cello,” she said, “why not drums.”“Zookeeper,” my uncle said, “game warden.”
I blew out ostriches, catbirds, snow geese.“Silly boy,” she said, creasingThe pages of the lesson book“Take the gum out of your mouth,Don’t blow so hard.”
There were frogs at my feet,Boat-tailed grackles perched on the towel rack.
I could hear my cousins playing Ping-Pong in the cellar,There was the tick tick of the oven baking bread,And wasn’t that Freddy Petrie outsideUnder the maple, swinging easily on a ropeAnd making the branch creak?
How many metronomes there were!“Begin again,” my aunt said, “restrain,”And snapped her fingers next to my ear.Two mules, I counted. Three cows.
Where was Benny Goodman? Dixieland?Which house were all the saints marching in?Farewell, Carnegie Hall, I thought. Good-bye,Pierson Elementary School Band. So long,Janice Reutlinger who played the tuba.
There was a yak lowing in the doorway.“Domesticate,” my aunt said, “refine.”Freddy Petrie was riding a wild donkeyAlong the blackberry bushes, waving and smiling.The maple was becoming dangerous and colorful.Hippopotami had come.Soon there’d be phalaropes, merinos.
“Sonority!” my aunt cried out. “Sonority!”And ducks. There were lots of ducks.
copyright 1989 by Gregory Djanikian. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Instrumentation
FluteClarinet
PercussionSuspended cymbalHi-Hat cymbalCowbellCastanetsSlapstickWood BlockTemple Blocks
GlockenspielXylophoneMarimba
4 TomtomsFloor Tom
Duck Call(plus an extra Duck Call for the Soprano)
ViolinVioloncello
Soprano
Piano
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Score in C
Tempo I (q = 120)
Tempo I (q = 120)
for Simon and Oliver
Gregory Djanikian
copyright 2001 by Elizabeth Alexander
My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet LessonElizabeth Alexander
Flute
Clarinet in Bb
Percussion
Violin
Violoncello
Soprano
Piano
mf
mf
Marimba: hard mallets
mf
mf
6
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
5
pizz.
f pizz.
mp
m.d.
mp
m.s.
11
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
3
3
(Marimba)
(pizz.) arco
mf
(pizz.)
arco
mf
m.d.
m.s.
3
3
14
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
( mf )
mf
3
3
f
3
3
3
16 rall. molto
rall. molto
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
p
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
3
(Marimba)mp
(arco)
p
(arco)
p
m.d. pizz.
mp p
Tempo II (q = 80)
Tempo II (q = 80)
19
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Pno
(p)
(p)
(Marimba)
mp
(p)
(p)
4
23 rit.
rit.
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
(p)
(p)
(p)
arco
(p)
(p)
marcato
mp
a tempo (Tempo II)
a tempo (Tempo II)
27
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
(p)
(p)
pp
(p)
pp
(p)
mfgliss.
p
pp
"Play,"
mp my aunt
said,
"Play,"
sfz
(p)
5
33
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
a la 5th grade
f
pp
Xylophone: hard mallets
mf
mf
"pi
pp
a- nis
- si- mo
- - oo oo
3
-- o
-- o- o
3
- o,o,
-
pi a- nis
-
si-
mo,
-
mp
pi
a
- -
pp
39 Senza misura
Senza misura
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
f
f
f
ni,
pi
mf a- nis
- si- mo.-
f
pi
ff a
-
nis
-
si
-
mo."
-
f
6
Tempo I (q = 120)
Tempo I (q = 120)
42
Cl.
Perc.
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
3
3
3 3
(Xylophone)
( f )
mf
mf
45
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
mf
7
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey,
poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa,
composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet
B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood,
poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret &
George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B
Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray
Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet
B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer
B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike,
proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill,
composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher
B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen,
artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald
Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B
Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B
Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents
B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B
Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet
B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet
B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper,
technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet
B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller
B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J.
David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King
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56
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
p
mf
mf
p
mf
p
flatlypigs,
mf
mf
p
Tempo II (q=80)
Tempo II (q=80)
62
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Tom-toms (with muffles on):
mp
3 3 3
3 3
There
p
was a men a
- ger- ie,
-
N.B.: This tempo change is a piece of cake if you remember that regular e notes in (q = 120) equal triplet e notes in (q = 80)
9
68
Fl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
(Tom-toms)
3
pizz.
mf
mp
gliss.
There
mp
was a men a
- ger- ie,-
There
mf
were
mf
mp
72
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
mf
mf
3
arco
( mf )(
mf
jun gles,-
There
f
were
10
Senza misura
Senza misura
75
Tempo II (q = 80)
Tempo II (q = 80)
Cl.
Perc.
Vc.
S.
Pno
( mf )
3
(Tom-toms)
mp 5
5
5
3
( mf )
p
jun
a la Tarzan( f )
gles,- - - - -
ff
p
78rit.
rit.
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
p
3
p
3
3
mp
11
a tempo (Tempo II)
a tempo (Tempo II)
80
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
mp
mf
mp
3
3
3
mp
"Why
mpnot
the
cel
lo,"
- she
said,
mp
3
3
3
3
83
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
Tom-toms:
mp
5
3
3
3
pizz.
mp 3
3
pizz.
mp 3
3
"why
not
(chest voice)drums."
mf
3
3
3
mp
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
12
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey,
poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa,
composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet
B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood,
poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret &
George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B
Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray
Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet
B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer
B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike,
proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill,
composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher
B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen,
artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald
Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B
Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B
Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents
B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B
Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet
B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet
B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper,
technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet
B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller
B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J.
David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King
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A LOT OF HARD WORK &CREATIVITY
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...AND SOME OF IT
WAS EVEN MINE.
93
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
f
p
( f )
sul tasto
p
mf
os
trich- es,-
cat
birds,-
snow
mf
mf
96
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
S.
Pno
3
3
simile
14
98
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
S.
Pno
Xylophone: hard mallets
mp
(chest voice)
geese.
mf
100
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
mf
mf
Marimba: soft mallets
mf
nat.
mf
p
mf
mf
15
Tempo II (q=80)
Tempo II (q=80)
104
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
7
3
p
5
pizz.p
p
pizz.
"Sil
p indulgently
ly- boy,"
she
(aside to audience)
said,
p
107
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Glockenspiel:
mp
arco
arco
"Sil
still sweetly, but showing frustration during the marcatos...
ly,- sil
ly,- sil
ly,- sil
ly,- sil ly,- sil ly6
- boy,"
16
110
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
mp
mf
mp
Wood Block:
mf
(arco)
mf
pizz.
mp
(arco)
mf
pizz.
mp
(aside, to audience)with poorly repressed rage
she said.
mp
Creas
ing- the
3
pag
es,-
creas
ing- the
3
pag
es,-
mf
p
114
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Marimba: medium mallets
mp
arco
mf
arco
mf
the pag
es- of
the les
son- book,
"Take
mf
the gum
out
of
your
17
118
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Slapstick:
f
mf
mouth,
"Take
the gum
out of your
heavily, a la 5th grade
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
mf
120
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
mf
mf
fl.
Sus. Cymbal:
p
mf
sul tasto
p subito
sul tasto
p subito
gliss.
mouth,
don't
f
blow
so
3
hard."
p
18
123
colla voce - freely
colla voce - freely
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
p
mf
pizz.
p
mf
pizz.
p
arco nat. pizz.
Sil
p suddenly sweetly again
ly,- sil
ly,- sil
ly,-
(Don't forget to smile!)
sil
ly,- sil
ly,- sil
ly,- sil
ly,- sil
ly-
3
3
mf
p
Tempo I (q = 120)
Tempo I (q = 120)
126
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
(p)
(p)
Marimba: medium mallets
p
(p)
(p)
arco
al tallone
nat.
boy.
There
mp
were
frogs
at
my
3
feet,
(p)
19
131
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
mf
sul pont.arco
mf
nat.
f
boat
tailed
- grack les
- perched
on
the
3
tow
el- rack.
mf
135
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Xylophone: hard mallets
mf
3
pizz.
mp
mp
pizz.
3
3
3
3
3
3
20
137
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
( mf )
mp
3
3
( mf )
mp
3
3
(Xylophone)
mp
6
6
6
6
6
6
140
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
S.
Pno
3
3
3
3
3
3
I
mp could3
hear
my
3cou
3- sins
play
ing
3
- Ping
Pong
3
-
in the3
cel
lar,
3-
mp
marcato
3
21
144
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
(Xylophone)
Temple Blocks:mp
arco
p
arco
p
There
pwas
the
tick
of the ov
en-
bak ing-
3
3
148
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
pp
pp
bread,
And
mp
m.d.
m.s.
9 9
mp
22
150
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
pp
mp
pp
was
n't
- that
3
Fred
die
- Pe
trie
- out
3
side,
-
9
9
9 9
152
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
pp
mp
pp
un
der
- the
3
ma
ple
- swing ing- on
a rope,
9
9
9 9
23
154
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
mp
pp
pp
swing
ing
3
- ea
si
- ly
3
- on
a
3
rope
and
3
9
9 10
10
156
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
3
mf
3
mp
p
gliss.
mp
mak
ing
- the
3
branch
mf
3
creak?
port.
(k)
10
10
10
10
f
24
Senza misura
Senza misura
160
Tempo II (q = 80)
Tempo II (q = 80)
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
p
Castanets:
mf
p
p gliss.
How
mpma
ny
- met
ro
- -nomes
there
were!
patiently
"Be
p
-
mp
3
7
165
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
(p)6
(p)6
pizz.
pizz.
gin a gain,"
-
my
(aside to audience)
aunt
said,
p
25
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey,
poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa,
composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet
B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood,
poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret &
George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B
Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray
Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet
B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer
B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike,
proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill,
composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher
B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen,
artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald
Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B
Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B
Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents
B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B
Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet
B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet
B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper,
technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet
B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller
B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J.
David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King
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179
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
(Xylophone)
mp
mp
ear.
two
mpmules,
I count
ed,-
181
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
Cowbell:
f
3
3
gliss. gliss.
three
cows,
three
cows,
three
cows.
p
6
6
27
Tempo I (q = 120)
Tempo I (q = 120)
186
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
mf
Marimba: hard mallets
p
p
p
(p)
marcato
ff
Another tempo change, but never fear! Triplet e notes in (q = 80) equal regular e notes in (q = 120)
(senza pedale)
189
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
mf
a la 5th grade
(Marimba)
mf
Floor Tom: hard yarn mallets
(reminiscent of Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing")mf
a la 5th grade
mf
a la 5th grade
mf
(ff )
28
193
Perc.
S.
(Floor Tom):
(mf )
Where
Really Swing (The other parts are all in your head, but very real to you! (Pretend you're listening to a Walkman!)Snap fingers:
mf
was
Ben
ny- Good
man?-
195
Perc.
S.
(mf )
Where
was
Dix ie
- land?-
Which
house
were all
the
198
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
S.
Pno
mf
a la 5th grade
Tom-toms:
mf 3
Floor Tom:
mf
mp
mf
saints
march
3
ing- in?
mp
29
203
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
colla voce
mp
3
3
3
Hi-Hat Cymbal (with drumstick).:
mp
mp
mf
mf
Fare
f extraverted and Broadway
well,
- Car
ne
3- gie
- Hall,
3
Fare
well,
-
I
p
thought.
mf
mf
3
3
p
3
3
208
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf
mf
Good
fbye,
-
Pier
3
- son
3El
e
3- men
- ta
3- ry
- School
3 Band.
So
mf port.
m.d.
mf
m.s.
f
30
212
Fl.
Cl.
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
p
sul tasto
p
long,
p Ja
nice
- Reut
ling
- er,
3
-
mp
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
215
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vc.
S.
Pno
Glockenspiel:
mp
3
3
3
So
long,
Ja
nice
-
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
31
217
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
(p)
mf
(p)
mf
mf
(p)
nat. mf
Reut
(p)ling
- er,
- Jan
ice
- Reut
mf ling-
er-
who
played
the
(p)
3
3
m.d.
mf
3
3
220
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
mf
mp
mf
Hi-Hat Cymbal (with drumstick).:
mp
tu
ba,
-
32
224
Fl.
Cl.
Vc.
S.
Pno
3
3
3
3
3
3
(mf )
(mf )
There was a
3
yak,
(mf )
f
marcato
(senza pedale)
227
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
3
3
mp f
gliss. mp f
gliss.
3
3
There was a3
yak,
mf
(senza pedale)
f 1- 45
33
231
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
nonvibrato: go ahead and be a little annoying here
gliss.
nonvibrato: go ahead and be a little annoying here
mp
There
(mf ) was
3
a
3yak
low
(wail like you're singing the blues here!)
ing- in the4
door
- way.
port.
not loud, but rather heavy
(senza pedale)
mp
238
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
mf
p
mf
3
p
Glockenspiel:
mp
nat.mf
3
3
3
3
sul tasto
p subito
nat.
mf
3
3
3
p subito
34
243
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
S.
Pno
(p)
(p)
(Glockenspiel)
(mp)
(p)
"Do
as if from far away, in a fogmp
mes
- ti- cate,"
-
(p)
249
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
S.
Pno
Tom-toms:mf
she
said,
"Do
mes
- ti- cate,
-
re
fine,
-
35
255
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Glockenspiel:
mp
nat.
pp
sul tasto
nat.
pp
(mp)
re
fine."
-
m.s.
mp
259
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Fred
mf
die
3
- Pe
trie
- was
3
rid
ing
- a
3
9
9
9 9
36
261
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
pp
mp
pp
wild
Sprechgesang
port. don
key
-
a
3
long
- the
3
9
9
9 9
263
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mp
pp
mp
pp
black
ber
- ry
3
- bush
es,
-
3
wav
ing
- and
3
smil
ing,
3
-
9
9
9 9
37
265
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Sus. Cymbal:
pp
mf
mf
mf
wav
ing
- and
3
smil
ing.
3
-
The
mf3
9
9
f
9
9
267
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
S.
Pno
mp
mp
pp
ma
ple
- was
be
com
- ing,
-
be
-
mp
10
10
10
10
38
269
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
S.
Pno
(Sus. Cymbal)
pp
mp
com
ing
- dan ger- ous
- and co
lor- ful,
-
10
10
10
10
271
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
S.
Pno
pp
pp
Hip
mp in awe
po- po
- ta- mi
- had
10
10
10
10
mp
39
273
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
S.
Pno
(mp)
(mp)
come.
10
10
10
10
275
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
heavily
heavily
heavily
mp
heavily
mp
heavily
Hip
mf
po
- -
10
8
6
6
40
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey,
poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa,
composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet
B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood,
poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret &
George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B
Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray
Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet
B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer
B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike,
proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill,
composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher
B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen,
artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald
Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B
Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B
Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents
B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B
Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet
B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet
B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper,
technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet
B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller
B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J.
David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King
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Tempo II (q = 80)
Tempo II (q = 80)
284
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
mf 6
6
mf
6
6
6
mf
6
6
6
6
mf
6
6
6
6
6
mf
6
285
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
Pno
fl.
p
p
Marimba: soft mallets
p
p
Sprechstimme, mit Leidenschaft
"So
fno
- ri- ty!"
-
42
288
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
S.
(Marimba)
she
with perfect composuremp
cried
out,
290
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
mf3
3
6
mf 3
3
6
6
mf
mf 3
3
3 gliss.
mp
mf
gliss. gliss.
gliss.
noch mehr Leidenschaft"So
ff
nor-
- - - - i
- ty!"
3
f
3
3
3
3
3
3
43
293
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
p
7
p
5
Glockenspiel:
mf
pizz.
mf
pizz.
p
And
mp
ducks.
f
p
6
297
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
Duck whistle:
f
p
arco
p
arcoespress.
mp
p
There were lots of
ducks.
There
were lots of
ducks.
p
7
44
302rit.
rit.
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
Vln
Vc.
S.
(p)
(p)
(Duck whistle)
(p)
There
(mp)
were lots
and lots
of ducks
Cadenza (senza misura)
freely
307
Fl.
Cl.
Vln
Vc.
S.
Pno
(p)
(p)
(p)
(p)
gliss.
There
mf - f
were
lots
of
ducks,
and
toots
of
pigs,
and
Pongs
of
frogs,
and
saids
of
she
And
45