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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

Seafarer Press(800) 278-2087 ~ www.seafarerpress.com

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

THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.

(YOU KNOW WHY.)

A COMPLETE PERUSAL COPY MAY BE PURCHASED

FROM ELIZABETH ALEXANDER AT

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A LOT OF HARD WORK &CREATIVITY

WENT INTO BRINGING

THIS MUSIC TO YOU...

...AND SOME OF IT

WAS EVEN MINE.

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

THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.

(YOU KNOW WHY.)

A COMPLETE PERUSAL COPY MAY BE PURCHASED

FROM ELIZABETH ALEXANDER AT

Seafarer PressSeafarer PressSeafarer PressSeafarer Presswww.seafarerpress.com

A LOT OF HARD WORK &CREATIVITY

WENT INTO BRINGING

THIS MUSIC TO YOU...

...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

Tempo I (q = 120)

Tempo I (q = 120)

308

Cl.

Perc.

Vln

Vc.

S.

Pno

mf

Tom-toms/Bongos:

mf

mf

mf

ducks.

mf

m.s.

310

Fl.

Cl.

Perc.

Vln

Vc.

S.

Pno

mf

f

f

Glockenspiel:

f

f

gliss.gliss.

gliss.

f

Duck whistle:f

46