stephen lewis horas non numero nisi serenas for female voice, violin, and cello (2011)

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1 stehen leis hras nn numer nisi serenas r emale vice, vilin, and cell (2011)

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3 hras nn numer nisi serenas is a cmmn inscritin n sundials It etically translates t I cunt n hurs but r thse that are serene, and mre literally int I d nt tell time unless the sky is clear The singer s line is based n the inal rd in Mahler s Das Lied vn der Erde ( eig ), dran ut ver the curse the iece int a series regularly recurring utterances I Mahler s subect disslves at the mment death int nature, then that subectivity merges ith a set henmena hse time is beynd human sychlgical understanding The image a sundial, inerably yet, in the mment, imercetibly tracing the assage the sun thrugh the sky is the cal int r natural events that e can understand but nt eerience Further insiratin is dran rm Renaissance chral lyhny, esecially in making a categrical cnnectin beteen the cycles the lanetary bdies and human breathing, and in the ability cntrauntal activity t create ne musical eerience rather than ulilling received eectatins The Aendi includes an arrangement the inal t minutes Das Lied vn der Erde I ssible, this, a similar arrangement r available rces (cntact me at chinis@gmailcm i yu uld like me t make this r yu), r an arriate recrding shuld be layed immediately bere hras nn numer nisi serenas begins Strings: B lacement cle: Vice: The vice art is ritten in IPA symbls An arr beteen t IPA symbls indicates a gradual shit rm the irst t the net This shiting shuld smthly emhasize all the intermediary vel sunds Vilin tuning: Cell tuning: The smaller third sta that aears as needed shs the sunding itch ntes layed n scrdatura strings Cnsnant brightness cle: When singing the and the ç sunds, this cle indicates the relative brightness This is achieved by changing the shae the lis and the sitin the tngue inside the muth The sund ill be darker hen a) the lis are mre clsed (as thugh making a u vel) and b) hen the tngue is ressed dn and back The sund is brighter hen a) the lis are ide and en (as thugh making an i vel) and b) the tngue is laced clse t the r the muth As ith the arrs beteen vel sunds, the changes beteen dark and bright cnsnant sunds shuld be gradual, smth, and eaggerated

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5 Dedicated t Dr Steven Plank, in grateul areciatin r ive years singing beautiul music in the Oberlin Cllegium Musicum

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8 cs4scsv26 7 C b b (# ( ) ) # # # # U F allargand 5 5 # U # c c a tem ( b) ( n) k # senza vib ( ) 7 n (y) ə ə ɔ ɛ nk # # cnnect t vilin n beat 2 b # n vibrat # n allargand F 5 U U 5 b # U allargand ɛ ə ɛ ɑ ɔ 5 c c c c a tem a tem senza vibrat D m m ɔ m m m ɔ i m mɛ ɪ ɛ ɔ -2- P c vibrat #

9 csvc45ve F ( # ) ( b ) ( ) # b st, velvety æ æ æ æ æ æ æ ȯ b R r b b # æ æ æ æ # # 5 5 n # # r # # n 54 ( b ) ( # n ) ( # ) ( # ) G b b æ æ # ( n n ) æ æ # # # b # b b b # # æ æ rather reely iu semlice 6 > # b n 5 b ( ) - - > ɛ ɛ ɛ v v b b - # # > damen all strings ith ingers s that nly "hite nise" is rduced here damen all strings ith ingers s that nly "hite nise" is rduced here --

10 cs76vcsv64 H # cut abrutly b cut abrutly > > I (b change) itchless æ b b æ itched semre 5 b b b b breathy histle, indeterminate itch Barrque "trill," as in Mnteverdi æ æ -4- ith calm authrity i

11 cs97vvc86 K ( b) ( ) ( n) L b # st, velvety æ æ æ æ æ # F # # # - - æ - P - M ( ( #) # quasi lautand, hll # intense ( ) ( b b intense # # # F intense quasi lautand, hll # P magisterial F P c 5 5 i i i ɔ i ɪ i ɑ ɛ i ɪ ə ɔ y i ç ç ( ) ( ) # ( ) # cchissim æ æ st, velvety ( n ) # b N ( b) ( b) -5-

12 cs119vsvc109 O ( ) b F # r # b ( ) # ç ç ç ç ( ) ẉ # ( b ) ( b ) cut abrutly P ( b ( ) ) ( ) ( ) #l ȯ ( b n ) ( ) #l # ( ) n b ȯ b ( ) U U U itchless, as lng as ssible n ne b U U ç -6- U

13 Aendi: Arrangement Ending Mahler's Das Lied vn der Erde

14 Aendi eigrah rm Das Lied vn der Erde Gustav Mahler Stehen Leis Flute q = > > Clarinet in A Hrn in F b b b # 4 4 q = b b Marimba Pian Vilin Cell Duble Bass 4 q = q = q = b b b b b 2 ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ e # - - # - - # n - - n - - n # - - # ig, e - - # - ig! 2012 stehen leis all rights reserved

15 Fl 2 15 b n A Cl Hn 15 b b b # b b 15 Mrb b b b b ( ) 15 b b b Pn 15 b b b b e ig, e - ig! b b b Vln 15 sul G b Vc b DB b

16 Fl 0 n A Cl Hn 0 b b b # n 0 Mrb Pn e ig, - Vln 0 sul G esress sul G Vc DB

17 Fl 4 47 A Cl b b b Hn 47 # 47 Mrb Pn ( ) e ig, - Vln 47 Vc DB

18 Fl 6 5 A Cl Hn 6 b b b # 6 Mrb 6 ~~~~~~~ Pn - < < < 6 e ig! Vln 6 Vc DB izz arc

19 Fr mre inrmatin abut Stehen Leis and his music, lease visit: stehenleiscmsercm