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1 sos o the poetry of amuel Greeer ( ) for soprao, alto, ad piao y usti Hery Rui Harvey Music Editios

2 Loose Paes I Early Ghosts (duet) II ereade i Grey (duet) III Killi (alto solo) IV Life's Mortality (duet) V The Holy Ghost (soprao solo) VI The Glass Bules (duet)

3 I had ever heard of amuel Greeer I as deeply ivolved ith the orks of Hart Crae, had set a umer of his poems, ad as eve ispired to rite purely istrumetal compositios ased o some of his fatastic imaery It as throuh Crae that I stumled upo the Loose Paes throuh his documeted praise of Greeer I foud myself remarkaly erossed ith these terse orks - their pure surrealist toe, hich atedates the more famous movemet eu after World War I, are imued ith a expressiveess that immediately peetrated my mid My respose, these sos hich ere composed i the Fall of 000, ere ritte ith a umer of characteristics i mid to help covey hopefully more tha ust the setimets (if that is ideed possile!) of the texts of the Poet His poems are "ories of supersesiility" (Louis termeyer, 190) herei "ords poured forth ith a ild, chaotic passio" (ames Lauhli, 199) ad therefore a arrative structure ould ot have ee a favorale choice of settis Istead, I tried to take a distict musical poit of vie ith them The oly imae of Greeer I ko is that of him at the time of his Bar Mitzvah: the dusty, dark syaoues of early 0 th cetury Ne York istataeously came to mid The uiso rhythmic, declamatory itoatios of eish chat, the cascade of ords as if a supplicatio, the propulsive ature of the poems themselves, the siuous, fleeti emotios that characterize Greeer's ords, the itimate yet uiversal essece of his utteraces, the quality of the voice of youth tured adult oly to e cut do i premature death, the fact that he played piao, the speed ith hich the texts ere ritte - all of these factors cotriuted to my choice of souds that surroud ad clothe them Note: ll uique spellis from the oriial texts have ee adusted for ease of readi HR Octoer 10, 000 The texts used i these orks are ased o trascriptios made y Michael mith <smith@loopoeiacom> from amuel Greeer's oriial mauscripts ad are used ith permissio Those trascriptios are availale olie at:

4 I Early Ghosts Music: usti Hery Rui Poem: amuel Greeer oprao Luxuriet; Very lo lto Piao p rticulate each arp ith a differet character ad li very sloly Po Rit poco sotto voce co espressivo u Tempo Whe first I e - held The siht of Music Copyriht 000 usti Hery Rui ll Rihts Reserved Prited i WRNING: No part of this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay form or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludi photocopyi or ay iformatio storae ad retrieval system ithout permissio i riti from the pulisher authorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio of the Copyriht Las

5 Rit Po self a - loe, Here sta - di up - o a floor Po 11 ( ) Meo mosso e 11 se - si - tive Drifti throe 15 Tempo primo Po 15

6 1 Rit poco B Tempo Po 1 u By dark cor - ers 1 Po roud I sha - ded my - 1 self, i hope That some liht or peo - ple Po Rit Would e Meo mosso see throuh, see throuh a rate

7 Po Tempo primo Po 1 1 Rit poco u Po Tempo C f P F But y the miht of pic - tures Each siht - ted

8 Po 7 7 o - ect looked as if my Rit soul as Meo mosso ut a for - tue To its loco Po 0 dim me mo - 0 me - mo Rit ry, mea - i ry ooked Ó u

9 II ereade i Grey Music: usti Hery Rui Poem: amuel Greeer oprao lto Piao 6 F Leisurely, ut ith motio ad li F Fol - di eye - lid of the de doth set, The Po Music Copyriht 000 usti Hery Rui ll Rihts Reserved Prited i WRNING: No part of this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay form or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludi photocopyi or ay iformatio storae ad retrieval system ithout permissio i riti from the pulisher authorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio of the Copyriht Las

10 7 co - ver re- mais i the air; d it rais the street, Po 7 10 oe co - lor set, Like a hue Po rey cat held 5 are Po 1 5 5

11 16 The sha - dos of liht Po 16 liht, of liht 19 sha - dos i shade of Po 19 shade, i shade, of dim e rit poco a poco Po liht i liht, shade

12 6 Rit molto P re 6( ) Po B 0 Tempo Po P e - ve - ly felt, 0 loco throuh par - ted thus; Mie eyes feel dim ad scorched from Po

13 6 6 rey Po 6 9 C The eih - or - i lamps thro rey Po 9 staied old Hou - ses i the dis - tace like mou - tais Po

14 5 seem, The ride lost i the mist The Po 5 es - sece of life re - mais a scree; Life it - Po 51 self i ma - y rey spots that tri - ckle the Po 51

15 5 lood u - til it rots ood - sized ox ith i - dos Po 5 57 set eems like a tuf - ted rey crea - ture a - Po live, smooth - - ly 5 sails o'er the Po

16 6 roud, Like the earth i - vi - si - Po 6 66 le i chae doth strive Po 66 D 69 Black spots, that rove here Po 69 here ad there,

17 7 Po 7 cur - ry off, float float i - to the co - ver co dim e rit poco a poco 75 ver Po 79 Rit molto E Tempo Po 79 loco P

18 Po 7 7 Po Po

19 9 F pot ad rey ere close to - e - ther, pot ad rey ere close to - Po 9 96 e - ther Whe co - lor mix - es its 96 Po 99 choice, a Po 99

20 10 lo - ver, a lo - ver, Po Rit al fie Lo Po 105 a lo ver u u

21 III Killi lto Music: usti Hery Rui Poem: amuel Greeer udued, ut expressive» º Piao Lo! the fool - ish fell Note: reath pauses at doule-ars i - lece a - out Po 7 7 While the he - ro stood d sa the ath-r'i crod What a ak-ard Po 1 1 R Fall is this Ó u - see co - quer - er, Ó Music Copyriht 000 usti Hery Rui ll Rihts Reserved Prited i WRNING: No part of this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay form or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludi photocopyi or ay iformatio storae ad retrieval system ithout permissio i riti from the pulisher authorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio of the Copyriht Las

22 Po f - ter look - i toard Ó the shout - i thro, a - Po 1 rou - ses 1 tri - umph - i Rit cry Poco meo mosso While Da - vid held the Po 6 6 head For those ho stood y stood 1 Po 1 y u

23 IV Life's Mortality oprao lto Piao» º ith streth sustai throuhout each harmoic chae Music: usti Hery Rui Poem: amuel Greeer If e should a - der the Po Music Copyriht 000 usti Hery Rui ll Rihts Reserved Prited i WRNING: No part of this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay form or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludi photocopyi or ay iformatio storae ad retrieval system ithout permissio i riti from the pulisher authorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio of the Copyriht Las

24 loe for - e - ver, e al - so Would Po 1 at to feel the o - ther side of 1 Po 16 hea ve e al - so Would 16 Po

25 0 at to feel the o - ther side of 0 Po hea ve of hea Po ve of hea Lo ve u Po u

26 (secod time oly) Our Po loco loco 6 B o - dies are ful - - ly i - ve, o 6 Po 0 mat - ter i a - y Groth; ad if e 0 Po

27 fail, al - lo - ace to ad - di - tio Is ad - hered Po s the mud pools re - ceive the Drip - pi Po 5 rai, e see the re - - ap - pear - ace Of 5 Po

28 56 eye - u - les dis - sol- vi a - ter shade dis - 56 Po 60 Lo Po 60 sol - vi a - ter shade u u 6 C The Po 6

29 6 spark li vis - io - ar - y 6 Po 7 liht i hich e re - veal the dream 7 Po 76 lies 76 as a look - i lass I our Po

30 0 0 fu ture ad the re - mais the Po 5 ske - le - 5 to a - ode I our fu Po Po 90 Rit molto! (suito e o-dim) ture 90 the ske - le - to a - ode u u

31 V The Holy Ghost oprao Piao» º P P Not rushed; ith ruato Music: usti Hery Rui Poem: amuel Greeer dark scar - let roe co - vered the o - dy, Po 6 6 s he lay ear a mo - a - sta - ry cel - lar door Ho - ly : spi -rit of death sayed o' - er him, Po Music Copyriht 000 usti Hery Rui ll Rihts Reserved Prited i WRNING: No part of this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay form or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludi photocopyi or ay iformatio storae ad retrieval system ithout permissio i riti from the pulisher authorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio of the Copyriht Las

32 16 Poco rit Ó Meo mosso Po 16 plai - tive see let resoate skull, fea - tures suk, That 1 Po 1 6 frih - tes the let resoate Poco meo mosso B life i the it ess The let resoate 6 au - zy et lack veil I the rey, sha-doed Po Ó 1 Po 1 Door - liht the ex - ti - uished form lay i

33 Po Po Po di - i - ty - hast - ly, 6 C aist the ad the let resoate lo Poco più mosso all; R ad Ó Rit dim hih cor - ers I sha- dos ere : ad-hered a-roud the 50 ( ) pil - lars Of 50 i - ro, pla - cid ske - le - to thro Po

34 5, Po 5 to the cold let resoate sad Bot - tom, for - ot - te ad u - let resoate 59 Po 59 6 re - co - i - za - le D here he let resoate lay at 6 mid - iht; strae e of-te Po Ó 69 Po 69 share the u - ex - plaied o - der strae e of - te

35 Po 7 7 share the Poco rit u - ex - plaied o der R 7 Rit 7 Po u

36 VI The Glass Bules Music: usti Hery Rui Poem: amuel Greeer oprao lto Ploddi; Quiet ad Pale Piao Po The mo - tio mo - tio Ó of a ther-i llo soority to fade ito this sectio loops Must ei- ther of Wa - ter Must ei - ther Burst or re-mai i mo Burst or re-mai i a mo - Music Copyriht 000 usti Hery Rui ll Rihts Reserved Prited i WRNING: No part of this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay form or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludi photocopyi or ay iformatio storae ad retrieval system ithout permissio i riti from the pulisher authorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio of the Copyriht Las

37 6 Ó Po 6 The vi-olet co the met vi co-lours Throuh lass, the lass co-lours Throuh the lass Ó Po Po 9 up lit - tle sel Thro up lit sel- lis 9 Ó 1 1 that ap- pear spat as that ap d ter as Bor pure are Bor so pure N soo a - o - ther strikes they Hues soo as o- ther strikes d is they of col - oured Hues that e e feel a - set the a - set

38 15 B Po 15 streth of its po - er, of its po - er Ó 1 Po 1 Ó he they Be - i they he they Be - i 0 Po 0 a - ther Like they a - ther Like sad Like sad o the Beach each sad o the Beach each le Co - tais u Co - tais a com plete

39 Rit e dim poco a poco Po eye of a of a - ter, eye of a - ter ter 6 Po 6