Gwyneth Walker. Songs In Motion. Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Piano

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1 Gyneth Walker Songs In Motion Songs or Mezzo-sorano and Piano ased on the choral set An Hour to Dance musical settings o the oetry o Virginia Hamilton Adair I Key Ring II Summary y the Pans III The Aril Lovers IV An Hour to Dance V Take My Hand

2 Songs In Motion duration: 1 minutes Program Notes These songs share a common element o motion Each o the oems ocuses on a central image hich suggests movement, either sutle or overt And thereore, the singer and ianist are instructed (and ermitted) to ring the oetry to lie through gestures and secialized erormance techniques The oening song, Key Ring, seaks o a child s onderment at her grandather s key ring, hich as sung to and ro Perhas, in a child s imagination, the keys unlocked mysteries! The song closes ith the ingling o the key chain, as simulated in the iano accomaniment Summary y the Pans is a game o chess, ith the ianist exloring the lack and hite keys, as the oosing layers ith their dichotomy o colors Meanhile, the singer moves in anlike stes during iano interludes With a inal gesture, the ianist knocks the an (singer) o o the chess oard! As in Sring, uds oen or The Aril Lovers The iano introduction sreads notes aart on the keyoard, as loers in loom Aroriately, the lyrics are Green is haening loing/loering areggiated accomaniment surrounds the climactic hrase o Early lovers never question much At the end o the song, green green green green uds o oen around the stage, to the singer s delight! The ourth song, An Hour to Dance, truly is dance music We hirl over the meados o music in a light, quick altz We hirl ast our sadness, eyond time And, on the toic o time, Alice (in Wonderland) and the Rait make a rie aearance, causing us to slo don our altz But then the dance resumes The singer hirls through this song, and leas or love! A most unusual and oerul oem orms the asis or the inal song, Take My Hand The motion in this song is that o a assing train, hich might e considered a symol o lie moving y The oet rememers her childhood, hen she elt alone and alienated (the train asses y), she accets that her only home is in her oems, and no she is going lind (the train asses y), the ullness o her lie ends eneath the heels o Time (the train asses again, crying in the night) Train-in-motion activity is resent throughout this song The oening measures involve the ianist taing across the iano edge as a train assing Later, as the singer sings coming to a crossing the sideays movement o the train is olloed A train histle ( oo ) is heard The inal vocal sound is the steam coming rom the engine Here end my tracks o assion, reason, rhyme

3 The Poems I Key Ring When my grandather as very old to one small room conined he gave me his ig unch o keys to hold I asked, Do they unlock every door there is And hat ould I ind inside He ansered, Mysteries and more mysteries You can t tell till you ve tried Then as I sung the heavy ring around the keys made a chuckling sound II Summary y the Pans irst the lack square, then a hite, Moved y something out o sight, We are started ith a ound, Knights and castles all around, Kings and queens and ishos holy! Ater that e go more sloly, While around us ith ree gaits Move the taller otentates Still e ans look straight ahead To encourage us it s said That ans ho reach the utmost square Are as good as monarchs there Meanhile ans, i need e, can By slanted ays remove a man; But requently, eore e kno What has got us, o e go! III The Aril Lovers Green is haening Through the seet exectant chill O a northern sring We have gone ithout ill, Without ear, ithout reason, Trusting to the oer O a ickle season, O a assionate hour, To mature, to sustain Till the lan uncovers In the sun and rain Early lovers Never question much What is quietly eating Through the music and the touch And the mouths meeting IV An Hour to Dance or a hile e hirled over the meados o music our sadness ut aay in urses stued into old shoes or shals the children e never ere rom cellars and closets attics and aded snashots came out to lea or love on the edge o an ocean o tears like a royal lotilla Alice s menagerie sam y no tale is endless the rait oened his atch muttering late, late time to gro old

4 V Take My Hand, Anna K, My mother et in church, Eiscoalian; Over her ar o ton the sun shone right Her Ne York City child, I elt an alien Coming to a crossing the train cried in the night My only home is in the oems I rite Who no am exiled y my ailing sight Words vanish like a lock o irds in light Coming to a crossing the train cries in the night Here end my tracks o assion, reason, rhyme Beore the terminal rush and road o light, All go together under the heels o Time Coming to a crossing the train cries in the night The Poet Virginia Hamilton Adair as orn in 191 in Ne York City and gre u or the most art in Ne ersey ntil her death in 00, she lived in Claremont, Caliornia, and taught or many years at Caliornia Polytechnic niversity at Pomona Although her early oems ere ulished in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly and The Ne Reulic, Ants on the Melon is Virginia Hamilton Adair s irst ulished collection o oetry The Comoser Widely erormed throughout the country, the music o American comoser Gyneth Walker is eloved y erormers and audiences alike or its energy, eauty, reverence, drama, and humor Dr Gyneth Walker ( 197) is a graduate o Bron niversity and the Hartt School o Music She holds BA, MM and DMA degrees in Music Comosition A ormer aculty memer o the Oerlin College Conservatory, she resigned rom academic emloyment in 19 in order to ursue a career as a ull-time comoser or nearly 0 years, she lived on a dairy arm in Braintree, Vermont She no divides her time eteen her childhood hometon o Ne Canaan, Connecticut and the musical communities o Sarasota, lorida and Randolh, Vermont urther inormation concerning Gyneth Walker and her orks is availale at: gynethalkercom

5 Songs In Motion Songs or Mezzo-Sorano and Piano Virginia Adair (191-00) I Key Ring Gyneth Walker Piano Start sloly, accel into lur gently, as a key ring ingling una corda ( ) n () q = ca 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (q = ca 7) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A A recited on itch When my grandather as very old, ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ () to one small room con - ined, Text rom Ants on the Melon, Random House Inc, 199 Coyright Virginia Hamilton Adair All rights reserved sed y ermission Coyright 000 y E C Schirmer Music Comany A division o ECS Pulishing, Boston, Massachusetts All rights reserved Made in SA

6 5 ( ) B rit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B P oco he gave me his ig unch o () keys to hold, P rit his keys to 9, C a temo q = 7 hold Do they un -lock ev -ery ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, C a temo q = 7 ( ) 11 P door there is And hat ill I ind in - side P () Walker Songs In Motion I Key Ring

7 1 D accel P Mys - ter -ies, and more mys - ter -ies, and more D tre corde accel 15 (accel) aster mys - ter -ies, and more mys - ter -ies (accel) aster P 17 rit You can t tell *un- til you ve tried Then as I sung the heav - y, E a temo q = 7 P rit a temo q = 7, g ( ) g g g E *The ord is till in the oem Walker Songs In Motion I Key Ring

8 0 ring a - round the keys made a chuck - ling sound () hite-note gliss ( ) Mys - ter -ies, and more ( n ) ( ) accel oco a oco P mys - ter-ies, and more mys - ter -ies, and more accel oco a oco P (accel) mys - ter -ies, and more mys - ter -ies, and more (accel) Walker Songs In Motion I Key Ring

9 aster mys - ter -ies You can t tell un - til you ve G rit 5 aster G g rit ( ) 0, tried g g g, Start sloly, accel into lur una corda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( ) Sloly You can t tell Sloly loco * un - til let virate you ve tried * n let virate () (una corda) 0 *to resemle keys ingling on a key ring Walker Songs In Motion I Key Ring

10 II Summary y the Pans q =, sing eighths (Â = Ç) # # # # n # 5 A # A irst the lack square, # su # then a hite, moved y some - thing N N out o sight - - n B # n B We are start - ed ith a - ound, # # knights and cas tles all a - round, kings and queens and ish -os ho - ly! - - n legato Walker Songs In Motion II Summary y the Pans

11 17 ouncy A -ter that e go more slo - ly n n C C lack # # soken (not on itch) hite 7 D D moved y some - thing out o sight # # While a - round us ith ree gaits move the tall - er n layully 9 o - ten - tates Still e ans move straight a - head hite-note gliss # n n # # Walker Songs In Motion II Summary y the Pans

12 E E n ith ree gaits o - ten - tates Still e ans move straight a - # n gliss 0 During this measure section (rom to G), the singer should move around the stage in time ith the music, ackard and orard, side to side, and even diagonally to simulate a chess game The singer should stand rigid, acing orard, as a ooden chess an head # # n n n n Walker Songs In Motion II Summary y the Pans

13 n 9 9 # n n # G G n n n n n n legato Still e ans look n legato straight a - head to en -cour -age # 5 us it is said that # ans ho reach the ut - most square # are as good as # 57 ^ v mon - archs there! Mean - hile ans i # n # n # # H H n Walker Songs In Motion II Summary y the Pans

14 1 need e, can y slant - ed ays re - move a man But (on the eat) 5 n # I 5 I re - quent - ly, e - ore e kno hat has got us, hite-note gliss (to eats) o # e go! # # # # # # But non dim ree temo 11 n # re -quent -ly, e -ore e kno hat has got us, ree temo loco short, quick gliss o! o! o! o! o! o! o! (lay only i needed) # # Walker Songs In Motion II Summary y the Pans

15 7 a temo q = ( ) K 11 o e go! a temo q = ( ) K # ( ) # # # 77 # irst the lack square, # then a hite # irst # a lack, # # # 0 : hisered π then a hite, moved y some - thing out o sight (as i knocking a an o o a chess oard) # # n (on the eat) 5 # 0 Walker Songs In Motion II Summary y the Pans

16 1 III The Aril Lovers Gently q = 0, as loer uds oening una corda R 5 () (uc) 9 A A Green is P ha - en - ing () (uc) 1 la la la la la la la la la la la B ( ) Green is B () (uc) Walker Songs In Motion III The Aril Lovers

17 17 () (uc) 1 () (uc) D D ha - en - ing C C 0 Green q = 0 reely q = 0 reely una corda oco accel Through the seet ex ill, oco accel is g la la la la la la la la la la la ha -en - ing, is ha - en -ing, is ha - en -ing rit rit - ect -ant chill o a north -ern sring e have gone ith -out ith -out ear, ith -out rea - son, - ick -le sea - son, Walker Songs In Motion III The Aril Lovers tre corde E trust ing to the oer o a 1

18 1 5 o a as - sion - ate, as -sion - ate hour, to ma - ture, to sus - g tain till the 9 rit lan un - cov - ers in the sun and rain Ear ly lov - ers, rit a temo q = 0 a temo q = 0 # # # ques -tion nev - er ques - tion nev - er ques - tion # dim Walker Songs In Motion III The Aril Lovers ear - ly lov - ers nev - er ( ) much hat is #

19 () G G 51 # qui - et - ly eat - ing through the mu - sic and the # touch and the n # # cresc (cresc),, H H a temo q = 0 a temo q = 0 mouths () 5 # # # Walker Songs In Motion III The Aril Lovers # # rit meet rit - ing # Ear - ly lov - ers, # # ear - ly lov -ers nev -er ques - tion, # # 15

20 1 57 # ear - ly lov -ers nev -er ques -tion nev - er ques -tion nev - er ques - tion # 59 () much # # 1 rit # #, # () a temo q = 0 I nmeasured continue, ad li ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( ) g una corda al ine Walker Songs In Motion III The Aril Lovers

21 () () Singer looks around the stage, erhas ointing, ith delight, to imaginary uds as they o oen reely enter (quickly as loer uds oening) green, green, green, green, ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ π arely audile green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, 17 () () green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( π) # Ah # Ah # () # Ah ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ " () # π 00 Walker Songs In Motion III The Aril Lovers

22 1 IV An Hour to Dance Lightly altzing q = 7 oco ad li 15 A or a hile e hirled A () 1 o - ver the mead - os o mu () Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance

23 7 # # () - - sic, our sad - ness ut a - B ( ) B 19 5 ay in () uṛ - ses, stued in - to () old shoes n () 5 We C hirled C and shals o - ver the mead - n # # n g g () Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance os, n e n

24 0 57 # # 1 9 D cresc hirled cresc o - ver the mead - g mu os, sic # # n n 77 Sloer, more reely o rit chil -dren e nev -er ere, rom cel -lars and clos-ets, at -tics and a -ded sna -shots, D Sloer, more reely n n g n came out Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance E E to ^ lea ( ) ^ or la la la n n rit The la la la n n

25 # # # # love, n n on the n edge n g o an o n n g - cean n o n ( ) tears g hirled (accel) # # (accel) (cresc) n n () cresc oco a oco (accel) (cresc) hirled (accel) n (cresc) Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance rit rit We G accel oco a oco [to H] cresc oco a oco hirled G accel oco a oco [to H] o - ver the mead - n n g n simile o - ver the mead - n n n o - ver the mead - os, os n n os, e e o

26 H # # H a temo (q = 7) mu a temo (q = 7) # n # g sic non dim 11 I Singer dances and hirls in time ith the music I # # n n 1 more hirling n n simile Aḥ n n n n Ah Ah Ah Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance

27 17 # # rit # 7 7 # # # # g g g () 1 (rit) (rit) # # K K Sloer, more reely Like () a Sloer, more reely royal lo # rit - til - a Al - i - ce s men -a - ger - ie sam,, g n sustained ( ) 150 # # # # () 155 y g n rit (cresc) late, rit n n n n n n late, No tale is end - less The ra-it o -ened his atch mut -ter -ing L time to gro old, L () cresc oco a oco,, Sloly time Sloly ( ) to gro old Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance

28 1 M accel oco a oco (ot cut to m 17) 17 M accel oco a oco (accel) (accel) () 11 () (cresc) (end cut) (h = q ) a temo (q = 7) (h = q ) a temo (q = 7) () n n We hirled N N () cresc oco a oco o - ver the mead - os, hirled o - ver the mead - (cresc) P (cresc) e P (cresc) cresc oco a oco os, 17 # # # # () (cresc) e (cresc) (cresc) hirled (cresc) Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance o - ver the mead - os o

29 O 19 # # O P 00 P Q 0 Q 1 mu ( ) ( ) v We v n ^ v We v v came v v came v la la la ^ out ^ ^ out ^ ^ to ^ ^ to ^ ^ lea, ^ n ^ ^ lea, ^ n ^ ^ ^ came ^ ^ ^ ^ sic v We v v came *Cue-size note is an ossia la la la ^ out ^ ^ ^ to * ( love! ^ ^ ^ lea ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ out ^ ^ ^ ^ to a ^ ^ ^ ^ lea, ^ n ^ or ) ^ non dim ^ ^ continue, lurred ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walker Songs In Motion IV An Hour to Dance 0 5

30 V Take My Hand ta on iano ledge, descending (rom right to let), to simulate a train assing y 9 Moderate temo q = 0 roll tas at loer (let) end o the ledge P esr My A quasi recitative R moth - er et in church, E - is - co - a - R lian; A quasi recitative () () 1 o - ver her ar - o ton the sun shone right Her Ne York Cit -y () Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand g

31 17 7 child, I elt an al - ien Com -ing to a cross - ing the 0 train cried in the With energy, aster q = 11 night () With energy, aster q = 11 ith edal B B (as though atching a train assing in the night) almost hisering com -ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross - ing 5 com - ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross -ing n Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand

32 7 accel cresc com -ing to a cross - ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, com -ing to a cross -ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, accel aster q = com-ing to a cross-ing the aster q = non dim su su rit rit My esr train cried in the C C Sloer q = 0 as eore night ( ) ith edal on - ly home is the o - ems I rite Sloer q = 0 as eore ( ) ho no am ex -iled y my ail - ing sight Words van -ish like a Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand rit lock o irds in rit

33 9 light n, Com -ing to a cross -ing the accel train cries in the accel ( ) ( ) 9 () 5 7 q = 11 night q = 11 dim D D (as though atching a train assing in the night) almost hisering com -ing to a cross -ing com -ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross - ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, n accel cresc accel cresc 5 5 Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand

34 () 5 59 E (accel) (cresc) com -ing to a cross - ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, com-ing to a cross - ing the (accel) (cresc) train cries in the Sloer, emhatically 5 Here end my tracks o E Sloer, emhatically 5 5 aster q = aster q = night ith edal cresc rush and roar o g rit rit as -sion, rea -son, rhyme, e -ore the ter -min - al () Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand light u u n n,, All go to - geth - er un - der the

35 5 7 heels o Time () night ith edal,, a temo q = 11 Com -ing to a cross -ing a temo q = 11 cresc rit rit the train cries in the Here Sloer, emhatically Sloer, emhatically end my tracks o as - sion, rea - son, rhyme, e - ore the ter - min - al rush and roar o light n u All go to - geth - er un - der the 1 Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand

36 75 () 77 H H ( heels o Time rit dim cry, rit rit a temo q = night a temo q = 1 dim cry, rit sna ingers ) G G ree measure reely ree measure g cry, tas descending on iano ledge I I Com -ing to a cross - ing cries,,, in the train cry, ( ) ( ) ( ) (as though atching a train assing in the night) almost hisering com -ing to a cross - ing the Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand

37 com -ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross - ing 5 com -ing to a cross - ing com -ing to a cross - ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, n cresc cresc reathe ad li com -ing to a cross -ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, com -ing to a cross -ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, com -ing to a cross - ing, cross - ing, cross - ing, com -ing to a cross -ing, oo ^ ^ ^ n ^ as a train histle Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand

38 91 com -ing to a cross - ing, oo com -ing to a cross -ing, oo 9 accel com -ing to a cross - ing, oo com -ing to a cross - ing, oo, oo, ^ ^ ^ n ^ accel 95 9 () (accel) com -ing to a cross-ing, oo, oo, com -ing to a cross -ing (accel) Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand K Quickly q = 1 K Quickly q = 1 in the the L L train cries night, (Same temo) (Same temo)

39 cresc oco a oco to end night, 5 cresc oco a oco to end n 5 (cresc) night (cresc) (cresc) ƒ air sound (no itch), to resemle a train engine letting o steam as it asses y chh (cresc) () Walker Songs In Motion V Take My Hand ta ledge energetically ith oth hands ƒ 0 Total: 1 minutes This version comleted: Aril 15, 015 Ne Canaan, Connecticut

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