for Valerie Haber
Death Psalm
for solo soprano and solo piano
Aaron Holloway-Nahum 2005/Revised Jan 2006
Very soft, slow, reflective, and free as if being improvised ppp
Soprano
(is she singing?)
w
& œ b˙
œ Œ
mmm...
& œ œbœ œ n˙ ™
,
6
is not
qui
10
& nœ œ bœ bœ
Sop.
-
b˙ ™
˙
et
,
mmm...
14
&
Sop.
20
b˙
œœ
˙ gliss. b˙
3
b˙ ™
3
b˙ p
Œ
you
they
of
[m]a - ny who hear
3
n˙
know
bœ
&
U ˙
œ
some - one
œ bœ
,
else
˙ b~
{&
you
dead
do
slowly morph the vowel
œ
pp
bœ
˙
mmm...............
of some - one
bw
b˙
you
dead
not
know
else dead
˙
œœ
mmm...
j œ‰Œ
ppp
≈ Œ
œ
f
ah
molto espressivo
dissapearing
Π44 bw
mmm...[mm]y mind
this
p
œ
œ
a bit violent
detached and informative again
pp
Œ
- j nwb œ œ œ ‰ b œ n œ b œ œ œ bœ œ nœ bœ œ
œ
completely objective and factual ppp
p
p a sincere revelation pp
do not think
p
3
. gliss*
bœ bœ œ ˙
[mm]I
mmm..
nœ bœ ˙
‰ œj bœ œnœ œbœ mmm...
q = c. 76 broad and sweeping; a landscape ∑
with a sense of empty space...
∑
∑
mmmm...
(silently depress)
Pno.
˙
mmm...
they don't want ei - ther to think
Sop.
bœ œ
j bœ œ ™ œ
, bœ nœ œ nœ œ b˙
pp
, bœ b˙ (, )œ b˙ ™ n˙ n œ b œ b œ b œ n ˙ & nœ bœ b˙ n˙
17 Sop.
bœ œ bœ œ nœ #˙ ™
œ bœ ˙
mmm...
Sop.
a bit angry
ever so slightly more... pp
44
~
~ bœ Œ Ó
~
(did the piano just play?)
pp
°(sempre!)
broad and sweeping; a landscape
q = c. 76 with a sense of empty space... ~ bœ Œ Ó mp
*All glissandi should be performed such that the starting note is left immediately and an even gliding sound is produced for the full duration of that note. Copyright © Aaron Holloway-Nahum 2006
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