PEDRO ALVAREZ CANTO for amplified trumpet (2018)
Instrumentation: -Trumpet (in Bb or C), amplification via a condenser mic on a stand in front of the instrument. The text used is my own translation of a fragment from Una Canción de Vida Bajo Los Astros, by Cuban poet Regino Pedroso (in ‘Obra Poética’, Editorial Arte y Literatura, La Habana, 1975). Total duration: ca. 13” Premiere: 25 October 2018 by Tristram Williams (ELISION Ensemble) in Mexico City. www.pedroalvarez.info
Explanation of notation: Point the trumpet’s bell toward the mic, at close distance. Valve changes
Breath in/out (air sound) while sliding the embouchure off the lips. Continuous air flow goes in and out of the embouchure repeatedly and irregularly.
ON MIC
OFF MIC
23 8
Breath in (air sound) Breath out (air sound). No tongue attack, only diaphragm. v.2018-11-16
Point the trumpet’s bell away from mic.
VVVVV
[i]
[e]
your great song of life under the stars
Colouring/articulation of air sound by text spoken into the mouthpiece along the indicated duration.
Flatterzunge on breathing out (rolling air sound).
Lip buzz, semi-focused, distorted sound emision. Keep dynamic similar to breathy noises.
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Colouring of the air noise: [ i ] = as in “eel” [ e ] = as in “end” [ a ] = as in “are” (Dashed arrow for transitions, solid line for maintained vowel.)
Pedro Alvarez CANTO
(2018) for amplified trumpet
= 66 ON MIC
3
3
3
OFF MIC
3
20 8
1 16 [i]
(attacca...) sff
The amplification should project breathy sounds at a general perceived f ON MIC
OFF MIC
22 8
1 16 [e]
ON MIC
3
3
3
[a]
sff
OFF MIC
3
25 8
1 16 [a]
[i]
[e]
ON MIC
sff
[a]
(remain immobile)
27 8
3
3
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[i] v.2018-11-16
3
OFF MIC
1 16 sff
[e] –2–
ON MIC
3
30 8
3
3
3
OFF MIC
3
VVVVV
1 16
VVVVV
[a] 3
sff
(simile...)
ON MIC
OFF MIC
28 8
VVVVV
[a]
[i]
[e]
ON MIC
1 16
VVVVV
sff
[a]
3
3
3
25 8
3
VVVVV
OFF MIC
3
VVVVV
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVV
sff
[a]
ON MIC
3
3
23 8
1 16 sff
[i]
ON MIC
3
OFF MIC
3
3
3
3
20 8
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1 16
VVVVV
[e]
3
OFF MIC
sff
[a]
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ON MIC
3
18 8
ON MIC
3
3
OFF MIC
3
13 8
ON MIC
[e]
[a]
ON MIC
VVV
VVV
VVV
3
3
3
1 16
3
sff
1 16
15 8 [i]
3
VVVVV
3
[e]
OFF MIC
1 16
VVV
sff
ON MIC
OFF MIC
20 8
1 16 Drink the inebriation of centuries
3
OFF MIC
[a]
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3
ON MIC
ON MIC
VVVVV
3
1 16
sff
17 8
3
OFF MIC
[a]
sff
OFF MIC
VVVVV
VVV
in the endless ocean;
sff
[a]
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VVV
VVV
1 16 sff
10 8
1 16
12 8
VVVV
sff
[a]
[i]
OFF MIC
15 8
1 16
VVVVV
[a]
ON MIC
OFF MIC
sff
ON MIC
3
3
3
3
OFF MIC
22 8
1 16 [a]
[i] defeat the squalid night
ON MIC
3
3
3
sff
with bright human laughter; OFF MIC
3
25 8
1 16
VVV
[i]
ON MIC
[e]
3
[e]
3
[a]
[e]
[a]
3
sff
3
27 8
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[a]
seed your dance to infinitude
3
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[a]
in the bountiful earth,
3
OFF MIC
sff
ON MIC
OFF MIC
30 8
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[a]
with music of light…
ON MIC
3
3
3
3
sff
[a]
3
OFF MIC
3
28 8
1 16 [i]
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[e]
sff
[a]
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ON MIC
OFF MIC
25 8
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[i]
[e]
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[a] and sing, sing, sing
sff
in the wide wings of wind
ON MIC
3
23 8
3
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[i]
[e]
[i]
3
OFF MIC
[e]
[a]
sff
your great song of life under the stars ON MIC
OFF MIC
3
20 8
1 16 [i]
ON MIC
3
[e]
3
18 8
[i]
[a]
3
[a] sing for the people
13 8
[a]
sff
15 8
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
[a]
sff
that will come without a voice… OFF MIC
3
[a]
OFF MIC
ON MIC
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
the entire future is singing!
OFF MIC
ON MIC
1 16
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
3
sff
OFF MIC
[a]
ON MIC
[e]
As long as poss. in one breath
10 8 sff
[a]
sff
ON MIC
OFF MIC
ON MIC [1.5”]
OFF MIC
As long as poss. in one breath
x5
ppp Perth, Sep-Oct 2018.
v.2018-11-16
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