Sly Scissor Eddie, by Carl Schimmel (for clarinet, horn, tuba, violin, piano, and percussion)

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SLY SCISSOR EDDIE for Clarinet in A, Horn in F, Tuba, Violin, Piano, and Percussion

CARL SCHIMMEL


SLY SCISSOR EDDIE for Clarinet in A, Horn in F, Tuba, Violin, Piano, and Percussion

CARL SCHIMMEL Percussion List Vibraphone (with bow and soft mallet) Bass Drum Snare Drum marimba

Program Note Sly Scissor Eddie was written for friends at the Yale School of Music in Spring 1999. The title is a respelling of an oft-heard pronouncement at "Naples," the popular campus hangout. In a similar fashion, the titles of the six sections were constructed around hidden references to the restaurant. Musically, the work draws on several rock songs which were in constant rotation in the jukebox there, and also -- of course -- the neapolitan sixth chord. The end result, however, is essentially an unusual fairy tale whose origins need not be of any import for the listener.


Sly Scissor Eddie 1

I. In a moonlit glen, a golden ape pulls a pair of magical scissors from a cool pond Adagio ( 45)

Clarinet in A

1

Horn in F

1

Tuba

1

Vibraphone with soft mallet

1

Vibraphone bowed

Percussion

until 1

Piano 1

1

Violin

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3


3

9

Cl.

6

9

Hn.

5

9

Tb.

(Vibraphone w/ mallet) 9

3

9

(Vibraphone bowed)

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Pc.

until

9

Pf. 9

9

Vn.

-2-

3


A

5

Piu Mosso ( 60)

15

Cl.

5

cresc. poco a poco 15

Hn.

3 3

15

3

Tb.

15

3

5

3

5

until

Pc. 15

15

con pedale

Pf.

cresc. poco a poco

15

15

Vn. cresc. poco a poco -3-

5


19

Cl. cresc. poco a poco

5 19

3

Hn. cresc. poco a poco 3 19

Tb.

(Vibraphone w/ mallet) 19

3

cresc. poco a poco

3 3

3

3

Pc. 19

3

cresc. poco a poco

(Vibraphone bowed)

cresc. poco a poco

19

cresc. poco a poco

Pf. 19

19

Vn. cresc. poco a poco

7:8

-4-


22

Cl.

" 22

Hn.

22

Tb.

3

22

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Pc. 22

22

"

Pf. 22

22

!

Vn.

" -5-

6


25

#

25

#

Cl.

Hn. dimin.

#

25

Tb.

25

(Vibraphone w/ mallet)

3

3

3

3

3

#

3

dimin. Pc. 25

(Vibraphone bowed)

#

dimin.

#

25

dimin. 6

Pf.

6

6

dimin. 6

6

6

6

#

25

6

#

25

Vn. dimin. -6-


B

28

Cl.

#

II. Eddie appears, in pursuit of the rare animal, and the ape runs from the glen, frightened Vivo ( ). =144) *= *

$ 7:5

&%

'

#%

28

#

$

&%

'

#%

28

#

$

&%

'

#%

28

#

$

&%

'

28

#

$

& %

'

# %

28

#

$

&%

'

#%

Hn.

Tb.

#%

Bass drum

Pc.

(The rhythmic values in the piano in this measure are approximate; these notes should be rhythmically identical to those in the previous measure)

Pf. 28

28

Vn.

#

#

$

& %

$

& % -7-

' ( '

"

# %

+ + + + # %


35

Cl.

#%

'

3

III. Eddie finds the scissors, repeats a magical word three times, and watches in amazement as the scissors cut the surface of the water in half Tempo II ( 60)

cresc. poco a poco 35

#%

'

35

#%

'

Hn.

Tb.

35

#%

Snare drum rim shot

'

3

5

Vibraphone with soft mallet 3

cresc. poco a poco

Pc. 35

# %

' Vibraphone bowed until

35

#%

' 3

Pf.

con pedale 35

35

Vn.

# % # %

' (! + +

cresc. poco a poco

( ' 5

5

cresc. poco a poco

playful -8-

(


.

5

5

5

" /

41

Hn.

'

0

'

41

Tb.

41

(Vibraphone w/ mallet)

senza pedale

5

.

C

Allegro ( 120)

'

41

Cl.

.

Pc.

.

'

-

.

.

" 41

,

, Pf.

,

,

'

" 0

41

41

!

'

'

Vn.

-9-

1 1 1 1


46

Cl.

46

Hn.

46

Tb.

Marimba

46

Pc.

!

46

Pf. 46

46

Vn.

1

1

1

1

-10-

1


D 52

Cl.

52

Hn.

52

Tb.

52

Pc.

52

!

cresc. poco a poco

Pf. 52

52

Vn.

-11-


58

Cl.

58

Hn. cresc. poco a poco 58

Tb. cresc. poco a poco 58

(Marimba)

Pc. subito

58

!

Pf. 58

58

Vn. subito

-12-


63

Cl. cresc. 63

Hn.

63

Tb.

63

Pc. cresc. poco a poco

63

cresc. Pf. 63

63

3

3

3

Vn. cresc.

-13-


E 68

Cl.

68

Hn.

68

Tb. cresc. poco a poco 68

(Marimba)

Pc. cresc. 68

cresc.

Pf. 68

68

Vn. 3

cresc. poco a poco

-14-

3


F

73

2%

73

Allegretto ( ). =120)

3%

&%

2%

3%

&%

73

2%

3%

&%

73

2%

3%

&%

2 %

3 %

& %

Cl.

Hn.

Tb.

Pc. dim. poco a poco 73

3

3

3

dim. poco a poco

Pf.

accel.

dimin.

73

2%

3%

&%

73

2 %

3 %

& %

Vn. 3

3

dimin.

3

3

3

-15-


IV. But the scissors shred the sky and clouds and stars and Eddie begins to become uneasy 79

&%

79

&%

79

&%

79

& %

79

& %

Cl.

Hn.

Tb.

Pc.

ritard.

Pf.

Vn.

79

&%

79

&%

-16-


G 92

Cl. 2

2

2

2

2

2

92

Hn.

92

Tb.

Bass drum

92

Pc.

92

2

2

2

2

Pf. 92

92

Vn.

-17-

2

2

2

2


104

Cl.

104

Hn. cresc. poco a poco

104

Tb. cresc. poco a poco 104

Marimba

(Bass drum)

Pc.

104

cresc. poco a poco

Pf. 104

104

con sord.

Vn.

-18-


H 116

Cl. cresc. poco a poco 116

Hn.

116

Tb.

116

Pc. cresc. poco a poco 116

Pf. 116

4

116

senza sord.

Vn.

-19-


I

). )

127

Cl. 4

127

2

2

"

2

Hn. 2

"

2

127

Tb.

" 127

(Marimba)

Pc.

"

127

"

Pf. 127

4

4 4

127

Vn. cresc. poco a poco

4 4

-20-

"

(staccato or legato)


135

Cl.

135

Hn.

135

Tb.

135

Pc.

135

Pf. 135

135

Vn.

-21-


141

Cl.

"

cresc. poco a poco

bell up

141

Hn. cresc. poco a poco 141

Tb. cresc. poco a poco 141

(Marimba)

Pc. cresc. poco a poco 141

Pf. 141

141

Vn.

-22-


J 147

Cl.

147

Hn.

" 147

Tb.

" 3

3

Pc.

" 147

Pf. 147

Vn.

4

4

4

"

147

147

4 "

+

+

+

+

+

pizzicato

"

" 3

-23-

3


K 153

Cl.

"

-

" -

"

cresc.

153

Hn.

"

cresc.

153

Tb.

" 153

-

-

cresc.

-

-

cresc.

-

-

cresc.

-

-

cresc.

(Marimba)

Pc.

153

Pf. 153

153

arco

Vn.

-24-


158

Cl.

158

Hn.

5

5

5

5

"

5

5

"

5

5

" 158

Tb.

" 158

Pc.

" 158

Pf. 158

158

Vn.

-25-


L 164

Cl. cresc. poco a poco 164

Hn. cresc. 164

Tb. cresc. 164

(Marimba)

Pc. cresc. poco a poco 164

4

cresc. poco a poco Pf. 164

5 4

4

44

164

Vn. (staccato or legato) cresc. poco a poco

-26-


V. Just as the scissors are about to fragment Ed six thousand times over, he says the magic word three times and the scissors fall to the ground, powerless 169

Cl.

" 169

Hn.

" 169

Tb.

" 169

Pc.

" 169

Pf. 169

"

cresc. poco a poco con pedale

169

Vn.

"

-27-


175

Cl.

6

cresc. 175

Hn.

175

Tb. cresc. poco a poco (Marimba) 175

Pc.

175

6

Pf. 175

175

Vn.

6

-28-


M

Tempo I 5

180

Cl.

180

Hn.

6 180

Tb.

6

180

Pc.

Vibraphone bowed

180

until

3 180

3 3

Pf. 180

3

180

Vibraphone with soft mallet

!

3

Vn.

-29-

3

3

3

3


187

5

7

Cl. 7

187

Hn.

187

Tb.

187

(Vibraphone w/ mallet)

187

(Vibraphone bowed)

3

3

3

3

3

Pc.

187

Pf. 187

187

Vn.

-30-

3

3

3

3

3


N

VI. Eddie casts the motionless scissors back into the severed pond, so that they will never be retrieved again Tempo II 195

3

3

3

Cl. 3 195

Hn.

195

Tb.

195

3

3

Pc. 195

Snare drum 3

3

195

Pf.

con pedale 195

195

3

3

Vn.

-31-

pizzicato


199

Cl.

199

Hn. dimin. 199

Tb. dimin. Vibraphone with soft mallet

199

Pc. Vibraphone bowed

199

until 199

dim. poco a poco Pf. 199

199

con sord. arco

Vn.

-32-

3

3


Allegro giocoso ( 80) 202

3

3

3

Cl. 3

cresc.

3

"

202

Hn.

"

3

3

3

3

3

3

202

Tb.

" Marimba

3

202

3

3

3

3

3

3

"

3

Pc. 202

3

202

poco rit.

Pf.

3

"

3 3

202

202

!

Vn.

" -33-

3

3 3

"


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