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
"