Christopher Cerrone
Requiem (for K.V.) for amplified soprano and live electronics
(2007) full score
Notes on performance: Requiem for K.V. is a piece for amplified solo soprano with two prerecorded tracks of the soprano. The two tracks should be panned left and right as far as possible (as indicated in the score) in the stereo mix, with the live voice directly in the center. The realization of the piece requires an alternatingly very free and very strict realization rhythmically. Therefore, it is a possible that the singer make use a click track for performance, but only for the sections with tape. It is also completely possible to perform without a click track. In both the live and prerecorded parts, the soprano should make no attempt to conceal the sound of her breathing between phrases.
General notation guide:
! "
= sustained sound = cresc. dal niente
Pronunciation guide: The score occasionally makes use of the International Phonetic Alphabet to indicate vowels that are not attached to words. They are notated with a bracket surrounding them (e.g. [e]). Below are English examples of all of the vowels used: [!] = done [I] = it In addition, the following symbols are used: floa/ = fragment of a word (t)ing = attack with a consonant originally attached to another word
Text by Kurt Vonnegut (from the book A Man Without a Country): When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, “It is done.� People did not like it here.
The Text is Copyright 2006 and Used by Permission
Requiem (for K.V.) Stage Layout
S2
S1 Footpedal to cue tape
(Microphone and Tape - Left channel)
(Microphone and Tape - Right Channel)
F
Mixer
Tape
AUDIENCE
(Tape Only - Right Channel) S4
(Tape Only - Left Channel) S3
written for Daisy Press
Requiem (for K.V.) Kurt Vonnegut
Christopher Cerrone
Quiet and cool (q = 63-66) p without any
!
"
When
the
trace of vibrato; very breathy throughout
Voice (Live)
"
!
3
#
( ( & ' $ " $% $ ) $ $ short
$
poco rit.
3
last
liv - ing thing
$# $ # $ poco
has died
on
As before
( "
$ ) $ $
ac - count of
us,
start tape 1
el. poco acc
Slower Voice (Live)
! $ .
how
As before
& ' /$ $ ' ' % $.% 3
po
3
-
et
As &% before Slower Slower (q = 46) (q = 63) (q = 46)
-
i -
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cal
it
* + $$.
p sotto voce
would be
if
2 * $$ Left ! + (Tape)
#.
earth
ppp
[I]
' + ! + $$. 4$ #. . sotto voce
Voice (Live)
in
2
Left (Tape)
+ ! + $$ [I]
Right (Tape)
+" ! ( +
a
voice
pp
2
$
[!]
As before
3 5# +.
float
3 # +.
floa/
pp
.$% $ 6
p sotto voce
mp
3 # +.
floa/
-
(t)ing up
( " 3"
p sly
( #
per
-
( " / $ $ % haps
, - $ $ "# . .
+ +
"#
+ +
mp
could say,
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from the floor
2
!
p 1-2" " ( 7 p ' " $ " + $ #. ) $
of
!0" " +#.
Very slow (q = 46)
! $& /$
Voice (Live)
the
Grand Can - yon,
/8
(non cresc.)
#.
"It
is
done."
Voice (Live)
#.
#.
/+ #
morendo
"It
Left (Tape)
Right (Tape)
!
p
(! ;
/8
is
6
) #. #
#.
done."
"It
2 ' /8
/# #
*
is
*
p
[I]
!0"
done."
2 /8 [!]
:* + p
: +# .
6 ' ;
morendo
2 &' 4# #
*
#
is
+9
"It
p
/8
6 ' "
morendo
done."
[!]
2
&%
#
"It
Left (Tape) !
' !
start tape 2
p
+#
morendo
[I]
morendo
2 : +#
[I]
#. #
(non cresc.)
is
/# done."
p
morendo
*
*) Hover slightly below the pitch, just flat enough to produce beats.
Voice (Live)
' 2 ! #
[I]
Left (Tape)
!
p
morendo
*
*
2
#
[I]
6 ' "
morendo
Right (Tape)
(! # . "It
4#. #
(non cresc.)
is
/#
morendo
*
p
< +# . "It
p
#. #
#
*
morendo
"It
p
p
is
/#
4#. # is
(like an overtone forming)
3=3=3
< /$ +
morendo
done."
6 ' "
done."
**) Proportional notation: place the attack approximately in the middle of the third beat.
)$
gliss.
< +
2 0 **$
< +
"It
< +;
2 48 [I]
p
< +
' < /$ !+
3=3=3
Voice (Live)
done."
Left (Tape)
! +< +
morendo
!0"
2 0 **$
+
p
"It
3=3=3
/$
' : /$ !+ ! +: +
p
0
"It
8
: ! + ( 8.
)# #
It
' , pp !+ 8
is
;#
!0" $. It
mp
#
"
$. # is
morendo
is
'
done."
"
"
+" +
$. #
done."
!0"
It
+ ## + "It
$. # # $ # $. .
is done
"It
"
#.
done
p
$
$ is
# is
$
[!]
is
ppp
8
done."
, +
is
ppp
##
, + , +
$
"It
$. is
"
p
!0" + pp + ##
mp
+$ +.
morendo
done."
done."
morendo
done
, ! + (
+ /$ # +
8.
It
It
$
/# , !+
morendo
$. # # $ # $. .
, +"
[I]
"It
Right (Tape)
p
: +
+ /# # +
done
2
pp
is
, /8 +
: +
(t)[I]
$
pp
p
Left (Tape)
"It
is
!0"
!0"
+
p
!0" pp , +8
2 $
is
Voice (Live)
2 0 **$
morendo
done."
morendo
2 0 **$ "It
(like an overtone forming)
/$
3=3=*
morendo
done."
3=3=3
(s)done
Right (Tape)
is
is
is
: +
. 8#
8.
8. #
8.
< Right ! + (Tape) ( 8. #
Left (Tape)
3
(t)[I]
(t)[I]
Voice (Live)
!0"
(like an overtone forming)
!0"
4 Voice (Live)
!0"
' !
#
$
"It
Left (Tape)
is
"It
! 8
is
"It
[!]
$
"It
is
$
[!]
(! ##
#
$
##
done."
Right (Tape)
#
$
8
is
done."
# is
+ +
$
##
is
$
+ +
done."
is
+ +
$
## done."
is
Freely Voice (Live)
' + !+
#
$
"It
Left (Tape)
Right (Tape)
##
is
! ++
$#
#
#
is
"It
1, 2, etc.
$#
$
is
##
$#
"It
last time
$# is
$
0 0
$
done."
ppp legato
"It (non dim.)
+ ## ! ( +
3x
is
start tape 3
Voice (Live)
' ! 8 &%
morendo
ppp
Left (Tape)
! # "It
Right (Tape)
(!
# is
9
$#
"It
& ' "
;
9 morendo
$# is
9
$ ppp
#
"It
# is
$#
"It
$# is
$
Voice (Live)
' ! # "It
Left (Tape)
* + /# #
morendo
# is
! & ' "
;
#
;
morendo
* + /$
[!]
Right (Tape)
Voice (Live)
Left (Tape)
(! 8
morendo
#
' + !+
morendo
+ !+ #
Right (Tape)
Voice (Live)
+ ! ( +# ' !
"
;
+ +#
is
morendo
;
"It
* + ##
9
"It
Right (Tape)
(!
#
#
"It
* 3
morendo
+ +$
* +
"
is
is
morendo
"
+ +8
* +
#
#
"
/$
[!]
!
is
morendo
"It
Left (Tape)
#
#
+ +
9
+ +
is
morendo
3 + /#
morendo
+ +
"
#
"It
is
"
* +
#
#
+ +#
3 +
#
"It
;
"It
3 + /$
+ +
[!]
/# #
"
5
"
+ +
9
"
"
* 3 * 3
9
is
As at the beginning
/( $ * !3
as long as possible...
Voice (Live)
done."
( "
p
/$
( $
Peo - ple
did
5"
$
$
not
( "
) $ like
$ it
& $$
'
here. October 1, 2007 New Haven, CT