After Life - Piano/Vocal - Tom Cipullo by ECS Publishing Group

8557 | Cipullo | After Life | Piano Vocal Score

After Life Chamber Opera in One Act Music by

Tom Cipullo Libretto by

David Mason

Catalog No. 8557 After Life was commissioned by Music of Remembrance and was premiered on May 11, 2015 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA., Mina Miller, Artistic Director Made possible by a generous gift from James and Sherry Raisbeck. Dedicated to Lori Laitman and the legacy of Josephine Propp Laitman.

After Life Chamber Opera in One Act Libretto by David Mason

Music by Tom Cipullo Darkness. A sound of no knowable place. Before lights rise, we hear Getrude Stein singing, elongating words as if giving birth to them.

   

Mysterious and very free q = 80 (e = e throughout)

Youth (Soprano)

Gertrude Stein

ppp (whispered)

  

 















Hey.

Pablo Picasso

   

  

strum strings inside piano

Piano

 



modo ord.

 

  

depress notes silently

   











 



 



   







 



    2

Stein

Pno.

 Stein

     

Hey.

                 

Hey. He.

   



    

 

       

  

      

 con

   











                  pp

   

                 mp

jure

me.

            

Con moto Pressing forward q = 104









 

Who?

  

Oh!

rall.



 

Ah.

    

Who?

(fl.)

Pno.





Hey. He.





    





   



depress notes silently

                                   

 

Ah.

strum strings

a tempo

        



p    

He.

   



Pno.



poco riten.



Oh,

rall.

        

  

      

  





e=e

 

 

                 e = e             

   

                     p

   

riten.

Stein

Pno.

 Stein

Pno.

 Stein

Light illuminates her searching face, almost the mask of Picasso’s famous portrait of her. più riten. p



 

     

 

  

     

    



    

poco f

 

     Ques - tion me, ques - tion me.                                

Con

  

jure

     





me.

     



(cl.)



   

  

 

a tempo

  



  

Ba - by prec - ious?

   





poco f

riten. . . più

 

Relaxing q = ca. 92

Pressing

 

           

      

                 



 

Ques - tion me.

                      Pno.

 

            mp

  



  it

   

  



    you?

     



 

Ba - by,

   

 



 

  



Stein

poco f

    

long,

Pno.



          

    

Pno.

          poco f

   



   



    



  

       

     

who?

       

 



                       

   

        

           

   

             

no breath

       

 



     

          

She is entirely illuminated now, but suspended in dark.

    27

Stein

long,

 





         

(, ) f

    Pno.

   

    23

Stein

how



      

 

     

Sound of

           f           

a sigh... I.



   ff



                               

rall.

                    

       

was the cov - er

rall.

     

      

      



   30

Stein

Pno.



(Spoken:) (not loud, but emphatic)



Pno.

 Stein

Pno.



TIME.



    

 

      

    

  

   

    pppp

loved

Ev - ’ry - one

 

         ffp      Un poco più mosso

Pressing forward

q = 96

Playfully (speaking about herself) pp

     35

Stein



a piacere p

 I

  want

you,

Mis - ter

          

        



 

no breath

 

Cud - dle Wud - dle.

 

  

 

 

  3           Oh what a mud - dle! How is it I                  

 

  

sost. 3

colla voce

 



Relaxed

  

   

    

38 mp

  

me.





                 

     





 I.

       

  

 



 

 who?

  



  



Gently moving

 

  

  



  

             



     (or spoken) mp

Stein

molto accel. e cresc.

  



  



  

3       

                                                             Con - jure me. Ques - tion me.

Pno.



  

Pno.

 Stein

  

 

   

Con - jure

 

 

me.

Ques - tion me.

    f

 

    

 

ppp

near

           



            

    

 

   

 

     

poco riten.



     

 

 

 

            mf            ly

lost

my -

a tempo

cresc.          but gen - ius

  

me.

                 

Pno.

 

poso sost.

a tempo

self,



    

        

 

Con - jure

        

Slower, relaxed, very expressive q = 78 poso sost.

Stein

 

Ques - tion me.

                       colla voce

            cresc.                

nev - er lies

  



     

Stein

and gen

Pno.



ius



          f

   53

Stein

Pno.



Gen

 -

    

                                    

 

    

     

               

TIME.



ius,





the

         

           

  





q = 108

    

     

                       

        pp

3     

look in



Con moto



 

dies.

       

,              

            

   

(no breath) fff pp

riten. . . più

I was the cov - er

Pno.

nev

                     poco  f    f                             50

Stein

    

poco f

the

eye.











                                               mp                              

 

Pressing forward

Stein



f passione





Gen



    

ff più passione

ius,

Gen

ius of no place,

più passione                                                        ff                           passione

Pno.

 Stein



   

(with disgust)

           ff         

      62

place,

   

     

rallent.

 



pose





   

                                                                               More relaxed, as before  più rallent.



 





      



                                         I

più rallent.

rallent.

Pno.



sup -

 

a tempo q = 78 dolcissimo



pose.

       dolcissimo                pppp                  

                                         





              



Pno.

   



  65



                                       

Pno.





     69

Stein

riten.

  

   



ppp

a rose

   is



        

 

     

ppp

rose.

Pno.

   



Stein

perdendosi

                                73



      

riten.









                                 pp               

 

long a bit less

 rose

  

        is

        

             



         



     



perdendosi

slight roll







                    legato                                 

pose

riten.

Pno.





     

più riten.

 

very slow roll



Stein

         

      

   





Out of the dark, another voice sings. It is Pablo Picasso, not yet illuminated. molto fp por t.

78       Picasso    -

Gen

  Pno.



 Picasso 

ius?



 

    

 Stein

         86





sost.

  

    

 

a tempo Very free - quasi cadenza

                   (picc.)



Gen - ius?

 



  

 



rallent. . . . molto



 





(picc.)





Did somebody say my name?

       



 

Spoken - ad lib. Fast (q = 176)

 

fff





               3                      3 

    

                            



p dolcissimo

rallent.

rallent. . . . molto

Pno.



 3   3        quasi guitarra 3                   f 3



a tempo Very free - quasi cadenza

sost.

      

         

Pno.



      f

Is it

you,

right in, entering immmediately                                        poco f

      

                 

 

12 She turns away, searching the dark. Picasso emerges in light, his face and form instantly familiar to us. He does not yet see Stein.

  

riten. . . . molto

Stein



                           

Pno.



             

  Picasso   94

Pno.



Very free



              Ba - by Pre - cious, Ba by Pre - cious?                                          p mp                         

,         Some

lov - er



  



    

      

   

ppp





  

      

        

   

        



   



   

  



p intense, passionate

q = 88

poco a poco più mosso



Con moto q = 80

has con - jured me!

                                  

più sost.



dolce (but proudly!) ppp

Pno.

        

più riten.





        mp

      



  

   

            

  Picasso  100

Pno.

 Stein

Stein

Picasso



lov - er!

   

 





 

 

poco f





     

 



 



 

  



Gertrude, still searching and

 

q = 96 not seeing Picasso, sings:



      





 

  

 





104

who? f

 

   



            



q = 92



    

102

 Pno.

 

      

Pno.



 

Some

    

  

poco f



  

        

 



 





 

 

This

the

bod

      



   

  

Some - one

 

 

Some - one



 



      



 but



    



hear—

is it





love,

can



near,

     

        



  

 

poco f



           

      

  

   106

Stein



you?

Picasso

    

Pno.

  

the

bull,

 

  

 





      

 



full

   

   





 

Stein

Picasso





 

 

Come,

 



  



Pno.











please

 come.

 

limbs,

      



 

       

 

  



  



tor - so,

Come

            

     

  of life.

      

 108



     







   





  

 



molto rit.

here.

                                              

15 Slower, free a tempo

più rit.

   



111

Stein

      Picasso  

loins.

Pno.



      



     

       

Ev - ’ry place no place.

  





 



     

 

 





 

    Un

    

           

 









     







 

   

no breath



     

    pppp

    

no face.

  



riten.

Ev - ’ry face



Pno.



 

pp dolore

life.



Even more slowly, still free





   (like chimes)        

                  

Picasso



                                    

116

Stein

      

      

  

  Picasso   120

Con moto

 

  

   

What sort of

(right in)

Pno.



     mp 

              124

Stein

   Pno.

    3

night - fish - ing is this?

      

      What

     



     

      

Ba - by Pre - cious.



flesh?

sort of

         

    

 



perdendosi

       

ppp

      

       



          

   

 



riten. ppp

 

        



pppp

 

  





  

 

 

      

perdendosi

     



più perdendosi

          127

Stein

Al - ice.

Picasso

Pno.





 

                 

  Picasso  



 

 nand

Picasso tries to conjure all the women he has loved:

















  









                                                 f                                   

       131

Fast, full of life q. = 100

 -

 



(e),

 



 

have you





brought me

Fer

  

ffp

here?

                                                                            Pno.                                            ff 135       (considering)        Picasso     Fer - nand

      Pno.

    ff

         

    

                  3

                 3

 3  3                                  3

       

(e)?

        

 



 



  Picasso   140

(he laughs to himself.)













um-hmmm... Marcelle,

Marcelle,

                                (a sudden interruption)

   Pno.



  



146      Picasso 



  

        





 

     151

Picasso

Pno.

poco f





   

 

  

   

bod - y

    

       

 

       

p (dancing)

     

 

   

 is

you?

 

  

      

         

 it

       

 



          

  

 yours.

  

  

                                                p

                      poco  

 





you?

Pno.

  







         



               

                

      you?

    

           

  it...

(a sudden thought!) ff



  

 

Gab - y,

            f         

 Picasso 

156

    

sub. teneramente pp

161

ga,



Do - ra,

            



                 



 

           

         Picasso            love? is it you, my mp

      



            

 

 



poco f

   

        















          







     

  



ppp







                          sim.

 





                             

      

                 



 

  

Thé - rèse?

    

                         





   

Ma - rie

              

pp sub.

166

Pno.

  



      



  Picasso  

Pno.

 

                                      

Pno.



 





   

mp dolce

                 

   Picasso  172

Pno.



 

  

Fran

çoise?

poco f

  Picasso 

 

       



                 183

Picasso

  Pno.



                                       

177

Pno.



 



        

  

         



  

 

      f

 

Jac

  

        f

Fer

 

  

               f               

  

nand

                               

  

 

                                                                    

            

(dancing)

  

  



Gen - e - vieve?

                     poco f



   

  





quel

    

  -



                 ine?

           

  

   

   

  

(or any high note)

(wild now!)

(e)Ay! Yay! Yay!

                                          



           





 188    Picasso   

Your

Pno.





bull

                              

  Picasso 



tor



193

   

      Pno.



  Picasso   

Pno.

    



Rey!

   

       ff             

back!













                                                       ff                                      







 -



 -

                 

          





      

     3 3 3 3 3 3     3       3  3  3 3 3                                        

         

197



  

    



                           3

 

    



                      3 3

      

    

     

fff



 



      



  

 

          

 Picasso 

201

Pno.





Come out, all

                                    

205     Picasso  

 

       f            

Come out

Pno.



                     

 Picasso  

Pno.

 

               

and

            



 

                 

dar

lings.

  

  

 

 

  

                                                      





play!





Turning, Stein sees Picasso. (surprised)









                                                                               

 

                     

 

Slower

209

Stein

     

   ff

              

mp a piacere

    

 

Pab - lo!











 

 







 

 

                                 mp





                    

   

Very free

   

    215

Stein



a piacere (weakly)

       Picasso  



a piacere a tempo ppp

       Not

       





  

cious.





a tempo

     

Pre





Tru - dy?

Pno.

Ba - by



           



(fl.)

 



217

Pno.

                                                               poco

  Picasso  

 

poco f

Fast, as before



Fast, as before

 Stein

       

 

           

Not...

       

sost.

 

221

 Picasso   

Pno.

 

       

  



a piacere , pp

     what

want - ed.

 

                

 

        

 



 

Slowly moving q = 90

 



     

          p dolce      

p dolce



see

  

it now.

  

  224

Stein

 

How

and who. I

          

Stein

Picasso

Pno.



  

  

Pno.



     

     you. poco f





  

          





    



had

  

   



  







     



   

are the

last

one on Earth

 



 

     

You

with your e - go,



       



to be

      

   

    

 

my friend,

  

                

   



 

You,



              

it had to be,

     

 



   intense            poco   f passionate

230    Picasso 

Pno.

see



    

poco riten.

Con moto, as before q = 84

228



 

no breath

 

   

  

I want - ed to see.



    

   

 disgusted          

you with your need.

                 

(d.)

 

      

   

   

  



 3  Tell - ing

  

 

   

the





 Picasso 

232

Pno.



 

 world

     





 

234

Stein

        



 

 

vent - ed



             

  -

stract





 

 

 





ed you,







me!

  4:3                            4:3   f                     



 



 -

 in -

       

 





you

           

 

  4:3     Picasso  

Pno.







you,



  





                                        



   

 

 



   

 

 



    

Stein

 

 

  

watched

from the

cov - er

238

          f  Pno.          242    Picasso      

Pno.

 Stein

       247

   Picasso 

Pno.

 

                       



 

  



TIME.

                       

   f   

 



 

                      



                                                                                    Faster q. = 72 ff             Gen - ius nev - er dies.   ff         

                      this

    

 

Why are

here?

Death?

                ff          

        

        

         

   

n’t

               

         

        

   

Pressing slightly

253

Stein

Pno.



        

     





Stein

Pno.

 Stein

Pno.

       

 



ques - tion

con - jured

us.

       

       



258

  

 

                                



  

 









  

ques - tion

 

                                      f                                

   263



  

hangs

 in

        

      



Ancora poso più mosso (q = 114)

 

the

   





dark.

                                              ff         

       

         

                     

  



  



   266

Stein

    Pno.



Pno.

 Stein

passione

poco f

 

 



  to be

  

How and who.

 

 



     

      It

   

 

           

 

to be, had

   

   

          

Ancora poco più mosso (q = 128)

    

had





   

 

  

         

           

Pressing more

 



you.

      274

Still pressing







 

  I

q = 136

 

me.

   

   

 

want - ed

            

fff

 

  

                                                 ff                                           Some - one

    to be, had

                                               ff                                              

gen - ius.

Pno.



see it now.

            270

Stein

     ff passione

Some - one

   

       278

Stein

  



an - swer me.

Picasso



Stein

Set me free.



               

282

   

   

no breath  



     

Some - one like

 



 

Is - n’t this death?

 

                    colla voce





 



                  pp

     

sotto voce ppp

       I grew to

hate

 3

         you.

Did - n’t you

 

  

 



   

me.



              

 

me.

                     ffp                              

(or whispered)



  

Free, quasi recit.





Pno.

   

a piacere

slow roll

 

   

fff



              

Some - one

Picasso



     



  

    

Slower (q = 72)



Pno.



rallent. . . molto

know?

 Picasso 

 

286

Pno.



3          

You want - ed to own me,

   

cre - ate me,

  

  fpp

        

fpp

  

  Picasso  

Pno.

  3   

       

molto rit. relaxed, unhurried

long



Bright q. = 84 289 a tempo

               poco     f            

fpp

         

  Pno.

 

  

       

moth - er’s

name for my

           



   

   3

  

        3

own.

  

me.

long

       

             But Pi - cas - so gave birth to him - self.                                                              



3 295                    Picasso    

took my

    

moth

 

           



per - vers - ely to



   

long





    

 

  





                f



                                

       I





 

              



  

 

   

   







  Picasso   301

  Pno.

3    

  

art.

   

made my

   3

         3









 3 fff              Picasso           ff           

       3         3

Pno.

 Stein

Pno.

  



 



you!

    

    

 

Not

                 

She nods, but her face

 not accept what he avers.  

310 shows that she really does

 3   I

 



 



you!

                    

 

takes

 

Not you!

         

                 



some

the

       

       

                                           f        It

 

made Pi - cas - so,

                               3  3                                

Not

    





       

305

Pi - ca - dor.



 

          



        fp  time

     313

Stein

Pno.

 Stein

Pno.



 

   



seen.

 



    316

 







 

   

 A

      

ques - tion



    

    I

                                       f p                                        





  

no breath





                                                                      want - ed

Pno.

3    



                                                               

318

Stein

ask—

the

33 320         poco f

Stein

 

 



        

that

 

            

324

Stein

you.

 Pno.



  

   

            

 

  

 

  

                        3                    

  

  

   4:3 4:3

 

      

  

   

     





          

         

 

con - jur - ing

   

  

         

 

Slightly slower, more relaxed q = 96 a tempo p

   p



Stay

    

strongly accented

Pno.



con - jured

 

     328

Stein



                                                       poco ques - tion

Pno.

 

  

with me now,



      

          

for old times’ sake,

  Think

  of our

      

                                                     

 mp   331

Stein

      

work,

               

Pno.



           333

Stein

   

poco f



        You

Pno.



       336

Stein

 

4:3

 

   

time on the

    

 

  

   

  

4:3

           poco   f     



ter - life.

 

     

     

  

earth

  poco f

4:3

                            

     

       

           

   

  

4:3





what we did for the world.



    4:3                   4:3 f       4:3 4:3                            af

Pno.

had more

poco f

    





and will have

   



seen

           

 

f  

   

What

       

 

 





 

  

    

     3

do they make of me

                

    

     339

Stein

    



What life

              



did I

    

leave

      

                                         f

    344

Stein

riten.

   

now?

Pno.

Slightly slower q = 88 mp





they

 re

  

mem - ber



the



  

liv - ing?







                     

  



my work?



Have

they

con -

 

 



                                                  Pno.



             347

Stein

 

rit. . . . . .

 



tin - ued

 

Relaxed (q = 80) sost. a tempo

molto

   to

love

   



me?

   



   

 

     

 

 

   



     



 

             Pno.

     

 

  

 

    



poco riten.

 Picasso 

  

    

    



   

     mp

Pno.

  



 



     352

Picasso

   

The af - ter - life, you say. I was al - ways                                                        p                                                         





      





Pno.

Gently q = 84 a tempo p

 

349

 

ter



riten. f



life,



 af

a tempo

        ff

ter

love.

    

                             ff

riten.

   Picasso 



  in

bathed

a tempo, but calm

 

the

     

                                            p

    

  

                                         

356

Pno.



  



 

sun!

 

                           

37 359



             poco

  

 



                        

362

  

  













him - self

cov - ered me



  Picasso  

365 rit.

Pno.



a tempo



       



      

    



 



  

    

friend who

blue.

        





    

 

     



  

so sad, it’s true.

 



      

   

    

I was sad,









  



   

                                     p                  killed







  Picasso  

Pno.





Pno.



 

  

  



 Picasso 

 



                                            

  Picasso  

poco a poco accel.

368



mp dolce

 

The





    

love

of a wom - an brought rose

                                         Pno.

 Picasso

                 

373 q. = 84

life.

  

           

Pno.



    

 

    

 









to my

       

   

 

   







                                   mf pp                            

  mp         Picasso       377



 

                                                 poco mp f                                        I was lead - ing the horse of my

Pno.

 

  

  



art,





                  

poco f

      Picasso   381

let - ting it

Pno.



385

      

Let - ting the an - i - mal

                   

  



              f

   

        Picasso  f

390

 Pno.









                                                      f                                                

  Picasso   

Pno.

drink.

 

   

      f

bull and a

  



   love.

        



                                    ff                        

          

  





                               

                                                         

wom - an can make a new

     

  

world.

to - ro,

    

         

   Picasso     

 

395

    Pno.

   

       3



  Picasso  

Pno.



  

    3

        



399

  



    3





   

rey!





                              ff                                  

     



                                              







                         

f                         

     3            Picasso     402

        

All those din - ners with you on the Rue de Fleur - us—

Pno.

          

               



                           







   

         

 

       

   

  

         

   

 3  

 3



they were noth - ing com - pared to the

                          

  

  

    

  

  

 Picasso 

405

Pno.



 3   

clown

                      



     Picasso  

           

Pno.



     411

Picasso

Pno.

     

      





           

 

   

          

hands

      

and these eyes,

      Life!

  

(If taking, the low note, loud, intense but breathy) ff

life

These

       

      

 

  

 

 

            

          

long



  

  



                 colla voce                Art



     



They made my

  

  



               

  





(if necessary) (,)



no breath

art.

          



  

in my heart.



408

 

 

 -

 ter

 

  

  

a piacere  p      

              



  



for









  

413 a tempo

Stein

Gertrude joins him:

 



    Picasso  

molto

poco f

Pno.

    



   415

Stein

  

Picasso





 



       

 



they made my

 



These

hands

 





 





These hands

  

art.

  

and

  





and

these

eyes,



  

no breath

art.





 



 





  

             

  

  no breath     Life!

 



Life!







Pno.





 

they made my





 

molto

  

these eyes,



 

 

   



 

life!

  



  Af

     

  

 

ter

  -

ter

 

          

     419

Stein



life.

Picasso

Pno.





   

 

    

           

     

 422

Stein

life!

  Picasso      p



  







  







Art

                          colla voce                    

  

Al - ice and



for





 







 



     

I—

  f        

They look at each other, ackowledging the years of friendship. But Stein can’t help prodding him.



            

  

Come sopra q = 100 a tempo

 p     



Art



life.

   



allarg. a piacere f

  



we cooked for you.







bought your



life!

   Pno.

   

strongly accented

         

      

                                        

   

       

   425

Stein

 



  

paint - ings.



   

Pno.



 What’s



                    



art - ist is af - ter

rich.

    mon - ey?

     

               

 

  



life.

 3 



  An

       

   

  



          

   

You want - ed to moth

                              



                      f                                             

   431          Picasso 

Pno.

got

              

Mon - ey?

       

   



  

Then you

poco f

      Picasso  428

The hint of resentment sours them both.

                      poco mp  f                                 

       Pno.

poco f

         

 

     



er me,

                 

  Picasso    

  

(with a cruel smile)

 



   

   or was it fath - er me?                                                         Pno.                                                          437 ff          Picasso   I cut   the  cord.                                                                               ff Pno.                                                                        434

 

allarg.

440

Stein

Picasso





allarg.

 Pno.



 

              

Free, quasi recit. q = ca. 80 pp

 

  was

           

 

    



                       





 





 



Not

free.

        ffpp  

  

 

 

  

in the war.

  



          444

Stein

Pno.

 

 

 



one was free



Picasso

  

 

 

(Spoken:) My art was a war against war. Which war?

 Pno.

 



     

      





war.

riten.

450

Stein





  

          

Pno.

   

in the



  Picasso   447



  

Faster q = 96



                     p   

    

più riten.

            mp

Which war?

   





I was an

art - ist

  



     

   

of war.

     

Fast, angry (q = 96)

f    



An - y

war.

 

Fast, angry (q = 96)

          f         



                   

  

     453

Stein

 





 

But of course you



know

which

  Pno.



                                              456

Stein

  Pno.

 Stein



war



mean.

                                    

  3               



                   

 

   

The one that

 

hurt us the most.

The one that

                                                               3         poco poco

   

     

460 3           pushed us

Pno.

 

 

a - part.

      



   

          

   

    

  

    

             

  



     

              





      

        

               

 

        

      

     



       

     

  

    464

Stein

Pno.



   





      



come.



 

We were

ffp

  

   

 3                                    



 



I nev - er thought it would

                                                   468

Stein



ff  3        

      

  



    



fright - ened.

Al - ice and I

                                             Pno.





   470

Stein

Pno.





 were

  

  

fright - ened.



                                                       ff          

                 

  473

Stein





                          

Pno.

 Stein

         



      478



Pno.

       ff



   

            

   

                

Our

   

         3

were

       

mp intense

friends

    

   

       



                                                                                      

   

Was it safe,

was it

not?

fmp

  

482

Stein



       

 

far.

Pno.

    

      ff

  

   f

How

         f         

       



 





 

could

                

sure?

 

       

  4:3                     4:3     4:3                  4:3

 

          

rit.

          rit.

  



               

        487

Stein

Very slow, calm, free q = 46 a tempo

     

ffp

Pno.

 Stein

 

          

 



      

491

 

poco riten.

 

    

 

  

 

     

a tempo



       

494 a tempo

Stein

Pno.

 

               

         



sost.

 

 

           p



      



colla voce

      

   

dolcissimo

  

       





     

      

sost., very free

3          

We de - cid - ed to

  

  

    

    

 3        

We were Jews who de - cid - ed to

   



  

Pno.







stay.



 

stay.

 

 

That’s what

   

    

  

    

     

  

  496

Stein

    no breath    

want - ed to say: dolcissimo

   

 Stein



 Pno.

colla voce poco f

         

 3 

499

poco f

Pno.

Stein

   501

      

 3  

     



   



   

  

Pressing forward

             

Pressing more q = 60

    

   

         

  

  

Do they know what a gen - ius I was?

                              

colla voce

       

        

   

 

rit.

      f

Do they

 



  

                           know



 

did we leave for the liv - ing?

 

        

             

Pno.

      

What do they think of us now?

 

     



poco f

      



Pressing forward



what

            

q = 56

     



dolcissimo poco f



   

   

how we



lived?

  

     

a tempo, but slower q = 48

     

Stein

  3   

Pno.



     ff

de - cid - ed

 

         

 

to stay.

 



We were Jews

       

     

             

505

Stein

molto rit.

ff impassioned

503

       

        

Faster, but very free q = 92



stay.

       Picasso   

 

lived.

Pno.

               

  3  



    

who de - cid - ed



   





     



Pressing forward





a piacere pp

  

Man - y

  



did

not.





 mp

 

 

  



  



         p

  



 mp

  

   

Des -

     



Slower, free again q = 92 509 a tempo

    Picasso                nos

Pno.



did not.

     

     

 

I re - mem - ber him.

  

   3              

     

519

  

  ,   

ff p

 

   ,                       

    

I re - mem - ber his laugh.

          

mem - ber, I re - mem - ber

Pno.

 



 

rit. molto

  Picasso 

f pp



 

            

Pressing forward

fun - ny, my friend.



He was

    mp       



 

514

   

Ro - bert.



   3   Picasso  

Pno.



mf     

     

3          

  

He died at Te - re - zín.

ppp

    



 

I re - mem - ber, I re-

              



     

Slower, still free poco sost. q = 64 He looks firmly at Gertrude.

ppp

   

    

  

       

pp with wonder gently, dolcissimo

And you.

You were a Jew.

 

    



    

Pno.

     





Free, sustained

 

 

How did you

   





  ff       ff

Picasso

  

 

Time

ran out.

       f

     









live?







                



The cov - er







very slow roll

      

     

             

ppp

  

     





       



     









Faster q = ca.76

 

Pressing forward q. = 52 f



  

TIME.





Fame was not e - nough.

532

Stein

Pno.



How did you





do it?

            

    

Pno.

             pp



529   Stein            I was fam - ous.   Picasso 







  Picasso  524

He looks firmly at Gertrude.



 

The Ger - mans came.









 

  

     

  

 

 

     

 

 

  Picasso  

535 Fast q = 132

Pno.

     

 



sist

                                                                pp   











 Picasso 

538

Pno.



    

 -

 



                                                                            









   Picasso   541







                                 art.

Pno.



     

      

       





 

  

 

 



poco f

  Picasso  



 



543

Pno.

 Picasso

poco f

545    

 

Pno.



Stein

Pno.

    

life

Art

      



  3

      3

f          Im - ag - i - na

 

 



 

   



                        3

  

  

  

tion

    

is re - sis

    

 

      

 

    

 

                   

              

strongly accented

3     ff f                       









 



 

  

Slightly slower q = 120



death.

  



 

  

            3 out

            



 



makes

 3      

     548



 

        





 

 

tance.



      

    

  

    

      f

552

Stein

Pno.



Pno.



    

Pno.

      

Why

   

   



were



saf - er

                

   

x=x





                                                 f                                                                    

     

than

you?

      I keep won - der - ing,                                           

558

Stein

  

                                             f ff                                                    

555

Stein

     



 

                      

     

 

   

 

  





                           

     

 

   

 





    

poco f

561

Stein

have

Pno.



 they

         poco f

           

 learned



  mp

read

    



 



me?

Pno.



         ominous                                  f                                         

    567

Stein



                                                                p                                                            

564

Stein







Both

 of





                                                                              







 



now—

                                                    

Pno.

        pp

 



      570

Stein

    what

        mf        

  Pno.

 Stein

  573



(in 4)

    

did we

                  



 

     

 

leave

              



 

for the

 

                                                                         who

Pno.

am.

liv - ing?

   4:3                                    

      Picasso     The world has al ways                                 4:3    f Pno.                                        4:3     576           Picasso    

4:3        

4:3





  

  



 



            



   



known



 





     

  

       

  Picasso   579



     ff       

intense

Pno.



 

   

  Picasso 





          







   

own





way to

                    

   

 

  



 



 

  



   

 



   



 

 

found

   

 3  Ev - en

 

  

 

3           

 

                                   poco f                       

 



  

scream.

 3             

 

                 

                         

 





Guernica!

3 589      Picasso 

Pno.



Night Fishing at Antibes!

   

(Shouted:)

                                              

583

Pno.



 3              3

 

  

 

  

  

      3

          3

 

     

   Picasso  600





 

screamed in The



 Picasso 



 

              

your







coun

                         p

  

   

 

    



Char - nel House.

                                                 

604

Pno.

scream.

 -

      



Pno.

   





  





                                     3           3 ff                                        3  3

    

Pno.

    

  

can

   



     

 You

 

                                                



try

  

      

     

  



were



house,

      

     



                  

 



cas - ser - ole

  



   



595     Picasso 



             4:3 f



            



  Picasso   

trans - la - ting Pè - tain—

           



poch. sost.



colla voce

615

 3      

an - ti - Se - mit - ic driv - el?

      

Pno.





         

  3 Picasso  619



     



Who were you try - ing to



 



is it

ritard. . . . . più

           

      

  

 









        

 

Your



His

 



                        

please?



true?



    



no breath





 

   

  

        

      

  3     

 



          4:3

            

Slower q = 96 a tempo

ritard. . . . . più

a tempo

poco f

          

  Picasso  

a tempo

   3       

610

Pno.

poch. sost.

poco f

(Getting no response from Stein, Picasso becomes angrier through the held note.)



                   

friends in

   



(the lower note is preferred)

     

high

plac - es,

  

   

Pno.

   

 

                        

 

     

   

3     3    Picasso 



in the Bib - li - o - theque–



 Stein

 



   626





 

  

Pno.

 Stein

 

true

       

Poco più mosso (q = 108) ff

 

3        

628

  

    

in the cit - y.





they

pro

               









You,

you?



   

                              

Pno.

  



                 tect - ed

    

                                            



   Picasso  



is it

            Pno.

  

623







                               



 What              3



      

did

you



know?



                                             

  

   

630

Stein

Picasso



 

  Pno.





 

 

   

had them

    ff                                 

stu

di - o!

  Picasso  



        

  

  

                 635

Pno.



 

632







   Picasso  

Pno.

 

 

More excited q. = 80

Ges - ta - po

in - spec - tions.

                                                      



  

fff

  

        

         fff              



had to watch their

    

    

  



   

storm - ing

    

                          

 



  

        

  

 



paint - ings.

          

                     





              

   

                  

dead hands on my

    









  





  Picasso   639

  Pno.

3     

 

They

came to the bank.

        

      





They

     Picasso 

        

3



Pno.



    

 



 



     644

Stein

Pno.





were

                                     



poco f



  

                 



     3

    

                





            ff          





vault.

 3    

The Ger - mans were lov - ers of art.



op - ened my

          

(shouted, with disgust)

   

 3        





642

  

 

 

fright

                          

 



             

 



ened,

                

  3      Al - ice and I.            646

Stein

Pno.

 Stein

Pno.



                                 

 

But Gen - e - va

 3       ff  3         

  

L’istesso tempo

   

 Picasso  

  Pno.

   

  

fff

and

 

safe - ty were not far

       

  

  

      

   

    

        

  

  

       

         

 

a -

way.

 

 

  

  





   3

  

 

    



   

        

        3

We de - cid - ed

  

       

 



Fast, angry q. = 72

f impassioned

  

  

 3   3   

   3     

648

651

Stein



stay

 

  

We de - cid - ed

  

     

        

  



stay.

      



 You

  

            f



   Picasso  654



asked

Pno.







   

       

me,



 659       Picasso  tell - ing

Pno.

 Stein

663



      

        





     Picasso  





do?”

    

         

you,



     

 

    

    

  

      

I’m

           

 

    

you

did





                                 

                                            ff          

wrote.

           

I loved.



                                       ff                                    noth - ing.

Pno.

 



                   

  

  

“What did

        



  



     







   

  

                                                   You

did

Stein

669    wrote.

Picasso





675    



    dove.

 Pno.

loved.



     

         

 

were

   I

  

      

     

 -

grate -

un -

   

          

     

 

were



      

  

 

You



      

You

Picasso

noth - ing.



Stein

 

   

        

Pno.



  

  

     

      

 

 

grate -

 paint -







ful.

 



ed my

heart

out for

               

             



   



ful.

 I



 



 

changed

the

world

             

  

4:3

             

    art.

    

  

       



loved.

        

  

     

  681

Stein

Picasso









    of your

   

  

  

        

  

Pno.

  

  

  



     

       

 

  

  



wrote.

  

     

  

     

  

  

  

  

You

  

  

     

  



   





      I



 



     

noth - ing.

      

   



wrote.



 

 (shouted)

Picasso

  



self!

                 687

Stein

   I

full

 Pno.



paint - ed.

did

  I



  

  





wrote.





                            

      

   

 

      



   691

Stein



 I



   Picasso   I

You

      

Youth

  

  

 



fff



  I

 

   I

                 

 



wrote.



3  



  

 

  

 

 

  3



 







wrote.

   

did



noth - ing!

  

          

                                    

       

Slower, but very free A third voice rises in the darkness. A girl q = 68

  





Why?

   3

 



    







     











I...

        

fff

in her late teens, almost painfully soaring, (floating) stopping both artists in mid-argument. (the first note ppp (non cresc.) inaudible)

paint - ed.

   

molto rit.

 

Pno.

  

(Ah.)

 

Stein

Picasso



       

rit. 696

 

fff

changed...

  



loved.



                    

Pno.



Slower, but very free

                



fffpp

 



       701

Youth

      



Why?

 



strum strings inside piano

   mp



   

depress notes silently

   

 



Youth

          poco f

Stein

     

poch. riten.





 did



    

   

An interruption, slightly faster 705 q. = 68

riten... più

Why

Pno.



  

Why?

        



we...?



    

   





Relaxed









Who is it now?

 Picasso  

  Pno.



  

                               

Why do

        

 poco f

           

       

    

  

    

you

             

care?

 



   711

Youth

Stein

Con moto q = 96

  

          mp

  

Picasso

                

 

  

    

in - ter - rupt - ed.

  

  

   

  

 

  

 



   pp



subito con moto





   3         





   



to...?



 

did we live

riten.

(to Stein) mp

 



 

It’s im - pol - ite.

      

     



Pno.



     

   

on - ly





       

715

Youth



don’t like be - ing

   



  p

Why







    

  Pno.

riten.





Slightly slower q = 84 a tempo



  

Is this one of your

con - jur - ings



  

  

             



 

   

poco f

 



Relaxed again 719 q = 84

Stein

Picasso

  



know.



    

  

  725

 

  (to the Girl) p

 

  

A friend

 





(looking from the Girl to Stein) p



    

Have we



          

of yours?

       

più rit. . . . molto



 

 

  







not

to know.

rit.              

  

 





più rit. . . . molto

 

 

   

  

The Girl emerges in light.

  





You pre - tend



 

   

   

   Pno.

as you im - ag - ine me?

Gently moving 723 q = 100

Stein

Picasso



 

Pno.

Youth

No one

       





     

Pno.





    

 

 

met?

 

                    



 

 

Very slow, serene q = 56 (with a smile) pp













    pppp



   

     

      

Miss

     729

Youth

Stein,

Stein





         

   pp



 

   

  



      p



  



  



    

      



       

              

rose is a rose

         



     

         

poco unhurried         pp



a tempo

ppp

slow poco roll



Pno.

  



(rolls begin on the beat) poco slow roll

I sold you

mem - ber that?

Why do I re-

  



        

  

 

unhurried molto rit. . . . più







 

Stein

me?

A rose?

734

Youth

Do you re - mem - ber







Pno.

I re - mem - ber.





         

is a rose.

 pp

 

  

         mp

738

Youth





rose on the road - side,

 

  Pno.

 Youth

Stein

    

   742

   mp

 



You came

  

 Stein

    744

  Pno.

 

  



      

  

   3

in your car,

 (loco)          

  

la - dy, your

 

     

 

     

  

    

     

 

 





 

Al - ice.

     

    

 

    

 

  

    

  mf

      

Al - ice,

friend.



  

 

Al - ice,

the



      

rit. . . . . . . molto

     

  

                    



dolore

     

               

with







  







  

   

Iz - ieu.



Pno.



      

near the vil - lage of



       



   

(rolls still begin on the beat)

  



  p



       

     





     745

Youth

   

  



                    

Pno.

 Youth

      pp

  



   747

  Pno.

She

    



you were fam



 

said

  A







ous.

         

   







fam - ous

  



 

 

        

    





A - mer - i - can





 



 

       

rit. . . . . più

748

Youth

writ - er.

   Pno.





             

      



          

    



           

    



In time now, but very sustained with the greatest tenderness q = 50

Molto sostenuto

           

     749

Pno.

     

   

 

    753

Youth

Stein







,

You bought

her

“A



     



from a

gen

ius,”

         rose

from a

gen

 

      



               

 

    I



  

re - mem - ber



ius,”

     

poco



 



rose

  

 

(rolls begin on the beat) poco slow roll

      

 

     

  



rose—

ppp



ppp (non cresc.)

 

“A

  Pno.

    



Youth

       p

you

   



said.

 

perdendosi

755

Youth

Stein







     

 





    

    

 

 



Pno.





 





rose.

ppp

 a

rose.



   



 

 

 

 

Very free q = ca. 64

   

    

 

    

    

 

    

     

 



    

     

 



760

Stein



    ...a

   



Youth

 

A rose is a rose

  Pno.



          

ppp

 

 p quasi recit.



            3

I’m sor - ry.



I bare - ly re - mem - ber.



    

Tell me

your

3            

p quasi recit.

765

Youth

Subito con moto q = 96

No one re - mem - bers my name.

Stein









                

Pno.











 







 



 

            



Free once again q = ca. 64

769 mf quasi recit.        Picasso   I

Pno.



          mf

     

  Picasso   

Pno.

had a

773

 

friend







I don’t re - mem - ber my - self.

name.



   

who looked like



you,





              

       al - most like a





girl.

 

















 

















  

 3   3 

   

    3 mp   3        



man - y

I paint - ed him man - y times,





      ppp

     

  ppp

   





 

times.

 

 

 

777

Youth

Picasso

Pno.

 Stein



 Youth

Pno.

ppp dolciss.

  

paint - ings



were

  

colla voce



  

blue.

   

I’m





 

 

why did I

riten. . . molto

 

deliberate

  

sor - ry, young

  

la - dy.



 

     

can’t have known



die?



 



 



, pp 









 

 

  

   

 colla voce

   

  





         



why.

riten. . . molto

Fast, intense poco 785 q = 96 f intense

    

Why,

    

           

 

  

  

  

 

 



ppp

  

It was - n’t

  

no breath

       

Brighter, almost cheerful 783 q = 88 mp casual

 Pno.



     

ppp

a piacere molto pp

  

  



       3

 

     intense                                                                                         poco f

I was an or

        



phan,



just sev - en - teen

                      





    788

Youth

Pno.



the day

 



    

Pno.



    

 

The took





     

        

  

   

       

far

 

  a

  







                

   





   

  

    





far,



way.

            

   



                          molto

       

                   molto  ff                    



        

trans - ports

796

Youth

they came.

                  

                 Pno.

  

                                                                                                             

792

Youth

   

    



      

          

molto



      

      

re - mem - ber

the

                              mp











     799

Youth

weath

Pno.

 Youth

Pno.

 Youth

Pno.

 -

 



    poco f

that

day.

 -

 

pril,

                                                                poco  f                                           803

   

dolce

   

with

buds on

the trees.

                                mp                        809

    

                                      



 

  

(ld)





 

  

But

cold,

                                     f                                               

           

(hard cut-off)

 

 



        

 

still

 



cold,

                                           ff      f                                    

  a

   

Pressing forward

816

Youth

 

chill

  

 

 

the

air.

Pressing forward

  

  

820

Stein

Con moto q. = 80

Picasso

Pno.



4:3

  

   4:3            

Pno.



 

  

 I

 

           

   

was

in Par - is.

         poco  f       



             

822 f        Picasso  

Pno.

  

    4:3         



A - pril

 

4:3

in Par - is.

 

                  f               



 

far

a - way.



           

 

                

4:3

 

 

4:3

   

 



  







  

   

Some

4:3











  4:3             

I could - n’t

           

  



have

known.

            



how







         

   

 

  

mil - iar...

                                

 

   825

Stein

Picasso

  

    829

Stein

Picasso

Pno.





  





 



          

     



 

made

art.



 

made

art.

 We

  



        

           



           



            



tried

   

    

 

                



                        

Pno.







    

  

           

   

sist.

              

 

fff

 

fff

  

        





  

 

 

Art

 



Art

         

  

  





   



 



 

fff

             



    

  

      

e=e

832

Stein

 

   

life.

Picasso



Pno.

 Youth

  

835













 Pno.

ff   

You

   





                                                                                        life.

these eyes,

Picasso

  

 

 

Stein

  

Not slowing, a tempo (q = 120)







   

they

made my



art.

  



    

      and these eyes,

  



no breath

art.



and



were saved.



  

These hands

       

they made my



   Life!

no breath

  Life!



  

 

  

                

 

Youth



 

Stein

  

Pno.





 

 

  

  

  

  

life.



ter

                    

saved,

Stein

ter

 

843

Youth

 

     for

    

  Picasso    is for              Pno.              





life.

   



  

You















Art

ppp

    

     

were

 

colla voce

  



Gently moving, not too slowly q = 92





  





  





  

And I

died.

life!

       life!

         ffpp

     

   

 

 

    

 

 



ppp dolcissimo

  



 

      

                  

  

     





  

Slower, very free









  

             



Art

   

q = ca. 50





  Af

Picasso



riten. . . molto

839

riten.

  848



     

 

 

 

   

 

pppp



   

 



 

      

 

       

  



 

      

 

 3

worked at

build - ing

  



un - til I

     

       

 

 

  a

road

      

     

a tempo

pp          

                



riten.

più riten.



 



relaxed

 

Pno.





The camp.

  

   

fe - ver

  





          It was

857

Youth



poco sost.

  



    



     

 

853

Pno.

    

   

Pno.

Youth

       3

It was - n’t the gas.





quasi recit., always free pp a piacere



Youth

a tempo

fell





sick.





And then

     







   



 

   



 

 

  861

Youth

Pno.

 Youth

could - n’t

eat.

  





  

Pno.



  



     864

no breath

 And

 

 

And

there



  





then

the



poco sost.

   p      

    

     

     



noth - ing

eat.

 

 

   

 



                 mp       



shook

their

heads.

riten.

 







 



        pp        866

was









 

Rus - sians came

and they looked at me and

Pno.



     poco f      



  



poco (if necessary) f (, )

    

                                poco      f



    868

  Pno.



         

    

said

         

Pno.

 Youth

“I’m a - fraid she’s

 

dead”—

that’s

                p   ppp        

ancora più



  

with their

    

876

    eyes.

 

     

   



rose.

pppp

     



(if necessary) ( ,)

ppp

       

    

  

  



   

  3  

re - mem - bered the

      

colla voce

Iz - ieu.

 



   

      near

    I

   

a sum - mer day

   

a tempo q = 56

re - mem - bered the





 



      

              

what they

Slow, serene again no breath ppp



    

      al - read - y

 3       

 

    

  3      

       

car on the road,

Pno.





           871

Youth

   



Youth

più rit.

poco f

  

       mp

Two

     

   

 

Pressing forward

       881

Youth

Pressing more

 3    

 

lad - ies,

and

 

       

  

 

 

885

Youth

 

   

rit. . . . . . molto

gen - ius.

Youth

891       

  

          

 

sell - ing

  

ros



 

       

 



was a

 



rose

       

    

     colla voce



  Pno.

ppp sub.                             f

a tempo q = 60

floating

slower roll





And I

(roll begins on the beat) slow roll

   

     

Pochissimo più mosso

  ,      





Pno.

  

      

a piacere ppp (non cresc.)

                          

 A

poco f

 





          

 



said.



           mp 







one was a gen - ius, she

roll before the beat fast roll

Pno.

poco f

Pressing forward



es.



 

       

    

ppp

       

 



 

 

        

       

       I

had such

 

    895

Youth







col - or in my cheeks,

such

                      



   

 ros

   

  -

    

,          



for the

   

   

   

rest







 

  

 



  

    

  

   

  

   



 



pppp

 

(the C preferred)

ppp a piacere



a tempo

  

                                              

  

902       





molto riten.

Pressing forward (or pressing forward greatly if desired for voice) a tempo

life.

Pno.

      

             

 

Youth

eyes.

   pp            I could have stood sell - ing           

Pno.



laugh - ter in my



899

Youth

 

   



Pno.

   

 



un poco sost.

 

  

907

Pno.



                    

 Youth

 

       pppp

      

    

    

ter came,



                





and

 

 

  

 

 





depress notes silently

 

 

                            mp p                    

and win

A bit faster, but free poco q = 88 f

A - pril.

 





     

riten.





strum strings inside piano





    



    p

      

 

     

   

   

The or - phan - age took me

     915

 



   

Pno.

 

      Pno.

 



Free q = ca. 64

    

912 Youth

very slow roll



Youth

Pressing forward again

(Voice may cutoff here - or on any succeeding downbeat)

 

      

   poco 3 f



 

 

And then the



 

Ger - mans came

  



 

    

(with disgust) riten. . . . più a piacere f pp

     

920

Youth

        Pno.

 Youth

f     

925   

 Pno.

 Youth

  

930

  



      

 



was

in the

camp.

      





                      

How

tried

  

     

3    

How

         

hun - gry I

  

was.

   

 

        

stand

 3             

                 

  

             



cold

     



     

                 



And then how



 

pp espressivo



                 



   



Pno.

  weath - er.



        

bad

 

Con moto q = 104 a tempo

  

   



up.

                 3

          

        

  933

Youth



Pno.

 

3     

         pp        

    938

Youth

 

               

Pno.

died.

dolce

936

Youth

  

 

  

 

     

pppp (non cresc.)

    a

  

rose

  

of mist,

  

         

  

                   



hard.

 

  

 



      

  

    

  

       



  

went out,

  

 

no breath

Just like that.

My breath

           

  

  

   



was - n’t

           pppp

 



      

 

         p

And





 



Pno.



 

p dolce

  

 

  



    

 



riten. . . . . molto

           

     



    then

  

  

                 

was

  

    

                                 

      941

Youth

(the word “gone” may be repeated here and a breath taken)

Con moto, pressing forward a tempo ppp









 

gone.

 

             

Pno.



                                        ppp

     

Picasso

    



 Pno.



     

     

riten.

 







     



                      

    

 

   

 

  

  



 

 



 



 



 



 



(Spoken:) So many died.



  3  3                 Picasso           Fast, accented q = 152

951

poco f 3

There was a house

Pno.

Both Picasso and Stein step back from the Girl as if trying to keep memory at bay. (Voice may cutoff on last downbeat - instruments hold)

946

Youth

3        

poco f

   



there

was not a house.

                      

There was a



friend

                  3                 



 

  

 

    or there

   

(he snaps his fingers)

3        Picasso 

956

 

Pno.

Stein

Picasso



Like that.     3       3                       3          f                           3       was not a friend.





  

poco f

961





 

Some things are im -





3     





    

por - tant. (snaps poco fingers) f

 Like

(snaps fingers)

      

          Like that.     3  3                                                 





that.

                               poco 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 f f           3

Pno.

 Stein

   965



 3      Picasso   3

bul - let.



I brought

                      3                   3  not

Pno.



 

  the cub -





 A





        bul - let

                 

 

4:3              ist mode to mod - ern writ - ing.     

                        3 3 3                        

4:3

  

      

         

    969

Youth

Stein

Pno.



 A



 

     

rose



   

  gave

birth

the

  



 



  



       Pno.





 





new.

  

What

Stein

 

mist.

    



She turns to Picasso and Stein with a hurt expression.

4:3                       4:3                             3 3 3 3                                                    

973

Youth

 



          

        

 

          

         

af - ter



 

life?



     3

The cov - er of

       3                          3 f    3                      3  

  977

Youth

Stein

Pno.





Youth

  I

3                   3

       3

rose?

Pno.



TIME,

980







What



   







  

 

sup -

  



pose.

           3

 3             3





 

   

                              

 





Who

will

                 





                                                                                                    

          



 



983

Youth

 

           poco f

  Picasso  

Pno.



The

seed of the

  

      



    

      

    



       

            poco f

993

riten.

 

riten.

           

 

 

 



a tempo

     

   

   

   

o - dor of

  



   

  

    

  



 

  

me?

  

      

  

    

   

the

 

       p

poco sost.

a tempo

poco sost.

a tempo

 



   

      

     

 

   

paint - er’s

 







   hand.

  

 

         

 

poco a tempo sost.





    

    

p teneramente

 

poco f



wom - an,

  



a tempo

 p        

the



  

    



bull,

More relaxed, but not slower yet 989

 Picasso 

Pno.

  





  



ber









  



    













Pno.



mem



Picasso



poco f





poco a tempo sost.

       

 

   

        



100

molto ritard.

A bit heavy, but still expressive

Pno.

 Youth

Stein

Pno.

 Youth

Stein

    

   

   

 

poco f

                             

 

rit. . . molto





1004

  





                ffp                       

1009

 



 



      

     

  

   p

made my





mark.

      



  

TIME,









  

    e=e

I looked at the







sky. pp

         I was an I,









    





  

I worked

the cov - er of



       

poco a poco cresc.

  

         



         





   

I woke in the camp.

   

        

        

    



rit. . . molto

  

        

Slower, dreamlike (the three begin in a sort of pp round before singing together) q = 80



 Picasso  

Pno.

    

q = 134

997

with my hands.



      



      

I made in my

 





the gen - ius of



hands

  



  

101

 

1014

Youth

mp     



Why did I

    

Stein



Picasso



 

Pno.





Stein

Picasso



  



    

        

 

why did I poco f

die?

     

laughed

and I





    

Bab - y

 

died.

             





    





loved and I

  



lived, I

       



    



    



   

   

died.

 



 

        

ppp dolcissimo









poco f

    

      



    



 

      and





  

Gently moving q = 92 a tempo

poco f

  Pno.





live,

I gave a rose to my

world.

rit. . . molto 1020

Youth



a light for the





mp           

         

let - ters.



      

    

pppp

 



102

   

Now they sing the same words, looking from one to the other: pp , pppp

1027

Youth

    

What

Picasso

    

  

Stein



What



What

      

Pno.



want - ed

   



want - ed



  

         1033

Youth

want - ed

mp passione 3

What do the mp passione

was

life.

      

was

 was

 











life.

Picasso







do the

liv - ing think of





wish

 

I could re - mem -

ber more.

            I

wish



ber more.

 

pppp



us,

I could re - mem -

          I



pppp



               What

wish



   

liv - ing think of



Stein

life.

 

     

  

    

I could re - mem -

ber

more.











The light is very slowly fading on the girl.

                   ,

 

us,

be - gets an - oth - er

war?

    war

be - gets an - oth - er

war?

war

be - gets an - oth - er

war?

  

war

           

 

         

























Pno.

  

  

        



  





 











 

  





 











1039

Youth



Stein

Picasso



103

Very slow, free, and expressive q = 48







   pp

Pno.







   

I’m dy - ing

more than

  

  

   

colla voce

   

   

            

you.

See?

I’m

      

 



         

  



 1044

Youth

Picasso



  

   



    Can

 

you



me?

 

(shaking his head regretfully) p

    

 

     

     





   

 

colla voce

Pno.



mem

              



poco riten. p

ber

   Lo

     

leav - ing now.

sien

      

   -

to.

      

104

 

1046

Stein

Picasso



the rose



cause

  

wrote



      

 p

 

 

    

 

riten.

    

 

the

 

    



    I was in love.

    

    

ppp





ppp

 

I was al - ways



had

 

a tempo

  

          



    



  





want - ed

    

      



rose

    

in love.

rose.

  



 



per - i - od.



 

    

perdendosi

     

 Pno.

re - mem - ber











 

1048

Picasso

      



 Youth



 Pno.

          





life, like you.

    

 

       1050

Youth

You

don’t

  Pno.



          1052

Youth



    

death as I know

 

death.

Now watch

 



     

  

 





 me

          

     



    

     

molto accel.

go.

rit. . . molto





    

  





Fast q = 138 a tempo



                   pp

 

    

 





1054

  

Pno.

know

    

  Pno.



  

105



    

                                  poco    f                                   

 

106

  Picasso   1057

Pno.



     

            

   

Pno.

   



   

    

   

  Picasso   



   

The

   

    



food

 

    

    



       

 3   

but

no long - er drink.

poco f

 

  

      

could

   

       

at din - ner.

         

        3

   

  

              

       

   

     3

 



1067

Pno.

   

ecstatic

          

      

I seem to re - mem - ber I died

    

1062

Picasso

     3   

poco f

  

     

    

  

   

(4+3)

   



was de -

   

    

3  

lic - ious,

   

     3

 



                     





 



                                               



 



                 pp                   What



       

    pp



pit - y.

  

107 f       

1070 Stein

h = q. (q. = ca. 69)





Can - cer.

 

  

 



was

hap

af - ter

 

 the

war,

                                                       f mp                                                              h = q.

Pno.



  4:3    1076

Stein

talk - ing

Pno.

 Stein

 4:3 

to A - mer - i - can

sol



dier

boys.

     

But



  



can - cer

was

                                                      poco       f                                                     

1082     





     

al - ways there. My

Pno.



poco f

                         

 

        





                                    f                                moth - er

was

can - cer

too.

108

 

1087

Stein

Pno.

 Youth

Stein



 Youth

Stein

Pno.

 

  

   

   

 



                                                  f                                                           1091 f               I nev - er read your books.                 You

   

nev - er

Pno.

     f

have

me—

lieve

knew.

                                                                          1096    ff               

nev - er



saw



your

art,



but

     



                                  ff                                    

was

nev - er



        

  



            

  a

knew!

          

  live. 

   ff

           

109

 

1102

Youth

Stein

Pno.







 



  



 

 

looked at the



stars,



 

Pno.



    

 

   



                                    

(,)





can’t have known

    



  

        

 



   

why.

   

walked

       

            

          



 

on the

Stein

 



could - n’t have known.

                    

1108

Youth

 

  

  

    

  

               

 





earth.

       

 



 

could - n’t have

 

   

     

 

     

 

  known.

  

    

      

110 fff

   1114

Youth

Stein







fff





  



Can you







                

Pno.

     

fff

     

  

             

      die



          







  

   

rit. . . . . molto

     

      



did?





     

rit. . . . . molto

  

          

     

         

   

Much slower, free

1118 q = 68

Stein



(feeling the light fading from her) poco f

         



I’m a - fraid we are real - ly

 Picasso  



dy -

  

ing

now,

(also feeling the light fade) mp



   

molto

 



             



  So



Pno.

                        

  

 are.

 

1120

Stein

Picasso

Pno.

 Stein

Pno.

 Stein





 p

        And I was just



get - ting warm.





      

      





  

   

a tempo

1123

and I will nev - er

     1126

   

  

 





los - ing.

  



  

know...





  

   

    



         

My ques - tion is

dy - ing

too.

         

I’m

 











                    

                                    pp                                    

I’m

Pno.

            3

111

riten.

      

loos - en - ing.

 



Who?

      

   

 

     

 

   

 

112

 

1128

Youth

Picasso







The cov - er of time is gone.

  

 

         





Eye

ppp

       

  

ppp

  





  









      

                            

   

rit.

the

 

  

bull.

Wo - man.

     

 



L’istesso tempo (q = 68) teneramente ppp dolcissimo

 

1133

Youth

Dreamlike

3            



Pno.



perdendosi

ppp

         

The dark is

        

wait - ing

for us

all.



dolce

Picasso

Pno.

   

pppp

Love.



              

   

   

 



   









 

              





    

ppp dolcissimo

 



113

                 1136

Youth

That’s what I came

 Picasso  

      

1140

Youth

tell

  

    







     Pno.

Now light fades on all three of them equally.

(or spoken)



 

you.

       



Picasso

Pno.



 

             

       Like

     

pppp

that.

                  

     

There was a friend.

There was not a friend.

              

            

 

With the greatest tenderness q = 68 pp









   

Did I pppp (or whispered)



ppp

 

 







     q = 68

       pp

  

once have

    



    

  

      



no breath

a name?



   

    

 

    

114 3   3       

Youth

Pno.



  

   

   Pno.

 Youth

In the

 

         

1156

     

  

  

   

of life I was

       mp        mp

     

plant - ed,

   



   



Pno.

    

  

   



 

ppp dolcissimo

riten.



rose.

                      ppp dolcissimo                   

  

A car came down the

      



 

poco f

 

road.

 

 

sost.

            The

road turned in - to a wire

            colla voce

   

re - mem - ber

a tempo

 

Pressing forward

Ques - tions

      

 ,   

   

crime



  

        

no breath pp

rit.

mp              me.



Was I a child of love?

      

1151

Youth

   

  3



 

    



   

Who was it fa - thered me?



1146

    

  

poco f

        

  

     

 



115 Pressing forward again 1159 mp

Youth

          

  

that sang a cold song

Pno.

  

     

 



wind.



 

  



  

     poco  f       



    

 

in the

ritard. . . . . più

poco f

   

Slower, but very free, quasi recit.

    

Youth

   



 

mem - ber—

     



Pno.

    

     ppp

       

   

 

    

breath went out in a cloud.

 

     

 

 

       

 

 1162



      

        

 ppp       

   

     

                

      

            

what do I re

   

mem - ber?

Con moto (q = 96) a tempo

That

ppp

   

116

      

1168 perdendosi

Youth

 Pno.



  

  

Pno.

      

       

   

 

   

    

 

 

 

 

   3

 

 

  

 

                    

  

  

  

 

cold.

         

   

 

 

riten.



 

     

 







was

 

     



pril

1172

Youth

 



 

   

   

BLACKOUT - END OF OPERA January 7, 2015 Ghent, Belgium Long Island City, NY Hafnarfjordur, Iceland ca. 45:00