Wing Over Wing (2009)

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ERIC NATHAN

WING OVER WING For Violin and Soprano

Copyright 2009 - Eric Nathan. All rights reserved.


Commissioned by the Society of Composers, Inc., and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

***** Dedicated to Amanda Kohl and Joseph Lin, And to Paul Nathan, in loving memory.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Wing Over Wing (2009) For Violin and Soprano I. Lullaby II. The Dalliance of the Eagles III. Shuddering leaves silent IV. Eyes tight, tales tucked

Total Duration: 11 minutes

Page number 1 2 9 13


TEXTS II. The Dalliance of the Eagles Excerpted from the following poem: “The Dalliance of the Eagles” from Leaves of Grass (1900) By Walt Whitman (1819-1892) SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles, The rushing amorous contact high in space together, The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel, Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling, In tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling, Till o’er the river pois’d, the twain yet one, a moment’s lull, A motionless still balance in the air, then parting, talons loosing, Upward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate diverse flight, She hers, he his, pursuing.

III. Shuddering leaves silent “Shuddering leaves silent” (2009) By Eric Nathan (b. 1983) The Aspens, silent shaking, Trembling, flickering, beating in wind, Shuddering leaves silent.

IV. Eyes tight, tales tucked “Eyes tight, tales tucked” (2009) By Eric Nathan (b. 1983) Eyes tight, tales tucked, My baby Eyes, tales, tight, tucked, thumping beats of sleep. My baby, now old Eyes tight, tales told I sing to you as you fly – Sleep and sing, sleep and sing – Sleep, sing, fly, sleep, sing, fly and soar!


PERFORMANCE NOTE Soprano: + : mouth closed (hummed) o : mouth open (ord.) x : x-note-heads represent approximate pitch (performing between sprechstimme and fully sung). When performed in the passage in Movement II (mm. 82-101), the solid note-heads should be sung on pitch, and should function as anchoring pitches for the contour of the phrase.

“ ” : dynamics with quotation marks (i.e. “p”) should be performed at the same level of physical effort that is normally required to produce the written dynamic in the written range (i.e. ord., without the extended effect - mouth open instead of closed). The sounding dynamic will most likely not be the dynamic marked within the quotation marks, and will most likely be considerably less in volume.

Violin: ¬ : square-note-heads represent unpitched sound, played on the notated pitch and string. In the

specific instance it is used in this piece, the player should dampen the strings I, II, III, IV with the palm of his or her left hand, while performing molto sul pont. The player should minimize pitched sounds, and if pitch does sound, only the higher partials of the string should sound.

“ ” : dynamics with quotation marks (i.e. “p”) should be performed at the same level of physical effort that is normally required to produce the written dynamic in the written range (i.e. ord., without the extended effect, or harmonic). The sounding dynamic will most likely not be the dynamic marked within the quotation marks, and will most likely be considerably less in volume.

: The entire figure should be performed solely on the G-string. The player should finger a G natural harmonic, and while still touching the G harmonic, trill to the D natural harmonic on the same string. This combination will result in an artificial 5th harmonic where the both the bottom and top notes are fingered as natural harmonics. The resulting pitch will sound as a D, one octave higher than the natural D harmonic that is fingered in the trill. This technique should only apply to the measures marked with an asterisk (*). All other trills in the movement are trilled according to traditional convention.


PROGRAM NOTE “Wing Over Wing” is a song cycle focused on a central theme of flight. The work reflects on different associations of the word, alluding not only to the physical movement of flying but also to flight as a journey through time. “Wing Over Wing” is also a memorial piece, written for two family members nearing the end of their lives during the composition of the piece. The title refers to the imagery in the Whitman poem, the two eagles tumbling wing over wing to the water below, and also the last line of my poem which concludes the fourth movement of the song cycle - "Sleep and sing, sleep and sing – Sleep, sing, fly, sleep, sing, fly and soar!" - an image of rising wing over wing to the sky. “Wing Over Wing” was commissioned by the Society of Composers Inc. and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).


To Amanda Kohl and Joseph Lin Commissioned by the Society of Composers, Inc., and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

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III.

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& 44

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21

poco

Ah

sul II flaut.

Vln.

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18

S

‰ Ó

p œ ‰ ‰ œJ J

Fo ‰ œ.

mm

sul II ord. ric.

Vln.

p"

œ

bling molto s.p. arco

œ (# · )

"

ƒ"

f . œ ‰ ‰ 43 fli

ord. sul IV

Ÿ~~ j œ œ 44 ‰ œœ ‰ 3 ‰ œ œ 4 œ œ # œœ œ œ œ (· ) > ß  p pizz.

œ


11

- III . Shuddering leaves silent -

S

f

. . . œ 3 œ œ ‰ &4 ‰ J più

24

p sub. f 44 Œ œ b œ œ # œ

Œ

3

fli -cker-ing

& 43 (s.p.)

Vln.

27

S

&

ord. >· ·. ·. ·. ·. ·. pizz. · j œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ 44 ‰ œ Œ # œœ > 3 3 f ç p ß f

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wind

poco rit.

Œ

ord. ric.

Sp o+ >w

 "

Hum

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S

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p

ç

6

Œ

Œ

6

o -œ ‰ Ah

N b O˙ .. 

+ œ 4 œ b˙. J 4

mm

4 4

gliss.

O˙ .. # Œ 

 o 34 œJ ‰ œ . œJ. Ah

O. 34 # ˙ . f

sul pont.

p + Œ b œ œ . # œj ˙ .

p

b O˙ ..

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q = 63

ƒ >œ J‰

˙

bea - ting in

ord. ric.

~~~~~~~~~~~

w

n.

Œ

mm

b b Oœ n.

46 6 4


12

- III . Shuddering leaves silent -

p

& 46 Œ .

37

S

 U œ # œ œ œj ‰ Œ

bœ.

3

poco s.p. ric.

& 46 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. œ. . . . . . . . . . . . . >

U

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S

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&

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44 Ó

‰ œ.

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Vln.

Œ

U

Œ

n.

f ‰ ¿ ¿

44 Œ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ sul IV s.p. œ

˙ .( ·) 

Whisper:

sil-ent!

U

‰ Œ

n.

Œ

*molto sul pont. (see note below)

æ¬ ¬æ ¬æj. 3 " " " ƒ"

p n. j . . œ bœ œ ‰

 Ó

n.

* Bow almost on top of the bridge on G-string only. Minimize pitch, let only high partials sound if possible Lightly dampen strings I, II, III, IV with palm of L.H.

œ

œ

˙ . ( ·) p


IV. Eyes tight, tales tucked

13

q = 80

& 44

Soprano

Violin

6 S

Vln.

&

p

#˙ & œ Œ #œ &

3

Vln.

P

tight

p

p

Œ #œ ˙

sotto voce

3

˙

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3

œ #˙

œ ˙

˙

#œ #œ œ

F

˙

3

 3 # œ #˙ Œ

œ #œ

˙

œ

tales tucked

œ œ Nœ 3

˙

tales tucked

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F

3

j #œ ˙

œ. ‰ #œ #˙

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˙

3

3

tales tucked

3

œ

œ œ#˙. J

#œ ˙  3 #œ #˙

3

#œ #˙

3

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aœ.

3

3

Eyes tight

& œ 

˙. ˙.

œ #œ #œ ˙

& œ #˙ ˙

16 S

w

œ #œ #œ œ

3

Eyes

Vln.

Œ

a tempo #œ œ œ #œ œ œ # œ #œ #œ ‰ & 

11 S

˙.

& 44 ‰ # œ # œ # œ # œ # œ œ œ p 3

cantabile

By Eric Nathan

3

p

#œ œ ˙

3

œ #œ

#œ œ

3

#œ #˙

Ó

˙

My ba - by

˙ #œ #œ œ #œ ˙ 3 3

P

œ œ # œJ ˙ . 3

3

Œ

tight

p

j # œ ˙ #œ.

tales tucked

˙ #œ œ #œ #œ œ 3

3

˙

˙ œ

f

3


14

- IV. Eyes tight, tales tucked -

21 S

Vln.

& ˙

Œ Œ #œ

#œ #œ &

3

My

3

p & b˙

26 S

Eyes,

Vln.

& 31

S

Vln.

&

œ

Vln.

p sub.

tight,

b˙ œ ˙ 3

w P

ba - by

3

tucked

˙ ˙

F

p

44 bœ

43 Œ Œ b b Oœ

p #˙.

w

˙

3

N˙ 

w

œ bœ œ

n.

3

˙

beats of

Ow

sleep

# # wO 

#œ ˙ # œ # œ œ œ ˙ œ

3

F # >˙

>œ

Ah

# >œ

>œ . œ

œ

f

Ah

Ah

>˙

œ 3

Œ

#˙.

F œ

˙. ˙.

P #˙.

3

Ah

#œ ˙

44

œ

P

œ #œ œ #œ œ

Œ

3

˙

Thum-ping

U j Œ & #œ œ. #œ #˙ œ. ˙ p

& œ #œ #œ œ P 3

43

œ bœ bœ 3

˙

w

3

#œ #œ ˙

3

&

œ œ nœ ˙

˙

F

tales,

œ #˙ 3

˙

36 S

p

œ

My

# œ> œ . œ >œ ˙

Œ


15

- IV. Eyes tight, tales tucked -

40 S

Vln.

&

f >œ #˙ 3

3

ba - by

Vln.

&

3

Vln.

S

Œ

& #˙. &

p ‰

ba - by

œ œ # >˙ . J

œ œ

p

‰ œ #˙ 3

œ Nœ #œ œ œ Nœ

q = 50

Œ

Œ

œ #œ #œ

Sleep, sing, fly,

con vib. poco a poco

#w # w 

o ˙˙o

Œ

œ #˙

sleep, sing, fly

w w

Œ œ œ ˙

w

˙

ba - by

3

my ba - by

œ #˙

F  o ˙˙o

3

˙

3

My ba - by

o wwo

o ˙˙o

o œœo

3

p

U w

j j Œ œ #œ aœ œ œ ‰ Œ j #œ. nœ 3

to you as you fly

n.

w

tales told

3

Œ #œ N˙

ƒ

3

o wwo

O˙ ..

Ow

sing

Vln.

o ˙˙o

I sing

Ow &

57

Eyes tight

q = 60

. & ˙

œ.

3

P

Ó

3

my

œ #œ #œ œ

#œ N˙

o œ ˙˙o

˙

51 S

p

Ó

now old

3

3

q = 72

& œ b˙. ˙

œ

f

3

rit.

#œ Nœ #˙

ba - by

> #œ œ ‰ & #œ #œ #œ œ #œ

45

˙

3

My

ƒ

S

#>œ # ˙

œ a˙

F

Sleep and sing

Sleep and

  œ. #œ #˙ J

poco

w

œ J‰Œ Ó

˙ #˙ ˙ ˙

U

n.

and soar!

#w w

poco

w w

n.

Ithaca, NY - 12.14.09


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