Dearly Beloved For two organs
Everette Minchew
Never Theme Twice Š 2014
Commissioned by and Dedicated to my dear friend, Buck McDaniel.
Performance Notes
Dearly Beloved is the latest in my Open Piece series. This work allows the performers to progress at his/her own pace. The Organ 1 part is divided into sections A and B. Section A is to be played strictly at the tempo of c. q =40. It should be grandiose. Imagine a loud church organ. When the performer of Organ 1 has finished Section A he/she must progress to Section B which is very free. Once Organ 1 has begun section A Organ 2 should begin his/her part. The free sections should be just that. The notation is spatial. Progress at your own pace and move to the next note only when it feels appropriate. Listen to what is being played. There are three short soli. The performers may choose to play these at any point in the piece. Play a solo only when it feels appropriate. Once a solo is played return to your previous position. Soli may be played more than once by any or all performers. Some of the Soli can be transposed up or down an octave. All soli do not have to be performed in every performance. Each performance should last a minimum of 6 minutes.
The material of section A of the first organ part is taken from the beginning of Prince’s song ‘Let’s Go Crazy’. The song begins with an organ and a spoken monologue. The first words of the monologue are “Dearly Beloved”.
Score
Dearly Beloved for two organs Everette Minchew
A
Slow, Grandiose, Imagine a hellfire and brimstone preacher preaching
at the top of his lungs gradually building to a climax.
Organ 1
& 44 œœœ -
œœ œ-
?4 ˙ 4 ˙ ?4 4 ˙ -
œœ -
# œœ-
œ œ-
œœ œ-
œ œ-
˙ ˙-
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˙-
œœ œœ -
U
# œœœ -
œœ œ-
U
œ œ-
œ œ
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U
B Slowly, progress to the next pitch only when it feels right.
& Organ 1
? œ œ?
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œ œ-
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œ œ-
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# œœ œ œ-
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œ œœ -
œœ œ-
œ œœ-
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Never Theme Twice © 2014
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U U
œ œ-
œ œœ-
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2
Dearly Beloved
Slowly, progress to the next pitch only when it feels right.
Organ 2
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b œœœ-
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b œ# œ-
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# œ-
n œœœ œ-
b œ-
n œœœ
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Ÿ œ-
# œœœœ -
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b œ-
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U-
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b œ- n œ-
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Dearly Beloved
3
Soli These soli may be transposed up or down.
& œœ œœ œœ œœœ œ. œ. œ. œ. F
œœœ œ.
œœœ œ.
œ # œœœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ . . . . . . .
Feel free to repeat this motive as many times as you wish with each repetition decrescendoing or crescendoing.
&
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P
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nœ
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This solo can be performed either by the left hand or pedals.
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