No. 67890
WUORINEN HAROUN
AND THE SEA OF STORIES
OPERA ACT I, SCENES 1-10 Score
Printed in the U.S.A
CHARLES WUORINEN
HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES
OPERA ACT I, SCENES 1-10
Score
C. F. PETERS CORPORATION NEW YORK LONDON FRANKFURT LEIPZIG
HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES An Opera by Charles Wuorinen Based on the Novel by Salman Rushdie Libretto adapted by James Fenton In a make-believe world, based loosely on Bombay and Kashmir, the story of Haroun is a tale of a fight between the free imagination and the powers that oppose it. Haroun’s father, Rashid, the Shah of Blah, is a professional and gifted story-teller, a popular figure much in demand at public events. Feeling neglected, his wife is persuaded to leave him and run away with a neighbour. After this, Rashid loses confidence in his powers of storytelling, haunted by his son’s question: “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even there?” Rashid is due to speak at a political rally to be held by the sinister politician, Snooty Buttoo. He is told that if he does not come up with his usual fund of tales, his tongue will be cut out. As Rashid despairs, Haroun determines to rescue his father’s talent – a project which learns that the Ocean of the Sea of Stories, the source of all stories, is being polluted by the enemies of all stories, the sinister Khattam-Shud. In a series of brilliantly imagined adventures, Haroun succeeds in defeating the powers of darkness, and restoring happiness to his family and to the city where he lives. Salman Rushdie’s children’s book, written in the aftermath of the fatwa, has an effervescent style which is full of rhymes and wordplay. The libretto stays very close to the spirit of the original, conjuring up a fantasy world in which, nonetheless, one never entirely loses sight of harsh political reality and the great issues of freedom of speech and imagination. James Fenton, 1998
PERSONAE HAROUN Khalifa, son to Rashid, soprano. RASHID Khalifa, story-teller, baritone. SOROYA, mother to Haroun, mezzo-soprano Mr. SENGUPTA, a measly weasely clerk, and later KHATTAMSHUD, the prine of silence, tenor ONEETA, wife to Mr. Sengupta, and then PRINCESS, and later PINCESS BATCHEAT, alto. BUTT the bus-driver, and later the mechanical Hoopoe, bass. SNOOTY BUTTOO, politician, tenor. IFF the water genie, tenor. BAGHA and GOOPY, pentimaw fish, high tenors. MALI, a gardener, deep bass. PRINCE BOLO, beloved of Batcheat, tenor. GENERAL KITAB, a general, baritone. THE KING, a king, bass. Men in mustachios and yellow check pants, announcer, voice, etc. CHORUS
INSTRUMENTS Picc.-2-2-2-B.Cl.-2-Cbn. 4-2-2-1 Harp, Piano 3 Percussion Timpani Strings The score is in C; all instruments sound as written.
Edition No. 67890
Copyright Š 2000 by Charles Wuorinen
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CHARLES WUORINEN CHAMBER & INSTRUMENTAL (continued) DIVERTIMENTO FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE AND PIANO (P66929) DIVERTIMENTO FOR STRING QUARTET (P66928) DODECADACTYL (P68051) A DOLEFUL DOMPE (P67141) DOUBLE SOLO FOR HORN TRIO (P67126) DUO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (P66376) DUO SONATA (P68064) EPITHALAMIUM (P67812) FANFARE FOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (P67142) FANTASIA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (P66605) FAST FANTASY (P66785) FIRST STRING QUARTET (P66395) FLUTE VARIATIONS II (P66377) FORTUNE (P66829) FOURTH STRING QUARTET (P67965) GRAND UNION (P66572) THE GREAT PROCESSION (P67673a) GUITAR VARIATIONS (P67613) HARP VARIATIONS (P66456) HORN TRIO (P66897) HORN TRIO CONTINUED (P67088) JOAN’S (P66828) JOSQUINIANA (P68012) * LEPTON (P67892) THE LONG AND THE SHORT (P66379) NATURE’S CONCORD (P66380) NEW YORK NOTES (P66926) * AN ORBICLE OF JASP (P67912) PENTECOST (P68007) PIANO QUINTET (P67603) PIANO TRIO (P66977) THE RIVER OF LIGHT (P67730a) SAXOPHONE QUARTET (P67516) SECOND STRING QUARTET (P66808) SECOND TRIO (P66381) SIX PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (P66744) SONATA FOR GUITAR AND PIANO (P67648) SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (P67255) SPECULUM SPECULI (P66534) * SPIN 5 (P68128) SPINOFF (P66970) STRING SEXTET (P67306) * STRING TRIO (P66382) TASHI (P66665) THIRD STRING QUARTET (P67199) THIRD TRIO (P66578) TIENTO SOBRE CABEZÓN (P67336) TRIO FOR BASS INSTRUMENTS (P66917) TROMBONE TRIO (P67149) TURETZKY PIECES (P67365) VIOLIN VARIATIONS (P66510) WIND QUINTET (P66784)
KEYBOARD ALBUM LEAF FOR HOWARD KLEIN (P67598) BAGATELLE (P67232) THE BELLS (Carillon) (P67789)
THE BLUE BAMBOULA (P66532) CAPRICCIO (P66428) EVOLUTIO: ORGAN (P67362) FIRST PIANO SONATA (P66371) THE HAROUN PIANO BOOK (P68043) HARPSICHORD DIVISIONS (P66370) HEART SHADOW (P68092) JOSQUIN: AVE CHRISTE (P67253) KATZ FUGUE (P67715) MAKING ENDS MEET (4 Hands) (P66372) THE MISSION OF VIRGIL (2Pf, 4Hands) (P67545a) NATURAL FANTASY (Organ) (P67148) PRAEGUSTATUM FOR JAMES LEVINE (P68171) SECOND PIANO SONATA (P66668) SELF-SIMILAR WALTZ (In collection: Waltzes by 25 Contemporary Composers, P66735) THIRD PIANO SONATA (P67167) TWELVE SHORT PIECES (P66579)
CARILLON THE BELLS (P67789)
PERCUSSION JANISSARY MUSIC (P66378) PERCUSSION DUO (P66820) PERCUSSION QUARTET (P67576) * PERCUSSION SYMPHONY (P66706) RINGING CHANGES (P66394)
SOLO VOCAL ASHBERYANA (P68067) CHRISTES CROSSE (P67599) FENTON SONGS (Version 1) (P67836a) FENTON SONGS (Version 2) (P67836b) FENTON SONGS II (P68018) * LIGHTENINGS VIII (P67501) THE LONG BOAT (P68022) MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL (P66384) NEVER AGAIN THE SAME (P68129) * POLITICS OF HARMONY (A Masque) (P66389) PSALM 39 (P66819) SIX SONGS FOR TWO VOICES (P66743) A SONG TO THE LUTE IN MUSICKE (P66452) STANZAS BEFORE TIME (P67934) THREE SONGS FOR TENOR AND PIANO (P66811) TWANG (P67312) TWO MACHINE PORTRAITS (P68011) VISIBLE (P68060) A WINTER'S TALE (P67422)
ELECTRONIC BEAST 708 (P66857) TIME’S ENCOMIUM (P66455) (Score for sale; tape available on rental.) Pulitzer Prize 1970
BOOK SIMPLE COMPOSITION (CMB11)
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CHARLES WUORINEN OPERA
* HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES (P67890) * THE W. OF BABYLON (P66656)
BALLET
* THE DELIGHT OF THE MUSES (P67394) † FIVE: CONCERTO FOR AMPLIFIED CELLO (P67203) * THE GREAT PROCESSION (P67673) * THE MISSION OF VIRGIL (P67545) † A RELIQUARY FOR IGOR STRAVINSKY (P66631) * THE RIVER OF LIGHT (P67730)
ORCHESTRA
* ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY (P67247) * ASTRA (P67334) * BAMBOULA BEACH (P67205) † BAMBOULA SQUARED (P67013) * CONCERTO FOR AMPLIFIED VIOLIN (P66511) * CONCERTO FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET AND ORCHESTRA (P67548) * CONTRAFACTUM (P66386) † CROSSFIRE (P67066) * THE DELIGHT OF THE MUSES (P67394) * ECCLESIASTICAL SYMPHONIES (P66851a) * EIGHTH SYMPHONY (P68121) * FANFARE FOR THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY (P67116) * FIRST PIANO CONCERTO (P66387) † FIVE: CONCERTO FOR AMPLIFIED CELLO (P67203) * FLYING TO KAHANI (P68101) † FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO (P68035) * THE GOLDEN DANCE (P67143) † GRAND BAMBOULA (String Orchestra) (P66453) * THE GREAT PROCESSION (P67673) † MACHAULT MON CHOU (P67254) * THE MAGIC ART: AN INSTRUMENTAL MASQUE (P66809) † MICROSYMPHONY (P67501) * THE MISSION OF VIRGIL (P67545) † MOVERS AND SHAKERS (P67016) * MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA (P67335) * ORCHESTRAL AND ELECTRONIC EXCHANGES (P66388) * PRELUDE TO KULLERVO (P67089) † A RELIQUARY FOR IGOR STRAVINSKY (P66631) † RHAPSODY FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (P67018) * THE RIVER OF LIGHT (P67730) * SECOND PIANO CONCERTO (P66604) † SHORT SUITE (P66927) * SUITE FROM THE MAGIC ART (P66809a) * SYMPHONY SEVEN (P67813) * TASHI (P66697) * THEOLOGOUMENON (P68090) † THIRD PIANO CONCERTO (P66978) * TWO-PART SYMPHONY (P66779)
BAND
* WINDFALL (P67615)
* Score and parts available on rental only. † Score available for sale; performance materials available on rental.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
† THE CELESTIAL SPHERE (P66851) * GENESIS (P67352) * MISSA RENOVATA (P67602)
CHORUS AGNUS DEI (from Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke In The Fields) (P66930a) A SOLIS ORTU (P67252) AN ANTHEM FOR EPIPHANY (P66606) * BE MERRY ALL THAT BE PRESENT (P67360) * MADRIGALE SPIRITUALE SOPRA SALMO SECONDO (P67364) MANNHEIM 87.87.87 (P66550) † MASS FOR THE RESTORATION OF ST. LUKE IN THE FIELDS (P66930) MISSA BREVIS (P67425) * SUPER SALUTEM (P66397)
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
* ANCESTORS (P66778) † ARCHAEOPTERYX (P66810) * BEAST 708 (P66857) * CANZONA (P66451) * CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR FLUTE (P66393) * CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR OBOE (P66392) * CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR TUBA (P66383) † CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO (P66391) * COMPOSITION FOR VIOLIN AND TEN INSTRUMENTS (P66390) * CONCERTINO (P67017) * EVOLUTIO TRANSCRIPTA (P67363) * GALLIARD (P67179) † GRAND BAMBOULA (String Orchestra) (P66453) † HYPERION (P66657) * THE MAGIC ART: AN INSTRUMENTAL MASQUE (P66809) * ON ALLIGATORS (P66533) * POLITICS OF HARMONY (A Masque) (P66389) * SALVE REGINA: JOHN BULL (P66450) * SUITE FROM THE MAGIC ART (P66809a) * THE WINDS (P66707)
CHAMBER & INSTRUMENTAL 11 SHORT PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND VIBRAPHONE (P68143) ADAPTING TO THE TIMES (P66373) ALBUM LEAF (P67597) ANDANTE ESPRESSIVO (P68010) ARABIA FELIX (P66577) ARCHANGEL (P66783) ASHBERYANA (P68067) BASSOON VARIATIONS (P66454) BEARBEITUNGEN ÜBER DAS GLOGAUER LIEDERBUCH (P66396) BICINIUM (P66374) BIG EPITHALAMIUM (P67812a) BRASS QUINTET (P67933) CELLO VARIATIONS I (P66385) CELLO VARIATIONS II (P66669) CELLO VARIATIONS III (P67824) COMPOSITION FOR OBOE AND PIANO (P66375) CONSORT OF FOUR TROMBONES (P67361) (continued inside)
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