_____________ __________________________________
Jordan Nelson
Night Runs Deep for men’s choir and cello
text in English by
Dana Gioia
Fall 2011 __________________________________ _____________ This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
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Night Runs Deep (2011)
by Jordan Nelson
for TTBB men’s choir and cello original text by Eugenio Montale Lontano, ero con te quando tuo padre entrò nell’ombra e ti lasciò il suo addio. Che seppi fino allora? Il logorío di prima mi salvò solo per questo: che t’ignoravo e non dovevo: ai colpi d’oggi lo so, se di laggiú s’inflette un’ora e mi riporta Cumerlotti o Anghébeni—tra scoppi di spolette e I lamenti e l’accorrer delle squadre.
translation by Dana Gioia
translation set with permission from Mr. Gioia
Far away, still I was with you when your father went into darkness and left you his goodbye. What did I learn in that moment? That until then the ravages of the past had spared me only for this: I had not met you yet and had to. I know this from the pain of today, and would even if the hours bent back on themselves and brought me once again to Cumerlotti or Anghébeni, among the exploding shells, the screams, the panic of the squadrons.
Program Note:
Night Runs Deep, for men’s chorus and cello, was written in the fall of 2011. In writing the piece, I was deeply inspired by the beautiful phrases and imagery contained in Montale’s and Gioia’s poetry. Initially conceived as a work for a cappella men’s choir, I added cello as a means of heightening and highlighting the emotion of the text as well as to provide the opportunity for a conversation between the string instrument and the voices of the ensemble throughout the work.
approximate duration: 9 minutes
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for the USC Thornton Apollo Men's Choir and Yohan Partan
Fall 2011
Night Runs Deep for Men's Choir and Cello
Original text by Eugenio Montale
English translation by Dana Gioia
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met
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3
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know
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w-
ƒ
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Night Runs Deep
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w
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T
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Cello
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know
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know
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96
T
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know
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from
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p sub. Œ ˙ .. ˙
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pain
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the
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(mm)
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(mm)
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b˙
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hours
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b œœ œœ œœ ˙˙
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b œœ
n œœ
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a - gain
to
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once
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pizz. œ. . # œ # œ. œ. œ ‰ œ œ J f
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j ‰ œ.
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32
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3
32
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and brought me
n œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
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to
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and brought me
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n œ. œ- œ ‰ J ‰ J
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108
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b œœ ˙˙ ..
poco accel.
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would
and
hours
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32
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or
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˙
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,
10
Night Runs Deep
V Œ
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‰ Jœ
110
T
B
Cu - mer - lot - ti
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Cello
Ang - hé - be - ni
Cu - mer - lot - ti œ
110
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T
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,
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bƒœ œ
plo-ding shells
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112
Cello
V ‰
114
T
B
äœ
Œ
b œäœ J
b b œäœ ? ‰ J
screams
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œ
äœ äœ ‰ J
‰
˙˙
äœ J œœ
‰
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‰
6
6
äœ n äœ
œ
3
screams
3
œœ J
‰
Œ
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‰
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screams
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the ex -
äœ
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bœ
ex -
œ œ b œœ
œäœ
screams
screams
114
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the
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˙˙
äœ
bœ 22 ‰ b œJ œœ
the
3
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22
3
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legato
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plo-ding shells
a
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112
legato
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‰
6
˙˙
Œ
˙˙
Œ
screams
bœ bœ œ 6
6
‰
bœ bœ
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œœœ
äœ ##‰ J
11
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b ˙˙-
116
T
B
V ?
Ó
b b ˙˙-
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bœ
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screams
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bœ 6
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b ww-
b œf œ œ b œ œ b bF œ ˙ ‰ ‰ J œ ˙
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of the
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Cello
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f
6
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reverently
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with
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I
was
reverently
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œ
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norm.
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bœ
bœ
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poco accel. 124
6
bœ bœ
sul pont.
squa-drons
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118
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(ng)
the pa-nic
Cello
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Ó
screams
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rit. 118
Ó
b b ˙˙-
screams
screams
Cello
b ˙˙-
I
was
you
! œ # # œœ ˙˙ #œ with
!
you
œ #œ #˙
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p
12
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"
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130
T
B
V
?
130
Cello
U w
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#˙
U
Ó
U
Ó
dolcissimo
3
nœ
œ ˙
œ
#˙
rit.
Ó
"
Ó.
U
Ó
"
Ó.
U
U
Ó
œ
Œ
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f #˙ Ó V
˙
# œœ œœ
# ˙˙
f ? Ó #˙
œ œ # œœ œœ
# ˙˙
confidently
137
T
I
had not
confidently
B
I
Cello
T
B
œ
3
V˙
# ˙˙
? œ œ # œœ œœ
# ˙˙
had not
had not
?
143
Cello
œ
#˙
œ
met
œ
you
œ
˙˙ ..
you
˙˙
me
˙˙
œ ˙
# ˙˙
ww
Ó
# ˙˙ # # ˙˙
ww
Ó
yet
yet
œ
# # œœ œœ
œ
#˙
yet
# ˙˙ œ
#˙
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ƒ #˙ I
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# œ. œ- œ œ # œ ƒ
3
# wœ ˙ .
˙˙
œœ # ˙˙ ..
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˙
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yet
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you
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met
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143
met
had not
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137
˙˙
Œ
U
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3
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œ
3
f Œ # œœ Œ Œ f # œœ Œ
and
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and
Night Runs Deep
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ww
148
T
had to
B
had to
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148
Cello
T
f 153 ˙. V Œ #˙.
Œ
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I
had
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3
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to
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to
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had
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I
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p w
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I
had
to
had
U
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p w
to
U
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153
Cello
Very slowly, with expressive flexibility
"
159
T
B
V ?
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159
Cello
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p
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U
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U
Ó
U
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p
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to
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to
rit.
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had
3
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f ˙ # ˙ ? Œ ..
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B
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p ww
U
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a
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way
p œ b b ww
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a
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way
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Œ
bœ œ bœ
14
Night Runs Deep
166
T
B
V ˙˙ ..
?
Cello
n.
B
Far
a
-
"
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bUœ
p bœ œ
way
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"
p
F œ b œœ œ œœ œ still
Œ
bœ œ
F
œ
bœ
Œ
I
I
œ
was
˙
p b ˙˙
˙
with
you
with
was
Œ
b b ˙˙
Ó
B
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"
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"
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3
F
˙
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b˙.
!
bœ
U
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&
b˙. !
œ
˙
Ó
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Ó
you
V
172
Cello
b ww
œ
p b ˙˙
F Œ b œ œœ b œœ
rit.
Far a - way still
172
T
Œ
p Œ b˙
U
? ˙˙ .. 166
U
n.
Even Slower
˙
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˙.
arco espressivo
!
bU˙ n.
œ