Richard Hill: Images from 'Kubla Khan' (Full Score)

Peermusic Classical GmbH Hamburg

Richard Hill

Images from ‘Kubla Khan’ for narrator and orchestra

from the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Partitur / Score

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Richard Hill

Images from ‘Kubla Khan’

A ballet suite for narrator and orchestra from the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Eine Ballettsuite für Erzähler und Orchester über das Gedicht von Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Score / Partitur

Images from ‘Kubla Khan’

I. The Creation of the Enchanted Paradise (p. 1)

II. Alph, the Sacred River (p. 29)

III. The Shadow of The Dome of Pleasure (p. 74)

IV. The Abyssinian Maid & The Youth from Tartary (p. 100)

Instrumentation

Piccolo

2 Flutes

2 Oboes

Cor Anglais

2 Clarinets in Bb

2 Bassoons

Contrabassoon

4 Horns in F

3 Trumpets in Bb

2 Trombones

Bass Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Percussion:

(Antique Cymbals (Crotales), Orchestra Cymbals

Tam-tam, Bass Drum)

Harp

Narrator

Violins I

Violins II

Violas

Violoncellos

Double Basses

Besetzung

Piccoloflöte

2 Flöten

2 Oboen

Englischhorn

2 Klarinetten in B

2 Fagotte

Kontrafagott

4 Hörner in F

3Trompeten in B

2 Posaunen

Bassposaune

Tuba

Pauken

Schlagzeug:

Antike Zimbeln (Crotales), Becken, Tam-tam, Große Trommel

Harfe

Erzähler

Violinen I

Violinen II

Violen

Violoncelli

Kontrabässe

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bœJ‰Œ

nw w

bw w

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bw w

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bœbœœœ œ j‰Œ Œ ‰ bœ jbœj‰Œ w w w w w w w w

Œ ‰ bœ R bœbœœ nbœbœœ nbœj ‰ w w œ ˙ ˙ w w

Œ ‰ bœRœ n bœbœœ n bœbœœ j ‰ w

nw œ bœbœœ nbœj‰Œ w

œ Œ Ó

bw œ nœœ bbœœœ œ w<n> w œ Œ

bw ˙ nœœ bbœ w<n> w œ Œ

[Scene3-Thebuildingofthepleasure-domeandthewallsandtowers whichsurroundtheparadisegardens]

Hns1&2

Horns1&2inF

Horns3&4inF

Trumpets1&2inB

2."Alph,TheSacredRiver"

Butoh!ThatdeepromanticchasmwhichslantedDownthegreenhillathwartacedarncover! Asavageplace!

Fivemilesmeanderingwitha mazymotionThroughwoodand

Theshadowof thedomeofpleasure

[Scene1-Withthepleasure-domeinthebackground,avisionofaloneMaidenmaterialisesin anopenfieldoverlookedbyasacredmountain.Asshebeginsherelegantdancesheisseen tobeplayingadulcimerandappearstobesinging,thoughwecanhearnowords.]

[Scene2-Havingseenthedevelopingsituation,the inhabitantsofthepleasure-domegraduallyemerge anddancetheirwayintoagreatcirclearoundtheyoungcouple]

[Scene4-Thevisionnowstartstobreakupandweareback withColeridgeagain,asthemanfromPorlockcomesknocking atthedoorbringingrealityandtheendoftheimagesfromKublaKhan]