The Rose And The Nightingale for soprano saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, and SuperCollider
Sarah Wald
W ritten for Keyed Kontraptions
March 2020
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Program Notes: T he Rose And T he Nightingale is based on a popular Sephardic song about love’s suffering, “La Rosa Enflorece.” The piece contains partial iterations of the original song melody at different speeds, ranging from extremely slow to quite fast. In addition to the original tune, T he Rose And T he Nightingale’s pitch material consists of microtonal and timbral inflections, florid melodic lines inspired by the song, and drones. Rhythmic improvisation is an essential component of the piece as well: in many sections, the soprano saxophone, clarinet, and bassoon may each repeat their figures at varying tempi, independent of the other parts.
Performance Notes: 1 ) Thick, squiggly lines = microtonal fluctuations. These should also be smaller than a half step. The speed of the fluctuations should vary greatly (ad lib.). 2) Whole notes do not indicate precise rhythmic durations, but rather signify long held notes of indeterminate duration. 3) Time codes given above measures are only rough approximations. They need not be observed precisely. 4) In measures with repetitions, each repetition of the material should vary in terms of speed and character. 5) Notes without noteheads are rhythmically free; only stemmed notes have precise durations and line up with other parts.. 6) Dashed lines indicate where parts line up. 7) Tempo markings refer to the general speed/character of the notes within each section. Tempo may vary on repetitions. 8) The SuperCollider portion will consist of different programmed event sthat will be triggered in real time by the person at the computer. Some flexibility is possible for the duration of each event.
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The Rose And The Nightingale TRANSPOSING SCORE
Sarah Wald
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Slow
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A 1 0"
Soprano Saxophone
B 1 5"
(breathe as necessary)
Clarinet in Bb
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niente
Bassoon
SuperCollider
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(breathe as necessary)
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C 1 0"
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Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
Slow 20"
∑
E 1 5"
∑
F
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Tempo ad lib.; play 1 X
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
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1 0"
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Play only once, tempo ad lib.
w niente
w
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mp
Ú
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w
pp
= ° & I
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
mp
Bsn.
w
∑
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1 2"
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w ¯¯¯¯ w
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w poco
S.C.
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w
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w
w
w
w
w
° & K
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
Repeat 1 -5X
#w
w
w ¯¯¯¯¯¯ w
w ¯¯¯¯¯¯ w
mf
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#w
w
w ¯¯¯¯¯ w
bw
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w ¯¯¯¯¯
-œ #w w
f
w
f S.C.
=
¢&
w
w
w
w
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Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
=
¢& œ
œ
° & ∑
Chorale
>- -œ - U œ œ œ- œ œ#œ- œU Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w ¯¯¯¯¯¯ pp U > -œ bœ -œ -œ bœ -œ -œ #-œ - -œ bœ -œ
(In time)
& ∑
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-œ >-œ mf
S.C.
w
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Slow
Bsn.
∑
Ú
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N Play 1 X
Cl.
∑
Ú
&
poco cresc.
Sop. Sax.
w
f
Ó
Ú
M 8-1 0"
Sop. Sax.
5
8"
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w
pp
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w
Slow
6
Repeat 1 -5X (Free rhythm again) The dashed lines need not be observed from the second time onwards
° & œ œ œ œ œ #œ- nœ- #œ œ œ O
Sop. Sax.
f
Cl.
& œ -
mf
Bsn.
?
œ
very slow pitch bend
œ œ- œ- œ œ œ #œ œ œ timbre trill œ timbre trill œ œ
œ-
œ-
œ œ #œ
mp
S.C.
¢& w
bw
w
w
w
= A Little Faster Repeat 1 -5X
° & P
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
b Ÿ~~~~ œ œ bœ œ ˙timbre trill œ œ œ œ #œ œ
The dashed line need not be observed from the second time onwards Stagger page turns
& w ? w ¢& <b>w
f
w
w
mp
7 If figures repeat, the dashed line need not be observed from the second time onwards Q Repeat 1 -3X
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
° &
œ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ nœ #œ œ
f
bœ & œ œœw
∑
f very slow pitch bends
Bsn.
S.C.
∑
? w
w
w
pp
œ bœ nœ bœ
w
mf
¢ & bw
poco
= Entrances should be staggered randomly and at irregular time intervals Stagger page turns
° #w &
R Repeat 1 -2X
Sop. Sax.
fp
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
& ? nœ ¢& w
#w
#w
#w
fp
fp
fp
#w
#w
#w
fp
fp
fp
ntimbre trill w
b œ œ <b> œ œ
bœ œ
8
poco a poco accel.
° & S
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
& ?
Repeat 2X
No Repeats
<n>œ œ œ#w
#w
timbre trill
T
p
f
sf
#timbre trill (start slow, speed up gradually) w p
#œ œ œ#w
timbre trill
f
sf
(accel., including on repetitions)
œbœ œbœb œ b œ b œ n œ b œ nœ-b œ n œ b œ nœ- w œ œ -- f
¢& w
bw
w
= <n>œ œ œ <#>˙
° <n>œ œ œ #˙ & U
Sop. Sax.
Repeat 2X Sax and clarinet overlap randomly; bassoon part is independent; all parts should stagger brief rests to turn the page timbre trill timbre trill
f, poco cresc.
sf
fp
#œ œ œ <#>˙
#œ œ œ #˙
timbre trill
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
&
f, poco cresc.
f
timbre trill
sf
fp
f
? œ œ bœ bœ œ œ b œ b œ œ nœ bœ <b>œ œ n œ b œ <b> œ f
¢ & bw
w
Fast
9 Stagger entrances, but randomly each time; entrances should start Repeat ad lib. far apart and get closer and closer together, starting to overlap; melodic gestures should be continuous across parts throughout this passage
° #œ œ œ œ #œ nœ & V
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
=
&
ff
#œ nœ # œ œ œ #œ œ ff
?
¢ & bœ
cresc.
° & W
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
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=
Cl.
Bsn.
bœ
œ
3
#œÓ
œ
3
œ œ œ#œœbœ œ Œ
Ú Ú
&
Ú
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ¢& Œ bœ œ #œ bœ œ Œ œ œ œ bœ œ Œ œ œ œ bœ œ Œ œ œ œ bœ œ ° &
(L-R panning back and forth)
Ú
(Variations on this pattern may occur)
Ú
&
Ú
?
3
S.C.
bœ
Repeats ad lib.
X Repeats ad lib.
Sop. Sax.
œ bœ
ff
(S.C. part speeds up)
3
S.C.
œ
œ nœ bœ bœ œ nœ bœ bœ
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ¢& # Œw bœ œ# œ bœ œ Œ œ œ œ bœ œ # Œw œ œ œ bœ œ Œ œ œ œ bœ œ ( poco)
10
° & Y
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
Repeat ad lib. Stagger entrances, but randomly each time; entrances should follow each other quickly/overlap
œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ
f
& ?
#œ #œ # œ œ œ # œ œ
f
bœ nœ œ b œ œ œ bœ nœ f
3
S.C.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ¢& # Œw bœ œ# œbœ œ Œ œ œ œbœ œ# Œw œ œ œbœ œ Œ œ œ œbœ œ##w w (S.C. part starts slowing down)
= rit.
° & Z
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
Repeat ad lib.
All parts should stagger brief rests to turn the page
f
& ?
œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ
nœ #œ # œ œ œ # œ œ
f
bœ nœ œ b œ œ œ bœ nœ f
¢& ##w w mf
S.C.
mf
niente
#w
bw
pp
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rit. (scales become slower and further spaced apart)
° &
Repeat ad lib.
AA
Sop. Sax.
Cl.
Bsn.
œ #œ
œ
œ
p
&
#œ p
?
bœ œ nœ #œ œ
œ
œ nœ
œ
p
S.C.
¢& w
niente
= rit.
Slow
° &
Play 1 X
BB
Sop. Sax.
(In time)
Play 1 X
U Ú
CC
(Free rhythm)
U -œ œ œ -œ #œ -œ -œ #-œ U & œ - #œ- - #œ- œ- n œ w pp (no accents; tranquil) -œ # -œ b-œ - - - - - - #U œ nœ #-œ œ<n>œ #-œ œ œ -œ U ? w
˙
p
<n>œ œ œ œ U œ œ
ppp
(no accents; tranquil)
Cl.
Bsn.
S.C.
¢&
U Ú
pp
ppp
U Ú
ppp