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THE BALLAD OF KASTRIOT REXHEPI for Soprano and String Quartet Text: Mary Kelly (2001)

Music: Michael Nyman (2001)

e = c. 88 con rubato

    

Soprano

Violin I

   

      

1. Un - na - tu - ral



   

Violin II

   

p trem. sul tasto

Viola

Cello



   p

           

  

Spring;

 



  

  



  

  

 

me - tal

   

 

 

 

seed - pods



 

 

  

 

  



ger - mi - na - ting

           

 

  

           

   



     



     



     

 

   

A      

   

blood - y



   

 

        

     

  

         

                      flo - ra, an - ti - ci - pa - ting the "ex - pul - sions".                



    

    

   

           

  

 

 

      

 

 



 

   

       

ni - forms

   

 

 

 

 mf  nat.   





   



    



    





Men

 q = 100 (tempo giusto)    





              mf marcato

   

of blue

   



 



 and

 

green,

   

  

 

   [quasi solo]           



  



mp               

e = c. 72

                      mp cant.                          mp cant.              mp cant.

          







crop

and

      

  

      mp

     

 

co - ral



mien,

  

 

  

  

cant.



 

and Kas - tri - ot,

      

 

 



  

 





             3

       fall,

          

      

o - bli - vi - ous

to it all.



      

year, six months, down

 

       

 -

  

        



          

    p

o - bli - vi - ous

the

pear tree's time - fused

 





  





 





    







p legato

 

        

        

                    

  

one

p legato

  



p legato

F  q = c. 108





       



 



                                       sub.ff





sub.ff

                 sub.ff          sub.ff

                     

   

131

   No

       

     



food

ter

                                 

 

    

 

 

   

   



 



     

Mi -

 

nutes

 

pass,

Kas

     

 

      

 

and

tri - ot

 

    



 

more,

                                                  

    

   

137

sure,

     



  

  

  

     

     not

 

sure

  

                          

    

              

   

      

 

  

 

 

weak.

                  

   

 

    

    

pizz.

         

Bu - ku - ri - e

 

 

 

not

      

     

   

    



when





                        

     

grows

   

      

  

per - haps

   



                      

    

134

     

 

 

his

   

    

  

  

breath - ing stops,



   

 

   

  

   

      

   

196

   



  

His

                     

203

3     

   



- bli - vi - ous.





  



  



  



down







    

crop,

his

co - ral

                                  



P  q = c. 108







   

                 

   mien,

   

 



   p

o -

 

                      





   p



 

   p



 



     



   



                                      sub. ff

                               sub. ff                                                sub. ff                             sub. ff

 

208

  





                                                  

                                                                                                           

             

    

   

                 

T q = c. 144

    

240



     

q = c. 60

        pp        



down - y



                                        f                                         f                                             

    

     pp         

crop





co - ral

mien,















         

new name gleam - ing

like a mi - nia - ture Serb - ian flag

     

e = emp

    

244







 

 



  mp    



      on a bot - tle

 



  

o - pener.





 

                       

pesante            





pesante



 



pesante Solo





     

   

mf cant.

U 251

  



  

 

q = c. 120

rit.

 

                                                    

  f

 



Then the NA - TO

   f

 

    

 

oc - cu - pa

im - per - fect

 

 

tion:

 

  

                               f                                     f             f           

AA    

332

   



      

    

    

  



  

336





q = c. 168



                                                 f

    f

   

  

    

  

    

  

q = c. 76

homes

                                  







341





 

   





                                                     hopes



                                                         

  

nar - rowed

             

                     

       

  

 

    

       

  

         

 

      

      

                              

 



their

son

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

    





        ha

  

    

torched,

 

hunch:

  

  



q = c. 66

 

  

  

 

   

,                                

     



                                 

                       

bits

gut - ted,

  

  

 

 

    

    

 

  still



    



live.

 

  



  



 

  



 

  



 

   