Thorvaldsdottir FOR IT WILL NEVER RETURN

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Thorvaldsdottir, Anna For it will never return

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Written for the International Contemporary Ensemble and for tenor Peter Tantsits. The work was created through ICE’s First Page Commissioning Program thanks to the lead support of Frances Kazan. The first performance was given on 3 August 2016 in Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center, New York City, U.S.A. Duration: c. 5 minutes

Performance Notes As a composer I have a tendency to write music in rather low dynamics. The dynamics indicate an atmosphere and the urge to approach the music with a sense of calm rather than merely indicating the dynamic level. I do not intend for the music to be too quiet – but rather projecting a sense of serenity. I would kindly ask that the dynamics be tuned to the location of the performance and subtly dramatized as appropriate with regards to the performance space and/or concert venue. ‘To the accompaniment of everyday life’ indicates an atmospheric approach to the music that suggests fragility and loneliness. The work was commissioned to be premiered outside, so the music was inspired by the notion of hearing the environment “accompanying� the music.

Abbreviations f.n. g.p. str. w

fingernails guitar pick strings with

General Accidentals apply to one measure at a time.

B I D Â

Quarter tone flat Quarter tone flat above Quarter tone sharp Quarter tone sharp above E Former effect/sound/technique/indication gradually becomes the following one.

Voice Atmospheric indications are written at certain moments in the score written in italic letters above the staff.

Small notehead indicates‘spoken text on pitch’.

Harp Let the strings resonate.

In measures 21–24, draw a fingernail or guitar pick down the string for a sustained distorted sound.

Boxed note heads appear in measures 20 and 25, with the indication to hit the strings with hand. Subtly hit the strings with the palms of the hands and let the strings resonate.

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Words & Music: Anna ThorvaldsdĂłttir

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