(Water Lilies Floating) -after Donna Masinifor solo piano (2021)
kurt rohde ©2021 ripley dog face publishing
PERFORMANCE NOTES 2 Metric modulations are a simple 8th = 8th; only the larger beat units of simple VS compound meter change. Ritardandi are intended to slow to a tempo slower than the metric modulation tempi changes, meaning the new tempi are "faster" The poem (Water Lilies Floating) by Donna Masini, from her collection 4:30 Movie, informed the process of this piece.
water lilies will air
wait
air
iris air east wars water
teals west wisteria trees write
air water
will-
lilies
laws ows swirl
aisle air
reels
3
4
(Water Lilies Floating) 5
-after Donna Masini(2021) Unwavering, endlessly gentle, not quite steady q = 63 - 66 5 5 5
10 / 4 ∑
[text]**
œ
Ó
Ó
œ
water
10 & 4 bœ
Ó
Ó™
œ
œ
œ
9 4
Ó
will
bœ œ
Œ
œ
lilies
œ
œ
8 4Ó
bœ
8 4 bœ
bœ
bœ
9 4
bœ bœ
nœ
bœ
nœ nœ
mp
Piano
10 &4 œ
{
˙™
˙
8 4
˙
n˙
˙
9 4
n˙
b˙ ™
nœ
pp
Subdued q. = 42 - 44
rit. 5
5
3
9 Π/4
œ
Œ
Ó
Œ
Œ
Ó
wait
œ
Ϊ
9 8
9 &4
bœ
bœ
Ϊ
air
nœ ™ 9 bœ ™ 8
b˙ ™
Ϫ iris
∏∏∏∏∏
air
œ
bn ˙˙ ™™
bw molto pp
{
9 & 4 bœ
bœ
œ
nœ
˙
bœ
nœ
nœ
9 bœœœ ™™™ 8 °
nn˙˙ ™™ ø
ø
** - Text part is meant as a guide for performance. Pianist is free to recite text while playing piano part, or to not. The spoken execution of text part is left to the discretion of the speaker. Rhythmic placement for the text should reflect the floating, languorous quality of the text; duration is left to the discretion of the performer with it ideally being longer and contemplative. Use a mic if speech is used.
6
rit. 5
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Ϊ
Ϊ
Ϫ
/
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nœ J
n#˙˙
?2
œ
2
#n ˙˙˙
?2
j œœ œ
˙˙ #˙
## ˙˙ ™™ ø
3
∏∏∏∏
∏∏∏∏∏∏
#n˙˙ ™™
{
2 2
east
∏∏∏∏
air
#œ ™ & œ™
Ϊ
Ϫ
2 ø˙
ø
ø
Weary a tempo I q = 58 - 60 5
5
5
7
2 / 2 Ϫ
Ϫ
wars
water
-˙ ? 22 b ˙
n˙-˙
10 4
œ
Ó
Œ
œ
teals
west
n-˙ &
10 4
œ
bœ
œ
Œ
wisteria
œ nœ
œ
œ
trees
air
œ
œ
Œ
œ
Œ
j œ
Œ
write
water
n˙ ™ bœ œ
8 4
bœ
nœ bœ
8 4
3
poco f
molto p 5 5
#-˙ &
3
ppp
j nœœ ˙˙
œœ
nœœ ™™
˙˙
∏∏∏
5
10 4 n˙ n˙
∏∏∏
#n˙-˙
∏∏∏
{
? 22 b˙-˙
j œœ ˙˙
8 4
7
molto rit.
Further subdued q. = 38 - 40
5
5
9
8 /4Œ
œ
Ó
will
œ
lilies
laws
# œj
8˙ & 4 bœ
Œ
œ
Œ
˙™
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œ
ows
swirl
9 Ϊ 8
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nœ
bœ bœ
n œ ™™ nœ R-
7
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7
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˙˙
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∏∏∏∏
7
∏∏∏∏
8 œj 4 & œ
bbœœ ™™
Ϫ aisle
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bœ
Ϊ
9 Œ™ 8 ˙™
n˙ ™ nbnb˙˙˙˙ ™™™™ œ™ piu pp
9 #n˙˙ ™™ 8
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˙˙
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°
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11
/ ‰
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U Œ
air
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reels
U b ˙˙ ™™ b˙ ™ nn˙˙ ™™ u
∏∏∏∏∏
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j œ
U œ™ U œœ ™™