Rebirth

Cramer, Benjamin Rebirth -- SATB Choir _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Benjamin M. Cramer

Rebirth for SATB Choir

I. Marching II. Darkness III. Barren Land

www.benjaminmcramer.com

2 Rebirth Marching, Forward.

Looking, Backward.

Digging, Trenches.

Gunfire.

Darkness Unmarked.

My mound.

Sodden ground, Where I lay.

Darkness My soul awakens, I take root.

My limbs branch out.

Sturdy and strong.

I grow The Light.

Barren land.

A million mounds.

Cultivating memories, Of a past life I see them, As they march.

And I shed a single leaf, For the words I do not have. ~Ruth Alice Potts, 2015

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Performance Notes Rebirth is a poem by an up-and-coming Scottish poet and musician named Ruth Alice Potts. When she was young, her great-grandfather would tell her stories from his service in WWII. To keep from frightening Ruth, he explained that whenever a soldier died on the battlefield, they were reborn as a tree. This choral cycle explores that process of death and rebirth following a dying soldier.

Movement II. Darkness utilizes a few extended vocal techniques. Although daunting at first glance, rest assured that these techniques are actually fairly simple to learn and do not require a high level of precision to work for the piece. The best strategy is to experiment with the sounds and try and have fun with it! /i-u/ : Overtone singing. To practice this technique, hold a single pitch while slowly transitioning between the vowels /i/ and /u/ (/iyIY1}Mu/). Focus more on gradually slurring between the two rather than singing distinct vowels. Once this is comfortable, sustain an /ÂŁ/ (keeping your tongue lifted against your back teeth) while simultaneously slurring from /i/ to /u/ and back to /i/. Every singer should do this independently to create a cascading effect of overtones. /ÂŁ/ : Sustained "R," as in rear. Bright, but not overly nasal.

Bar 15-27 : Whistling glissandi. Each performer whistles from the bottom of their register to the very top. Entrances should be staggered to create a rising effect. This repeats over and over for the duriation of those bars, each performer in their own tempo. /o-a/ : Slur from the first vowel to the second across the entire notated duration. For greater effect, begin on an /u/, which opens to /o/, and then /a/.

Total duration: c. 7 minutes

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'For Harry Stanbrook, whose story will continue.'

Rebirth I. Marching

Ruth Alice Potts

q = 60

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Alto

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Tenor

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Rebirth II. Darkness

Benjamin Cramer

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slowly q = c. 48

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q = 60

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Rebirth III. Barren Land

Ruth Alice Potts

Soprano

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Tenor

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