Oteri Counting Time in Central City
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Frank J. Oteri Counting Time in Central City (2015) Poetry by Charles Passy for SATB chorus a cappella with claves
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Oteri Counting Time in Central City (Three Poems by Charles Passy for Unaccompanied Chorus - SATB) Commissioned by Central City Chorus, New York City, Phillip Cheah, Music Director Transformal Music 2015
Contents
Program Note Texts of the Three Poems “Daylight Savings”.........................................................1 “The Almost Winter”.................................................10 “Dreaming of Lechón”..............................................19
Poetry © 2013-2015 by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2015 by Frank J. Oteri, Transformal Music (ASCAP). International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Score engraved by Trudy Chan, Black Tea Music
About Counting Time in Central City There are several temporal narratives woven through Counting Time in Central City. The first of these is the 35-year history of Central City Chorus which commissioned this work to celebrate their 35th anniversary and gave its world premiere performance on June 4, 2016 at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Since the mid-1980s, CCC has performed a broad range of music from all time periods and has been a strong advocate for contemporary music—they have previously commissioned works by Kristin Kuster, Elliot Z. Levine, and James Bassi, among others, and also gave the New York City premiere of Carol Barnett’s fascinating, completely idiomatic bluegrass mass. The stylistic voraciousness and versatility of the chorus informed many of my musical decisions, such as the incorporation and melding of techniques, scales, and rhythms with origins in medieval Europe, East Asia, and Latin America to set a group of three quintessentially New York vernacular poems. The number 35 serves as an important and perhaps overly obsessive grounding for my music. All the metronome markings are multiples of 35 and the score is even notated on exactly 35 pages! More importantly, the key formulations I made about pitch and meter are rooted in this number which has resulted in an elaborate purely musical narrative involving highly regulated pitch stratifications calculated to compliment metrical patterns precisely pulsed in metronome markings which are all proportionally related to each other and are all multiples of 35. (These different beats come together only once, in the last movement, setting the words “the conceit that time counts (and can be counted),” a phrase that is echoed in the title of the composition.) Although the music I have written is aesthetically very different, my way of thinking about meter and pitch is deeply influenced by Elliott Carter (1908-2012), a composer whose life (spent mostly in New York City) spanned 105 different years (which, as luck would have it, is also a multiple of 35) and who was an avid poetry reader and setter of verse. I’m deeply honored that this received its first performance at the same venue where Carter’s entire musical output for chorus—composed mostly when he was in his 30s—was performed in his presence in honor of his centenary in 2008. To further clarify my own compositional processes: in the first movement, the pitches in each seven-beat measure are restricted to only five choices—7 x 5. The music is not pentatonic in an orthodox sense because, although no more than five pitches can ever be together in any single measure (with one exception, more on that later), there can be a different group of five from measure to measure. Then in the second, each five-beat measure can contain any pitch from a full sevennote scale—5 x 7. But in the last movement, there’s a twist. Each measure contains just six notes (a diatonic scale missing a note) and is (mostly) in 6/8 rhythm—6 x 6—which comes out to 36. The 35th season of Central City Chorus is the sixth with its current music director, Phillip Cheah, an extraordinary singer who together with my wife, keyboardist Trudy Chan, has premiered both of my song cycles for solo voice and piano. So I thought that his 6th year with CCC should also be celebrated. But this idiosyncratic musical rendering of the number 36 is also a nod to CCC’s future beyond this season which begins right after the concert on which this music will premiere and which is why it is only one of the three movements in which there are meter changes. After all, they will undoubtedly be singing a wide variety of music in the years to come! Charles Passy’s three poems about the passage of time are chock full of their own narrative implications and his words have had a very direct impact on my music. Septuple time (7/8), which sounds slightly too short, seemed particularly apt for a setting of his poem “Daylight Savings.” Similarly, I used a slowly moving quintuple meter (5/4), which sounds somehow too long, to further accentuate the wistfulness of “The Almost Winter.” The final poem, “Dreaming of Lechón,” cried out for Latin rhythms as well as the use of a pair of claves, a hand percussion instrument that is ubiquitous in salsa. Passing allusions in the poems to “The Star Spangled Banner” and “La Isla Bonita” demanded very specific musical interpretations; upon occasion, other words suggested that the rules of the musical narrative I outlined above sometimes needed to be broken. E.g. although I had set up a rule for myself that I could not change the five pitches I was using until the end of a measure in my setting of the first poem, I could not “discount the possibility of miracles.” Similarly, to convey having “missed the point,” I cheated and added a seventh note in a measure that was only supposed to contain six, etc. Finally there’s a deep personal narrative behind all of this. I was approached by Phillip Cheah to write a piece for Central City Chorus’ 35th season in part because they wanted to sing something written for them by a New York City-based composer since they specifically wanted to celebrate their place in the New York City musical landscape. I’ve lived here all of my life; I actually grew up in Midtown Manhattan—which is the de-facto center of this central city. When pondering what text I should set, it immediately was clear to me that the words should also be by a New Yorker. Charles Passy grew up literally around the corner from me. When Central City Chorus made its debut 35 years ago, Charles and I were preparing to graduate from the High School of Music and Art and both sang in the school’s Senior Chorus. He was an aspiring journalist whose greatest joy was writing poetry, while I was an aspiring composer who dabbled in journalism mostly as a way to advocate for things I was passionate about. We both wound up staying in Manhattan and attending Columbia University. Though much has changed over the course of the three and half decades since then, much has remained the same. Now, when I am not writing music, I am writing about music, talking about it, or editing NewMusicBox, the web magazine from New Music USA. Charles is a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal whose articles on topics ranging from personal finance to music, food, and drink have appeared in many publications over the years, but my favorite writings of his are still his poems though I had never set them before. Composing Counting Time in Central City has offered me an invaluable opportunity to finally respond the best way I can to some of his poetry and to reflect on a friendship that has now lasted much longer than 35 years. — Frank J. Oteri (August 2015)
Poems by Charles Passy Daylight Savings
You misstate the difference. In the same way you discount the possibility of miracles. If it matters, the evening will make note of the memory. Of a place that was warmer. Of a time when the sky shrugged. There’s a redness to the apple, yes? But there’s also a flatness to one too many landlocked cities. Elmira, the city of long vowels. Binghamton, the city of Mondays. Plattsburgh, the city that never mattered. Until such time it did. I will visit them all, eventually. When the sun forgets to remember. We begin with the basics: brown bread, a cup of oolong tea. We return with the essentials: worn chessboards, untied shoelaces. Connect the dots and you know everything to know about what’s stored in the root cellar. And about the onset of darkness, too.
© 2013-2015 by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
The Almost Winter
We came to the reckoning at half past eleven. As if all truth is divvied into the stuff we collect in the back of our bedroom closets. The morning is whole, warm and wise, which means it’s best served in a souvenir mug. To deny this daily bread is to ask for forgiveness. We stumbled upon Jesus in the beginning of spring. Not the real Jesus, of course, but the stuffed version sold in the dollar stores that blind men frequent. The alleyways are known for their perpetual kindness, so it’s best to visit them at first light. You will understand this, eventually and then forever. We returned to zero long before it became the fashion. Like the stuff of tabloid fodder, or, better yet, like dogs on a salt-licked beach, there to devour the sun. The rockets have all the red glare they could muster; it’s quite possible their best years are behind them. This is not a fact so much as a point of departure.
© 2013-2015 by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Dreaming of Lechón
Mi abuela, mi corazón, a million miles of sand, and yet this? To have made one’s way back to la isla bonita is to have missed The point. It is not about the contour of the sun-washed shell Or the rhythm of the rum. It is about how you live your life away From this troubled shore. To pretend the day is done when It is not even medianoche? This is the American lie, the conceit That time counts (and can be counted). It is why the hairdresser Always matters, teasing black strands into black magic, Asking if there is a better way to craft a country. The answer, Inevitably, is tal vez. Because this nation is the maybe nation. So let us sound the bell, scrape the güiro, dance a thousand Pagan dances. Let us eat the overripe papaya – so much fruit, So few regrets. The point, mis chicas, is that our moment Has passed – or it’s still to come. This measuring of meaning In each shake or sway of the hips is like the laugh of so many Flowers of mahogany. You should know better. You did Know better. But you chose the obvious return, a ride taken On a different driftwood raft. Oh, la playa, la playa, so cruel And still so oddly perfect. What did el hombre say? You can’t Go home again. The truth is like that, full of sand and tears.
© 2013-2015 by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Commissioned by Central City Chorus, New York City, Phillip Cheah, Music Director
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7
° Œ & 39
‰
mf
Œ
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‰
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brown
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¢
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brown
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bread,
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the
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j œœ œ œ J
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j œœœ j œ
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sics:
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sics:
sics:
Ϫ
long
tea.
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tea.
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œ
re -
#œœœ œ
8
° mf˙ & 45
#œ #œ œ J
turn
with the
& ˙ turn
with the
#˙
{
& ‹ turn mf
? #˙
œ J
° mpœ œ & J 49
p
-
p
& œ ‹ un
-
? j ¢ œ œ
shoe
tied
{
? œ œJ
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p
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tied
shoe
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un - tied
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j œ
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Œ
‰
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la
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worn
chess
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worn
chess
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worn
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worn
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boards,
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#˙ ™ #˙ ™
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boards,
boards,
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ces.
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‰
‰ #œJ
j œf œ
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f
j #œ #œ œ #œ J
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j œ œ f
the dots
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#œœ
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and
the dots
f
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‰
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Œ
‰
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j œ œ™
-
#œ ™
Ϊ
j j #œ #œ #œ ™
#œ #œ œ
‰ Œ ‰
˙ ˙
‰ Œ
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la - ces.
#œ
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mp
j œ & œ
œ #œ
#œ
un - tied
œ
es - sen - tials:
j <n>##œœœ ##œœœ #œœœ
mf
‰ Œ
es - sen - tials:
with the
& #˙˙˙
un
#œ
œ œ #œ J
turn
‰ Œ
es - sen - tials:
with the
? #˙
& œ
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#œ #œ œ J
mf
œ
es - sen - tials:
j <n>œ œ #œ
mf
¢
#œ
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and
‰ œJ
and
‰ œj
and
‰
#œj œ œ
‰
j œ
f
œœ
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9
° <n>œ & 52
you
& œ you
¢
{
& <n>œ ‹ you ?
œ
<n>œ œ
you
& ?
<n> œ œ
œ
œ know
eve -
œ
bœ know
œ
know
eve -
œ
œ
know
eve -
bœ
œ
to
know
œ
ry - thing
ry - thing
to
know
œ
œ
œ
bœ
<n>œœ
œ œ
œ œ
j & #œ <n>œ œ Œ ‹ root cel - lar. Œ
cel - lar.
j <n>œ & # œœ ##œœ ? <n># œœ nœ œ J
to
œ #œ #œ
œ œ
<n>œ
#œ
œ #œœ
œ #œ
a - bout
<n>œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ #œ <n>œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Œ
œ œ
Œ
œ œ
œ
œ #œ
œ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ
œ #œ
œ
œ
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œ n œ bœ b œ œ nœ œ
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œ
dark - ness,
#œœœ # œœ œ œ
#œ
œ
in
the
#œ
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in
the
#œ
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in
the
#œœ
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dark - ness,
œ œ
œ
#œ
#œœ
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œ œ
the
what's stored
œ <n>œ bœ œ œ bœ œ
nnœœœ<n>bœœœ b œœœ
in
what's stored
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#œ
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‰ œ
dark - ness,
œ
#œ
what's stored
dark - ness,
And a - bout the on - set of
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#œœ
œ
nœ œ
<n>œ
bœ
œ
œ
what's stored
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a - bout
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a - bout
know
bœœ
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cel - lar.
j œ œ
œ
œ
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cel - lar.
nœ
œ
œœ
Œ
{
know
œ œ
& œ #œj #œ
root
to
<n>œœ
Œ
? ¢ <n>œ
ry - thing
bœœ
54
root
œ
ry - thing
° <n>œ #œ & J œ root
œ
œ
eve -
œ
œ <n>œ
∑
(q. = q)
too.
‰
#œ
∑
too.
‰ #œ
∑
‰ œ
∑
‰
∑
too.
too.
œ #œ
‰ #œœ
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∑ 1'53.9"
10
2. The Almost Winter ° 5p &4 œ ˙ q = 70
SOPRANO
We
TENOR
BASS
Kbd Reduction (rehearsal only)
° & #œ ™ 4
re
&
Ϫ
re
¢
{
& b˙ ‹ We ? b˙
We
& bbœœ ™™ ? bb˙˙
-
-
came
to
came
œ œ
5 &4 œ ˙ p
ALTO
œ œ
5 &4 ‹ ?5 ¢ 4
{
We
to
the
p
Œ
j œ ˙
Œ
b˙ came
b˙ came
j b œ b œ bb˙˙ b˙ b˙
˙
Ϫ Ϫ
re
bœ bœ bœ ™
Ϫ
Ϫ
Ϫ
re - cko - ning.
came to
the
re - cko - ning.
˙ ˙
the
œ
œ
œ
œ
j bœ b˙ ™
to
the
cko - ning.
Ϫ Ϫ
bœ ™™ œ
bœ œ J
re
Œ œ œ
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at
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œ
œ
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bbœœ bbœœ bbœœ bœ b˙ ™ b œ b ˙™ J
bbœœ ™™ <n>œœ
bbœœ
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came
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b˙ ˙
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Œ
the
j bœ ™ bœ b˙
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<n>œ
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to
<n>œ
bœ b˙ ™ J
-
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j bœ b˙
bœ ™
came
re
the
œ ˙ J
Ϫ Ϫ
Œ
bœ bœ bœ œ œ œ
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the
came
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to
came to
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came
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to the
bœ ™ b œ™
j œ œ
b˙ ˙
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Ϫ
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p
bœ bœ bœ ™
bœ bœ bœ bœ
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to the
j œ ˙
b˙
cko - ning.
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Ϫ
Ϫ
re - cko - ning.
∑
j #œ #˙
Œ
p
∑ ˙ ˙
j œ ˙
re - cko - ning.
∑
5 & 4 œ œ ? 5 4
the
Ϫ
œ
4
4
at
œ
bœ
to
the
œ
œ
to
the
j b œ b œ bb˙˙ œœ œœ 4
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<n>œœ bœ œ
11
° bmfœ bœ œ œ œ Œ & 7
Ó
Œ ‰ œj bœ
œ
As if
Ó
Œ ‰ œj œ
all
half past e - le - ven. mf
& œ œ bœ bœ œ Œ bmp œ™
half past e - le - ven.
mp
œ b˙ J
‰ œJ œ bœ œ bœ
? œ™ bœ b˙ ¢ J
& ‹
{
re -
re -
& bœœ bœœ bœœ bœœ bœ ™ œ ? œ™ bœ bb˙˙ J
° pœ & 10
all p
& bœ all (mf)
¢
& œ ‹ back ? bœ
(mf)
{
back
bœ
œ
truth
is
œ
bœ
truth
is
œ bœ œ
of
of
‰ œJ bœ œ œ œ
3 3 bœ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ
œœ
Œ
bœœ
bœœ
? bœœ
œœ bœœ bœœ
if
all truth is
Ó
div - vied in - to the stuff we col - lect
mp ‰ œœj bœœ
Œ
œ œ bœ ‰ œJ bœ œ
œ bœ œ œ
œ3 œ œ J
div - vied. 3
j bœ bœ bœ
œ bœ
œ œ
œ œ
∑
f
∑
f
œœ
3
∑ ∑
clo - sets.
bœœ b œœ b œœ J œ <n>œ
∑ œ œ
in the
j œ œ œ œ bœ bœ 3
œ bœ œ œ3 bœ œ bœ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ
3
clo - sets.
œ œ
bœœ bœœ
bœœ
div - vied.
our bed - room
& bœœ
div - vied,
in the
our bed - room
œ œ bœ
truth is
div - vied in - to the stuff we col - lect
As
œœ
all
all truth is
if
mf
cko - ning
div - vied, 3
bœ œ œj bœ bœ
bœ
As if
truth is
bœ bœ
As
mp
œ bœ œ 3 œ œ J
3 3 œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ bœ
mf
cko - ning
mp
∑
œ
˙
The
mor
œ
œ
-
ning
is
-
œ
ning
œ
is
œ
œ
ning
is
œ
œ
ning
is
œ
The
mor
œ
˙
The
mor
œ
˙
The
mor
œ œœ
˙ ˙˙
œ œœ
œ œœ
œ
˙
œ
œ
f
f
f
˙
bœ bœ œ œ
-
-
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12
° & #˙ 13
˙
whole,
warm
& b˙
whole,
¢
and
wise,
˙
warm
and
<n>˙ ™
œ œ
˙™
warm
and
œ
wise,
whole,
warm
and
wise,
˙ n ˙˙
œ œœ
{
˙
˙™
nir
mug,
16
& œ
nir
˙™
? œ
˙™
nir
mug,
& œœœ ? œ
Œ
˙˙ ™™ ˙™ ˙™
œ
which
means
œ
œ
which
œ
means
œ
it's best served
in
which
means
it's best served
in
a
sou - ve -
which
means
it's best served
in
a
sou - ve -
Œ
œœœ
œœœ
œœ œ
œœœ
œœ œ
Œ
œ
œœ œ
œ
œ
œ
Œ
˙™
Œ Œ
œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
To de - ny this dai - ly bread
Œ
mug,
& œ ˙™ ‹ nir mug,
n˙ ™ n ˙˙ ™™
œ
n˙
° & œ
˙™
Œ Œ Œ
it's best served
œ œ
œ
œ œ
œ
œ œ
œ œ
œ œ
is
œ
to
œœ œ œ
œ
ask
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
œ œ
is
to
˙™
œ
ask
for
for
˙™
œ
œ
ask
for
for
œœ
œœ œœ œ œ
p
œœ
˙˙™™
œœ œœ œœ œœ œ bœ
œœ
Ϫ
ask
-
Ϫ
give
give
sou - ve -
a
sou - ve -
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
œœ œ
œ
œ
œœ œ œ
Ϫ
‰
Ϫ
‰
for for - give - ness.
˙™
-
-
‰
˙™
ness.
ness.
œ œ™ œ <n>œœ œœ œ œ ˙™ œ™
a
œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
mf
-
in
for for - give - ness.
mf
œ
p
œ
œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
ff
ff
To de - ny this dai - ly bread
Œ
œ œ
œ
Œ
wise,
˙
? b˙
{
˙™
& b˙ ‹ whole, ? #˙ & b b˙˙ b˙
¢
nœ
˙™
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‰ œœ ™™
‰ ‰ ‰
13
° Ó &
(Smaller group)
19
˙™
mp
Œ ˙
bœ bœ œ œ
We
We
stum - bled u - pon
(Smaller group)
j œ bœ
mp
& Ó
‰ œ
We
¢
bmfœ bœ We
?
{
Ó & Ó ?
Ó
22
gin - ning
& œj œ™
bœ bœ ™ & J ‹ gin - ning ? œJ œ™ ¢ gin - ning
{
gin - ning
j ™ & bœœœ bœœœ ™™ ? œJ
stum -
bled
Ϫ
bœ b˙
We stum
u - pon
bœ œ
Œ œ
œ̇
b˙ bœ b˙
˙
of
spring.
bœ
˙
Œ
œ b˙
Œ
Œ
bœ
3
bœbœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ
˙
the
real
bœ
œ
˙
Not
œ
the
real
Not
the
real
bœ
spring.
of
spring.
œ bœœ
˙ b˙˙
Œ
œ b œœ
˙
Œ
œ
œ b˙
in the be -
Je - sus
in the be -
œ
mf
<n>œ b œœ bbœœœ œ
bœ bœ
Je - sus,
œ
œ
the
real
Je - sus,
bœ œœ
˙ b˙˙ ˙
œ
Œ
Je - sus,
bœ bœ
œ
bbœœœ œ
œ
in the be -
j ‰ bœ bœ bœœ b œœ œœ œ ‰ <n>œJ bœ bœ
mf
˙
bœ
<n>œ bœ bœ ‰ J œ
Je - sus
Je - sus,
œ bœ
Not
Je - sus.
3
Not
of
œ
u - pon
œ bœ
œ bœ
spring.
Œ
bœ
bled
œ œ bœ bœ
of
˙
3
bœ
-
œ bœ ‰ œj œ bœ
bœ œ bœ œ ‰ bœ œ <n>œ J
œ
p
in the be -
mf
stum - bled.
stum - bled
œ
bœ
We
bœ
We
Je - sus
bœ bœ J
(Smaller group)
™ ‰̇ œJ œ œ bœ bœ ∑
° œ œ™ & J
j œ œ œ bœ
œ b˙
∑
p
3
stum - bled. We stum - bled.
(Smaller group)
& Ó ‹
mf <n>œ bœ ‰ bœj bœ œ
pp
œ bœ of
Œ Œ Œ
course,
bœ bœ of
course,
of
course,
œ
œ
œ
œ
of
course,
bbœœœ
Œ
bœœœ
bbœœœ
œ
Œ
œ
œ
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14
° Œ & 25
œ bœ b˙
but
& Œ bœ
but
the stuffed
œ
{
& Œ ? Œ
˙
° & œ œ™ 28
stuffed
ver - sion
bœ
‰ Ó ‰ Ó
{
‰ Ó
fre - quent.
œœ ™™
™ bœœ ™
sold
œ bœ
sold
the dol
-
œ œ œ in
the dol
-
œ bœ œ
in
the dol
-
ver - sion
sold
in
the dol
b˙˙˙
bœœœ
bœœ œ
bbœœœ
bœœ bœœ bœœ œ bœ œ
˙
œ
bœ
bœ
bœ bœ bœ
-
lar
œ bœ bœ bœ
stores that
blind men
bœ bœ
œ bœ
bœ bœ
œ
lar
stores that
œ
blind men
œ bœ
lar
stores that
blind men
lar
stores that
blind men
œ bb œœ
bb œœ bœœ
bœ bœ bœœ bœ bœ
bœ
œ bœ bœ
bœœ œ
bœœ bbœœ
‰ bœj bœ bœ bœ bœ œ bœ bœ œ bœ bœ œ œ bœ ™
(Tutti)
mf
‰
The al - ley ways are known for their per - pe - tu - al kind - ness,
& bœ œ™ ‰ Ó ‹ fre - quent.
& bœœ ? bœœ
œ
in
œ
œ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
the stuffed
fre - quent.
? œ bœ ™ ¢
œ
˙
sold
œ
˙
fre - quent.
& bœ œ ™
œ
ver - sion
œ bœœ bbœœ b œ bœ
ver - sion
the stuffed
bœ & Œ bœ ‹ but the ? Œ bœ bœ ¢ but
bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
‰ œj bœ bœ bœ bœ œ nœ bœ œ œ œ bœ bœ œ ™
(Tutti) mf
(Tutti)
‰ Ó
b˙ ™
‰
b˙ ™
‰
The al - ley ways are known for their per - pe - tu - al kind - ness,
p
œ
˙
Per -
pe
(Tutti)
œ
pe
-
tu
-
œ -
‰ bœœj bbœœÓ bbœœ bbœœ bbœœ œœ ˙˙ mf
bœ
œ
˙
p
Per -
‰ Ó
Ϫ
‰
al
œ
tu
-
œœ
bœ œ bœ bœ œ œ nœœ b œ œ œ œ bœ bœ œœ ™™ ™ ( bœ ) bb ˙˙ ™ œ
œœ
al
Ϫ
kind - ness.
kind - ness.
p
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bœœ ™™
‰ ‰ ‰
15
° bmpœ ™ & 31
j b˙ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ
so
it's best to vi - sit them at
j œ œ œ œ bœ bœ bœ ˙
mp
& Ϫ so
& Œ ‹
? ¢ Œ
{
& bœœ ™™ mp
? Œ
it's best to vi - sit them at
œ
mp
it's
best to vi - sit them at
œ
it's
best to vi - sit them at
œ œœ œœ bœœ œ bœœ bœœ bbœœ bœœ œ œ bœ œ bœœ bœœ bœœ
° bœ 3œ œ ˙ & 3
& œ œ œ ˙ ven - tu - al - ly 3
& bœ œ œ ˙ ‹ ven - tu - al - ly
{
? bœ
first
b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
b˙
mf
œ œ
˙ ˙
œ
œ
˙
3 3
Œ
light.
˙ b˙
Œ Œ Œ Œ
w
ff
and then for - e
œ bœ bœ bffw ‰
‰
œ
bœ
bœ
bœ
œ
You
will
p
bœ œ bœ
œ bœ œ œ œ œ b œ œœ b œœ œ mf
bœ
e -
œ
un - der - stand
œ œœ
œ b œœ
bœ
œ
j ‰ bœœ œ
bœ
w
œ
-
ver.
-
œ
ver.
w
œ
œ
w
œ
w
œ
w ww
œ œœ
w
œ œ œ bw ‰
bœœœ bœœœ
bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ ‰ œJ mf
œ
ff
bœœ
e -
ff
and then for - e
‰
œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œj
You will un - der - stand this,
light.
and then for - e
e -
You will un - der - stand this,
light.
and then for - e
œ œ
œ bœ œ œ œ œ ‰ bœ J
You will un - der - stand this,
b˙˙
‰ œ bœ bœ
Œ
mf
light.
b˙˙
‰ bœ œ œ
ven - tu - al - ly
bœ & œ
first
œ bœ œ bœ bœ bœ ˙
mp
œœ
first
bœ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ
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? Ó™ ¢
first
˙
w w bw ff
bw
-
ver.
œ -
ver.
<n>œ œœ œ
w
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16
° & 37
&
∑
mf
œ
We
∑
mf
œ œ
We
¢
& ‹
∑
mf
∑
mf
bœ We
?
{
œ
We
∑
& ?
œ œ
mf
bœ œ
∑
° & #˙ 40
fore
&
it
be - came the
˙
œ bœ bœ bœ
& b˙ ‹ fore ? #˙
bœ bœ œ œ
fore
¢
#œ nœ bœ œ
{
fore
& #˙ ˙ ? ##˙˙
it
be - came the
bœ
Ϫ
re - turned
to
ze
œ
˙
œ
to
Ϫ
bœ
b˙
œ
re - turned
to
ze
œ
˙
re - turned
˙
re - turned
œ œ
bœ œ
b˙ ˙
œ ˙ fa - shion.
œ ˙
fa - shion.
bœ b˙
it
be - came the
fa - shion.
it
be - came the
fa - shion.
#œ #œ œ bœ #œœ nœ bbœœ #œ
##œœ ##œœ nœœ
b œœ bœœ
Œ
œ ˙ œ œ
bœ œ
˙ ˙
b˙ ˙
long
be
-
bœ ™
-
Ϫ
bœ ™
œ
long
œ
be
-
-
Ϫ
œ
long
be
œ
Ϫ
œ œ
œ
to
ze
-
ro
long
be
œœ
œœ
ze
Ϫ Ϫ
bœ ™™ œ
ro
ro
Ϫ Ϫ
bœ ™™ œ
œœ
-
-
œœ
œ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ œ Ó Like the stuff of tab - loid fod - der,
Ó œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ
Like the stuff of tab - loid fod - der,
Œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ Œ Œ
œ
ro
œ œ
Œ
œ
-
bœ œ
˙ ˙
Ϫ
Like the stuff of tab - loid fod - der,
œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ Ó
j œ ‰ or,
Like the stuff of tab - loid fod - der,
Œ Œ
œ œ
œ œ
bœ bœ œ œ
bœ œœ bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
œ œ
œ Ó œ
œœ bœœ bœœ Œ
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17
° Ó & 43
Œ
& Ó
Œ bœ
Œ
Œ
œ œ œ bœ œ œ
like
dogs
œ
™ ‰ ˙ & bœ œ œ ‹ bet - ter yet, like ? Ó Œ Œ œ ¢
like
{
& Ó
? bœ Ó
° & ˙ 46
œ
Ϫ
Ó
sun.
Ó
& b˙ ‹ sun.
Ó
sun.
{
? b˙˙
‰
˙ Œ
œ œ The
œ The
Ó
sun.
& ˙˙
Œ
Œ
The
& ˙
? ˙ ¢
Œ
œ The
Ó Ó
œ œ
on
a salt - licked beach,
there
to de - vour the
there
to de - vour the
there
to de - vour the
there
to de - vour the
œ œ œ œ bœ œ
j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ bœ
bœ bœ bœ œ œ bœ
bœ ‰ bœ bœ bœ œ œ J
dogs
on
a salt - licked beach,
dogs
on
a salt - licked beach,
like
dogs
on
a salt - licked beach,
bœ œ
œ œ bœ œ
œ œ bœ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
j œ ‰ œ œ œ bœ œ
œ œ bœ œ
bœ œ
œ œ bœ œ
œ bœ œœ
œ œ
ff
œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ 3
3
roc - kets have all
the
red
œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ J
j œ ‰ œ œ œ bœ bœ œ ‰ œ J
˙
glare ff
b˙
ff
˙
3
roc - kets have all
the
red
glare
œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ 3
3
roc - kets have all
the
red
ff
3
roc - kets have all
œ œ
œ œ
œ
œ
3
œ œ
the
œ bœ œ bœ
bœ œ œ
3
red
œ œ œ bœ
œ œ
ff
œ œ
œ
œ œ
œ bœ
œ œ
œ
they could mus - ter.
˙
glare
œ bœœ œ
œ
œ bœ œ œ
they could mus - ter.
glare
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ 3
bœ
œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ
they could mus - ter.
bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ 3
œ œ bœ œ
b˙˙ ˙ ˙
bœ
œ
œ bœ
œ œ
œœ
they could mus - ter.
bœ œ œ œ
bœ œ
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œ œ œ bœ
18
° & 49
∑
& Ó
∑ p
Œ
œ
It's
¢
{
& Ó ‹ ?
Œ
& Ó
Œ
51
œ
œ
It's
quite
Œ
Œ
œ
mp
œ
Œ Œ Œ
& Ó
Œ
{
œ
<n>œ
pos - si -
ble
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
their best years are
their best years are
Œ
œ <n> œ <n>œ œ
œ œ
œ œ
œ œ
œ œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
be - hind them.
be - hind them.
3
fact
‰ Ó
‰ j œ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ 3
so much as a point of de - par - ture. 3
‰ Ó
3 œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j œ œ œœ
‰ Ó
fact
so much as a point of de - par - ture.
mf
This is not a
fact
œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ
œœœ
œ œ œ œ
mf
œ
(q = q.)
‰ Ó
œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ J
mf
œ
so much as a point of de - par - ture.
mf
fact
œ
œ
j ™ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
This is not a
? Ó ¢ ? Ó
œ
pos - si -
mf
This is not a
& Ó ‹
ble
œ
∑
This is not a
& Ó
quite
œ <n> œ
∑
? Ó
° Ó &
mp
œ
so much as a point of de - par - ture.
‰ œj œ œœ œ ‰ œj
œ
œœ œœœ œœœ
3
œ œ
œ
œœ œœœ œ œ œ
œœœ œ
œ™ œœ ™™ œ™
‰ Ó ‰ Ó
3
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3. Dreaming of Lechón SOPRANO
° 6q. = 70 (e ∑= 210) &8
6 &8
ALTO
∑
6 ∑ TENOR & 8 ‹ f ?6 œ œ œ BASS ¢ 8 J Claves (optional but preferable)
Keyboard Reduction (for rehearsal purposes only)
° ffœ & 5
A
{
mil
> 6 / 8 œ f 6 & 8 ? 6 œ 8
& œ
Ϫ
-
A
mil
-
ff
¢
Ϫ
{
Mi
& ‹ mf ? œ Mi
/
> œ
& œœ ? œœ
∑
f
œ œ J
œ J
œ œ J
lion
œœ ™™ œœ J
œœ
∑
f
‰
‰ œ œ œ œ ‰
œœ
œœ œœ J
∑
Ϫ
sand, mf
œ œ
mi co - ra - zón,
Mi
œœ J
‰
œœ
> œ
œœ
œœ ™™ œœ
‰
œœ
‰
> œ
˙˙ ™™ œœ
œœ J
mi co - ra - zón,
> ‰ œ
> œ
‰
∑
œ ‰ œœ œœ œ œœ ‰
œ œ œ
Ϊ
˙™
of
>j ‰ œ
Ϊ
sand,
‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ j œœ œœ
∑
˙™
of
> œ
a - bue - la,
> œ
Mi
>j œ j œœ
Mi
> œ
∑
‰
∑
> œ
Ϫ
miles
a - bue - la,
> œ
> ‰ œ
œ J
∑ œ J
∑
mi co - ra - zón,
>j ‰ œ
j j œ œ œ
œ œ J
∑
œ œj œ œj ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ Mi a - bue - la, mi co - ra - zón, œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ J J J
miles
lion
∑
∑
a - bue - la,
> œ
∑
and yet
œ œ œ
and yet
j œ œ
this?
this?
j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰
a - bue - la,
‰ œ œ œ œ ‰
a - bue - la,
mi co - ra - zón,
œ œ J
> œ œœ J
œ J
‰ œœ
>j œ œœ J
mi co - ra - zón,
‰
Œ™ ‰
> œ
> œ
œœ
œœ œœ
œœ
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œœ ‰
20
° & ˙™
Ϊ
9
&
‰ #œ œ
Ϊ
˙™
To have
‰ #œ #œ
œ
œ
made one's
œ
œ
œ way
{
Mi
/
> œ
a - bue - la,
> œ
& ˙™ ˙™ ? #œœ #œœ ##œœ J
‰
mi co - ra - zón,
>j œ
Ϊ
13
la
is - la bo - ni
-
fff
& œ œ œ œJ œ la
is - la bo - ni
j & œ œ œ œ œ ‹ la is - la bo - ni f ? œ œ œ œ œ ¢ J
-
{
/
> œ
is - la bo - ni
> œ
> œ œ <n>œ
‰ ##œœ #œœ
<n>œœ
‰
œ
way
a - bue - la,
> œ œœ
œœ
ta
to have missed the point.
œ™ ≈ J œ
ta
Ϫ
is
Ϊ
œ œ œ
ta!
Ϊ
Mi
-
ta!
> œ
Mi
œ™ > ‰ œ œœ™™ J œ™
≈ œœ
Ϊ
œ
‰
œœ œœ
> œ œœ œœ
œ
back
to
‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ <n>œ œ œ œ ‰ mi co - ra - zón,
mi co - ra - zón,
<n>˙˙
> œ
‰ <n>œœ
‰ Œ™
œ œ J
> œ
œ œ
‰ œ It
‰
f
œ It
j œ œ
‰
œœ œœ œœ ‰ f
‰ Œ™
j œ œ
to have missed the point.
œ
<n>˙
to
‰
œœ <n><n>œœ <n>œœ J J
œ œ œ
is
>j œ
‰
j œ™ ≈ œ
-
> ‰ œj
& œœ œœ œœ œœJ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œœ œ J
Mi
‰
ff
f
la
> œ
#œ ‰ #œœ #œœ # œ ##œœ
##œœ J
° œ œ œ œ œ & J
> œ
‰
made one's
œ
back
j j & œ #œ #œ #œj ‰ œ #œ #œ #œ ‰ œ <n>œ <n>œ <n>œj ‹ Mi a - bue - la, mi co - ra - zón, Mi a - bue - la, ? #œ œ #œ #œ ‰ #œ œ #œ #œ ‰ <n>œ œ <n>œ <n>œ ¢ J J J J To have
˙
œ is
œ
is
j œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ≈J
a - bue -
la,
mi co - ra - zón.
It's
a - bue -
la,
mi co - ra - zón.
It's
œ œ J
> œ j œœ œœ J
œœ œœ
œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ≈ œj J
> ‰ œj ‰
œœ J
> ‰ œ Œ™
> œ
‰ œ œ
‰ œœ
j ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ ≈ œœ
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21
° œ & 17
œ œ J
not
not
¢
& œ ‹ not
{
/
œ
not
œ J
j œ
the
a - bout
the
a - bout
œ J
the
j œœ
j œœ
∑
œj œ
œ
° œ &
j œ œ j œ œ
f
œ & œœ ?
the
a - bout
f
?
j œ œ
a - bout
& œ
œ J
œ œ
œ œ J
œœ
œ
œ œ
con - tour
œ
œ
œ
œ
of
œ œ
con - tour
of
of
œœœ
œœ
∑
œ œ
œ
the
œ œ
œ
con - tour
the
œ œ
con - tour
œ
the
of
the
œœ
œœ
œ œ
œœ
œ
˙
Ϫ
sun - washed
shell
‰ œ œ or
the
or
the
‰ œ œ
œ
˙
shell
œ
˙
Ϫ
‰
œ
˙
Ϫ
‰ œ œ
Ϫ
sun - washed
sun - washed
shell
sun - washed
œœ œ œ
œ œ
or
shell
∑
œœ ™™
˙˙
Ϫ Ϫ
˙ ˙
‰
∑
‰
the
or
the
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
the rum.
œ ‰ œJ œ œ œ #œ #œj œ #œj J #œ œ # œ # œ œ
rhy - thm of
the rum.
œ #œ #œ #œ œ
rhy - thm of
the rum.
21
œ œ œ œ J
œ
rhy - thm of
& œ
œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J
It
is
a - bout
how
you live
your
j j œ ‰ œj œ œ œ #œ #œ # œ #œj
life
a - way from this
It
is
a - bout
how
you live
your
life
a - way from this
It
is
a - bout
how
you live
your
life
a - way from this
j œ ‰ œj œ œ œ
œ #œj #œ œ #œ #œ œ œ & œ J #œ ‹ rhy - thm of the rum. It is a - bout how you live your life a - way from this j ? œ œ œ œ j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ j # œ # œ ¢ œ œ J J #œ #œ #œ #œ
{
/
& œœ ? œ œ
œœ J œ œ J
∑
œ œ œœ
œœ œ œ
œœ œ œ
œœ J œ œJ
∑
‰ ‰
œj œ œ œ œœ J
œœ
œ œ œ œ
œœ œ œ
∑
∑
j j ##œœ ##œœ œ ##œœ #œœ œ #œ œ # œ # œ ## œœ ## œœ #œj ##œœ #œœ nœ œ #œœ # œ #œ #œ # œ J
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#œœ
22
° & #œ # œ ™
trou - bled
j #œ #œ
‰ ‰ œ œ <n>œ <n>œJ <n>œ œ œ
#œ ™
j #œ #œ
œ J <n>œ œ œ
25
& #œ
trou - bled
& œ œ™ ‹ trou - bled ? ¢ #œ #œ ™
{
/
trou - bled
& ##œœ ?
œ #œ
## œœ ™™
∑
œ™ #œ ™
shore.
To pre - tend
‰ ‰ #œ œ <n>œ
shore.
j œ
shore.
‰ ‰
œ
# œ #œ <n>œ
‰ ‰ #œ œ
shore.
‰
## œœ œ #œ
‰
To pre - tend
∑
‰ #œœ
œœ
‰ ##œœ #œœ
° œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ ™ it
is not e - ven me
-
di - a - no - che?
it
is not e - ven me
-
di - a - no - che?
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ œ™ œ
¢
{
& œ ‹ Mi mf ? œ Mi
/
> œ
j œ œ
œœ
<n>œ œ
j œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰
Mi
& œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œœ œœ ? œœ J
œœ œœ J
the day
is
done
œœ œœ œœ œœ ™™ œœ ™™ œ ‰ œœ œœ œ œœ ‰
Ϊ
the day
is
done
∑ œ <n>œ œ œ J œ <n> œœ <n> œ œ <n>œ <n>œ œ J
∑
œœ ™™ œ™
œœ œ
Ϊ
Ϫ
œ
œœ ™™
∑
œ
> œ
œ œ J
> œ
j œœ ‰ ‰ Œ ™ œœ œœ œœ J
(e = e)
4 4 4 4
∑
mi co - ra - zón,
mi co - ra - zón,
‰
Ϊ
when
a - bue - la,
la,
> œ
Ϫ
Ϫ
mi co - ra - zón,
a - bue -
œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ J
Ϫ
a - bue - la,
Mi
> ‰ œ
done
when
j œ œ
mi co - ra - zón,
> ‰ œj
is
<,>
œ
la,
> œ
<n>œ œ <n>œ œ J the day
j ‰ ‰ Œ™ œ
a - bue -
œ œ J
done
j œ ‰ ‰ Œ™
29
mf
is
œ <n>œJ <n>œ œ <n>œ <n>œ ™
To pre - tend
j #œ #œ
j ## œœ j œ #œ
To pre - tend
the day
<,> ™ œ
Ϫ
4 j œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ 4 œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ 44 J
> ‰ œj
> ‰ œ
> œ
‰
∑ œœ J
œ ‰ œœ œœ œ œœ ‰
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4 4 4 4 4 4
° 4 ff œ œ œ œ œ œ &4 œ 33
(q = 105)
This
is
the
A - me - ri - can
4 &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Œ
˙ lie,
is
the
A - me - ri - can
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26
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° ffœ & 56
So
& œ ff
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27
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Œ Œ
‰
28 64
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& œ so
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° œ #œ ™ & 72
still
to
&
j #œ
come.
∑
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#œœ
29
30
° œ #œ #œ #œ #œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ & J 78
j & #œ #œ #œ œ
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° & œ
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4 4
la,
>j œ
œ J
j œ
Ϊ
raft.
drift - wood
> œ
œ
-
œœ
bœ ™
œ bœ J
a - bue
‰
drift - wood
a - bue
bœ
Mi
‰
Ϫ
-
j œ œ
> œ ˙™ ˙™
bœ ™
a - bue
œ œ
Ϫ
Mi
ride
Mi
œœ
œ
b œœ
œ
œœ
j bœ bœ
> œ
˙™
co - ra - zón,
œ™ bœ ™ diffe - rent
‰
œ
co - ra - zón,
a
> œ
ride
mi
on
co - ra - zón,
a
œ
> œ
Ϫ Ϫ
‰ œ
˙™
œ
œ
ta - ken
& ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‹ mi co - ra - zón, ? ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ ¢ ‰
turn,
la,
j œ œ œ œ
mi
‰
j œ œ™ re - turn, j œ ‰ œ
j œ œ œ œ
& œ
Ϫ
31
mi
co - ra - zón,
mi
co - ra - zón,
‰
> œ
‰
bœ bœœ bœœ b œ bbœœ
bœœ ™™
> œ
Ϊ
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‰
4 4 4 4
‰
4 4
32
° 4 &4 90
(q = 105)
4 &4
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
4 & 4 bœ bœ bœJ bœ bœ bœ bœ b˙ ‹ Oh, la pla - ya, la pla -
ff ? 4 bœ œ bœJ œ bœ bœ œ ¢ 4
{
Oh,
la
> 4 / 4 Ϫ
4 & 4
pla - ya,
> Ϫ
> œ
la
-
> œ
Œ
ya,
-
bœ bbœœ bbœœ œ
> œ
b˙ ˙
r & bœ œ bœ ™ ® œj bœ bœ ™ ® bœ bœ bœJ ™ ≈ Œ
‰
& <b>œ ‹ ? <b>œ
¢
{
/
&
Œ Œ
Œ Œ
Oh, so
Œ Œ
> > Œ œ œ r™ ® j b œ œ œ bœ bœ ™ ® bœ bœ bœ Œ
? <b><b>œœ
Œ
Ó
ya
-
> Ϫ
> Ϫ
bœ ™ b œ™
bœ œ
Ó
la pla - ya, la
pla
-
la
pla
-
bœ œ bœJ œ bœ bœ œ ˙ > œ™
bœ ™ J
≈ Œ
pla - ya, la
> Ϫ
so
cruel.
> œ
∑ œ bœ bœ bœJ
∑
bœ bœ bœJ bœ bœ bœ bœ b˙ Oh,
cruel.
∑
cruel.
Oh,
so
œ bœj bœ
∑
mf
Oh, so cruel. Oh, so cruel.
bœœ J
ya
-
pla
Œ
œ bœ
∑
pla
la
œ bœ J
bœ
‰ œj bœ ™
bœ
∑
? 4 bbœœ bœœ bbœœ bœœ J 4
93
˙
pla
ya,
-
∑
ff
° &
la
‰ bœj bœ ™
œ
ff
Ó
> œ
bœ bbœœ bœœ bbœœJ bœœ bbœœ bbœœ œ
Œ b˙ ˙
œ ‰ j bœ
bœ ‰ œj > œ
ya,
la
ya,
la
> œ
Œ
∑
œ bœ
From Counting Time in Central City. Poetry © 2013 (revised 2015) by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2015 by Frank J. Oteri, Transformal Music (ASCAP). International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
‰ bœœ J
33
° & 96
∑
Oh,
& bœ ™ ‹ pla ? bœ ™
{
pla
/
> Ϫ
° bœ ™ & J 98
& bœJ ™
cruel.
bœ
-
ya
-
ya
œ
> Ϫ
{
? bbœœ bœœ
so
cruel.
Oh,
so
so
cruel.
Oh,
so
cruel.
Oh,
so
r™ ® j b œ œ œ bœ bœ ™ ® bœ bœ
Œ
Œ
Œ
> œ r bbœœ ™™
> œ
Œ
so
> œ
Œ
cruel.
bbœœ
bbœœ
bœœ
bbœœ
® bœœj
Œ
bbœœ
bœœ ™™
® bbœœ
Ó
∑
∑
≈ Œ
Ó
∑
∑
la
≈ Œ
bœ bœ bœ b˙ ya,
la
pla
pla - ya,
la
pla
> Ϫ
bbœœ bœœ J
-
Ó
bœ bœ œ > œ
bœ bbœœ bbœœ œ
œ
-
-
-
-
˙ Œ b˙ ˙
> œ
ya,
bœ
‰ bœj bœ ™ ‰ œj bœ ™
ya,
> œ
6 8 6 8 œ bœ J
6 8
œ bœj bœ
6 8
bœ
la
pla
-
ya
so
cruel.
la
pla
-
ya
so
cruel.
Œ
∑
œ bœ
bœœ
Ó
≈ Œ
& bœ bœ bœJ bœ ‹ Oh, la pla ? bœ œ bœJ œ ¢ > / œ™ ™ & bbœœJ ™
Oh,
Œ
bœ
œ bœ J
bœ œ
cruel.
Œ
j bœ bœ
œ
so
Œ
cruel.
∑
œ™ ® bœ
bœ
so
cruel.
Oh,
Oh,
œ bœ J
bœ
&
? bbœœ ™™
f
∑
&
¢
j bœ ™ b œ ® b œ b œ bœ R f
‰ bœœ J
> Ϫ
bœ ™ b œ™
> Ϫ
bœ œ
∑
> œ
œ bœ bœ b œ J
From Counting Time in Central City. Poetry © 2013 (revised 2015) by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2015 by Frank J. Oteri, Transformal Music (ASCAP). International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
6 8 6 8 6 8
34
° 6 ‰ &8 101
(q. = 70)
œ
and
still
so
6 & 8 ‰ bœ bœ bœ mp
and
still
so
6 & 8<b>œ bœ bœ bœ ‹ and still so mp ? 6<b>œ bœ bœ bœ ¢ 8 mp
{
6 / 8 6 & 8 ‰
? 6<b><b>œœ 8
° bœ & 104
say?
& bœ
and
still
œ bœ
œ bœ
mp
bbœœ
bbœœ
Ϊ
‰
{
?
odd - ly
œœ
‰
You
bœ
- fect.
œœ ™™
™ bbœœ ™
™ bbœœ ™
∑
bœ ™ b œ™
can't
go
home
œ bœ bœ
can't
go
∑
mf
can't
go
bœ bœ bœ
Ϊ
You
can't
bœœ
bœœ
bbœœ
bœ bœ
bœ bœ
bœ bœ
mf
go
Ϊ Ϊ
What did
mf
bœ
el
hom - bre
œ™ bœ ™
œ bœ el
hom - bre
∑ ∑
Ϊ
bœ bœ mf
bœ J a
home
home
bœ J
home
œ™ bœ ™
œ bœ
What did
bœ J
œ ∑
mf
Ϊ
bœ bœ bœ bœ
∑
∑
per
bœ
Ϊ
- fect.
œ bœ bœ bœ
You
& bbœœ
bœ ™ bœ ™ per
œ bœ
bœ bœ
- fect.
bœ ™ bœ ™
odd - ly
bbœœ
- fect.
per
œ bœ
bœœ
Ϊ
œ™ bœ ™
odd - ly
mf
∑
per
œ bœ
You
? /
odd - ly
Ϊ
say?
¢
∑
so
bbœœ
bœ
‰
& ‹
œ™ bœ ™
œ bœ bœ bœ
mp
a
a
bœ J a
œ -
gain.
bœ -
œœ ™™
bœ ™ bœ ™
∑
‰
Œ
‰
Œ
bœ J
The
j bœ
The
‰
Œ
gain.
bœ -
bbœœ
gain.
bœ -
œœ
∑
bœ J
The
‰
gain.
bœ bbœœ
bœ bœ J
œ bœ
‰
œ
bœ bœ J
bœ bœ
‰
Œ ∑
œ J
The
Œ Œ
From Counting Time in Central City. Poetry © 2013 (revised 2015) by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2015 by Frank J. Oteri, Transformal Music (ASCAP). International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
bbœœ J bœœ J
35
° mp bœ ™ & 107
& bœ ™
bœ ™
bœ ™
is
like
truth
mp
bœ ™
truth
is
Ϫ
¢
& ‹ truth mp œ™ ?
{
/
bœ ™ & b œœ ™™ ?
Ϫ
mp
° <b>œ & J 109
& œj
¢
& <b>œJ ‹ ? œJ
{
/
j & <b>œœ ? <b>œœJ
bœ ™
is
like
™ bbœœœ ™™
bœ ™ b œ™
like
Œ Œ Œ
‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ∑
bœ bœ full
of
full
of
bœ bœ bœ
that,
œ™ ∑
œ
bœœ ™™
bœ ™
Ϫ
<n> ˙ ™
bœ ™
bœ ™
<n> ˙ ™
bœ ™
Ϫ
<n> ˙ ™
sand
sand
bœ ™
and
bœ ™ and
full
of
sand
and
full
of
sand
and
™ bbœœ ™
œ bœ
Œ
‰
bœ
bœ
Œ
‰
bœœ
b œœ
™ bbœœ ™
that,
bœœ ™™
bœ ™
Ϫ
Œ
bœ ™
that,
bœ ™
œ™ ∑
Ϫ
like
is
truth
that,
bœ ™
Ϫ
mp
bœ ™
∑
b œœ ™™ bœœ ™™
tears.
b˙ ™
tears.
tears.
tears.
<n>˙ ™ <n> ˙ ™
∑
b˙ ™ <n> ˙ ™
From Counting Time in Central City. Poetry © 2013 (revised 2015) by Charles Passy. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2015 by Frank J. Oteri, Transformal Music (ASCAP). International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
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