The Boat

Lisa Bielawa THE BOAT for three sopranos 1996

text by Gertrude Stein: from "Advertisements" I was so disappointed in the boat. It was larger than the other. It did not have more accomodation. It made the noise which was disagreeable. I feel that I would have been willing to say that I liked it if I had not seen it when it was painted. It is well never to deceive me.

The Boat for Marion, Katie and Alexandra May, 1996

Gertrude Stein

e»¡§• Disappointedly bœ œ œ ‰ bœ bœ œ bœ 5 & 8 ‰ bœ P I was so dis - ap - point - ed 1

Marion

& 58 œ .

P

Katie

œ.

nœ

1

I

nœ

was

& 58 ‰ b œ œ œ œ ‰ b œ œ œ œ P

Alexandra

I was

so

I

was

‰ bœ bœ œ œ ‰ bœ bœ œ bœ

2 4

!

4 4

œ nœ œ J

24

!

44

‰ bœ œ œ œ ‰ bœ œ œ œ

24

!

44

nœ .

I

was

so

dis

I

was

Ah

& 44

Ah

A

!

34 Ó

58

& ˙.

11

M

K

&

A

& œ b œb œ œ œ œ

b˙ .

11

so

dis -ap-point - ed

58 œ.

I

Œ

44 w

!

5 Œ.

8 nœ nœ

11

Ah

so dis-appoint-ed

!

was

œ. so

dis - ap - point - ed

Œ 44 b œ œ œ b œ b œ œ œ œ 34 œ b œ b œ b œ bœ

œ œœœ œ œ œ œ f I was

ap - point - ed

Ah

& 44 œ b œb œ œ œb œ œ 34 œ œ b œ œ b œ bœ ˙ Fœ 6

so

-

œ# œ œ n œ b œ œ œ œ 3 œ b œ b œ œ 4 Œ 4 bœ bœ 4

b œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œb œ œb œ 4 œ b œ &4 œ 4 œ ˙ F 6

K

dis - ap - point - ed

œ

nœ

6

M

so

so

1

Lisa Bielawa

œ bœ

Œ.

j œ œ œ œ œ. in the

!

bœ œ I was

!

dis - ap - point-ed

!

34 Ó

bœ

œ œ It

was

larg - er

Œ œ œ It

œ œ than the

!

boat

Œ.

œ. œ.

was

œ . bœ . œ œ larg - er

than the

œ. œ. Œ & 17

M

oth - er

œ. œ œ

K

& Œ.

A

& œ . bœ . Œ

17

f

I was

17

oth - er

22

œ. œ.

K

& œ . bœ . Œ

I was

22

so

&nœ .

œ.

Œ

M

& œ.

K

& bœ .

boat.

27

Œ

boat.

27

A

& nœ .

Œ

j œ œ

œ bœ

-

so

‰ œ œ œ nœ was

the

in

dis - ap

ap - point

‰ œ œ nœ œ

so

dis - ap - point - ed

‰ œ nœ œ œ

‰ œ œ œ œ

was

so

98

98 œ. b œ œ œ bœ œ œ p œ œ bœ 9 8

was

so

boat

It

dis - ap-point - ed in

-

point-ed

I

‰ œ I

‰

œ œ

larg - er

than the

larg - er

than the

œ . bœ . œ œ

was

œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ . bœ . œ œ

ed

dis - ap - point - ed

!

I

‰ œ œ

bœ . " bœ -

was

œ

bœ bœ j œ bœ bœ

-

It

the

œ. œ.

œ œ

boat

so

dis

Œ.

œ œ

œ.

bœ

bœ

in

point - ed

was

I

Œ

dis - ap - point-ed

œ œ

I

oth - er

27

so

dis - ap

bœ . f

oth - er

A

was

œ œ bœ .

&

22

I

I

M

oth - er

œ œbœ œ œ ‰ bœ œ bœ œ œ f

œ I

in the

œ œ was

boat

so

dis - ap-point-ed in

than the

the

œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ

so

dis - ap-point-ed in

the

œ œ œ b œ b œ œ œ

œ œ œ

was

larg - er

bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ was

was

so

dis - ap-point-ed in

the

bœ œ œ . œ œ b œ œ p œ œ bœ

the boat

!

boat

The Boat-2-

I

was

bœ œ J It

was

so

dis - ap - point - ed

bœ œ J

larg - er

!

in

the boat

œ.

#œ œ nœ

than

the oth - er

M

& b œJ œ

K

& bœ œ œ œ

30

It 30

A

&

P

f

M

&

K

bœ & J

œ It

32

It 32

A

larg - er

did

& bœ It

so

œ made

œ

œ

did

not

f

-

ed

larg - er

than

œ.

&

A

& ‰ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ .

It

made

the noise

34

which was

dis - ag - ree - ab - le

was

It

was

‰ bœ #œ œ nœ bœ the

more ac - co - mo - da

j œ ‰ œ œ

did

bcresc. œ œ J

the boat

œ œ bœ œ bœ œ.

The noise

I

noise

œ.

have

tion

œ.

K

œ

in

œ

œ

-

It

-

oth - er

bœ

tion

It

fœ It

58 F œI

so

more ac - co - mo - da

larg - er

œ œ

did

not

œ œ

œ

œ ‰ œj

made

the

dis-ap - opint - ed

The Boat-3-

œ œ

have

-

tion

the boat

œ.

#œ œ nœ

than

the oth - er

œ.

ab - le.

œ œ bœ œ bœ bœ œ.

more ac - co - mo - da - tion

noise

œ œ in

in

œ

dis - ag - ree

the

œ.

œ œ

boat

It

was

œ œ nœ .

œ œ

in

It

j œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ

was so

ed

bœ œ J

œ

dis-ap - point - ed

-

-

œ œ.

œ bœ

œ

dis - ap - point

was

58 œ œ œ œ œ œ j #œ œ F was so

not have

which

58 œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ FI was so dis-ap - point - ed

I

œ œ bœ œ bœ bœ

bœ œ œ bœ nœ

bœ

œ œ.

œ bœ

j œ œ

& Œ.

34

bœ J

was

ac - co - mo - da

j œ œ the

œ

34

M

more

dis - ap - point

‰

the oth - er

œ œ bœ œ bœ

not have

was

#œ œ nœ bœ œ œ œ

than

bœ œ œ œ b œ œ I

32

was

œ.

cresc.

It

30

bœ œ J

cresc.

in the boat

the

boat

was

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

So

dis - ap-point-ed

It

was

j & œ œ 38

M

larg - er

& œj œ 38

K

larg - er

œ

œ

œ œ J

than

the

oth - er

œ than

œ œ It

did

œ

j œ œ

œ œ

the

oth - er

It

œ œ œ œ ‰ #œ œ .

J J

#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ not have more

ac - co - mo - da - tion

It made

the noise

not have more

ac - co - mo - da - tion

It made

the noise

j j ‰ # œ œ. #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ

did

‰ j# œ . &#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ #œ 38

A

larg - er

than the oth - er boat

#œ œ . ‰ & J ƒ 43

M

,

‰ # œJ œ P

. , # œ # œ &‰ J #œ ƒ P The noise , which j#œ . & ‰ #œ P# œ ƒ The noise

43

K

It

which was

#œ was

did not

It did

œ œ #œ œ œ Œ

The noise

which

& ‰ œ œ #œ #œ 49

M

dis - ap - point - ed

j œ œ bœ

49

K

&œ dis

-

ap - point - ed

& ‰ œ #œ #œ #œ 49

A

dis - ap - point - ed

œ

was

2 4 24 24

‰

nœ

dis - ag - ree-ab - le

œ.

dis - ag - ree-ab - le

I

œ œ #œ œ œ

ac - co - mo - da - tion

Œ

so

was

#œ œ #œ

I was

so

‰

œ

I was

so

œ

so

‰ œ #œ œ #œ I

was

so

‰ œ #œ œ #œ I was

3 F # œ3 # œ # œ ‰ œ # œ # œ #œ œ #œ

A little slower & freer

!

5 4 Œ

!

P 54 #œ I

!

45 P #œ I

that

œ

˙.

I would have been will - ing

to

say

Œ

feel

œ

feel

The Boat-4-

˙.

,

œ œ #œ

œ.

œ

,

the noise

dis - ap - point - ed

œ.

œ

‰ nœ

dis - ag - ree-ab - le

It made

œ œ #œ ‰ œ œ #œ #œ

I was

œ œ nœ œ œ Œ

43

A

not have more

,

Œ

so

#œ œ #œ # œ œ# œ# œ œ

M

& Œ

K

& œ œ ˙.

52

that

I

liked

it

ve - ry well

&

if

Œ

#œ œ ˙ . that

if

3 bœ 4 œ b œ &4

M

& 44

feel

that

I

œ3

œ

would have

œ

œ

been

will - ing

& 44 œ b œ b œ 3

55

A

feel

that

I

œ bœ

would have

3

œ

been

œ

will - ing

I

Œ

I

it was

œ bœ to

say

œ

œ

that

I

3

œ bœ

it

to

say

F

that

œ

that

I

Œ

œ œ

3

œ

to

say that

I

liked

it

if

I

had

not

seen

it

Œ

57

I

& w

A

& bœ œ œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ ˙ .

3

will - ing

to

say that

seen

3

3

57

3

I

liked

it

if

I

had

not

seen

it

The Boat-5-

œ œ œ œ œ

liked

it

liked

ve - ry well

Œ

bœ œ ˙ it

5 8

!

58 œ.

Œ

Tempo I

œ bœ bœ œ œ bœ œ

K

I

œ œ ˙ liked

it

when

it was paint - ed

44

F ‰ j 44 œ

œ œ ˙.

3 3 œ # œ œ n œ b œ3 œ œ œ œ b œ œ3 bœ bœ œ ˙ . & will - ing

Œ

it was

57

M

I

nœ œ ˙ .

Œ

3

œ

it waspaint-ed

Œ

!

55

K

œ 3

j œ œ # œ œ œ ‰ œ 44

Œ

had not seen it when

bœ œ ˙ .

I

55

I

bœ œ ˙ .

I

52

A

if

Œ

52

that

œ bœ œ œ œœœ œ

Œ

58 Π.

f œ œ I

was

!

60

M

&

K

&

&œ 60

A

.

dis - ap

-

point - ed

in

j œ bœ bœ

M

& bœ dis

-

K

& ‰

œ

A

& ‰

66

66

j œ œ œ nœ

bœ

ap - point

œ nœ

the

-

boat

œ

œ

I

œ

œ

I

‰

œ

dis - ap - point - ed

f & œ œ œ 70

M

f & œ œ œ I

feel

that

70

K

f I

70

A

&

feel

œ

that

œ

I

feel

that

œ

œ œ œ

œ

#œ œ œ

I

wouldhave been

œ will

larg - er

than the

oth - er

It

was

larg - er

than the

oth - er

œ . bœ . œ œ

was

larg - er

œ

œ

œ œ bœ .

I

œ . bœ . Œ

was

so

œ

dis - ap - point - ed

was

‰ œ œ œ nœ I

dis - ap - point - ed

œ

bœ œ œ œ bœ

so

dis - ap - point - ed

œ œ œ will - ing

ing

to

œ.

to

say

œ œ œ

nœ .

will - ing

say that

œ

in

so

to

I

The Boat-6-

say

œ

in

œ

I

œ

œ.

the

boat.

œ

liked

œ.

I

liked

Œ Œ Œ

boat.

it

j œ œ

œ œ

so

boat.

j œ œ

I

so

was

bœ .

œ the

œ œ

that

was

‰ œ nœ œ œ

the

in

that

bœ

so

oth - er

œ œ bœ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ -

than the

bœ œ œ œ œ

œ nœ

œ

wouldhave been

I wouldhave been

œ

was

I

nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ

was

was

I

œ

It

It

" bœ .

dis - ap - point - ed 66

œ œ

œ. œ.

Œ œ ‰ œ bœ bœ . bœ . œ œ nœ . œ.

ed

‰

œ

œ. œ.

f œ œ

Œ.

!

œ bœ

so

Œ.

!

!

60

f œ œ

it

œ œ ve - ry

œ œ ve - ry

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

liked it

ve - ry well

if

I

had - n't seen it when

it

was

. & œ 74

M

well 74

K

& œ. well 74

A

&

œ.

œ œ

if

I

œ.

œ œ

if

I

M

had

not

seen

it

had

not

seen

it

when it was

if

I

had

not

seen

it

& 44 Œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ F It is well nev - er to de - ceive 4F & 4 #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ nœ Slowly, thoughtfully

4 F & 4 #œ œ It

is

It

83

M

&

well

is

well

#œ #œ

was

dis - ap-point - ed

. & œ # œ # œ n œJ # œ in

A

&

the boat

It

!

was

in

68

u˙ .

2 4

!

6 8 œ #œ #œ #œ # œ œ p #œ

2 4

the

p

-

nœ #œ J

boat

It

I

was

so

dis - ap-point - ed

!

was

so

the

œ #œ #œ

dis

-

ap - point

The Boat-7-

#œ . ‹œ œ #œ

larg - er

‹œ œ #œ

than

œ

œ #œ J

cresc.

was

#œ .

er

#œ #œ I

6 8

!

!

me

œ #œ J

larg

paint - ed

!

#œ . œ # œ # œ œ œ #œ #œ

so

paint - ed

. u˙

u˙ .

nev - er to de - ceive

paint - ed

Tempo I

me

œ œ œ œ #œ

œ

p I

83

Œ

24

me

nev - er to de - ceive

83

K

Œ

paint - ed

when it was

79

A

paint - ed

j #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ

79

K

when it was

Œ

j # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ paint - ed

79

œ œ J

#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

, , . # œ œ 44 ‰ # œJ œ . ‰ J ƒ paint - ed paint - ed , , . j # œ 44 ‰ #œ œ . ‰ # œJ ƒ paint - ed , paint -# edœ . , 44 ‰ j #œ . ‰ # œj #œ ƒ

oth - er

#œ -

ed

than

the

œ #œ #œ #œ

cresc.

It

did

not

œ #œ #œ .

cresc.

in

the boat

œ œ

have

nœ #œ J It

oth - er

was

more ac -

86

M

poco a poco accel.

#œ #œ #œ

& œ It

did

not

œ œ nœ #œ œ nœ #œ

have

more ac

86

K

& nœ

A

& œJ

co - mo - da - tion

larg

#œ

#œ œ nœ #œ

86

It

#œ .

er

than

the

j #œ #œ

œ

a

K

ag ree

Œ

& #œ .

j# œ & #œ

ab

‰

œ.

le

89

A

dis

M

& bœ in

œ œ. the boat

bœ bœ & J 94

K

It 94

A

& bœ

le

noise

dis - ap - point - ed

did

which was

bœ bœ J

not

‰ ‰

It

was

bœ bœ J

larg - er

in

the boat

dis - ag - ree - ab

larg

bœ . than

bœ J It

-

have

38 3 8

more ac

!

was

The Boat-8-

so

It

made

dis - ap-point - ed

‰

in

the boat

bœ bœ bœ I

was

the

did

bœ bœ J

larg - er

oth - er

œ

not

It

did

not

bœ

œ bœ

have

bœ . than

so

œ

nœ œ bœ bœ bœ

bœ bœ It

so

dis - ap - point - ed

le

than

oth - er

‰

bœ œ œ . bœ œ bœ bœ was

œ

er

nœ œ bœ

F

dis - ag - ree - ab -

bœ œ bœ bœ

bœ bœ bœ

bœ bœ bœ

-

was

co - mo - da - tion

I

bœ .

bœ

-

Faster, louder

bœ

the

noise

#œ œ œ nœ #œ œ nœ #œ

I

bœ J

F œ œ œ œ œ œ

the

‰

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ 38 #œ .

œ. b œ œ b œ bœ œ

was

#œ #œ #œ

made

œ.

which was

the noise

the noise

94

œ It

œ

it's

noise

oth - er

j #œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ & 89

œ.

It

the

‹œ œ #œ

89

M

j #œ #œ

co - mo - da - tion

made

#œ -

‰

-

Fj # œ #œ

#œ ‰

more

ac -

nœ œ bœ the

oth - er

& bœ

œ bœ

99

M

have

more

ac

99

K

& bœ bœ bœ co

99

A

& bœ It

103

-

mo

-

da

bœ did

œ.

M

&

K

& b œJ

-

bœ

-

bœ bœ bœ

ƒ

co - mo - da

bœ

tion

It

œ

‰

bœ

the

103

A

& j bœ the

œ

‰

noise

bœ noise

bœ

which

‰

bœ

which

bœ

tion

‰

the

was

ac

bœ dis

œ

bœ

œ

bœ

was

was

-

dis

dis

The Boat-9-

co - mo - da

œ -

-

-

the

noise

bœ bœ bœ

œ

ag - ree

œ

œ

œ

œ

ag - ree

ag - ree

bœ

-

tion

U œ.

œ -

-

-

ab

œ

ab

œ

ab

bœ J

œ.

made

bœ J

more

‰

bœ

It

œ bœ

œ

bœ

bœ

made

have

which 103

bœ

bœ

not

-

ƒ

-

-

-

U œ. le

U le

œ. le

ƒ bœ It

bœ noise

bœ made

‰