A Place

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For Mezzo-Soprano and Piano

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sa l

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N ot

fo r

Pe

rf

or m an

Matthew A. Bardin Text by Rabindranath Tagore

2018


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The text for this song comes from Gitanjali 35, written by Rabindranath Tagore, and reads as follows:

N ot

fo r

Pe

rf

or m an

ce

U

se

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by thee into everwidening thought and action—

Pe

ru

sa l

C

op y.

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. The main musical material in A Place is drawn from Hindustani that scales, approximated to the closest equal-temperament halfstep. As a whole, the composition features an uneasy, slightly unstable rhythmic nature that is intended to represent the implied meaning behind the text: That each of the lines are idealistic community standards, but as shown in the final line, they are actually missing from the author’s current situation. Once that final line of text has been sung, the piano plays a closing figure that has been heard a few times previously and is intended to reflect the idealism of the wished for world while still hinting at the uneasiness of the current reality.


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Notation Guide:

Crescendo/decrescendo to/from silence: The performer should play/sing as close to silent as possible to allow for the entrance/exit to be as close to indistinguishable as is allowed.

Closed-Mouth humming:

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Notes with square note heads (Measure 3, pictured below) should be hummed with the mouth closed. The performer may experiment with jaw placement to see what allows for better projection of sound in the performance space. This motive acts as a drone over the piano’s shorter passages, as well as an introduction to material heard later in the composition.

32nd notes: The 32nd note motive that first appears in measure 21 of the vocal line (pictured below) should be sung/ played almost like grace notes or inflections on the surrounding notes. A super-precise rhythmic accuracy is not needed as it adds to the rhythmic uneasiness of the composition.


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A Place Rabindranath Tagore

Matthew A. Bardin

With uneasy, unstable movement throughout q = ca. 58

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With uneasy, unstable movement throughout q = ca. 58

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M-S.

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not

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31

M-S.

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world

has

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has

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a tempo. (q= ca. 72) M-S.

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M-S.

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3

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f M-S.

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5 ‰ 44 œ œ œ ™™ œ œ ™™ œ 4 #œ ™™

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has not lost its way in - to

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Œ

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Œ

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4 4

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op y.

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the drea - ry

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b˙ nœ

4 4 4 4

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= 54

M-S.

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son

bœ 42 bœ œ bœ œ 2 4 ˙

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not lost

4 4 œœ œœ bœ œ 4 4 œ ˙™

its way

bœ ™™

œ#œ ™™

5 4

in - to

5 n œ 4 œ™™ bœ 5 4


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(f) 57

3

M-S.

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5 & 4 bb˙˙˙

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of dead

Œ

ha - bit;

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3

2 4 4 #œ<n>œ#œ ‰ #œ<#>œ 4 Where

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b˙ ˙

the

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4 4

mp

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˙

˙

4 4

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5 œ- 4 ˙ ™ is

led

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5 4œ

j œ™ ‰ œ # œ #œ #œ œ œ œ for -ward by thee in - to

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mind

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p 63 3

M-S.

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and

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5 4

ac - tions

rit.

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2 4œ

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4 4 ˙™

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5 4 œ 3

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q= ca. 72

rit.

66

M-S.

° 5 ¢& 4

q= ca. 72

rit.

˙ bœ œ œ

5 &4

œ 3

mp Pno. p

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œ œ bœ

{

N ot

fo r

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Closed mouth humming (breathe ad lib.)

M-S.

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)

6

2 4 6™

5 4

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Œ

Ó

&

2 4

5 4

p Pno.

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{

œ ‰ nœ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ j œ 3 3 3 œ

œ œœœœœ‰ 2 œ‰ œœœ 5 jœ‰ ‰ 4 œ œ 3 œ 4 3 3 œ 3 œ 3


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A Place

Tempo I (q= ca. 58) 72

M-S.

° 5 mf ¢& 4 œ. bœ. bœ- œ œ ˙ In - to that

‰ œ™bœ œ™

hea ven

ff . bœ Œ 2 4

>‰ b œ. ˙ ™

Œ

of free-dom

my

fa

ther,

-

Tempo I (q= ca. 58)

‰œ‰œ b˙ œnœ ‰ œ ‰bœ 2 b œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ™™ œ œ œ bœ œ œ . . œ bœ 2 œ b˙ œ ? 5 ≈ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ bœ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ bœ ‰ ‰ œ ‰ œ ˙ bœ 4 4 œ bœ œ b˙ œ ˙ œ. œ. œ. b œ. œ. œ b œ. œ. . ° ° 3

3

3

3

5 &4 Œ

Pno.

{ =

rit. mp

f

mf

. Œ 45 Œ œ. nœ ‰ b˙ ce

my

coun-try

wake.

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let

œ œ‰ Œ Œ Ó J

or m an

U

4 bœ œ b˙4

rf

M-S.

° 2 ¢& 4

se

75

N ot

Œ 45 n˙

C

op y.

˙™

{

œ

Œ bœ œ œ b œœ

œ w

mp

sa l

4 4 bœ b˙ > 4 >œ œ 4 œ

ru

3 2 & 4 œ nœ œ mf œ n œ ? 2 nœ œ 4

5 œ 4 œ œ œ

Pe

Pno.

fo r

rit.

°

= Closed mouth humming (breathe ad lib.)

79 Tempo I (q= ca. 58)

M-S.

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o mf

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)

6

Ó

)

Tempo I (q= ca. 58)

b˙˙˙

& œœ bœ œ

˙˙˙ ™™™

n˙ ™ ˙

b˙ œ o Pno. 3

3

?

{

œ œ

bœ œ ˙ °

˙

˙™ °

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