Cast out of
iron For SATB choir
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Cast out of iron for SATB choir duration: 4 minutes Text by the composer: I’ve been cast out of iron; I’ve been blackened by fire; I’m rusted and worn; The heat gets to me.
Program Note: As I get older and find myself nearing the end of my twenties, it has struck me how much less insulated I am to the sorrowful side of life – grandparents arrive at their dotage or death; parents are found to be distressingly fallible and human, just like myself; friends have troubles unforeseen and undeserved. We find ourselves subjected to repeated and overlaid stresses that never have clear or finite resolutions. Cast iron is a metal that is durable but brittle. It can stand up to great pressure, but just too much pressure and it breaks. As human beings, we too are constantly under stress and trial. For each of us, how much is too much? Where is the tipping point between pressure that strengthens and seasons, and that which breaks?
Performance Notes: The word “iron” is normally set in two syllables (cf. Holst’s “In the Bleak Midwinter”) but I decided it would flow better in my phrasing as a single syllable, like “fire” but with an added “n”. A word on the text – I was looking for a short poem that had allusions to fire that would stand being repeated. I couldn’t find the right poetry and my deadline was fast approaching, so I wrote this text instead. I hope any literary deficiencies are made up for by musical qualities.
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Cast Out of Iron commissioned by the Wicker Park Choral Singers Text and Music by ERIC MALMQUIST (2014)
Moderate, walking-paced; solemn q = 92
Alto
b 4 &bb 4 Œ
F solo
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been cast out of
b &bb Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ
5
A
11
Soprano
A
bb
∑
& b
The heat
π
Œ
b &bb Œ
Œ
j‰ Œ œ œ -
A
b j & b b œ- ‰ Œ b &bb Œ
iron.
Ó
Œ
Œ
j œ- ‰ Œ
œ
˙
A
Tenor
œ œ œ œ œ œ
b j & b b œ- ‰ Œ π bb ˙ V b I
Ó
iron.
Œ
w
Ó
Œ
iron.
Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ
j j œj ‰ Œ œ œœ œ ˙ I
j j œ œœ œ I
I've been cast out of
∑
œ
w Œ
iron.
Ó
I
j œ- ‰ Œ
˙ I
œ œ œ œ œ œ
Œ
w
j œ- ‰ Œ Ó
œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been cast out of
I
I've been cast out of
˙
w
20
S
˙
w
fire;
I've been cast out of iron.
I
I've been cast out of
π tutti I
Ó
œ œ œ œ œ œ
Œ
me.
Œ
16
S
Œ
w
j‰ Œ œ œ -
I
gets to
˙.
U
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been cast out of iron.
b &bb Œ ˙
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been black - ened by
‰ œj ˙ n œ œ
˙.
I'm rus - ted and worn;
iron;
Œ
w
w Œ
j j œ œ œ œ I
j œ- ‰ Œ
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∑
2
b &bb Œ
24
S
A
T
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been cast out of
b j & b b œ- ‰ Œ
Ó
b Vbb ˙
j œ- ‰ Œ
Œ
I've been cast out of
j œ j œj ‰ Œ œ œ œ -
A
T
I've been cast out of
b j & b b œ- ‰ Œ
Ó
b Vbb ˙
j œ- ‰ Œ
iron.
Œ
w Œ
˙
Œ
œ œ œ œ œœ
I've been cast out of iron.
A
T
b Vbb ˙
j œ- ‰ Œ
j œ- ‰ Œ
j œ- ‰ Œ
been
Ó
? bb w b
w
œ œ œ œ œœ
˙.
Ó
Œ
I've been cast out of iron;
P j‰ Œ œI
˙ been
Ó
˙ I
P
P j j œj ‰ Œ Œ œ œ œ œ I P ˙ ∑ ˙
Ó
∑
cast
Œ
w
jœ j œ œ œ I
I
˙
b j & b b œ- ‰ Œ
B
iron.
Ó
˙
∑
jœ j œ œ œ ∑
œ œ œ œ œ œ
j œ j œj ‰ Œ œ œ œ -
32
I
j œ- ‰ Œ
I've been cast out of
I've
S
Œ
I
? b πw bb b &bb Œ
w
I
I
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I
Bass
iron.
Ó
˙
∑
28
S
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I
I
b &bb Œ
iron.
Œ
w
œ
The
f w heat
j œ- ‰ Œ
f j j w œ œœ œ The heat f Ó Œ œ w
Ó
Ó
f œ Œ
The
cast
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The
heat
w heat
37
S
bb
& b n˙
gets
A
bb
& b ˙
gets
T
b V b b n˙
gets
B
? b ˙ bb
gets
A
T
B
to
˙
to
˙
A
T
B
me.
Œ
p
˙ to
me
By
Ó
Ó p
Ó
I've been black - ened by fire.
fire.
By
Fœ. œ Ó J
œ œ œ œ œ œ
fire.
fire.
Ó
fire.
By
fire.
˙.
Fire.
Ó
Ó
I've been black - ened by
By
f œ œ œ œ. J
b &bb Œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ F I've been black -ened by fire. bb b œJ ‰ Œ Ó Ó V
œ œ œ œ œ œ
fire.
Œ Œ
œp By
Œ
œœ .. n œœ ˙˙ J
p œœ
fire.
By
fire.
œ œ œœ œ œ
Πf
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been black - ened by fire.
w
w œ. œ ˙ J
p n œœ ww Œ
Ó
Ó
Fire.
p œ w Œ
Ó
Ó
j n œ ˙ . œ
p œ. œ ˙ J
∑ Œ
w
w
œœ .. œœ ˙˙ J
Fire.
I've been black - ened by
F ? b œœ ‰ Œ bb J
œ œœ œ œ œ
p Œ œ ww
me.
F bb b œ- ‰ Œ V J F ? b œœ- ‰ Œ bb J F bb b j ‰ Œ & œ-
Fire.
p Œ œ w
Ó
Ó
˙
∑ Œ
I've been black - ened by fire.
3
p œ . Jœ ˙
Fire.
F
bb
b &bb Œ
F œ . Jœ Ó
œ œ œ w œ œ œ
p ˙
to
46
S
p
p
Ó
˙
F j & b œ- ‰ Œ
42
S
˙
p
By
f
ww
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fire.
w j œ. nœ œ.
œ J
œœ œœ .. J
œœ J
f œœ ..
4
b &bb
50
S
A
œ
Œ
œ . œJ œ œ ˙ .
Ó
Fire.
b &bb Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been black - ened by fire.
T
B
b Vbb œ Œ
Ó
? b œœ Œ bb
Ó
P bb b œ . œ œ . œ & J J
gets
61
S
A
T
B
me;
to
Ó
p Œ œ w
bb
to
to
me;
& b
∑
& b
∑
bb
b Vbb ? b Πbb
By
fire.
By
fire.
gets
heat
œ Œ œ œ w The
gets
w
The
heat
∑
The heat
to
gets
to
to
∑
been
worn.
w
Ó
∑
Ó
∑
Ó
∑
me.
me.
me.
I'm rus - ted and
cresc. poco a poco
Œ ∑
∑
‰ œj œ œ œ œ
The heat
The heat
p cresc. poco a poco . Œ œ œœ œ ˙ I've
f
p œ . œ œ . œj œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ J
heat
œ Œ ˙
œ w
˙.
f œœ .. n œœ œœ œ w J
p œ . œj œ . œj ˙ gets to me. p n œ . œj œ . œj ˙
w
The heat
w œ. œ œ œ J
p n œ . œj œ . œj ˙
heat
The
I'm rus - ted and
œ œ œ œ œœ
p n œœ ww Œ
The
me;
By fire.
I've been black - ened by fire.
œ Œ œ œ w
me;
P ? b nœ. œ œ. œ bb J J gets
B
to
P bb b œ . œ œ . œ V J J gets
T
Œ
P bb b n œ j . œ œ . œj œ Œ ˙ & gets
A
w
Ó
55
S
œ œœ œ œ w
Œ
œ. cast
∑ Œ
‰ œj œ œ œ œ I'm rus - ted and worn.
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w
worn.
œ œ J nœ out
∑ ∑
w
of
b &bb œ œ ˙
65
S
(P) Œ œ œœ œ
Œ
iron;
A
T
B
bb
I've
& b
∑
b Vbb
∑
b &bb œ œ ˙
Œ
b &bb œ œ ˙
Œ
fire;
A
T
B
V
? b Πbb
∑
(F) œ œ Œ œ œ
∑
(F) Œ œ œ œ œ
˙.
F nœ œ Œ œ œ
˙.
(F) ‰ œj œ œ œ œ w Œ
b &bb œ œ ˙
Œ
b Vbb œ œ ˙
Œ œ œœ œ By
Œ œ œœ œ œ œ Œ œ œ
worn;
B
œ œ œ. J nœ
Œ
Œ
‰ œj œ œ œ œ I'm rus - ted and worn.
By
w
rus - ted
and
w œ. œ œ œ œ J
Πf
œ œ œ œ œ œ
iron;
f œ œ œ œ œ œ
f œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been cast out of
Œ
and
I'm rus - ted and worn.
I've been cast out of
Œ
rus - ted
nœ œ œ. J œ
Œ
f ˙. fire.
and
œ . œJ œ œ
Œ
Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ
By
Œ
w
rus - ted
I'm
I'm rus - ted and worn.
b &bb œ œ ˙
? b Πbb
˙.
I'm
worn;
T
∑
‰ œj œ œ œ œ
Œ
by
I'm rus - ted and worn.
worn;
A
∑
cresc. poco a poco
73
S
black - ened
I'm
fire;
bbb
been
w
by
œ . œJ œ œ
Œ
I'm rus - ted and worn.
69
S
black - ened
P cresc. poco a poco Œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
(P) j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ
œ . œJ œ n œ
Œ
been
I've
? b Πbb
˙.
I've been cast out of
iron;
iron;
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By
fire.
˙.
Œ
˙.
Œ
˙.
Œ
5
6
b ˙. b & b
77
S
A
T
Œ
b &bb Œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
I've been black - ened by
f ˙˙ ..
gets
me;
b 3 & b b 4 ˙.
nœ. œ.
b 3 ˙. b V b 4
œ. œ.
gets
heat
gets
heat
b 4 &bb 4 Œ
Alto
b &bb Œ
93
A
to
to
œ. œ.
. ? b 3 œ. œ bb 4 89
to
gets
to
f ˙.
me;
f˙ .
me;
‰
j œ œ œ œ œ
˙.
I'm rus - ted and
worn;
I'm rus - ted and
worn;
œ
œ. œ.
The
Œ
w
heat
gets
The
heat
heat
gets
F œ. œ. Œ œ heat
Œ
gets
The heat
The
gets
Œ
4 4
U
Œ
4 4
˙
U
Œ
4 4
˙
U
4 4
˙
me.
to
me.
p˙ .
to
Œ
me.
œ œ œ œ œ œ n˙
U
˙
p ˙.
to
I've been black - ened
‰ œj w
ƒ Œ œ 43
me.
œ. œ.
gets
The
˙
p ˙.
to
ƒ œ 3 Œ 4 The
˙
p ˙.
œ. œ.
F œ ˙.
The
iron;
worn;
nœ. œ.
me;
of
I'm rus - ted and
F œ Œ œ ˙.
œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
worn;
œ œ œ œ Œ ‰œ J
œ œ J Œ
The
f˙ .
I'm rus - ted and
ƒ Œ œ 43
˙
œ nœ Œ ‰ œj œ œ
œ œ J Œ
F œœ Œ œ ˙ .
F solo
I've been cast out
Œ ‰ jœ œ œ œ œ
fire;
n œœ .. œœ ..
ƒ œ 3 Œ 4
˙
The
œ œ Œ J
œ.
fire;
˙ bb 3 ˙ .. & b 4
heat
B
fire.
œ.
heat
T
By
? b Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bb 81
A
œ
œ.
I've been black - ened by
S
œœ ˙
b œ œ œ Vbb Œ œ œ œ I've been black - ened by
B
fire;
œ w
by
˙
to
fire;
˙.
w U
Œ
me.
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