Kitzke: Mad Coyote Madly Sings

Jerome Kitzke

Mad Coyote Madly Sings for

voices, tenor saxophone, bass, and drum set

peermuslc

New York - Hamburg

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was written in response to the Persian Gulf War and is intended to be a voice crying out against not just that war, but war in general. It reminds us that the madness which causes war , no matter how cloaked in righteousness , can never erase the fact that when a bomb is dropped , we too do the dropping, and when that bomb strikes , it strikes us all , and that ultimately no matter what humans do to each other while on the earth , it will be the earh alone that will survive. This work is dedicated to the redefinition of manhood.

Mad Coyote Madly Sings

At war anew, the raw ugliness of the inevitable gun pierces and shoots, shoots and pierces deeply into our souls made jittery-crazy by the memories of past madness. until we feel the gun at our heads as it fires the The memories shake us, hard

bullets of forced acceptance we fend off by saying ''funk you , we do not accept We sing crazy and chant "Funk you, funk you!" But their subtle sly weight presses down, down, down, until we feel funked by denial and silence. So crazier we sing, ' 'Ahh, funk you, funk", so that their gun of suppression is drawn again and fires away in blind bursts, both raw and insistent, but ultimately powerless to the a dirge both raw and mournful. We sing to our Mother with hard hearts, bitter hearts, tender hearts, confused hearts, loving hearts, sad hearts, until we cry for her and the tears cleanse our souls, or so we hope for we always seem to feel and hear the echo of the gun which pierces and shoots into our souls made jittery-crazy by today s madness. We pray loudly. this!

Truth, which gives us the blues

- Jerome Kitzke

Instrumentation:

4 actors

(preferably 2 women and 2 men)

tenor saxophone 8 bass drum set

crash cymbal high hat (with hands)

ride cymbal

medium tom (high)

medium tom (low)

snare drum

floor tom high hat

bass drum

(with foot)

This work must be amplified.

Accidentals apply to the given

measure.

The actors must read music and their voices should blend if you wil , into one voice that is alarmed, angered , and finally resigned. . Voice pitch levels are

indicated by the x s within and above the staff. The I shhh' sound is indicated by the use of regular note heads which mean that the sound should be spontaneous and not

at any specific pitch level.

should be dramatic both aurally and visually. Some sort of hand and body movement is indicated , but more could added at the discretion of the actors, a director , or a choreographer.

Cd. 8 min. 30 sec.

The performance

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Whom bomb?

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We bomb them!

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What do we do?

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You bomb! You bomb them!

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You bomb! You bomb them!

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We bomb! We bomb them!

Whom bomb?

We bomb you!

Whom bomb?

We bomb you!

Whom bomb?

You bomb you!

Whom bomb?

You bomb you!

Allen Ginsberg

Hiitp Bom! use by permission of the poet.

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MAD COYOTE MADLY SINGS Again at war-- 1991--This, my response JEROME KITZKE

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