Dedicated to Kristin Marting, Beth Morrison and Kim Whitener with gratitude for giving Sumeida's Song the breath of life
SUMEIDA'S SONG version for chamber ensemble
Libretto adapted by Mohammed Fairouz; based on Tawfiq al-Hakim's "Song of Death"
Mohammed Fairouz
Scene I
A peasant house in Upper Egypt circa early Twentieth Century. Two women are sitting by the entrance dressed in black: they are Asakir and Mabrouka. A step or two away from them stand a calf and a goat eating grass and dried clover.The two women are sitting in silence with heads lowered.
q = 108-112
Flute
Bassoon
œ̆ 4 J Œ ‰ &4 F ?4 4
Ó
∑
Darabuka
Percussion
Piano
Mabrouka
4 ã 4 Œ
j‰ Œ œ fl √˘ p bœ bœ 4 R J Œ Ó &4 ‰ F ?4 ‰ Ó 4 jŒ bœ fl ◊ 4 ∑ &4 (bass tones)
4 &4
∑
Alwan
? 44
∑
Violin 1
4 &4
Asakir
Sumeida
Violin 2
4 V4
B 44 Œ
Cello
?4 Π4 ?4 4
j‰ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ fl fl fl fl
non vib.
wp
j‰ œ fl
‰
œ œ œ œ fl fl fl fl
∑
Ó
∑
Ó
f
√˘ bœ. bœ R J
≈ Œ
∑ œ œ fl fl F
‰ j j‰ Œ bœ œ fl fl
j ‰ j j‰ j‰ ‰ jŒ œ œ œ œ œ fl fl fl fl fl ≈ Œ
∑ ∑
∑
j ≈ Œ bœ . fl ◊ ∑
∑
∑
∑
f
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
j‰ j‰ bœ œ œ œ fl fl fl fl p sul pont. j‰ j‰ bœ œ œ œ fl fl fl fl p pizz.
∑
∑
q = 108-112
4 &4
œ̆ . J
Ó
∑
∑
Viola
Contrabass
∑
ΠΠw
j ‰ Œ. bœ fl j ‰ Œ. bœ fl
j œ bœ fl fl j œ bœ fl fl ˙
Œ Œ
œ fl œ fl gliss.
3
3
Œ Œ ˙ F
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œ fl œ fl gliss.
Œ
Œ
Œ
Πwp
j‰ j‰ ‰ j bœ œ œ fl fl fl j‰ j‰ ‰ j bœ œ œ fl fl fl