Lewis_The Comet_FS

GEORGE LEWIS

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The Comet

Opera in Nine Scenes

Full Score

LEIP ZI G · L ONDO N · NE W YOR K

Instrumentation

Flute in C, doubling piccolo and bass flute

Piano/Harpsichord

Violin

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Soprano Voice (Julia)

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Counter-Tenor Voice (J.B.H.)

Contralto Voice (Nellie)

Baritone Voice (Jim)

Percussion (with bow, sticks, mallets, brushes, Superball beaters, chopsticks, etc.)

Large Cymbal

Medium Cymbal

Medium and Large Tam-tams Snare Drum

Floor Tom

Vibraphone

High and Low Bongos

Concert Bass Drum (28”)

6 Bossed Gongs (Ab4, Bb4, C5, Db5, Eb5, E5)

Symbols:

square or open noteheads: noise texture (no pitch)

no noteheads: indeterminate pitch in indicated register

Large Triangle

Medium Tom-tom

Castanets

Glockenspiel

highest note possible

Clusters in indicated register

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Vibrato: Should match the duration of the first note to which they are attached. Speed is similar to normal vibrato, but pitch range is much wider, similar to Korean nongyheon in gugak performances. wide narrow gradually widening and narrowing pitch range fading growing “jeonseong” (quick, grace note-like, accented rise and fall in pitch)

m.v.: molto vibrato with slide, as wide and fast as possible

glissandi:

Short, leading toward an attack: Treated like sliding grace notes.

Short, trailing a note: Analogous to a short verbal shout.

Long, trailing a note: Should not exceed the total duration of the note.

Follow approximate pitch curve.

Between notes: Follow approximate pitch curve.

Specifications as to instruments, bowings, mutes, articulations, etc., are maintained until superseded by a subsequent specification, or by the “ord.” instruction, which resets to “normal” tone production. Accidentals carry through the measure. Trills are always half-step, and are executed with irregular speed, as with tremolos. Specified vibrato is always irregular, unstable, and non-synchronized.

The score is in C.

Duration: 45 minutes

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Flute(s)

Percussion

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Counter-Tenor (J.B.H.)

Soprano (Julia)

Contralto (Nellie)

Baritone (Jim)

Violin

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Piano

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Percussion

Soprano (Julia)

Counter-Tenor (J.B.H.)

Contralto (Nellie)

Baritone (Jim)

Violin

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Piano

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Soprano (Julia) Counter-Tenor (J.B.H.)

Contralto (Nellie)

Baritone (Jim)

Violin

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

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Percussion

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Haveyou

Soprano (Julia)

Counter-Tenor (J.B.H.)

Contralto (Nellie)

Baritone (Jim)

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Soprano (Julia) Counter-Tenor (J.B.H.)

Contralto (Nellie)

Baritone (Jim)

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