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Adamo – Supreme Virtue

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     128

S.

f

vir - tue.

                    ee

ee

ur

oo

uh

oo

                      ee ee ur oo uh oo f

T.

                     f

B.

ee

ee

    

f

S.

ur

oo

uh

oo

vir - tue.

                    ee

ee

f

T.

       ee f

B.

      ee

ur



oo

uh

oo

  the







ee

ur

oo

uh

oo

               

ee

ee

ur

oo

uh

oo

  



ff

 





Can you?

p

Soprano

Alto

Tenor



Can you?

Bass

ff

  

       

ee

ee



ur

        

oo

uh

oo





Soprano

Alto

 Tenor

Can you?



Bass

Can you?

ff

  

su - preme

     

vir - tue.



ff

ff

  

    

vir - tue.



Pno.

             

    

   

   

    

    

   

     ff

   

   

 

Can

p

 

pp

   





   









pp

you?

3







can (n)

gliss. *



pp

p



3

Can

  

you?





Can

 

you?















   











     



   



    





pp

 

 

Can







pp



 

Can

 

   





3

  

 



 







ppp





you?

     

pp

p

ppp

you?

*: Pronounced, “yawning” glissando.



ppp

    

q = 80

(for rehearsal only)



     

you?

  gliss. *

Mark Adamo

 

p

     

     

Can you?

Piano

               

  q = 80      

Can

    

Ah



Lao Tzu, from the Tao te Ching Translation: Stephen Mitchell

Can you?

ff

su - preme

  the

ee

ff

for double SATB choir, a capella

Ah

f

A.

                



  

preme

  

Ah

f

A.

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preme

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 

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Adamo – Supreme Virtue

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           Exultantly

ff

This is...

mf

   

 

115

S.

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

This

is

    f

is the su -

    

 p

14

S.

re

A.

        This

T.

B.

ff

is...



This

is

ff



          This is... This

is

is...

soli

  



the

 

su - preme

T.

   

B.



mf                     unis.                       

S.

  f                                       

A.

mf       f                                      This is... This is This ih ih ih ih uh oo ee ee ur oo oo oo

T.

This is...

This is

This ih ih ih ih

uh

oo

ff

A.

This

is...

This is

This ih ih ih ih

ee ee

oo

             

ff

B.

ee ee

This

   Pno.

is...

This is

This is

            Exultantly

           

su

-

                   ff         

 

preme

   

mf

  

      

  

  

 

    vir

p

     

  

 

  

  

     

  

 

  

  

ke





 

  

 

 

 

  

  

re



ring zing zing

        





-

  



          

 

p

 

  

 

 

 

      

  

  

 

   

     

  

     

  

B.

Pno.

   







  p 

 

 





  

  

 





  ke



*(g)ke ke

  ke

     

  

 

ke

ke

ke

ke

ke

ke

  

  ke

     

ke

ke

  

ke

 

ke

 

     

  

 

keep



keep

ring ring ring ring zing zing zing zing *(g)ke ke

   





ring ring ring ring zing zing zing zing *(g)ke ke

tue

         

p

and

ur oo oo oo

mf

   

 





*(g)ke ke



and

ff

T.

  





is the su -

mf

uh

  



p

ring ring ring ring zing zing zing zing *(g)ke ke

ff

S.

  



zing zing zing

p

       



ring ring ring ring zing zing zing zing *(g)ke ke

vir tue.

mf

is

A.

  

  

the



vir tue.

mf

soli

 

This

 

su - preme

ff

         This



mf



5

ke

ke

ke

ke

ke

ke

  

 

     

  

 

ke

ke

  





* Subtly pronounce “g” before ke (to give the illusion of a phonated “k”).



ke

ke

ke

ke

  

  



 









Adamo – Supreme Virtue

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Adamo – Supreme Virtue

Remotely q = 69

                                                   mf sub.

21

S.



you you Can you?

(g)can can (etc.)

                                                   (g)can can (etc.)

mp

B.

    

Can

S.

    



  

T.



B.

mp

 

mf sub.

 p sub.               

                   

mf sub.



B.

    

Can

 

mf

 

S.

*ssih



   mp      

 

p sub.

p

 



     

mp

A.

T.

you?

  

 









  

  

     

ih





ssih



ih

Hav - ing



  mp        Giv-ingbirth f

mf

 







ssih





  



  

without pos - sess - ing:

    

 

 



 **ssih

      mp                            

Pno.

  

f

  

and nour ish - ing,

Remotely q = 69

p

       





     



(ah)

                                             



without pos - sess - ing:



and nour ish - ing,

*ih

   

 **ssih

Giv-ingbirth

B.

Pno.



*ih

Can you can can (etc.) soli

    

Hav - ing

 

     

Can you can can (etc.)

(etc.)



f

  

and nour ish - ing,

(ah)

       *ih

  

you?

         (g)can can

A.

 

 

 

 

  mp    

f

p

mf

mp

Giv-ingbirth



youyou Can you?

soli

S.

A.

mf sub.

A.

         103

33

Hav - ing

without pos - sess - ing:







 

      

  

ih

      

 ssih

     

* Inhale audibly on short i (ih) vowel. As before, loud enough to be audible, but not forceful or threatening.

The effect should be of a deep, mindful breathing, as in meditation. ** Exhale on “ssih”. (Vowel choices prefigure “This is” refrain at end of score.)

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S.

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   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

                        

     85

mf

S.

new oo bo bo cha ah ah ah (g)can can (etc.)

A.

  

pp



  



mf

                         

new oo bo bo cha ah ah ah (g)can can (etc.)

T.

B.

   

mp

    



as a

mp

   

  

   

new

 born

mf



child?





                                                bul (etc.)

sup - bul bul bul bul as a

a new oo bo bo

mp

A.

                                             bul (etc.)

T.

B.

Pno.

   

sup - bul bul bul bul as a

mp

as a

   



 

   

   

new

 born



S.

Can



    

  

A.

 child?



                           mf

     



   

pp

p—ppp



*

 





*

 

oo

pp

 



p—ppp

oo

       



       



 

oo

   

oo

    



 

 

pp

 

p—ppp

pp



*

 

*

 

*

 



pp



oo



pp



oo pp

  

oo

oo

p—ppp

  

pp oo

p—ppp



oo

   

 



p—ppp



*

 

     

 



 





     

 



 





oo

T.

sup - ple

                                mp

mf



4—6"

Cadenza (Freely: slightly slower)

    

soli, unis.

a new oo bo bo

    

 mp

T.

sup - ple

mp

S.

A.

29

                

   

oo

    



 



Cadenza (Freely: slightly slower)

      Pno.

pp

  

        sempre**

 

pp

p—ppp

 

 

*

pp

*

pp

 

oo

pp



oo

oo



oo



     





p—ppp

 

4—6"

     

      







*Change to rhythmic/articulatory improvisation. Improvise slow, smooth pulses, i.e. or more rapid patterns, such as      on given pitches at low (p—ppp) dynamic. Do not synchronize between sections. Aim for a "shimmering" cluster. **Ped. is down through m. 102. As each voice enters, the pitches are sustained. Ped. sempre emulates each voice holding.

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

18

    

        

49

S.

light?

A.

   



   

B.

                       

S.



A.

T.

til you seenoth - ing but the



 

    



 



Light,

unis.                               

A.

la (etc.)

B.

   

   



light?

T.

B.

     light?    

light?

 S.

                      Noth ing but the la la (etc.)

       



 

   



 

 

T.

Can

                                              f                  

you?

B.



from





your

own

                                Can you? Can you

  

soli

teh





Can you? Can

you

baa

bum bum





step

back



from

yo

o

o

o





your

own

         

                                  

     





    

Can you? Can you

teh

baa



bum bum





from

      



Can you?

Pno.

         

  

soli

   

teh





Can you? Can

               

yo

o

o

o





your

own

                                



Light,

Light

Pno.



      

  

Can you? Can you

til youseenoth ing but the





23

Can...

A.

falsetto



     

Canyou?

light?til youseenoth ing but the light?

 

Can

Light

la



Can

falsetto

light?

S.

      64

Noth - ing but the la la (etc.)

       

     light?    



til you seenoth ing but the light?

light?

T.

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

you

baa

bum bum





step

back



from

yo

o

o

o





your

own

                                   Can you? Can you

                

teh

baa

                

bum bum

yo

o

o

                              

o

   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

24

     67

S.

    

mind?

from your

   

unis.

A.



    

mind?

T.

B.

from your



     mind?

    

from your



   

mind?

 

  

mind?

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

                     

own

ma ma (etc.)

                     

own

  

A.

T.

light?

f

       

    



 

nuh

 

nuh

f

B.

S.

ma ma (etc.)

A.

from your

Light,



see til you see noth-ing but the light?

     unis.                         ma ma (etc.)

T.

B.

                ma ma (etc.)

from your

               

from your

S.

mind?

           til you



   own

own

         unis.                          mind? mind? ma ma (etc.)

A.

T.

mind?





Pno.

    

    

    

                             

     

 

til you seenoth ing but the

light?

la la (etc.)

           



    



f

    f

B.

mind?

Noth ing but the

           

soli



noth - ing but the light?

           

   

til you seenoth ing but the

Light,



see til you see noth-ing but the light?

   

light,

unis.

 

         til you seenoth ing but the

Light

mind?

      

light,

unis.

til you see noth - ing but the light?



   

        

                         f

mind?

  

Noth ing but the

Light

   own

  

      

 soli  

light?

           



til you seenoth ing but the

mind?

                   unis.             



 f

ma ma (etc.)

mind?

   

   

til you see noth - ing but the light?

ma ma (etc.)

                     

f



til you

ma ma (etc.)

                     

own

S.

46           

17

       

        

 

    

    

                    

                                        Pno.

                 f

 

 

         

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

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     82

S.



f



A.



   

Ah



T.

            

f



Ah

mf

B.

           

S.





   

f



 oo

p

       





A.

B.

S.

A.

  

f



 mf

T.

            

B.

           

oo

f



Pno.

 

            

   



Ah





   

oo

p

   

f





T.

p

 B.

oo

  f

 

    

p



 

     



   

Can

  

you (etc.)



  

    



Pno.

       



                



   

   





p

   

  

  

you (etc.)

you?



    

(can)

    





 soli mp



Can



   

can (etc.)

soli mp

you?

A.

oo

Ah

     

soli



Ah

mf



       

f

oo

p

(can)

                                                                      you (etc.)

   



can (etc.)

mp



p

34                                                                      

you (etc.)

T.

p

f

S.

   

oo

13

mp

oo

oo

Ah

    





oo

mf



p

f



p

soli

oo

   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

 mf

pp





you?









                    

                             

30

Adamo – Supreme Virtue 4–6"

   



89

  

S.

 p—ppp          

T.

B.

   

pp

   

oo

B.

Pno.

(oo)

p—ppp



(oo)



(oo)

p—ppp

p—ppp

(oo)



ppp ah

p—ppp (oo) ppp



ah



                 



   

     

      (  sempre)



(oo)

T.

B.

 

f

  

 

pp

oo

pp



oo

 

 p—ppp

 

ah

 

(oo)

    

(oo)



p—ppp

p—ppp

4–6"

p—ppp

*

   

S.

f



A.

T.

 B.

 

f

      4"

* In mm. 91-102, 5 chords “materialize”, through change of syllable and dynamic, into a “backdrop” of a two-octave tone cluster. These chords cross-fade into each other; one starts before the next finishes. These chords are noted in brackets in m. 91, 93, 95, 97, and 99 in the rehearsal piano part.

Pno.





(mmm)

 

     

 

     

 

p

 



sup - bul







sup - ple

 

 

bul

bul

 

 

bul

bul

     

bul

bul

     

bul

bul

     

  

 

bul

 

  

sup - bul

sup - bul

    



     

 

 

   





p

bul

 

 

 

 

 

 

(etc.)

(etc.)

p

           





 

  

 

sup - bul

sup - bul





sup - ple

 

  





 



sup - ple



sup - ple

 



mmm

    

   



(mmm)

ppp



11





mmm

sup - bul

(oo)

ppp



       

ppp

sup - ple

f





p—ppp

A.



 

ah

S.



 

     29





(oo) ppp

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

f



 

p—ppp



p—ppp



p—ppp



   

T.



(oo)

 



p—ppp

A.



p—ppp

p—ppp

  

S.



ah

p—ppp

oo

 



 



   

pp

4"





   

p—ppp

A.

ppp

 

  

  



sup - ple

    

 

 

 

 

   

   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

40

     128

S.

f

vir - tue.

                    ee

ee

ur

oo

uh

oo

                      ee ee ur oo uh oo f

T.

                     f

B.

ee

ee

    

f

S.

ur

oo

uh

oo

vir - tue.

                    ee

ee

f

T.

       ee f

B.

      ee

ur



oo

uh

oo

  the







ee

ur

oo

uh

oo

               

ee

ee

ur

oo

uh

oo

  



ff

 





Can you?

p

Soprano

Alto

Tenor



Can you?

Bass

ff

  

       

ee

ee



ur

        

oo

uh

oo





Soprano

Alto

 Tenor

Can you?



Bass

Can you?

ff

  

su - preme

     

vir - tue.



ff

ff

  

    

vir - tue.



Pno.

             

    

   

   

    

    

   

     ff

   

   

 

Can

p

 

pp

   





   









pp

you?

3







can (n)

gliss. *



pp

p



3

Can

  

you?





Can

 

you?















   











     



   



    





pp

 

 

Can







pp



 

Can

 

   





3

  

 



 







ppp





you?

     

pp

p

ppp

you?

*: Pronounced, “yawning” glissando.



ppp

    

q = 80

(for rehearsal only)



     

you?

  gliss. *

Mark Adamo

 

p

     

     

Can you?

Piano

               

  q = 80      

Can

    

Ah



Lao Tzu, from the Tao te Ching Translation: Stephen Mitchell

Can you?

ff

su - preme

  the

ee

ff

for double SATB choir, a capella

Ah

f

A.

                



  

preme

  

Ah

f

A.

NO. 10: SUPREME VIRTUE

ff



  

preme

commissioned by The Dale Warland Singers

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

ppp



 

