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Adamo – Supreme Virtue

     128

vir - tue.

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

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

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

    

vir - tue.

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

       ee f

      ee



  the



               

  



 



Can you?

Soprano

Alto

Tenor



Can you?

Bass

  

       



        



Soprano

Alto

 Tenor

Can you?



Bass

Can you?

  

su - preme

     

vir - tue.



  

    

vir - tue.



Pno.

             

    

   

   

    

    

   

     ff

   

   

 

Can

 

   



   



you? 3







can (n)

gliss. *





Can

  

you?





Can

 

you?







   



     



   



    





 

 

Can









 

Can

 

   





  

 



 







ppp





you?

     

ppp

you?

*: Pronounced, “yawning” glissando.



ppp

    

q = 80

(for rehearsal only)



     

you?

  gliss. *

Mark Adamo

 

     

Can you?

Piano

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

  q = 80      

Can

    



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

Can you?

su - preme

  the

for double SATB choir, a capella

                



  

preme

  

NO. 10: SUPREME VIRTUE



  

preme

commissioned by The Dale Warland Singers

Copyright © 2010 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) New York, NY International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.



ppp



 



Adamo – Supreme Virtue

           Exultantly

This is...

   

 

115

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

This

    f

is the su -

    

 p

        This

is...



This



          This is... This

is...

soli

  



the

 

su - preme

   



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

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

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

This is...

This is

This ih ih ih ih

This

is...

This is

This ih ih ih ih

ee ee

             

ee ee

This

   Pno.

is...

This is

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

           

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

 

preme

   

  

      

  

  

 

    vir

     

  

 

  

  

     

  

 

  

  





 

  

 

 

 

  

  



ring zing zing

        





  



          

 

  

 

 

 

      

  

  

 

   

     

  

     

  

Pno.

   



  p 

 

 



  

  

 



  ke



*(g)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

         

and

ur oo oo oo

   

 



*(g)ke ke



and

  





is the su -

  



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

  



zing zing zing

       



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

vir tue.

  

  

the



vir tue.

soli

 

This

 

su - preme

         This





  

 

     

  

 

  



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



  



 



Adamo – Supreme Virtue

Remotely q = 69

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



you you Can you?

(g)can can (etc.)

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

    

Can

    



  



 

mf sub.

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

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

mf sub.



    

Can

 

 

*ssih



   mp      

 

p sub.

 



     

you?

  

 



  

  

     



ssih



Hav - ing



  mp        Giv-ingbirth f

 





ssih



  



  

without pos - sess - ing:

    

 

 



 **ssih

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

Pno.

  

  

and nour ish - ing,

Remotely q = 69

       



     



(ah)

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



without pos - sess - ing:



and nour ish - ing,

*ih

   

 **ssih

Giv-ingbirth

Pno.



*ih

Can you can can (etc.) soli

    

Hav - ing

 

     

Can you can can (etc.)

(etc.)



  

and nour ish - ing,

(ah)

       *ih

  

you?

         (g)can can

 

 

 

 

  mp    

Giv-ingbirth



youyou Can you?

soli

mf sub.

         103

Hav - ing

without pos - sess - ing:



 

      

  

      

 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.)



     

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

    31



   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

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

     85

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

  



  



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

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

   

    



as a

   

  

   

new

 born



child?





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

sup - bul bul bul bul as a

a new oo bo bo

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

Pno.

   

sup - bul bul bul bul as a

as a

   



 

   

   

new

 born



Can



    

  

 child?



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

     



   

p—ppp



 





 

 



p—ppp

       



       



 

   

    



 

 

 

p—ppp



 









oo pp

  

p—ppp

  

pp oo

p—ppp



   

 



p—ppp



 

     

 



 





     

 



 





sup - ple

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



4—6"

Cadenza (Freely: slightly slower)

    

soli, unis.

a new oo bo bo

    

 mp

sup - ple

                

   

    



 



Cadenza (Freely: slightly slower)

      Pno.

  

        sempre**

 

p—ppp

 

 



     





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

    

        

light?

   



   

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



til you seenoth - ing but the



 

    



 



Light,

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

la (etc.)

   

   



light?

     light?    

light?

 S.

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

       



 

   



 

Can

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

you?



from



your

own

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

  

soli

teh



Can you? Can

you

baa

bum bum



step

back



from



your

own

         

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

     





    

Can you? Can you

teh

baa



bum bum





from

      



Can you?

Pno.

         

  

soli

   

teh



Can you? Can

               



your

own

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



Light,

Light

Pno.



      

  

Can you? Can you

til youseenoth ing but the





Can...

falsetto



     

Canyou?

light?til youseenoth ing but the light?

 

Can

Light



Can

falsetto

light?

      64

Noth - ing but the la la (etc.)

       

     light?    



til you seenoth ing but the light?

light?

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

you

baa

bum bum



step

back



from



your

own

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

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

teh

baa

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

bum bum

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

   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

     67

    

mind?

from your

   

unis.



    

mind?

from your



     mind?

    

from your



   

mind?

 

  

mind?

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

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

own

ma ma (etc.)

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

own

  

light?

       

    



 

nuh

 

nuh

ma ma (etc.)

from your

Light,



see til you see noth-ing but the light?

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

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

from your

               

from your

mind?

           til you



   own

own

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

mind?



Pno.

    

    

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

     

 

til you seenoth ing but the

light?

la la (etc.)

           



    



    f

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.)

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



til you

ma ma (etc.)

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

own

46           

       

        

 

    

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

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

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

 

 

         

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

     82





   



            



           





   



 oo

       





  



 mf

            

           



Pno.

 

            

   



   

   



 B.

  f

 

    



 

     



   

Can

  

you (etc.)



  

    



Pno.

       



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



   



   

  

you (etc.)

you?



    

(can)

    





 soli mp



Can



   

can (etc.)

soli mp

you?

     

soli





       

(can)

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

   



can (etc.)



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

you (etc.)

   

    









soli

   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

 mf



you?



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

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

Adamo – Supreme Virtue 4–6"

   



  

 p—ppp          

   

   

Pno.

(oo)

p—ppp



(oo)



(oo)

p—ppp

(oo)



ppp ah

p—ppp (oo) ppp





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



   

     

      (  sempre)



(oo)

 

  

 



 

 p—ppp

 

(oo)

    

(oo)



p—ppp

4–6"

p—ppp

   



 B.

 

      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)

 

     

 

     

 

 



sup - bul







sup - ple

 

 

bul

 

 

bul

     

bul

     

bul

     

  

 

bul

 

  

sup - bul

    



     

 

   





bul

 

 

 

 

 

 

(etc.)

           





 

  

 

sup - bul





sup - ple

 

  





 



sup - ple



sup - ple

 



mmm

    

   



(mmm)

ppp







mmm

sup - bul

(oo)

ppp



       

ppp

sup - ple





p—ppp



 



 

     29





(oo) ppp

Adamo – Supreme Virtue



 

p—ppp



p—ppp



p—ppp



   



(oo)

 



p—ppp



p—ppp

  



p—ppp

 



 



   





   

p—ppp

ppp

 

  

  



sup - ple

    

 

   

   

Adamo – Supreme Virtue

     128

vir - tue.

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

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

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

    

vir - tue.

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

       ee f

      ee



  the



               

  



 



Can you?

Soprano

Alto

Tenor



Can you?

Bass

  

       



        



Soprano

Alto

 Tenor

Can you?



Bass

Can you?

  

su - preme

     

vir - tue.



  

    

vir - tue.



Pno.

             

    

   

   

    

    

   

     ff

   

   

 

Can

 

   



   



you? 3







can (n)

gliss. *





Can

  

you?





Can

 

you?







   



     



   



    





 

 

Can









 

Can

 

   





  

 



 







ppp





you?

     

ppp

you?

*: Pronounced, “yawning” glissando.



ppp

    

q = 80

(for rehearsal only)



     

you?

  gliss. *

Mark Adamo

 

     

Can you?

Piano

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

  q = 80      

Can

    



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

Can you?

su - preme

  the

for double SATB choir, a capella

                



  

preme

  

NO. 10: SUPREME VIRTUE



  

preme

commissioned by The Dale Warland Singers



ppp



 

