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ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS

Aria for soprano and piano From the opera Enchantress of Numbers

music by Juhi Bansal, libretto by Neil Aitken

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Enchantress of Numbers Ada: He says, it should be enough.

He says, that I should be satisfied.

Three children, a home, a man who loves the woman he thinks I am inside.

But this endless march from child to child, from bed to table to bed again, My husband’s voice, his hands, his touch, have grown so dull with time.

And I dream of other things.

I long to sink myself again deep in the wild math of stars, To wonder how a bird flies, and if with steam and fire, I too might take to air.

I dreamed it once, years ago, dreamed I rode in the skies on an iron horse with metal wings.

Tonight, I take what is rightfully mine. unlock with my pen, my mind the dream inside this machine.

Tonight, each word that I set on the page, will blaze a fiery trail through the sky, my words will mark a path for those who come.

The future awaits my pen, my will, my mind.

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3

Somber q = 66 - 75

Ada (soprano)

   



Espressivo p

       



He says

Resigned, heavy

      pppp     

(follow voice)

Piano

Ada



 

        

 

     



   

Pno.







it should be e - nough.

  

        3

He says that I should be

     

 

  



  

3 3 3 3                         

sa - tis fied.

   

5

7 rit., freely



3



3

3

Three chil - dren, a

  

a man who loves the wo - man he







     

  

  

  

  

home,

 

   



mp



12

Ada

f

     10

Freely

thinks pp subito

Pno.

a tempo

3             

I 3

3

            

am in - side.



    



   pppp 



          

            

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

4 Freely

14

Ada

f 3 3 3             

mp                 But this end - less march fromchild to child,

Pno.

    





18

Ada

    



ppp subito

 a tempo  



                       



 

voice his hands, his touch have grown so dull with time

 







 



    

slow, follow voice

pppp

24

poco a poco accel.

Pno.

f

p

    3        3   

22

Ada

        

19

my hus band's



  

 3 3 3                            slow, freely

p subito

Pno.

 

Moving ahead

pp



 

bed to ta - ble to bed a gain,

        





from



  



        3

 

 

  

    



3

                  This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

mf

Soaring, hopeful

26

Ada

 

q = 104 - 116

          3

And

I



3

3

  3     30



          3

      

31

3





of oth - er things,



   

Ada



Pno.





  

math

mp

       

3          3

deep in the wild

3



3

3

37     pp



3

3

3



stars,

3

3

   

  ppp



       

3

35

of

  

3



to sink a - gain,

poco rit.

34

3

 

3

3



     



long

3



 

3

       3

                  3

 

    

I

  

3

3

3



3

    







5

dream

3

pp

Pno.



 

f

3

Ada

mp





Shimmering ppp

Pno.

p





                         3

       

3

pp

3

    



3

 

  3

          

3

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3

6 38

Ada

   

Pno.



39

3   

mf

 

 

 

 

 



To

3

   

3

 

how



 

 

a

3

3

         

3

 

won - der

     

bird

3

         

3

3

  3

3

 

 

 

flies



 

 

   



3

3

   

          

3

3

43 allargando, freely 42

Ada

 

mf

   



       

Pno.

and if with steam





and fire,

 



   



 3    

3

ppp

  

  

45

I too could take to

    3

3

mp

      46      

 

3

f

(long) ( pp sempre)

Ada

    





 3   

3

p



 







 

   

air.

  

Fast

  Pno.

 

 

(long)

 

 

  3

3

pppp possible

  



molto rit.

   

una corda

 

 

  3

3

 

 

 

  3

   

  3

   

 

  3

3

 

   

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  3

 



50 a tempo (q = 104 - 116)

Ada

   









                   Heavy

Pno.



 

mf



 

tres cordes

 

7

54





      

f

      mf

      

 

 



dim. poco a poco

58

55

Ada

 



p poco a poco cresc.







   

I dreamed it

Pno.

          





    3

3

      

     

ppp







once

years a - go,

    

  







  

una corda

60

Ada

mp

      3

dreamed I





   

rode

         

Pno.

3

62

  

mf

       3

in the sky

   

  

on an

pp

p

         

3

i - ron horse



   

   

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

8 64

Ada

    

  

with me

-

tal



             

 

              

   





  





wings.

         

69 Much faster, flowing (h = 80)

Ada

molto rit.

mp

   Pno.



f









                 

Growing resolute f







To - night

pp

                Blurry, shimmering

Pno.













                                   tres cordes

   take



Pno.



I

ppp

73

Ada

  

pppp



   

3  

3

what is

right

-



ful - ly mine,



 un

                       

                

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   3      



 



lock with my

my

mind,

the

77

Ada

Pno.

 





  



dream

   

   



83

 

   

                

  



        

Pno.

3

this ma - chine.

85

Ada

 in -



side

Pno.

 

9

                                                 

81

Ada

pen,

80

         ff



86



  

 







To - night

           

pp



   



 

          

          

f

    



each

 word

  

 3  that I

ppp

            

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10 Ada

  

 3   

89

set

on the page

 





Pno.









will

blaze

3

 

a fie -

 

  



  





trail

through the

    



  



3     



my

   



ry

 3 

mf poco cresc.

sky,

Pno.

 3 

3

                       

93

Ada





 

  

   











   



words will



a



 

mark

ppp poco cresc.



  







98

    97

Ada

3

path for

 





those

who



 









come.

          

        f

Pno.

ff

ff subito

 

 

 

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  

    

  

   

102

   

Ada

11

   

101

    

mf



3



The

Pno.

         fff    

   

pp





fu - ture

a waits

  



 my

 



ppp

              (ppp sempre)

105

Ada

  





pen,



Pno.







my







will,

 my

               

   

pp

ppp

                

109 Ada



f



  











mind



Pno.







 







 







 







 







 







 







  



  

    

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12 Ada

113

  



Pno.







 

117

Ada





  



pp





  





my

   

Pno.





121

Ada

    

  















The

fu ture

 







pen,



    



   

f

3

 







my

 





 

a waits







 will,



    ppp

                

  





poco cresc.

my









mind

                        accel to end



Pno.





poco cresc.

                

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13

   125

Ada

 

 



   

            

      

           Pno.

          

fff

 

            

fff

              

     

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