CH0021-01 Guthrie, I. - La cometa PREVIEW by T.U.X. People's Music

LA COMETA SAB VOICES

TUX PEOPLE'S MUSIC.

Soprano Alto Bass IAN EVANS GUTHRIE and PIANO

ABOUT:

Melodiccounterpoint,lushpianotextures,andevocativeimageryfrom contemporaryItalianpoetRenzoMontagnolicapturethejourneyofacometthrough spaceinthisaccessibleworkforthree-partmixedchoir.Perfectforcommunity choruses!

FROMTHECOMPOSER:

OneofmyfavoritechoralexperienceswasaccompanyingforNorthgateMiddle SchoolinKansasCity,MO,whichhasbecomeoneofthetopmiddleschoolchoirsin theentireMidwest,withmanyawardstotheircredit,evenpost-pandemic.The director,AndrewBowman—oneofmyformercolleaguesandgoodfriends—was veryreceptivetotheideaofmecomposingthemanoriginalsong,andsoIwanted tosetanexcitingtextinanewlanguageforthem.

Afewyearsago,IdiscoveredthedeeplymovingpoetryofItalianpoetRenzo Montagnoli,andsoIwantedtosetsomeofhisworkagain.ThepoemIfoundthat struckmethemostwashis"LaCometa".ThankstoRenzoMontagnoliandthe publisherIlFoglio,Iwasabletosetthistextforthechoir.Furthermore,Iwantto thankAndrewBowmanforcommissioningtheworkandforprovidingfeedbackon thefinishedproduct!

Inthissong,Iattemptedtoreflecttheglistening,fleetingnatureofcometsthrough theharmonies,syncopations,andchangingmeters,combiningmyNeo-Romanticism withpopularinfluences.Hopefullyyougetalittlepictureofaflyingcometandits momentarythrillinthisshortsong!

DURATION:3'45"

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Firstprinting,May2023

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          13                         infini    infini    infini                     to   to   to                                -                               16     Una     Una    Una                                  lucefuggenel       lucefuggenel       lucefuggenel                                        cielodinotteunar       cielodinotteunar          cielodinotteunar                           ----3 CH0021-01

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          45                                                                                     E    E     E                                              molto rit.                                             48         quandorapidescom         quandorapidescom         quandorapidescom                             adlib. Maestoso  = 76        paredinostriocchi       paredinostriocchi        paredinostriocchi                                    lasciaunosciame        lasciaunosciame        lasciaunosciame                             threetofourtimes threetofourtimes 9 CH0021-01

                              51 Final ending        lasciaunoscia       lasciaunoscia       lasciaunoscia Final ending                              medi      medi     medi                                       sogni     sogni            Tempo I  = 112--                    54       svaniti.       svaniti.          sognisvaniti.                                                                   3" 3"10 PERUSALCOPY legaluserequirespurchase