for mezzo-soprano and guitar (guitar can be supplemented with piano and/or percussion) Justin Henry Rubin Harvey Music Editions

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1 or mezzo-soprao ad guitar (guitar ca e supplemeted ith piao ad/or percussio) y usti Hery Rui Harvey Music Editios

2 This is a catata or solo voice ad guitar i hich the perormers should dra upo their etire spectrum o timral shades i order to achieve a dramatic arc ithi the course o the piece The piece may e perormed also ith piao ad/or percussio (ad li marima, viraphoe, glockespiel, etc) The origial text (y the composer, elo) cocers a seaso i hich a idividual ids a uique expressive orce rom seemigly ohere This ovel idea chages the society oly riely as it disappears ith the same suddeess ith hich it arose; the idividual as ell as the society i hich he lives is let ith a vacacy oly o apparet ecause o its loss Betee the Roseood ad the Uderrush (2002) Not too log ago y the railroad yard there lived i the uderrush a youg cricket Basil, ulike the other cricket lads, oed a guitar istead o a violi ith hich to sereade the ight, illumiated y the pale lue halo o the soarig moo It as o oe uevetul summer day that Basil cotiued to play his guitar ater everyoe else ceased their music makig, rom the deep azure o ight ito the da o the ext right sulit morig The others looked earily at their ried as his solo veture cotiued, ut said othig at all Over the olloig e eeks, Basil seemed less ad less iclied to pick at the six getle strigs ater ightall ad ega to play or himsel urther ito the day util dusk he he'd put his istrumet aay Everyoe atched as his guitar ega to take o the suleached shee o a silver ro quality As ell, they oticed his music ega to mirror the appearace o his guitar, gloig ith assurace, ad a dispositio ispired y the radiace o the su Lyrical viratios rose rom his strigs ith a eightlessess ever elt eore y the little society o crickets y the railroad yard

3 Quite uexpectedly, o a Moday, he slept all through the morig ad ito the ateroo, risig oly as tilight ega to desced oto the arm thicket He took out his guitar ad reoied his rieds, caressig the ight ith sogs o such melacholy character that eve the most ostiate o hearts ould have ee aected The eautiul airs ad sogs that he had ee playig or the su as it rose ad ell had vaished The days past i silece, ad the eveigs retured to e as they oce ere It as as da ega to reak late i the summer, he Basil as placig his guitar ack i its case, that a ried oticed the lustrous color the guitar had oce proected had egu to drai ack ito the grais o the ever-darkeig ro ood He stopped ad looked deeply ito the despodet cricket's eyes, recallig the souds oce so e ad o early orgotte Together they aited to see the su peek over the hills past the distat shado o the railroad yard

4 Mezzo-soprao» 1 Siger speaks, "art oe: The Overture", ad the egi Betee the Roseood ad the Uderrush Commissioed y The Dream Sogs roect: Alyssa Aderso, mezzo-soprao ad oseph Spoelstra, guitar This commissio as made possile y the voters o Miesota through grats rom the Miesota State Arts Board ad the Metropolita Regioal Arts Coucil, thaks to a legislative appropriatio rom the arts ad cultural heritage ud Music ad text y usti Hery Rui (2015) Guitar 5 articulate, precise 9 ƒ su All Rights Reserved Copyright 2015 usti Hery Rui rited i USA WARNING: No part o this ork may e reproduced or trasmitted i ay orm or y ay meas, electroic or mechaical, icludig photocopyig or ay iormatio storage ad retrieval system ithout permissio i ritig rom the pulisher Uauthorized reproductio, i hole or i part, is a violatio o the US Copyright Las

5 1 17 oco rit ƒ su 20 2 Siger speaks, "art to: Arietta - Itroductio to Basil", ad the egi» 28 graceully, getle Not too log a - go

6 5 1 7 y N the rail - road oco rit u der N log a - go yard rush lived a tempo a there youg lived i the crick Not too et, 5 Ba sil, Ba - sil the oco rit N youg dim crick - et

7 Guitarist speaks, "art three: Recitative - Basil is a guitarist!", ad the egi reely: Quasi-recit > ƒ Ba-sil, u-like the ight, M o-ther cri-cket lads, il - lu - mi - a - ted y the M > oed a gui-tar N i - stead o a vi - o-li pale lue ha - lo o the g Siger speaks, "art our: Arietta da Capo - Basil plays ad plays", ad the egi soa - rig (» ) moo M g p ith hich to se - re-ade the Ó g graceully, getle 79 It as o oe u - e - vet - ul sum - mer day

8 86 92 that Ba - sil co - ti- ued mu - sic ma - kig rom the N oco rit to play deep o ight a-ter a tempo N ev - ery-oe else ceased their i - to the 98 da o the 107 > M The right su - lit o - thers looked oco rit mor ig 5 Guitarist speaks, "art ive: Recitative - What did the other crickets do?", ad the egi reely: Quasi-recit ear - i-ly > at their ried M N N Molto rit N > g U as his so - lo ve - ture co - ti - ued, ut M

9 said o - thig at dim all M p M o-thig at all M 6 Siger speaks, "art six: Arietta - rom ight to day", ad the egi» º quasi-scherzo Ba-sil seemed less i - clied to pick stop soud M O at the six Ó ver π g the ext e eeks ge - tle strigs stop soud 12 a - ter ight all i-stead he e - ga to

10 10 play or him - sel ur - ther i - to the day u- til 18 dusk he he'd put his i-stru-met a - ay 157 Rit 165 a tempo dim π stop soud

11 17 Ev - ery - oe atched as his gui - tar e - ga to take, take o stop soud 181 o the su leached shee o sil ver ro stop soud Dim e rit o sil ver ro stop soud meo mosso g slo arp

12 7 Guitarist speaks, "art seve: Recitative - Music as a mirror", ad the egi As ell, they o- ticed his glo - ig ith as - M mu - sic e - gi to mir - ror M sur - ace, i - M spi - red y the 8 Guitarist speaks, "art eight: Chages i dispositio", ad the egi [I this sectio, otes marked ith a 'x' idicate here the mezzo should egi speakig] the ap-pear - ace ra - di-ace» M o his o the su gui - tar, M co poco ruato "Lyrical viratios rose rom his strigs" 217 sim "ith a eightlessess ever elt eore y the little society o crickets y the railroad yard"

13 22 oco rit a tempo secoda volta: "Quite uexpectedly, o a Moday, he slept all 229 through the morig ad ito the ateroo risig oly as tilight ega to desced oto the arm thicket" 25 "He took out his guitar ad reoied his rieds 21 caressig the ight ith sogs o such melacholy character that eve the most ostiate o hearts ould have ee aected"

14 27 oco rit a tempo 25 oco rit dim 261 p Mezzo cocludes: "The eautiul airs ad sogs that he had ee playig or the su as it rose ad ell had vaished" 9 Guitarist speaks, "art ie: Arietta - Late summer", ad the egi» º p The days past i si lece, 267 eve - igs re - tured to e as they ere

15 27 It as as da e - ga to reak, he Ba sil as 279 pla - cig his gui - tar N ack i - to its case, that a ried 285 N o ticed the lus - trous co - lor the gui - tar had oce pro - ec - ted had e gu to N drai ack drai ack i - to the

16 297 grais o the e ver dar - ke - ig ro ood, 0 Dim e rit poco a poco ro ood U g U Siger speaks, "art te ad closig: The su sets over the railroad yard", ad the egi "He stopped ad looked deeply ito the despodet cricket's eyes, recallig the souds oce so e ad o early orgotte" W W 12 "Together they aited to see the su peek over the hills past the distat shado o the railroad yard" W W

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