Product Description
Composed 2015. One of a series of
fourteen accompaniments to texts published between 1896 1899
'I Died for Beauty' was included in
the posthumous collection 'Poems' by the American poet Emily Dickinson,
published in 1890.
Duration 3:00 approx.
Two or more players or singers and
narrator.
Instruments in C and singers may
read from the score. Parts are available
for transposing instruments and viola.
Play/hum in softest octave,
instruments muted if possible and others sited away 'off-stage'.
Each player starts and continues
independently at their own slow tempo.
All to have started by the time the
first player reaches bar 9 (*)
Each may choose any of the slur or
paused note options ad lib.
The narrator starts reading either
before or after the players/singers have started and may leave substantial gaps
between the verses. It is also acceptable for the narrator to end after the
players/singers have finished playing.
At the end, two players - who have
finished before the others - slowly rustle plastic bags, or similar, and
continue doing this for at least twenty-five seconds after the others have
finished playing.
If suitable amplification is
available the narrator may whisper the text.
An electronic echo effect may be
added to the instruments.
The piece may be performed without
narrator.
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