HLS0330530 Dp. © 85 © & 0 You Want to Write a Fugue? % { 2 Words and Music by Glenn Gould ss ay Q! For Four-Part Chorus 3 4 $ of Mixed Voices , it with j Piano Accompaniment “i EC Cover design : courtesy HiFi/Stereo Review who have included a recording of this work with their April 196+ issue. ED. 2594 G. SCHIRMER, Inc. snout Hal leonard Publishing Corporation 177 we Bunmound Ros PO 13818 ate, 52213Except tor a few places indicated in the score, forte should be maintained through- out, However, a suitable Baroque style liberty should be taken ia regard to the dynamics, especially in the modulatory passages. Here the conductor should feel free to terrace the dynamics as he desires, ‘The work may be pertormed with piano or string quartet accompanimen for string quartet are available from the publisher on cequess Sy me ty rite «ag Youve got the urge tz rite o*e You've got the nerve to write a fugue Sogo ahead and write a fugue that Pay no heed to what we've told you Give no mind to what we've told you Just forget all that we've told you, And the theory that you've read. For the only way to write one, 1s just to plunge right in and write one. Sojust forget the rules and write one, Have a try, yes, try to write a fugue. So just ignore the rules and try, And the fun of it will get you, And the jay of itwill fetch you, It'sa pleasure that is bound to satisfy. Sowhy not have a try? You'll decide that John Sebastian, Must have been a very personable gus iE never be ole Fora cananinonserston ss And abit gr aug ences re While a stretio a Never be cleter tor For the sake 0? sho: er tor the sake nt being clever Les rather aisesome tin tit? And when sowie Rushed teriting it, T think you'll find great joy in tt (hope 90) Well, nothing ventured nothing gained they say But still itis rather hard to start. Let us try. Reis ans? We're going to write a fugue right now! The composer suggests that the text as presented here should be published in the program, whenever possible, when the work is performed. Performing groups may do so, provided the notice “Copyright 1964, by G. Schirmer, Inc., Reprinted by permission.” appears on such reprint,So you want to write a fugue? For Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices with Piano Accompaniment Glenn Gould Moderato d= 160 Soprano Alto Tenor 4 Bass So you want to write a fugue?— You've got the Moderato J= 100 Piano urge to write a — fugue,._—-Youlve got the nerve to write. a © MOMLXIY, by G. Schirmer, Inc. International Copyright Secured Printed in the U.S.Afugue fugue? want to write head, so go a - head, go a-head andwrite a ii i 4 Yove gotthe urge to. write fugue, Go a-head, go a-head, go a-headandwritea fuguewr:nerve to write. a fugueSo go— a - head. 50 go a- head,write a figue-Youvegotthe nerve towrite a fugueSo come a - long. and_ 4 37M! ne head. andwritea fugue. write a— fugue.Go a - head,write a fugue. Oh,come 4-fong andwrite a ee,— So go a-head andwrite a fugue that we. can- sing. Go a-head,write a > Ab fugue that. we can— sing, that we can sing. Go a-head,write a You've got the fugue,and write a fugue that we can 5 head. write a head. write afugue You've gotthe nerve to write a fugue that we can sing, that we can fuguewrite a fuguethat we can gWrite a good fugue, one that we can fugue. You've got the nerve to write. a— fugue that we— can. and write a fugue that we And write a good fugue, one that we cansing. Come a-long, goa - head, write a fugue that we can sing. Come a- long, write a fugue. that we fagu You've got the You've got the urge to write a fugue? write one, Go a-head and write one, # — sing. Go a-head,write a fugue that. we can sing, fugue, one that we sing. Write a good can. sing,nerve to write.a— — fugue.So goa - head, a good fugue, 4 sing. Sugue that we can _— sing Write a good fugue, and. write a fugue that. we fugue that_ we for sing- ing. Write a fugue that g> ing. gu fugue for sing - ing. + 2 j—. *Smail notes are for rehearsal only. They may also be used as a plano accompaniment if string quartet is10 Go a - head andwrite a - head andwrite a - fugueand write a - long and write a fugue for singing. heed to what we've fugue that. we can sing. Come,write a good fugue. fugue for _sing- ing.” Come,write a good fugue.uu mind to what we've told you. Come, write a good fugue. Come,write a good fugue. Come,write a good fugue what we've told you. Come, write a good fugue. Come, write a fugue that we can sing. ===az Come,write a good fugue, come, write a good fugue.Come,write a fugue that Pay can sing. Oh, come, come,____ come and write one.13 Come, write a, fugue can_ sing. Come,write « fugue that_ tT Come, write a fugue that_© theo - ry. that youve read. theo-ry that you've and the theo-ry_ that you've read, the theo-ry Come, write a fuguewrite a fuguethat we can sing, that_we can— theo-ry that you've read. Pay no mind, give no heed = that you've read. Pay no_mind, give no heed to what weve.15 Pay nomind,give no heed to_what we've. told you. Pay no Ohgive no mind to what we've- said. Pay no mind, give no write_one is just to plunge right in and write-one. _—_‘Sojust for- mind to what we've told you, what we've heed to what we've told you, what weve te get the rules,and_ write one, Have_a— try, have a try, have a16 write one. write one, on - ly write one is just to plunge right in and try, Plungeright inhave a try, Try to write one, Yes, try towrite a fugue.Yes,write a fugue that can write one, Sojust for - get the rwles_and. write one. Have. a— fugue.Have a try, plungeright in and write one, Yes, just for-get all_ carr17 sing, that we try, have a try have a try. that weve told you, Yes, plunge right in, have a try, and write one, © write one is just to plungeright in and write one isjust to plunge right in So just for- Yes,plunge right in, have a try.48 writeone, So just for. get the rules_and_ write one, have a try.— get the rules_and_ write one. Why— don't- you_have a try? don't you? Why don't you write on- ly way to write plunge right in and write one.Just ig - now?writeone is just to plunge right in on - ly way to write_one nore the rules.and_ try. the rules. and— So just ig - of it will fetch you, It's a joy 19 and write. one, So just ig - is just to plunge right in and And the fun of it will get you,Andthe write nore pleas-ure that is bound to sat-is -20 pleas - ure — that write a fugue, Its a pleas-ure that is bound to sat-is - fy, to. sat-is- fy, So why dont —_you For the on- ly way to write on- ly way to write one is to plunge rightRL plunge right nore the rules and write one.Have a have a try. And the fun of it will get you, And the fun of it will get you,And the joy of it will fetch you.Youlll de - it will get you, Joy it will feten you.22 fetch you, it will fetch you.Youll de - cide that John Se- bas-tian must have cide that John Se - bas-tian, You'll de - cide that John Se-bas-tian was a Youll de - cide that John Se-bas-tianmust have that John - bas-tian was a ver- y per-son ver-y per-son-a- ble, been a ver-y per-son-a- bleclev-er for the sake of be-ing clev-er, For a can-on And_a— dit of aug-men. dan- ger-ous di-ver-sion. Abit of aug-men-25 ous temp-ta-tion,While a stret- to dim- in - ta-tion is a se- — ta-tion is a se - ri-ous temp-ta - tion. is an ob-vi- ous so - In- tion, While a stret-to, stret - to26 stret-todim-in-u-tion is a very, ver- y ob-vi-ous sol-u-tion. clev-er For the sake of be-ing clev-er, For the clev-er For the sake of be-ing clev- er, For theer forthesake of showing er forthesake of showing er forthe sake of showing er forthe sake of showingnev - er be clev-er for the sake of be - ing | So you. want to write a fugue? You'vegotthe write a fugue. -—»-You've got the nerve tofugueSo go. a - head @ sake of be- ing clev-er. But do want to write Write us a good fugue, one try to_write one, fugue, — ty to.. write one. FT You've got thefugue that we can sing, that we can urge to write a fugue, — You'vegotthe nerve to. write. a__ come and try. Oh, why don’t you Just write a fugue that — we. sing. fugue. You'vegot the urge to write.a_ fugue that we— can— try? Oh, won't you try to write. one. we canNow, why don't you try to write one? don't you write a sing, So write a fuguethat we can sing. Why don’t you try to write one? sing? Yes, Try towrite a fugue for sing- ing. fugue, whydon'tyou try to write.one?. — Write a fugue that we can sing._33 © F712 Write us a_____ fugue that we can sing. Come a-long now. — —— —T Write us a fugue that © we can sing. Now come a - long. a z Write a fugue that. ~we can — sing... Oh, come a- long. Write us fugue right —_ now. Slower J = 0.144 Its rath - er awe - some, is-n' it? a zs And when youvefin-ished writingit ‘I thinkyou'll find a great joy in it i Slower d= c.148quasi-parlando (Hope so.) Wellnoth-ing ven-tured noth-ing gained,they say. Butstill it © | is rath-er hard to star, Let us try. Right now?35 @Q@ #s£-~, Faster d= 0.176 Now we're gong to write a fugue. | we'regoing to write a fugue, We'rego'ng to Weregong to We'rego'ng to write a fugueright now. We're go'ng to write a fugue right now, 2 se 1 g to write a fugueright now, write a good one. write a good one, We're go'ng to write a fugue right now.