PETER SCUL THORPE

Requiem
for cello alone

FABER ff MUSIC
 © 1982 by Faber Music Ltd
First published in 1982 by Faber Music Ltd
3 Queen Square, London WClN 3AU
Music drawn by Jonathan Barkwith
Cover design by Shirley Tucker
Printed in England by Halstan & Co Ltd
All rights reserved

The publication of this work has been assisted by

a grant from the Music Board of the Australia Council

Requiem, for cello alone, was commissioned by Musica Viva Australia

for performance at the 1979 Mittagong Easter Festival,
where concerts were held to mark
the composer's fiftieth birthday.

The first performance was given by Nathan Waks

at Frensham School, Mittagong, on 14 April1979.

Duration: c. l6 1/2 minutes

 COMPOSER'S NOTE
The idea of using the Plainsong Requiem Mass as source material for a work
has interested me for some years, and it continues to do so. It seemed to be
especially appropriate in writing for the particular timbral and expressive
qualities of the cello; and an added richness of sonority is gained by lowering
the pitch of the fourth string.
For the most part, the music refl ects the words of the chosen parts of the
Latin text, so that where the text is in the third person, singular or plural, I
have used plainchant, and where it is in the first person I have used a more
personal music. The work, therefore, alternates between the coolness and
objectivity of plainchant, and the warmth, even passion at times , of my own
kind of mu sic, which here is concerned with imploring, with the wanting of
fo rgiveness, and the wanting of eternal life.
Requiem is in six sections: Introit; Kyrie; Qui Mariam; Lacrimosa; Libera
me; Lux aeterna.

PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS
The C st~ing is tuned down to B~ for the duration of the work; the sounds
are as wntten.
The plainchant in the Introit, Lacrimosa and Lux aeterna should be played
with little or no v ibrato, and with understated phrasing.
Single and double strokes (/, I I ) indicate legato phrasing, not exaggerated
portamenti.
Requiem should be amplified, using a free-standing microphone placed near
the instrument.
 To Nathan Waks

Requiem
for 'cello alone
PETER SCULTHORPE
INTROIT (1979)
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KYRIE
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