Lucia Ronchetti

Le Palais du silence
Drammaturgia after Claude Debussy
new version for ensemble
(2019)

Percussioni

Edizioni Musicali RAI COM

 Lucia Ronchetti
LE PALAIS DU SILENCE
Drammaturgia after Claude Debussy
for ensemble
(2019)

[LE VENT DANS LA PLAINE] Percussion

Animé invisible ( 126)
(The first percussionist is under the piano, possibly he lays on a rolling structure with wheels, and plays the
underside of the soundboard on three specific areas, with soft mallets)

Percussionist 1
Gran Piano (played by percussionists)
UNDERSIDE RIM

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
, as legato as possible

[The conductor stands at the keyboard, without beating the time, giving delicate signs to the percussionists. He
depresses the sustain pedal and modulates the pression in order to obtain a perceptible continuum from the
percussionist’s performance]

(the percussionist, still under

the piano, plays alternately
the underside rim and some
tuned wood blocks pasted
(Perc. 1) under the underside rim)
3

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
TUNED WOOD BLOCKS (UNDERSIDE RIM)

(the passage between not tuned and tuned sound has to

be as coherent as possible)

6 6 6
6 6 6 6 6

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nd
2 Percussionist
(the second percussionist stands on the right side of the piano, close to the soundboard’s curve, close to the keyboard and to
7 the conductor. He plays some other tuned woodenbars placed on the three last holes of the soundboard)

1 st Percussionist
TUNED WOOD BLOCKS (UNDERSIDE RIM)
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

(Perc. 2)
9 TUNED WOODEN BARS (ON THE SOUNDBOARD’S HOLES)

(Perc. 1)
TUNED WOOD BLOCKS
6 6 6 6

10 TUNED WOODEN BARS STRINGS (glissando close to the end of the strings)

TUNED WOOD BLOCKS

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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12 TUNED WOODEN BARS

TUNED WOOD BLOCKS

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

(underside Subito
14 rim) poco accel.

Perc. 1
6 6 6

Percussionist 2-3 (The E fishing line is placed

near the last holes, the B fishing line near the
dampers)
Perc. 2-3 FISHING LINE BOWED WITH COLOPHON

allargando
16 poco accel. (quasi suspended) poco accel. allargando

Perc. 2-3
FISHING LINE

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a tempo
Perc. 1
UNDERSIDE RIM
19

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

PLATE’S CENTRAL BRACE

Perc. 2

(Perc. 1)
21

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

(Perc. 1)
23

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

(Perc. 1)
25

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

27 (Perc. 1) (two closed positions)

6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6

(The G fishing line is placed near the last holes, FISHING LINE BOWED WITH COLOPHON
Perc. 2-3 The D fishing line near the dampers)

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Perc. 1
29 UNDERSIDE RIM
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Perc. 2-3
FISHING LINE BOWED WITH COLOPHON

31 UNDERSIDE RIM
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

FISHING LINE BOWED WITH COLOPHON

(The A fishing line is placed near the last holes,
Perc. 2-3 the D fishing line near the dampers)

poco string. subito a tempo poco rit.

poco rit.
[choosing three free resonating points]
(Perc. 1) VOCAL * VOCAL **
33 UNDERSIDE RIM
6 6 6 6

PLATE’S
BRACES
Perc. 2

OH/AH

STRINGS [with the palms

Perc. 3 battuto on the
strings (indicative range)]
FISHING LINE BOWED (keep the sound till possible)

* [Vocal: with voices, without instruments a bocca chiusa (closed mouth) choosing one pitch from the chord written in actual
pitches]
** [Vocals: inhaling, performing with the voice the three chords, written in actual pitches, till the end of the breath]

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sub. a tempo poco rit. a tempo

UNDERSIDE RIM VOCAL VOCAL
[free points] [with closed mouth] [inhaling]
36

PLATE’S BRACES

OH/AH

STRINGS

TUNED WOOD BLOCKS (UNDERSIDE RIM)

40 6 6 6 6

(Perc. 1)
51 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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Perc. 1
TUNED WOOD BLOCKS
53 6 6 6 6

Perc. 2
TUNED WOODEN BARS

Perc. 1

54 UNDERSIDE RIM

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
TUNED WOOD BLOCKS

Perc. 2
TUNED WOODEN BARS

56 Perc. 1

6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6

Perc. 2-3
WHITE SHEET [rubbed under the
iron brace opposite the curve]

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[Perc. 1: while the percussionists 2 and 3 prepare the white

sheet, the 1 st perc. creates a diminuendo of his continuum
Perc. 1 and put a wooden wedge on the sustain pedal before
UNDERSIDE RIM emerging from under the piano]
58

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

[Percussionists 2 and 3 prepare the white sheet and

place themselves at the two sides of the piano, just after the
curve and start hauling the white sheet from one side to the
Perc. 2-3 other, creating a continuous wave. The sheet is placed
WHITE SHEET under the iron brace closed to the low strings]

[rubbed under the main brace opposite the curve]

[DES PAS SUR LA NEIGE]

Lent glacé ( = 44)

[Perc. 1 is now at the curve of the piano and plays the strings;
Perc. 2 and 3 move the white sheet in order to create a very delicate white sound]
Perc. 1
60 STRINGS [played with fingertip]
3 3 3 3

l.v., sempre

Perc. 2-3
WHITE SHEET [freely hauled from one side to the other]

62
3 3 3 3 3 3

65
3 3 3 3

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68 Perc. 1
3 3 3 3 3 3

Perc. 1 [trem. / cluster]

(Perc. 2. 3.)

poco rit. a tempo STRINGS [with fingertip]

72
3 3 3 3

Perc. 1 STRINGS

Perc. 2-3

77
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Perc. 1

Perc. 2-3

poco rit.
81
3 3 3 3

Perc. 1

Perc. 2-3

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[fermata till the
suspended end of the breath] as slow as possible
a tempo I, rit. a tempo [till the end
85 of the breath]

Perc. 1

Perc. 2 3

[while the Brass and Winds players are preparing the bottles, percussionists 2 and 3 slowly
pull away the white sheet from the piano. They leave the sheet on the floor.]
90

8ba

[the 1. percussionist
remove the wooden wedge
holding the pedal]

[LA CATHÉDRALE ENGLOUTIE]

Calme grandissant ( = 50)

STRINGS [muted with fingers]

92 pizz.

Perc. 1-2
, sempre

FISHING LINE BOWED WITH COLOPHON

Perc. 3

KEYBOARD [depress the indicated keys]

(Conductor)

Sostenuto Pedal
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94 Perc. 1-2 STRINGS

Perc. 3 FISHING LINE

(Conductor)

(Ped.) poco rall.

The brass are slowly coming near the piano
97 Perc. 1-2

Perc. 3

(Ped.)
(Percussionists 1 and 2 go near the conductor)
100 Perc. 3 FISHING LINE

(Conductor)

(Ped.)
104 Perc. 3

(Conductor)

107 Perc. 3

(Conductor)

[the brass play, going back to their positions.] Perc 1 2 3

110 (Percussionists 1, 2 go back to the piano strings) STRINGS [pizz. and muted]

Perc. 3 sempre
[the percussionists arrange the part
in a way to mute every pizz.]
(Conductor)

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113

sim.

(Ped.)

STRINGS [muted pizz.]

116

KEYBOARD (Conductor)

progressively
(Ped.) release the Ped. Sostenuto Pedal

STRINGS [muted pizz.]

130

KEYBOARD

(Ped.)

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[JARDINS SOUS LA PLUIE (ESTAMPES)]

Vif immatériel ( = 100 ca)
1. Perc. RAIN IMPRO
The first percussionist plays the strings with felted cimbalom mallets in the indicated range. The performance is meant to
be a guided improvvisation that tries to imitate the falling of the rain in close connection with the strings. The rhythm of
the patterns has to be always the same. The percussionist chooses the pitches from the box, giving importance to the
written pitches. He organises the impro in the [E3-C5] range. The 2. and 3. percussionists help the first with the score
and put on the strings different kind of paper: contact paper, tissue paper, waxed paper in order to reach the sound of the
falling rain. The percussionist solo is free to deviate sometimes from the written track, in order to perform the strings on
the [A5-A6] range. In this case, the rhythm has to be frenetic, as fast as possible.
PREPARED STRINGS
[played with felted cimbalom
133 mallets on papers]

Perc. 1

repeat till the strings are ready without voile

, sempre

STRINGS
136

Perc. 1

Perc. 2 pizz.

143 STRINGS

Perc. 1

Perc. 2 pizz.

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STRINGS
148

Perc. 1

STRINGS

STRINGS Perc. 1
155
8

Perc. 1

162 STRINGS
8

Perc. 1

Perc. 2 pizz.

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STRINGS
170

STRINGS
176

Perc. 2 3 pizz.

STRINGS
184

STRINGS
Perc. 1
189

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STRINGS
193

poco accel. more rit. a t poco accel.

3
197

rit. a t poco accel. a t poco accel. a t poco accel.

3
200

STRINGS [without paper preparation] poco meno

204 1
3 3 3 3

, sempre
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

a tempo
207 2 3 4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

210 5 3 3 3 3
6
3 3 3 3
7
3 3 3 3
8
3 3 3 3

214 9 3 3 3 3
10
3 3 3 3
11
3 3 3 3
12
3 3 3 3

poco rit.
218 13 3 3 3 3
14
3 3 3 3
15
3 3 3 3
16
3 3 3 3

[lighter, quite impercettible]

222 17 3 3 3 3
18
3 3 3 3
19
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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[CLOCHES À TRAVERS LES FEUILLES (IMAGES)]
Lent, en dehors ( = 40 ca)
(Conductor at the piano keyboard)

[only the gesture] repeat till

226 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Percussionist 1 2 3: SPOKEN VOICES [whispered

into the piano. Alternate voices]
un peu en dehors

229

Perc. 1 2 3 (Voices)
presque rien marqué marqué marqué

231

Perc. 1 2 3 (Voices)
en dehors plus clair cedez cedez cedez
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