A

Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map

Text by Stephen Spender Samuel Barber, Op. 13

     
Ténor I    
Tempo di Marcia  = 92

    
Ténor II  

      
Basse I 
      
Basse II
 
                            

wooden sticks soft sticks
3 3

Timbales
 

 
T. I                   
       
5


               
  
A stop watch and an ord nance map.

       

T. II

 
                 
A stop watch and an ord nance map.

    

B. I

          
              
 
A stop watch and an ord nance map.

B. II

          
  
A stop watch and an ord nance map.

Timb.  
   
       
T. I     
   
8 

           

At five a man fell to the

 


 
T. II

          
  
At five a man fell to the

 

B. I

       
     
 
At five a man fell to the

 

B. II

              


At five a man fell to the

 
3

Timb.

 
T. I   
        
 
   
11

         
     
ground And the watch flew off his wrist

      
     
T. II

          

ground And the watch flew off his wrist And the

B. I

   
 
ground And the watch flew off his

B. II

       

ground

Timb.  

2
    
 
13

     
T. I

  
   

T. II

       3  
     
watch flew off his wrist

B. I
  
 3
       3        
 
wrist Like a moon struck from the earth

B. II
      
   
    
Like a moon struck from the earth Mark ing a blank time that

Timb.  

        
T. I   
espr.
15  3

   
     
All un der the
 3
T. II

              

   
All un der the

 
  
3
B. I

         
       
On the tides of change be neath. All un der the
dim. 
B. II

 
               
stares On the tides of change be neath.

Timb. 
dim.  

3
                
T. I   

19

    
         
  
ol ive trees,

T. II

           

ol ive trees,

B. I

        
 
ol ive
espr.
3
B. II

                   

All un der the

Timb.

            
T. I        
23 senza cresc. espr.
3

        
  
ah All un der the ol ive
espr. senza cresc.
3
T. II

         

All un der the ol ive
senza cresc.

B. I

               
 
trees, the ol ive
senza cresc.

B. II

   
   
ol ive

Timb.

4
   
T. I   
              
      
28  

                 

trees. A stop watch and an ord nance

      
 
T. II

                

trees. A stop watch and an ord nance

      
 
B. I

    
                 
 
trees. A stop watch and an ord nance

 
 
B. II

      
     
 

trees. A stop watch and an ord nance

Timb.    
 

       
T. I     
 




33

     
     
map. He stayed faith ful ly

 



T. II

      

map. He stayed faith ful ly

B. I

       
 
map.

B. II

          
    
     
map.
ben sensito

Timb.

 

5
        
T. I         
37

       
       
in that place From his liv ing com rade split

T. II

   

in that place From his liv ing com rade split

B. I

   
 
     
B. II

    
Timb.          

    
 
40

T. I

   
 
    
T. II

      
         
  espr.
B. I

                 
          
By di vid ers of the bul let That

  

B. II

      
             
By di vid ers of the bul let, of the bul let,

Timb. 


6
          
     
 espr.

  
43

T. I

         
    
That o pened wide the dis tance ces Of his

  
 espr.


T. II

           
 
That o pened wide the dis tance ces Of his

B. I


                
         
o pened wide the dis tan ces Of his fi nal,

B. II      


                   
of the bul let, of the bul let, of the bul let,

Timb.

           
T. I     
46 poco   cresc.
3


      
       
fi nal

 
lone li ness. cresc. All un der the
poco   3

 
T. II

       
  
fi nal lone li ness. All un der the ol


poco   cresc.
3
B. I

    
        
fi nal, fi nal lone li ness. All un der the


 cresc.
3
B. II

  
 
lone li ness, un der the ol

Timb.
            


7
               
T. I   



52 

      
            
ol ive trees,
 
T. II

       
        
ive trees,
 
B. I

 
              
ol ive trees,

 
  3
B. II


      
ive trees, un der the

Timb.
          


  
T. I                   
56  3

        
          
All un der the ol
 3

T. II

  
             
All un der the ol

3
B. I

   
            
All un der the ol

B. II 

 
 
ol

Timb.
  

8
   
T. I          23     

60 cresc. 

    
     23      
ive trees, A
cresc. 
T. II

    
    23     
ive trees, A


cresc. 

B. I

  23    
  
ive trees, A

   
cresc. 
B. II

  
           23             
ive trees, A
hard sticks soft sticks

Timb.

       
T. I       
    
63

      
         
stop watch and an ord nance

 
    
T. II

     

   

 
stop watch and an ord nance

   
B. I

     
   
       
stop watch and an ord nance

B. II 

      
   
 
 

stop watch and an ord nance

Timb.    
 

9
       5     
T. I     
  4 


65
ten.

    45    
       
map. And the bones are fixed at

  
ten. 
T. II

     5    
     
  4
map. And the bones are fixed at

 
ten. 
B. I

     5   
        4   
map. And the bones are fixed at
ten. 
B. II

  
45   
  
        
map. And the bones are fixed at

Timb.    

           
T. I    
32  
Lunga

  
67 molto allargando 


     32 
       
five Un der the moon's time less ness;

  
molto allargando

 
T. II

             3 

 2 
five Un der the moon's time less ness;

  
molto allargando espr. 
B. I

         32 
             
five Un der the moon's, moon's time less ness;
molto allargando   espr.
B. II


             32  

Un der the moon's time less ness; But an

 
molto allargando

Timb.

  

10
    
T. I           
Più tranquillo cresc. poco a poco
72  espr.

 
  
            
But an oth er who lives on,


 espr. cresc.

       
T. II

      
     
 
But an oth er who lives on, But an
 espr. cresc.

B. I

          
        
But an oth er who lives on, But an oth er who lives



B. II

   

oth er who lives on, But an oth er who lives

Timb.

         
molto allarg.

T. I    



75

       
   
but an oth er who lives on




 
T. II

              

oth er who lives on, lives

B. I

         
 
on, lives on, But an oth er who lives on

B. II
 

    

on, who lives on, who lives on

Timb.

11
     
  molto espr.           

T. I      
78 sempre espr.

          
 
Wears with in his heart for er ver, wears with in his heart for


T. II

             
 
on Wears with in his heart,


espr.

B. I

      
  
Wears with in his heart for ev er, for

B. II

   

Wears with in his

Timb.

  
T. I   
       
molto allarg. poco a poco a tempo I°



81 legato

 
                 
ev er The space split
legato

T. II

 

    
wears with in his heart The space split o pen by the



B. I

      

   
er er The space

  
legato

B. II

    

heart The space, The split

      
space

Timb.

12
         
T. I   
           
  
84

                
  
o pen by the bul let, split o pen by the bul let.

  

T. II

            
    
bul let, split o pen by the bul let.

 
legato

        
B. I

           
     
split o pen by the bul let, split o

B. II  

      
 
o pen, split o pen by the bul let, split o

Timb.      

 
T. I   
            
88  espr.
3

   
           
All un der the ol
 3
T. II

            
    
    
All un der the ol
 3

B. I

             
     
pen by the bul let. All un der the ol

B. II

   
           
pen by the bul let. Ah

Timb.


13
                 
 

93

T. I

     
    
ive trees, Ah

T. II

          3 

ive trees,
espr.

B. I

             
 
ive trees, All un der the
espr. 3
B. II

    

All un der the ol

Timb.

           
     23
espr.
97
3
 3

T. solo

            
T. I         23
All un der the ol
espr.
3

        
      23
All un der the ol
espr.
3


T. II

     23
un der the ol ive,


All

B. I

           23
 
ol

B. II

       23
Timb.  

14
 
 3      
     
rall.

 2
101

T. solo

  3      
 2   
ive trees.

T. I

  3       
 2
ive trees.

T. II

   23      




ol ive trees.

B. I

      
  3                  
  2
ive trees.


molto allargando
B. II

 3     
 2
ive trees. A stop watch and an ord nance

Timb.


    
morendo
105

   
T. solo

 
T. I   

  
   


T. II

     


B. I

    
B. II
 

    
 
map
marc.

Timb.


15