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METAMORPHOSEON
(2010)
For Six Soloist Voices
50699315
TEXT / Metamorphoseon - Book IV
Narrator: Translation:
Dixit, et ut serpens in longam tenditur alvum durataeque cuti squamas increscere sentit nigraque Even as he spoke he was stretched out in long snaky form; he felt his skin hardening and scales
caeruleis variari corpora guttis in pectusque cadit pronus, commissaque in unum paulatim tereti growing on it, while iridescent spots besprinkled his darkening body. He fell prone upon his belly,
tenuantur acumine crura. bracchia iam restant. and his legs were gradually moulded together into one and drawn out into a slender, pointed tail.
Cadmus:
Cadmus:
"Accede, o coniunx, accede, miserrima, dumque aliquid superest de me, me tange manumque "Come near, oh, come, my most wretched wife, and while still there is something left of me, touch
accipe, dum manus est, dum non totum occupat anguis." me, take my hand, while I have a hand, while still the serpent does not usurp me quite."
Narrator:
Ille quidem vult plura loqui, sed lingua repente in partes est fissa duas, nec verba volenti He wanted to say much more, but his tongue was of a sudden cleft in two; words failed him, and
sufficiunt, quotiensque aliquos parat edere questus, sibilat: hanc illi vocem natura reliquit. whenever he tried to utter some sad complaint, it was a hiss; this was the only voice, which Nature
left him.
Harmonia:
"Cadme, mane teque, infelix, his exue monstris! Cadme, quid hoc? ubi pes, ubi sunt umerique O Cadmus, stay, unhappy man, and put off this monstrous form! Cadmus, what does this mean?
manusque et color et facies et, dum loquor, omnia? cur non me quoque, caelestes, in eandem Where are your feet? Where are your shoulders and your hands, your color, face, and, while I
vertitis anguem?" speak, your — everything? Why, O ye gods of heaven, do you not change me also into the same
serpent form?
Narrator:
Ille suae lambebat coniugis ora inque sinus caros, veluti cognosceret, ibat et dabat amplexus He licked his wife's face and glided into her dear breasts as if familiar there, embraced her, and
adsuetaque colla petebat. at illa lubrica permulcet cristati colla draconis, et subito duo sunt sought his wonted place about her neck. But she only stroked the sleek neck of the crested dragon,
iunctoque volumine serpunt, donec in adpositi nemoris subiere latebras, nunc quoque nec fugiunt and suddenly there were two serpents there with intertwining folds, which after a little while
hominem nec vulnere laedunt quidque prius fuerint, placidi meminere dracones. crawled off and hid in the neighboring woods. Now also, as of yore, they neither fear mankind nor
!
2
METAMORPHOSEON
Characters:
For Six Voices a Capella
Cadmus - Represented by the three male voices Based on the Fourth Book of "Methamorphoses" by Ovid
Harmonia - Represented by the three female voices "The End of cadmus"
Narrator - Represented by all the voices
Edgar Barroso
To the Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart Cambridge, MA / February 1 - 2010
A
q = 45 Sempre leggero, poco vibrato et molto legato
pp mf pp
NAR RAT O R - S E C T I O N - I
5:4
S1
(No change of Position gam
throughout this section)
Initial Position -
Front View pp mf pp
5:4
S2
Gradually (very slowly) change lon
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
pp (sempre)
5:4
3:2 3:2
Mzzo
Di - - xit et ut ser - pens in lon - gam ten - di - tur
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position pp (sempre)
Initial Position -
5:4 5:4 5:4
Front View
3:2
3:2
T
Gradually (very slowly) change
et ut ser - pens in lon - gam ten - di - tur
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
pp mf pp
5:4
Bar.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
lon
Initial Position -
Front View pp mf pp
5:4
Bass
Gradually (very slowly) change gam
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
3
pp mf pp pp mf pp
6
5:4 5:4
S1
al ti s - - qua - mas
pp mf pp pp pp
mf
5:4
3:2 5:4
S2
vum s - qua - mas in
pp (sempre)
5:4
5:4
5:4 5:4 3:2 5:4
Mzzo
al - vum du - ra - tae que cu - ti s - qua - mas al - vum
pp (sempre)
5:4
5:4 5:4
5:4 5:4 3:2
T
al - vum du - ra - tae que cu - ti s - qua - mas al - vum
pp mf pp pp pp
mf
5:4
5:4 3:2
Bar.
vum s - qua - mas in
pp pp mf pp
mf pp
5:4
5:4
Bass
al ti s - - qua - mas
4
mf f
12
5:4
3:2
S1
que cae - ru - leis va -
mf f
5:4 5:4
3:2
3:2
S2
cre - sce - - re sen - tit ni - gra - que cae - ru - leis va -
f
mf
3:2 5:4
Mzzo
ni - gra - que cae - ru - leis va -
mf f
3:2 5:4
T
ni - gra - que cae - ru - leis va -
mf f
5:4
5:4
3:2 3:2
Bar.
cre - sce - - re snt - tit ni - gra - que cae - ru - leis va -
mf f
3:2
5:4
Bass
que cae - ru - leis va -
5
Tutti - Front View
at this point
p
mf
5:4 5:4 pp mf pp
5:4
ppp
5:4 3:2 5:4
17
5:4
S1
- ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu - ttis in pec - tus - que ca - dit pro - nus
Second Position -
Front View
p pp mf pp mf
5:4 5:4 ppp
5:4 5:4 5:4 5:4 3:2
S2
- ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu - ttis in pec - tus - que ca - - dit pro - nus
Second Position -
Front View
p
pp mf pp
5:4 5:4 5:4 5:4 mf
5:4
5:4
3:2
Mzzo
- ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu - ttis in que ca
pec - tus -
Second Position -
Front View
p pp mf pp mf
3:2
5:4 5:4
5:4 5:4 5:4 5:4
-
T
ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu - ttis in pec - tus - que ca
Second Position -
p Front View
mf 5:4
5:4
5:4 5:4 pp mf pp
5:4
3:2
5:4
Bar.
- ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu - ttis in pec - tus - que ca - - dit pro - nus
Second Position -
Front View
p pp mf pp mf 5:4
5:4
5:4 5:4 5:4 5:4
3:2
Bass
- ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu - ttis in pec - tus - que ca - - dit pro - nus
Second Position -
Front View
6
22
pp
5:4
5:4
S1
co -mmi - ssa - que in u - num
mp
pp
5:4 5:4 5:4
S2
co - mmi - ssa - que pau - - - la - - - - tim
mf
mp 5:4 5:4
5:4 5:4
5:4
Mzzo
pau - la - - tim te - - re - ti te - nuan - tur
mp 5:4 mf
3:2
5:4
T
pau - la - tim te - re - ti
pp
mp
5:4 5:4
5:4
Bar.
co - mmi - ssa - que pau - la - tim te - re - ti nuan
pp 5:4
5:4
Bass
co - mmi - ssa - que in u - num
7
mp
ppp
27
5:4 5:4 5:4
S1
Bra - cchi - a i - - - am
mp
ppp
5:4 5:4
5:4
5:4
S2
a - cu - mi - ne cru - ra Bra - cchia - a i - - am
5:4 ppp
5:4
Mzzo
a - cu - mi - cru - ra res - - tant
ne
ppp
3:2
5:4 5:4
a - cu - mi
T
- ne cru - ra res - - tant
mp
Whispering
mf (audible) 5:4 5:4
5:4 5:4 5:4 5:4
Bar.
res -tant res -tant
a - cu - mi - ne cru - ra Bra - cchi - a - i - am
5:4
mp
ppp
5:4
Bass
Bra - cchi - a i - am
8
Front View
Front View
This parts should be sing independently from each other. They are ment NOT to be in sync.
9
CADMUS
B
33
S1
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
S2
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
Mzzo
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
mp mf
3:2 f mp 3:2
3:2
A - cce
T
- de o co - ni - unx a - cce - - de mi - se - rri - ma
(No change of position
in this section)
Initial Position -
Front View
mp mf f p
Bar.
(No change of position o co - ni - unx a - cce - de mi - se - rri - ma
in this section)
Initial Position -
Front View
Bass
cce - de
(No change of position
in this section)
Initial Position -
Front View
10
37
S1
FRONT VIEW
Second Position -
Front View
S2
Second Position -
Front View
Mzzo
Second Position -
Front View
3:2 mp f p
3:2 mp 3:2 3:2
ppp
T
dum - que a - li - quid su - pe - rest de me, me
p mf p p mf p
mp 3:2 ppp
3:2 f p
Bar.
dum que dum que a - ti - quid rest sss ssss
Bass
11
42
S1
S2
Mzzo
pp
f p
tan
T
- ge ma num- que a - cci - pe sss ma - nus
f p mp mp
pp p
3:2 3:2
3:2
Bar.
a - cci - pe dum ma - - nus est
p mf p
pp p
Bass
ma - num - que ma - nus sss
12
47
S1
S2
Mzzo
pp
T
o - ccu - pat an - guis
f p
f
f pp f pp pp
Bar.
dum non to tum o - ccu - pat an - guis an
p p
f f
f pp
3:2
pp pp
3:2
Bass
dum to tum o - ccu - pat an - guis o - ccu - pat an - guis
13
This parts should be sing independently from each other. They are ment NOT to be in sync.
14 NAR RAT O R abruptly
C pp (Subito) - loudly
mf
inhale
53
p Whispering Whispering
pp 3:2
pp
f 3:2
pp
Ord.
Ord. f
S1
shh I - lle qui - - dem vult plu - ra lo - qui sed -
Whispering
Whispering pp f
pp (Subito)
pp
p Whispering
Ord.
Ord.
S2
shh I - lle qui - - dem vult plu - - - - - - ra
abruptly
- loudly
inhale pp (Subito)
mf mf
p
3:2 Whispering
pp
Whispering
3:2 f Whispering
Ord.
Mzzo
shh I - lle qui - den vult shh lin - gua
I - lle
abrupt
- loud
inhale
pp (Subito)
p
mf 3:2 pp mf
Whispering 3:2 Whispering
f Whispering
Ord.
shh
T
I - lle I - lle qui - den vult shh lin - gua
abruptly
pp (Subito) - loudly
pp f
mf
inhale
p Whispering pp
f Whispering 3:2 3:2
pp
Ord.
Ord.
Bar.
p
mf inhale
f Whispering Ord.
p Whispering pp pp 3:2
pp
3:2
f
Ord.
Bass
57 f mf f 5:4
3:2 Ord. pp 3:2 p
mf
p pp
S1
shh in par -tes est fi - ssa du - - as nec ver - ba vo - len - -
Shouting Shouting
Shouting
f f f f
pp Ord.
Ord. mf pp 3:2
p pp
S2
shh re - pen - te est fi - ssa du - - as nec ver - ba
Whispering Shouting Shouting
Ord. f f
f mf mp Ord.
mf pp 3:2
p pp
3:2
Mzzo
shh in par -tes est fi - ssa du - - as nec ver - ba
Shouting Shouting
Shouting
f
f f Ord.
f
Ord. mf pp 3:2
pp
pp p
T
shh re - pen - te est fi - ssa du - - as nec ver - ba
Whispering Ord. Shouting Shouting
f mf mp f Ord. mf pp f
p pp
3:2 3:2
Bar.
shh in par -tes est fi - ssa du - - as nec ver - ba
Shouting Shouting
Shouting mf
f f Ord. f Ord. pp f
pp
p
pp 3:2
Bass
shh re - pen - te est fi - ssa du - - as nec ver - ba
16
pp Shout
f inhale Whisper ff Inhale
62
3:2 pp p 3:2
Ord.
Shout
S1
- ti su - ffi - ci - unt si - - - bi - - - lat
f inhale ff Inhale
Whisper p 3:2
3:2 pp
Ord.
Shout
S2
Shout
su - ffi - ci - unt si - - - bi - - - lat
f inhale Whisper
mf Shout
pp 3:2 p
3:2 3:2 f
Mzzo
Shout
su - ffi - ci - unt a - li - qu - os pa - - rat qu - es - tus,
mf
f inhale Whisper Ord. 5:4 p Shout
3:2 pp p 3:2 3:2
f
Shout
T
su - ffi - ci - unt quo - ti - ens - que a - li - qu - os pa - - rat qu - es - tus,
f inhale Whisper ff Inhale
p
pp
3:2 3:2
Ord.
Shout
Shout
Bar.
su - ffi - ci - unt si - - - bi - - - lat
ff Inhale
f inhale Whisper
p
pp 3:2
3:2
Ord. Shout
Bass
Shout
su - ffi - ci - unt si - - - bi - - - lat
17
ff
pp pp ppp
3:2
67
S1
vo - cem na - tu - ra re - li - - qu - it shh shh
ff
mf pp ppp
3:2
S2
na - tu - ra re - li - - qu - it shh shh
ff
mf f
3:2 pp ppp
p
Mzzo
hanc i - - lli re - li - - qu - it shh shh
ff
pp ppp
p
f 3:2
T
de - re re - li - - qu - it shh shh
mf ff
pp ppp
3:2
Bar.
na - tu - ra re - li - - qu - it shh shh
ff
pp 3:2 pp ppp
Bass
vo - cem na - tu - ra re - li - - qu - it shh shh
18
This parts should be sing independently from each other. They are ment NOT to be in sync.
HARMONIA 19
D pp ff
72 3:2
S1
(No change of position mons - - - tris!
in this section)
Initial Position -
Front View
pp
3:2 3:2 ff
3:2
S2 gliss.
3:2
3:2
3:2
Mzzo gliss.
Cad - me ma - ne te - que in - fe - lix, his e - xu - e mons - - - ris!
(No change of position
in this section)
Initial Position -
Front View
T
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
Bar.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
Bass
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
20
p
pp
pp
3:2
77 3:2
S1
Cad - me qu - id hoc? u - bis pes u - bi sunt u - me - ri - que
S2
Mzzo
T
Second Position -
Front View
Bar.
Second Position -
Front View
Bass
Second Position -
Front View
21
82
mp
mf
3:2
S1
ma - nus - que et co - lor qu - o - que in e - an - dem
mf mp
3:2 3:2
S2
et fa - ci - es et dum lo - qu - or cur non me
mf
mp
Mzzo
om - ni - a? cur non me
Front View
T
Bass Mezzo
Soprano 3
Tenor
Bass
22
ppp mp
f
pp (subito)
3:2
87
S1
qu - - - - o - - - - que ver - - ti - tis an - gu - - em?
f
pp (subito)
3:2
3:2
S2
cae - les - tes in ver - - ti - tis an - gu - - em?
mp ppp
p f
pp (subito)
Mzzo
in ver - - - - ti - tis an - gu - - em?
T
Bar.
Bass
23
This parts should be sing independently from each other. They are ment NOT to be in sync.
24
NAR RAT O R inhale
ppp
f Ord.
5:4 mf
5:4
E 5:4 5:4 f
S 1
f mf pp
91 5:4 5:4
5:4
I - lle lam - be - bat ve - lu - ti et da - bat pe - te - bat.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View shout
ff ppp
mf
pp
f 3:2 5:4
mf
p 5:4 3:2 5:4
S2
sua - e cu - ni - u - gis in - que si - nus ca - ros xus pe - te - bat
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position - inhale
Front View shout ppp
f mf
5:4
ff pp
Ord. 5:4
f mf 5:4
3:2 5:4 5:4
5:4 5:4
5:4
Mzzo
I - lle lam - be - bat in - que am - - ple - - xus pe - te - bat.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
mf p p p
f mf mf
f
mf ppp
5:4 pp
T
sua - e o - ra cog - no - sce - ret ad - sue - ta - que co - - lla.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
f p mf p
mf mf mf ppp
f mf p pp
5:4
5:4
5:4 5:4 5:4
Bar.
sua - e o - ra re - lu - ti et da - bat pe - te - bat.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
f pp mf ppp
Initial Position -
mf p mf p
f Front View mf 5:4
3:2
5:4 5:4
5:4
Bass
5:4
sua - e o - ra i - - bat et da - bat pe - te - bat.
Gradually (very slowly) change
into the second position
Initial Position -
Front View
25
mp pp
97
5:4
S 1
5:4 5:4
5:4
at dra - co - nis i - unc - to - que vo - lu - mi -
inhale
f
5:4 whisper
mf
Ord.
S 2
5:4 mf
5:4 5:4 p
lu - bri - ca per - mul - cet et to - que vo - lu - mi -
mf
Whisper Ord. mp pp
5:4 5:4
5:4
Mzzo
I - lla I - lla dra - co - nis nec
f whisper
Whisper mf p
Ord. mp
mp 3:2
5:4 5:4
5:4
T
I - lla du - o sunt dra - co - nis i - unc - to - que
mf
pp
Whisper
pp 5:4 mp p
3:2
5:4
Bar.
I - lla co - lla - - - bi - tu i - unc - to - que vo - lu - mi -
Whisper / Spoken
mp Ord.
(audible)
p
5:4 mp
cris - ta - ti su - - bi - - to bi - tu co - lla -
26
ppp
5:4
102 5:4
S1
ne ser - punt in
Whisper
Inhale
pp pp
5:4
S2
5:4
do - nec in ad - - po - si - ti ti
f
Whisper
pp pp
5:4
Inhale
5:4 5:4
Mzzo
in do - nec in ad - po - si - ti
Whisper Whisper
pp ppp mf ppp mp
pp pp
5:4
3:2
T
ne do - - - nec in ad - po - ti ad - po -
si - -
pp
5:4
Bar.
ne - mo - ris
Whisper
5:4 pp
Bass
ne- ser - punt ad - po -
27
f
p
5:4 mp
107 5:4 5:4
S1
qu - - o - que ho - - -
inhale
f
p
p
5:4
3:2
S2
nunc nec fu - gi
inhale
f mp
mf p
5:4 5:4
p
5:4
3:2
Mzzo
si - ti bras nunc nec ho - - -
p
p mf 5:4 5:4 mp
5:4
3:2 5:4 5:4
T
- si - ti su - bie - re bras fu - gi - unt ho -
p mf
5:4
Bar.
su - bie - re bras
p mf
5:4
p mp mf
5:4 5:4
5:4
5:4 5:4
Bass
- si - ti la - te - bras nunc o que nec ho - - - -
Second Position -
Front View
28
f p ff
5:4
5:4 mp f
S1
113
5:4 5:4
- mi - - - - nem nec vul - ne - re
Second Position -
Front View
f mp
5:4 5:4 p ppp
5:4 5:4 ff 5:4
5:4
S2
mi - - - - - nem nec lae - dunt.
Second Position -
Front View
ff
f p ff p
5:4 ppp
5:4 5:4 5:4
3:2
Mzzo
- mi - - nem nec lae - lae - dunt
Second Position - dunt
Front View
ff
f 5:4 ppp
p 5:4
5:4
3:2
T
- mi - - nem lae - dunt fu - e - lae - dunt
Second Position - rint
Front View
ff
p mp ppp
ff 5:4
3:2 5:4
5:4
Bar.
5:4
5:4
lae - dunt pri - us fu - e - lae - dunt
Second Position - rit
Front View
f mp
p ff p
5:4 ff
5:4
5:4 5:4 5:4 5:4
Bass
5:4
- mi - nem lae - dunt qu - id - que pri - us fu - e - rint
29
118
S1
mf ff
5:4
S2
pla - ci - di
Whisper
mf ff Whisper
Whisper
pp
p Subito
5:4
3:2 5:4 p 5:4
Mzzo
nessssssssssssssssssssss...
me - mi ne - re dra co - - -
p
3:2 5:4
T
nessssssssssssssssssssss...
me - mi - ne re dra Exhale
co - - - -
mf ff
3:2
5:4
Bar.
pla - ci - di
Bass
30
31
124 TRANSITION 1
Whispers (Should sound like gossip)
5:4
3:2 5:4
ni - gra - que cae - ru - leis va - ri - a - ri
Whispers (Should sound like gossip)
3:2
3:2
5:4
5:4 5:4
Whispers (Should sound like gossip)
5:4
ti s - - qua - mas
5:4
3:2
cre - sce - - re sen - tit que cae -
Whispers (Should sound like gossip) 5:4 5:4 5:4
5:4
que cae - ri - a - ri cor - po - ra gu -ttis
5:4 5:4
3:2 3:2
re snt - tit ni - gra - ru - - leis va
32
TRANSITION 2
128
3:2
3:2
ss - t t t t t t t t hhh t -shh - hh shh t t t t t t t t sss
-gh - tt -shh -k - ss -hhh
3:2 3:2
gh shh tt- sss gh -hh k k k k k k k k ss shh rrr gh -tt -shh -k - ss -hh
3:2 3:2
k - tt - ss k gh t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t gh -tt - sh - k - ss - hh - ss
33
TRANSITION 3
132 Shouting Shouting
Whispering
Ord. 3:2
3:2
Ord.
shh in par - tes est fi - ssa du - - - as nec ver - ba
inhale
3:2 Whisper
Ord.
Shout
ti su - ffi - ci - unt si - - -
Shouting
Shouting f
Ord.
p
Ord.
plu - - - - - - - ra shh re - pen - te est fi - ssa
Whispering
Whispering
shh I - lle qui - dem vult
inhale
Whisper
3:2
Ord.
Shout
su - ffi - ci - unt si - - -
3:2
Whispering Ord. Shouting Ord.
3:2 3:2
Ord.
plu - ra lo - qui sed - shh in par - tes est fi - ssa du - - - as
Whispering
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TRANSITION 4
3:2
Cad - me qu - id hoc? u - bis pes
3:2
dum lo - qu - or
3:2 5:4
cre - sce - - re sen - tit ni - - gra - - que cae -