126 No. 23 CHAOS YVONNE: Your father is in the studio. LOUISE: No, he’s not, He’s with Frieda, I saw them. FRANZ: Where? LOUISE: Over there. Tonguing. * (perc) oa Fea =e at ; ov t te) it.) Fast (J=186) on ae ES fp sempre a tempo detaché f| # *¥ # Wild ad Ub. glisses 5 yQnesring (la) bag (vtn.1) = f # ° # Segue on cue * Each melodic cell enters where indicated. Ad Ub. any fast tempo (do not coordinate with 4 = 186) repeating the figures until the cut-off. Chaotic cacophony will be the desired result. For rehearsal purposes, the pianist should freely alternate the figures while depressing the sustain peda. No. 24 SUNDAY (COMPANY) (George and the Old Lady have been watching the chaos. Arpeggiated chord, 43 at the beginning of the play. Every body suddenly freezes in place) OLD LADY: Remember, George. GEORGE: (Tums to the group, mutters) Rubato (She turns back t0 the water) Order. (Everyone turns simul- (2= 100) a taneously to George) f127 (As chords continue under, George looks at each of the people one by ‘one and we see his ultimate power over his subjects. He nods t0 them, and each ends up in one of the posed positions that they held at some point earlier in the act.) (GEORGE): Desien. (George nods to Frieda and Franz and they oross Bownstage Right onto the apron) 3 (George nods to Mr. and Mrs, Tension. (George nods to Celestes #1 and #2 and (Jules and Yvonne cross 5 and they cross Upstage) they cross Downstage) = Upstage Right) (Soldier crosses Upstage Right) Balance. (Old Lady crosses Right as Dot crosses oi? Center) (George gestures to the Boatman, who crosses Downstage Right) “tet128 Maestoso enon rubato (J = 60) GEORGE, CELESTE #1, 21 CELESTE #2: 4, 2s Sun-day, _________ By the blue___ Purple yellow red Dor: YVONNE, OLD LAD’ FRIEDA, MRS.*, LOUISE: Sun-day, BOATMAN: SOLDIER, LOUIS, MR.,JULES, FRANZ: sunday, . Onthe green____ Purple yellow red grass, water, = = Z 7 x ns a * During bars 24 through 42, the actress playing MRS. leaves the stage and returns as the NURSE.129 Through our per-feet Through our per-fect Through our per-fect By the cool Blue tri-ang- u~ tar Paus-ing on a Sun-day130 mp SS On the soft ___ Green el-lip-ti-cal grass Through ar-range-ments of ‘Through ar-range-ments of‘Towards the vert - i - cals of pacar bde = By the blue Pur-ple yellow red wat-er__ALL MEN: 4 Or-ange vi- o-let mass Of the grass ALL WOMEN: ‘On the green OF the grass 50 ALL: crorcE: = In our perfect Park, — Made of flecks of tight ALL MEN;133 se GEORGE: — Bumbum bum— Bum-bum-bum Bum-bum bum— CELESTE #1, CELESTE #2: P Peo-ple strolling through the trees poco erese, 6 (Add NURSE, FRANZ): (Ada OLD LADY, LOUIS) Of a small sub-urb-an park Onan is-land in the riv-er BOATMAN, JULES: (Add MR., SOLDIER, LOUISE, YVONNE): Of a small sub-urb-an park Onan is-land in the riv-er. (poco erese.) GEORGE, LOUIS, CELESTES #1 & #2, FRANZ: "ral, On an ord-in-ar- y (Add FRIEDA): = ALL OTHERS: On an ord-in-ar-y134 (They have moved into their final poses. At the last minute, George removes Louise's glasses, o, Astempo ———_, ——————, Atempo I ‘hen stands back and freezes the painting) ans] End of Act I