This PDF 1.4 document has been generated by PDFMerge! (http://www.pdfmerge.com) / iText® 5.5.2 ©2000-2014 iText Group NV (ONLINE PDF SERVICES; licensed version), and has been sent on pdf-archive.com on 25/10/2015 at 00:29, from IP address 86.21.x.x.
The current document download page has been viewed 830 times.
File size: 232.46 KB (13 pages).
Privacy: public file
(Los espejos) a mute theatre
for Bb clarinet, harp, mezzo-soprano and double bass
Alexander Kolassa
(2014/15)
Text by Jorge Luis Borges
Space, time and death also go out
As when light is no more,
And the simulacrum of mirrors fade…
(La Recoleta)
Nos acecha el cristal. Si entre las cuatro
Paredes de la alcoba hay un espejo,
Ya no estoy solo. Hay otro. Hay el reflejo
Que arma en el alba un sigiloso teatro
[…]
Dio ha creado las noches que se arman
De sueños y las formas del espejo
Para que el hombre sienta que es reflejo
Y vanidad. Pore so nos alarman
(Los Espejos)
At times in the evening a face
Looks at us out of the depths of a mirror;
[Art should be like that mirror
Which reveals to us our own face]
(Ars Poetica)
(Los espejos) a mute theatre
Instrumentation
Clarinet in Bb (as written)
Harp
Mezzo-soprano
Double Bass (w/extension)
Performance Note/Instructions
Players should be positioned in an approximate semi-circle, with harp and mezzo-soprano on the
inside (though the mezzo-soprano should be closer to the central point than the harp).
Passages in which rhythmic notation is approximate are designated by a bracket above the stave
which has a number that indicates (in seconds) said passage’s duration. In this context, space
between notes indicates a relative duration. Lines and arrows align entrances of new parts to a
main reference melody, after which they proceed independently.
(Los espejos) a mute theater
text from Jorge Luis Borges
Alexander Kolassa (2014/15)
Andante, but swiftly so (c. q = 90)
(slow & somewhat freely) poco accel.
Clarinet in Bb
p
pp
mf
Harp
Mezzo-soprano
DbCbBb EbFGA
mf
mp
p
f
f
Andante, but swiftly so (c. q = 90)
poco accel.
Double bass
pizz.
arco
f
mp
mf
mp
f
p
mf
mf
Gb
p
f
mp
mf
f
mp
mp
f
f
( )
G§
s.
mf
gl
is
2
mf
mp
pp
pp
space,
pizz.
arco
mf
A
20''
mp
B§
time
and
death
p
molto expressivo (somewhat improvised)
mp
Poco meno mosso
A
mf
mp
al
cresc. poco a poco
-
go
so
out
as
when
light
is
Poco meno mosso
pp
pp
f
mf
no
more,
and
the
sim
mf
-
gliss.
ul
-
la
-
crum
of
mir - ors
gliss.
fade
ff
B
Più mosso
D§C§Bb E§GbAb
B
Nos
ac
Eb
-
-
mf
ec
-
mp
ha
el
cris
p
mf
p
en
sul
pont
Pa
-
tre
-
re
mp
glis
s.
-
-
des
* multiphonics; here indicating just the first two overtones
de
la
f
arco
al
mp
-
co
poco rit.
-
ba
pp
mp
mf
p
mp
pizz.
poco rit.
fp
-
norm.
f
Db G§A§
A tempo
-
pp
fp
mf
pp
[oʊ]
mp
pp
A tempo
pp
Si
mp
f
tal.
las cua - tro
*
p
3
mf
mf
pp
-
normale
mp
mf
10''
Più mosso
mf
hay
un
4
15''
pp
mp
Cb
es
-
pe
-
p
molto expressivo (somewhat improvised)
mp
f
f
jo
[oʊ]
wide vibrato (progressively so)
fp
C
poco accel.
pp
p
D EGbAb
mp
Ya
no
C
p
f
p
ro.
es
-
so
-
pp
Fb
re - fle
-
pp
mp
lo.
mf
Hay
ot
poco accel.
pp
mp
f
el
toy
p
Ha
A tempo
mp
mf
pp
mf
f
f
fp
p
pp
pp
pp
f
p
-
-
p
f
mf
pp
jo
A tempo
f
p
mp
20''
fp
p
pp
mp
F#G#
molto expressivo (somewhat improvised)
mp
Que
ar
-
ma
en el al
ba
-
p
mp
F#
-
tea - tro
go
-
lo - so
f
F§
f
fp
f
F§
mp
mp
F#
5
5
mp
F#
poco rit.
f
3
mp
mf
poco rit.
ff
p
f
f
f
F§
D swiftly, but not too fast (c. q = 86)
si
p
-
f
un
swiftly, but not too fast (c. q = 86)
mp
.
f
sul pont
mf
D
ss .
gli
5
poco accel.
6
p
fp
[oʊ]
p
p
sul tasto
pp
f
p
Meno mosso
pp
p
mp
Dio
ha
p
mp
mf
cre
-
a - do
pp
mp
las
no
-
-
-
ces
que
Meno mosso
E
pp
mf
pp
pizz.
mp
* the vibrato figure here indicates a gradual morphing between two different vowel sounds
mf
pp
mf
mp
mp
E
[ɑ:]
f
mf
*
mp
DbCbBb EbFGA
p
11-(los espejos) a mute theatre.pdf (PDF, 232.46 KB)
Use the permanent link to the download page to share your document on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or directly with a contact by e-Mail, Messenger, Whatsapp, Line..
Use the short link to share your document on Twitter or by text message (SMS)
Copy the following HTML code to share your document on a Website or Blog