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SKU: A0.835777
Composed by Paul Burnell. Contemporary. Score and parts. 7 pages. Paul Burnell #3222615. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835777).Composed 2015. One of a series of fourteen accompaniments to texts published between 1896 – 1899
'I Died for Beauty' was included in the posthumous collection 'Poems' by the American poet Emily Dickinson, published in 1890.
Duration 3:00 approx.
Two or more players or singers and narrator.
Instruments in C and singers may read from the score. Parts are available for transposing instruments and viola.
Play/hum in softest octave, instruments muted if possible and others sited away 'off-stage'.
Each player starts and continues independently at their own slow tempo.
All to have started by the time the first player reaches bar 9 (*)
Each may choose any of the slur or paused note options ad lib.
The narrator starts reading either before or after the players/singers have started and may leave substantial gaps between the verses. It is also acceptable for the narrator to end after the players/singers have finished playing.
At the end, two players - who have finished before the others - slowly rustle plastic bags, or similar, and continue doing this for at least twenty-five seconds after the others have finished playing.
If suitable amplification is available the narrator may whisper the text.
An electronic echo effect may be added to the instruments.
The piece may be performed without narrator.
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