Crane Songs. by Samuel Pellman

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1 Crane Songs by Samuel Pellman

2 (1) There were many who went in huddled rocession, They knew not whither; But, at any rate, success or calamity Would attend all in equality. There was one who sought a new road. He went into direul thickets, And ultimately he died thus, alone; But they said he had courage. ) I saw a man ursuing the horizon; Round and round they sed. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. "It is utile," I said, "You can never " "You lie," he cried, And ran on. oems by STEPHEN CRANE 2) Many workmen Built a huge ball o masonry Uon a mountain-to. Then they went to the valley below, And turned to behold their work. "It is grand," they said; They loved the thing. O a sudden, it moved: It came uon them switly; It crushed them all to blood. But some had oortunity to squeal. 4) When a eole reach the to o a hill, Then does God lean toward them, Shortens tongues and lengthens arms. A vision o their dead comes to the weak. The moon shall not be too old Beore the new battalions rise, Blue battalions. The moon shall not be too old When the children o change shall all Beore the new battalions, The blue battalions. Mistakes and virtues will be tramled dee. A church and a thie shall all together. A sword will come at the bidding o the eyeless, The God-led, turning only to beckon, Swinging a creed like a censer At the head o the new battalions, Blue battalions. March the tools o nature's imulse, Men born o wrong, men born o right, Men o the new battalions, The blue battalions. The clang o swords is Thy wisdom, The wounded make gestures like Thy Son's The eet o mad horses is one art Ay, another is the hand o a mother on the brow o a youth. Then, swit as they charge through a shadow, The men o the new battalions, Blue battalions God lead them high, God lead them ar, God lead them ar, God lead them high, These new battalions, The blue battalions. ii

3 INSTRUMENTATION lute (also iccolo) clarinet in Bb violin ercussion vibrahone tom-toms: 2 crotales: 2 susended cymbals (low and high): large tam-tam: iano sorano ********************************************* PROGRAM NOTE Crane Songs was commissioned by the Syracuse Society or New Music or its season. It sets our oems by Stehen Crane. The texts o the irst three songs are to be ound in The Black Riders and Other Lines (Crane's irst book o oetry, ublished in 1895). The text o the ourth song aeared searately. This work is dedicated to Neva Pilgrim and the Society or New Music. Total duration: 11' 15" ********************************************* Crane Songs has been recorded by Neva Pilgrim and the Syracuse Society or New Music, and is available on Innova Records, release # 1. iii

4 Sorano Flute Clarinet in Bb Violin Percussion Piano q = 50 m n n Ped. q = 50 m n m m m m Samuel Pellman m n 1. There were many... Vibrahone (sot yarn mallets) senza vib. (Vib.) Crane Songs Toms (yarn mallets) 12:8y vib. Samuel Pellman

5 11 (Toms) m m cresc. (½ ) m 1 (Toms) m m to Crotales m 2

6 15 A There were man - y who went in hud-dled ro-ces - sion, 18 A B Più mosso q = 0 They knew not whith- er. But, P semre Crotales (brass mallet) to Vibrahone (medium yarn) Ped. B Più mosso q = 0 delicately! P semre m at an-y rate, suc

7 21 cess or ca-lam-i - ty would at tend - all in e - qual-i- ty. (Vib.) rit. rit. Low Sus. Cym. (strike on dome) R.H. 2 Meno mosso q = 54 C There was one who souught a dim. m new road. He went in-to dire - ul n n :4e n n m m n Meno mosso q = 54 Vib. C to Toms 4

8 1 thick-ets, And ul - ti -mate-ly he n n m cresc. died cresc. m cresc. Toms (Toms) cresc. m m m cresc. 5 (½ P) thus, m m 5

9 D 4 a Poco meno mosso, q = 50 m - lone; But they said he had to Vib. Vib. (sot yarn) to Crotales Ped. Poco meno mosso, q = 50 D n Crotales to Vib. 8 cour-age m Vib. (motor on) Low Sus. Cym. (dome) Ped. 12:8y m 5 to Tamtam

10 h = 72 h = 72 m secco secco 2. Many workmen... m Man-y 7 A work-men built a huge ball o ma-son-ry u - on a moun-tain tah-ee-ah-oh ah ee-ah. Then they A 7

11 12 went to the val-ley be -low; and turned to be-hold their wo ee - - oh-ee- erk. "It is grand," they said; They m m 17 loved the thing. B B m 8

12 2 q = 18 q = 18 C h = 27 Tamtam m m m dim. m m Ped. m crisly C h = O a sud- den, it moved: It Vib. (yarn, motor on) 9

13 0 came u - on them swit - ly; It crushed them all to blood. But m broadly (Vib.) 2 some had o - or - tu - ni - ty to squeal. m m motor o 10 m

14 e = 120. I saw a man... m e = m détaché m Low Sus. Cym. cresc. A I saw a man ur - su-ing the hor -i - zon; q = 52 (Sus. Cym.) m Crotale (brass) n m A q = to Sus. Cym. (yarn)

15 10 round and round they legato izz. legato (Sus. Cym.) m legato (no P ) 11 sed. arco m (Sus. Cym.) 12

16 12 (Sus. Cym.) I was dis - turbed at this; I ac - to Vib. legato 14 cost - ed the man. "It is u - tile," I said, B m 5:q 5:q 5:q 5:q B 5 1 legato

17 1 You can nev- er You Vib. (lastic mallets) m lie, he cried, 18 m and legato ran 5 n High Sus. Cym. (yarn) m 14 5 on. Crotale 5 5

18 When a eo-le reach the to o a hill, then does God lean to-ward them, 4 4. When a eole reach... q = 9 Ped. q = 9 m short-ens tongues, and length-ens arms. A vi-sion o their dead come to the (Vib.) Vib. to Toms (sticks) 15

19 7 10 A weak. The moon, shall not be too (Toms) cresc. sub. old be - ore the new bat-tal - ions rise, Blue sub. sub. m m A (Toms) ord. lutter tongue m bat - tal - ions. 1 legato (no P ) to Vib. (loco)

20 1 The moon shall not be too old when the lutter tongue ltg. Vib. (medium yarn) m 1 chil - dren o change shall all be - ore the new bat - tal - ions, ord. cresc. cresc. m (Vib.) cresc. m P ord. 17

21 18 the blue bat - tal - ions. to Toms (yarn) (Vib.) B 20 (Toms) m m B 18

22 22 m m Mis-takes and vir - tues will be tram - led dee. A Sus. Cym. m 25 church and a thie shall all to - geth - er. A izz. 19

23 C 27 sword, will come at the bid-ding o the eye - less, the God - led, Sus. Cym. (sot yarn) m m C 29 m turn cresc. - ing on - ly to beck on, - swing-ing a creed like a cen - ser at the delicately cresc. m cresc. arco 20

24 1 m head o the new bat-tal- ions, blue bat - tal - ions. m D 4 Sus. Cym. (hard yarn) m cresc. March the tools o na - ture's (Cym). (Toms) simile D 21 m

25 7 im - ulse, Men born o wrong, men born o right, men o the (Toms, Cym.) m m m m 9 m new bat - tal- ions, the blue bat - tal - ions. to Piccolo (Toms, Cym.) dim. m m 22 to Toms (sticks)

26 42 E Toms Cym. (Cym. ) (Toms) (Toms) (Cym. ) E 4 q = 12 m m (Toms) q = 12 m 5:h to Sus. Cym. m 2

27 47 to Flute n 2 (Sus. Cym.) cresc. m m q. = q n to Vib. 50 q = 72 Vib. m cresc. m cresc. m cresc. m q = 72 (no P ) 24

28 5 5 (Vib.) loco m loco m cresc. to low Sus. Cym. (yarn) clang o swords is Thy wis-dom, the F F m The wound-ed make ges-tures like Thy (Toms) Toms 25

29 59 Son's. The eet o wild hor-ses is one art Ay, to Vib. Vib. m an - 1 oth-er is the hand o a moth-er on the brow o a youth. (Vib.) Then, cresc. 2

30 G 4 G 7 swit as they charge through a shad-ow, the men o the new bat - tal- ions, cresc. oco a oco cresc. oco a oco cresc. oco a oco to Toms (sticks) to Tam-tam blue bat - tal - ions God m cresc. dim. lead them high, God lead them ar, dim. dim. dim. (Toms) Tam. 27 Toms dim.

31 70 God lead them ar, God lead them high, m these (Toms) m to Vib. (rubber mallets) 7 ritardando, oco a oco al ine new bat - tal - ions the blue bat - ritardando, oco a oco al ine P al ine 28

32 75 tal - ions. Vib. (rubber mallets) sul D m oco cresc. m m 78 to low Sus. Cym. (medium yarn) dim. Crotale (brass mallet) 29