Newly written Text - Wolfgang Kater Music - Donald Patriqun

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1 TITANIC REQUIEM Nely ritten Text - Wolgang Kater Musi - Donald atriqun rom the program notes or the perormane o the Titani Requiem onduted y Donald atriquin in 1996 at MGill University This perormane is that hih is heard on the YouTue exerpt as ell as on the Titani Requiem CD: The Titani Requiem as ritten or roet Renaissane in 199, on the oasion o the 80th anniversary o the sinking o the Titani in hih over 10 lives ere lost It enters on a ive-verse text ramed y the traditional eish introit or the dead 'requiem aeternam' hih also provides the text or the hants heard over the instrumental passages eteen the ive verses These passages are improvised y the instrumentalists in sympathy ith the hastily improvised resue proedures arried out on that ateul night y sheer oinidene (or as it) the instruments hosen or the Titani Requiem tuned out to e exatly those instruments hosen to perorm on the Titani's doomed maiden voyage The very lo notes emitted y the doule ases (or synthesizer, or organ or seond piano) are at one the hum o the Titani's mighty engines as she travels to her destiny, and the 'pedal' support or the opening and losing prayer and the inter-verse improvisations Muh has een ritten aout the rave ontriution o the musiians during the sinking Whether they atually played until the itter end is not doumented; it an not e Hoever, that none survived and that their musi as heard y many as they let the great listing vessel is alone signiiant The ork ends ith a triute- a ragment o Autumn, a hymn reportedly played in the inal moments o the Titani's demise The YouTue exerpt egins at approximately m 5 and shortly aterards reahes the opening "Requiem aeternam in m The ending inludes "Autumn" Wolgang Kater, musiian, inventor, mahinist, oiler-maker, poet and instrument uilder is MGill's sole graduate in organology - the study o old instruments Equally at home ith a lute or a lotorh in his hands, hen he is not making ustom errari enders, Mr Kater is likely to e urther delving into the demise o the Titani, a suet hih has onsumed him or most o his lie rior to his arrival at MGill, Mr Kater studied arhiteture at the University o Toronto and started making sale models o the Titani in an eort to ind out ust hat aused the great ship to run into an ieerg and then sink so quikly Many o his theories have een orroorated y reent disoveries Mr Kater's poetry is an eloquent expression o sorro mixed ith the arning that e should not lindly repeat our magniient mistakes The TITANIC REQUIEM is availale or $0 (US/Cdn), hih inludes taxes and postage The $0 ost o the CD ill e redited to you i $100 orth o any A Tempo musi (pd or hard opy) is ordered DIRECT rom A Tempo eore Septemer 1, 010, or hen $00 orth o any A Tempo hard opies are purhased via ook sellers eore Septemer 1, 010 In the latter ase please A Tempo, reerring to your speii musi order (ookseller name/titles ordered/date o purhase) and request a ree opy o TITANIC REQUIEM lease ontat Donald atriquin diretly at donaldpatriquin@gmailom or urther inormation

2 SSAAT TITANIC REQUIEM Molto espressivo, ruato, somehat mournul q = 60 simile to m49 "EDAL" () Titani- lo engine 'rumle": (The ensemle ello an oin in ( part)i desired) Doule ass: (This ill sound an otave elo) Tune CGCG lay 'ordinario'; ie not tremolo iano: Should e played (ie sounded) an oatev elo i played y piano/keyoard/synth Keep pedal don ast, muled tremolo throughout Organ: Loest C-C otave on pedals Use 16', ' stops Lo rumle ipe organ: May start ith motor o Turn on to egin, ith pedals held don (non tremolo) Synth: Emulate hihever is most eetive/possile 15" Ne Text - Wolgang Kater Musi - Donald atriquin 4 ", 7" 1 1 p U 16 U,, N N p A Tempo donaldpatriquinom Tel , donaldpatriquin@gmailom

3 TITANIC REQUIEM 0 n piu mosso U a tempo 0 Doule ass: (This ill sound an otave elo) iano: Should e played (ie sounded) an oatev elo Organ: lay on loest notes o the keyoard Use some 16' Synth: Emulate hihever is most eetive/possile hromati gliss 4 dramatio ast U lento U, p a tempo S U U ƒ U 1 1 dolorosoto m5 port U U U port > port port

4 4 TITANIC REQUIEM 5 5 n pontiello V 9 on ue 9 > Í on ue > Í simile simile Tempo strito sim sim sim sim sim sim 9 on ue > 9 on ue > Í Í simile sim sim sim sim sim sim 9 9

5 V V > unmeasured tremolo > unmeasured tremolo poo rall > TITANIC REQUIEM > (perorm as ritten) unmeasured tremolo unmeasured tremolo > piu mosso q = 69 ḟ pizz n aro aro pizz pizz aro 5

6 6 TITANIC REQUIEM S A T molto legato e sostenuto V Ÿ ~~~ on pedale N poo res, poo res, poo res, poo res,

7 TITANIC REQUIEM 7 rall S A T V diminuendo rall rall dim rall dim rall dim rall dim dim dim dim dim rall rall

8 8 TITANIC REQUIEM S A T V - a tempo pizz sostenuto a tempo sostenuto a tempo sostenuto Re a tempo molto sostenuto a temposostenuto a temposostenuto a temposostenuto a tempo a tempo - qui - em, re - qui- - dole

9 TITANIC REQUIEM 9 6 S A T 6 em 6 ae - ter - nam V aro resendo resendo resendo resendo n 6 resendo 6 resendo

10 S A T V 10 TITANIC REQUIEM g semper molto legato Ÿ ~~~~ do - na e - is, Do - mi- ƒ, >, > ƒ > > ƒ ƒ > ƒ >ƒ

11 TITANIC REQUIEM 11 S A T 7 ne, 7 Do mi - ne; rall rall rall Ø V rall rall rall morendo morendo morendo 7 rall pizz lv 7 7 rall rall pizz lv

12 1 TITANIC REQUIEM 78 rightly q = rightly q = on pedale simile 78 rightly q = (solo) 78 morendo O - lym - pians, they alled you, 8 8-8

13 TITANIC REQUIEM orn o Araham's plains, eened, orged and ast y Ul - ster's pride You, mid- dle hild, simile 90

14 14 TITANIC REQUIEM lessed ith e 94 - lov - ed grae, Up - held your pizz har - ges on smooth, glas - resendo poo a poo resendo poo a poo sy seas To resendo poo a poo 98 resendo poo a poo

15 steam or - sak - en in - to that star - lit > aro > N TITANIC REQUIEM rallentando rallentando > rallentando rallentando rallentando on pedale > night Improvise, using the (improvise) motor rhythm and note-sets shon Improvise, sloly - alternating these sets -in various otaves "Starry night":high, dole, legato Improvise, sloly - alternating these sets - in various otaves (RH) (LH) 15

16 16 TITANIC REQUIEM S A T (RH) "Starry night" 1'x: sopranos altos only; 'x: tutti; the lines may e sung UNISON et lux per - pe-tu-a lu-e-at e - is (LH) "Starry night" V "Starry night"