GRADE LEVEL: ½ (MEDIM EASY) Conductor Score 0 lute Ooe Bassoon st B Clarinet nd B Clarinet E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet st E Alto Saxohone nd E Alto Saxohone B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone st B Trumet nd B Trumet young symhonic and series The Mystery o Duy s Cut i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n Horn 3 st Tromone 3 nd Tromone Euhonium TC Euhonium BC Tua ercussion layers: 3 Mallet ercussion (Xylohone Bells/Chimes) 3 ercussion (Snare Drum/Wind Chimes, Bass Drum) 5 ercussion (Susended Cymal Hi-Hat, Brake Drum/Tamourine/ Triangle) Timani By Roert Sheldon The Mystery o Duy s Cut as commissioned y the Bux-Mont Intermediate Honors Band o the Bucks and Montgomery Counties in ennsylvania Not ar rom the schools involved in this commission, ghostly aaritions and a series o strange occurrences have ueled interest in Duy s Cut, a mass urial site in Malvern, here 57 Irish-immigrant orkers died mysteriously hile doing ork or the ennsylvania Railroad in 3 This tone oem chronicles the lie and times o these men WORLD ARTS availale or donload rom alredcom/orldarts E Horn st Tromone in B TC nd Tromone in B TC st Tromone in B BC nd Tromone in B BC Euhonium in B BC Tua in B TC Tua in B BC Tua in E TC Tua in E BC revie Only Legal se Requires urchase Alred ulishing Co, Inc 30 Roscoe Blvd, Suite 00 O Box 0003 Van Nuys, CA 90-0003 alredcom
ROGRAM NOTES Duy s Cut is a mass urial site in Malvern, ennsylvania, here 57 Irish-immigrant orkers died mysteriously hile doing ork or the ennsylvania Railroad in 3 Since the men ere not S citizens, no death certiicates ere ever iled, and the hiladelhia and Columia Railroad did everything in its oer to erase their memory, including a ailure to contact their amilies in Ireland Living in a large shantyton eside a ravine, all 57 men ecame victims o a susiciously-laeled cholera eidemic There is seculation that oul lay, not cholera, had a hand in the men s death, since casualty rates or the disease are usually ar less than the 00% mortality rate exerienced here or the ast 70 years, sightings o ghostly aaritions have een reorted at this site, esecially on an Emer Night, hen, according to Catholic tradition, souls come out o urgatory to ind eole to hel them and ray or them A team o archaeologists have een digging at the site, and have laced several artiacts on dislay at the Immaculata niversity lirary Lately, reorts have een coming in rom visitors to the lirary aout odd occurrences including knocking on doors and indos, televisions turning on and o y themselves, and the aearances o gloing igures in the evening hours This iece as insired y the story o Duy s Cut, and serves to memorialize the Irish immigrants The music reresents the sirits, their ork on the railroad, and their eelings o great sadness at never eing ale to say goodye to their amilies To Irish olk songs - Bridgit O Malley and Brian Boru s March - can e heard in the iece: Bridgit O Malley is a traditional Irish olk song: Oh Bridgit O Malley, you let my heart shaken With a hoeless desolation, I d have you to kno It s the onders o admiration your quiet ace has taken And your eauty ill haunt me herever I go The hite moon aove the ale sands, the ale stars aove the thorn tree Are cold eside my darling, ut no urer than she I gaze uon the cold moon till the stars dron in the arm sea And the right eyes o my darling are never on me Brian Boru s March is a tune comosed in commemoration o the Battle o Clontar that occurred in 0 The Irish reelled the Vikings, ut in so doing lost their gallant leader, Brian Boru The tune traces the victory and eventual discovery o the slain king revie Only Legal se Requires urchase
LL SCORE Duration - 5:00 lute Ooe Bassoon B Clarinets E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Horn Tromones Euhonium Tua Mallet ercussion (Xylohone/Bells/ Chimes) ercussion (Snare Drum/Wind Chimes, Bass Drum) ercussion (Susended Cymal/ Hi-Hat, Brake Drum/ Tamourine/Triangle) Timani Commissioned y the Bux-Mont Intermediate Honors Band, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, ennsylvania Tune: G, B, E (Start G tim on D) With Solemn Integrity q = With Solemn Integrity q = Wind Chimes L Susended Cymal The Mystery o Duy s Cut ot Solo ot Solo I æ æ L (sot mallets) Gliss æ n Cym Scrae /coin 3 n n n Tutti Tutti n n 5 Roll æ n æ n 7 3 Roert Sheldon o revie Only Legal se Requires urchase 5 Coyright 007 y Alred ulishing Co, Inc All rights reserved rinted in SA
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim # # æ # # æ 9 n # n æ 0 n n # Straight mute - ot Solo æ n n n æ n revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase æ n # n 3
5 l 5 Allegro q = 3 O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc 5 SD BD Allegro q = 3 Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Oen Tutti revie Only Legal se Requires urchase Tim 5 (med mallets) 5 7 9
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim Ṗ Ṗ æ 0 # Xylo (hard mallets) G to A Brake Drum Ï # revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase 3
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim 5 5 Ṗ Closed Hi-Hat 5 - - - - - - - revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase 7 7
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc revie Only Legal se Requires urchase erc Tim 5 9 30 3
9 l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc - - - - - - - revie Only Legal se Requires urchase erc Tim 5 3 33 3 35
0 l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc A A A A 37 37 Bells (lastic mallets) revie Only Legal se Requires urchase erc Tim 5 æ 3 Tam 37 3 39 0
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim æ æ 3 æ 5 revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim æ æ 7 (sot mallets) æ æ 9 9 Temo I Temo I Wind Chimes L Sus Cym 9 I æ L 50 (re-tune E ) A to C Cym Scrae /coin 5 æ 5 æ Roll æ 53 N revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase N N 5
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc Chimes ot Solo 57 n n n # 57 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 n n 3 3 3 Bridgit O Malley Mournully q = 0 n n n n 3 3 n n n n 3 3 n # n n n # n # n n 3 3 3 3 3 Bridgit O Malley Mournully q = 0 revie Only Legal se Requires urchase erc 3 Tim n n 3 5 55 5 57 5 59 0 3
l O 5 iù mosso Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim # # # # æ 5 Tutti ṗ ṗ ± Triangle (let ring) 5 ± ± 7 ± ± 9 ± 70 7 iù mosso revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase ṗ æ æ 7 n n n n
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim 73 Ḟ 73 loing reely A A loing reely Ḟ Ḟ Bells 73 7 75 7 77 7 79 æ 0 revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase 5
l 9 O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim 3 5 7 æ ot Solo 9 Ṗ 9 revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase 90
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim oco rall oco rall (Med Mallets) æ 9 Moderate March Temo q = 00 Moderate March Temo q = 00 æ 9 æ 93 æ 9 æ 95 æ 9 97 97 nd time only nd time only Brian Boru s March nd time only nd time only nd time only Brian Boru s March (Tutti) Tam nd time only 97 9 99 nd time only revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase 00 7
l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim 0 0 @ 03 lay 0 05 0 va nd time ad li nd time only nd time only 0 nd time only nd time only nd time only nd time only nd time only @ 0 nd time only revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase æ 07
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0 l O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hn Trs Euh Tua Mlts erc erc Tim 5 5 Temo I L æ Wind Chimes æ 5 Temo I ot Solo ot Solo I L æ æ Ṗ æ 7 Cym scrae /coin æ Tutti Tutti æ 9 Roll æ æ æ 0 æ æ L æ 3 revie Only 5 Legal se Requires urchase v ^ Dam Choke Dam