Crane Songs by Samuel Pellman
(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
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 198 84 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
Sorano Flute Clarinet in Bb Violin Percussion Piano q = 50 m n n Ped. q = 50 m n m m m m Samuel Pellman 1984 5 m n 1. There were many... Vibrahone (sot yarn mallets) senza vib. (Vib.) Crane Songs Toms (yarn mallets) 12:8y vib. Samuel Pellman
11 (Toms) m m cresc. (½ ) m 1 (Toms) m m to Crotales m 2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
e = 120. I saw a man... m e = 120 5 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 = 52 11 to Sus. Cym. (yarn)
10 round and round they legato izz. legato (Sus. Cym.) m legato (no P ) 11 sed. arco m (Sus. Cym.) 12
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
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
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
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)
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
18 the blue bat - tal - ions. to Toms (yarn) (Vib.) B 20 (Toms) m m B 18
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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