SCOTT BLASCO QUEEN OF HEAVEN FOR PIANO AND ELECTRONICS

SCOTT BLASCO QUEEN OF HEAVEN FOR PIANO AND ELECTRONICS 011

SCOTT BLASCO QUEEN OF HEAVEN FOR PIANO AND ELECTRONICS I. Hail, Holy Quee! (Agelic greetig of the Mother of God) 1 II. Full-of-Grace (Kecharitomee) 6 III. The Uurt Bush 11 IV. The-Oe-ho-Gives-Birth-to-God (Theotokos) 14 V. The oma Clothed ith the Su 16 011 Scott Blasco, BMI

ABOUT THE MUSIC Ad a great sig aeared i heave: A oma clothed ith the su, ad the moo uder her feet, ad o her head a cro of telve stars. Revelatio 1:1 The Blessed Virgi Mary has ee a oect of devotio ad a source of comfort ad isiratio to Christias from the earliest years of their history. Throughout this time, may artists ad musicias have dedicated their eorts to her reverece, addig their voices to the geeratios ho have ever called her lessed. Each of the ve movemets of Quee of Heave is i a sese coceived as a ico: each cocers itself ith a sigle idea, turig it over ad over, meditatig o it from dieret agles. The rst movemet, Hail, Holy Quee, imagies the greetig of the Virgi y the hosts of agels, i eormous, soorous ad terrifyig voices. The secod ad fourth movemets each take their isiratio from titles for Mary: Full-of-Grace from kecharitomee, the Greek ord of greetig soke y the Archagel Gariel i Luke 1:8; ad The-Oe-ho- Gives-Birth-To-God from Theotokos, a aciet liturgical ad devotioal eithet. These to are divided y The Uurt Bush, ased o icoograhic ad liturgical sources that celerate the reguratio of the Virgi i the urig ush of Exodus. The fth ad al movemet returs to the heavely settig of the rst, draig its imagery from Revelatio 1: Ad a great sig aeared i heave: A oma clothed ith the su, ad the moo uder her feet, ad o her head a cro of telve stars. Quee of Heave as commissioed y iaist Kari Johso, ad is dedicated to the Most Holy God-Bearer ad Ever-Virgi Mary. DURATION: c.5 miutes SCOTT BLASCO is a cooser ad soud artist curretly residig i Pullma, ashigto. He is a oard memer of the Kasas City Electroic Music ad Arts Alliace (KcEMA) ad a foudig memer of the Kasas City-area electroacoustic e music esemle The Digital Hokox Revival. Scott teaches coositio, theory, ad electroic music at ashigto State Uiversity. He received his doctorate i music coositio at the Uiversity of Missouri-Kasas City, ad holds degrees i music from ester Michiga Uiversity ad Calvi College ad i theology from Fuller Theological Semiary, here he studied theology ad the arts.

PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTIONS Boxed umers throughout the score idicate the CUE (sho i the dro-do meu i the softare) to e triggered usig the sacear. The default softare cotrols are [sacear] to advace cues, [] to reverse them, ad [esc] to sto all. Click o the SET UP CONTROLLERS utto (eeath the ord CUES i the mai softare ido) to chage these settigs or to set a MIDI cotroller to advace the atch. AUDIO SETUP INPUT The QUEEN OF HEAVEN softare is desiged to receive a stereo sigal from the iao, either directly ito a digital audio iterface or from a aux sed o a exteral mixer. Regardless of hich method is used, set u iao audio folloig these stes: 1. Check the DSP SETTINGS (usig the DSP utto i the to left of the scree) to make sure the desired audio device is selected.. Tur o audio usig the dro-do meu i the to left of the scree. Moitor the PIANO IN meter (ictured at right) hile the iaist lays a loud sectio of the iece (measures 40-41, for exale). Adust the triagle slider u or do util the level eaks as close to 0.0dB as ossile. This should assure a good mix etee iao ad electroic souds. This slider ca e adusted y MIDI cotroller y clickig the SET UP CONTROLLERS utto ad settig a cotroller for cotrol idex C1 uder Gai fader cotrols (detailed istructios are rovided i the softare). 3. Set the REVERB MIX (at the to of the scree) to the desired mixture level. The default is 15%, ut less may e desirale, esecially i more revererat saces. (Note: the rever alies oly to outut us 1 see elo) OUTPUT The softare also oers three stereo outut uses for flexiility i routig for erformace or recordig. Each soud source (live iao, rocessig alied to the live iao, ad triggered soudles) ca e set to ay of the three uses y selectig the desired us eeath each volume slider i the MIXER AND OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT ox. The levels for each soud source i this ox ca e adusted at ay time ith a mouse or y usig a MIDI cotroller. To set u for MIDI cotroller, click the SET UP CONTROLLERS utto ad follo the istructios i the ido to assig the desired MIDI cotroller umers to Cotrol Idices -7 (C through C7 i the slider ames). The three OUTPUT BUSES default to chaels 1-, 3-4, ad 5-6, resectively. To chage these settigs, click o the chael umers to the right of each outut level slider ad select the desired chaels. TO RECORD A PERFORMANCE, click Set Record Destiatio ad avigate to the locatio the recordig should e saved. The softare ill record the oututs of all three uses, regardless of hether ay audio is eig set to them, ad ill geerate a 6-chael audio le that ca e edited ad mixed usig a audio editig rogram. Recordig egis as soo as the Record o/o ox is checked. Versio 3.1 of this softare as uilt i Max/MSP versio 6.0.4 i Novemer 01. If you are uale to ru the alicatio for some reaso, lease cotact the cooser at scottlasco@gmail.com for a udated versio.

Ave, Regia Caelorum, Ave, Domia Agelorum: Salve, radix, salve, orta Ex qua mudo lux est orta: Gaude, Virgo gloriosa, Suer omes seciosa, Vale, o valde decora, Et ro ois Christum exora. Hail, O Quee of Heave! Hail, O Lady of Agels! Hail, root! Hail, gate through hom the Light of the orld has rise! Reoice, O glorious Virgi, lovely eyod all others! Fareell, O exceedig eautiful, ad ray for us to Christ! Ave Regia Caelorum (Maria Lete atiho)

commissioed y Kari Johso dedicated to the Most Holy God-Bearer ad Ever-Virgi Mary QUEEN OF HEAVEN Regia caeli, laetare, alleluia: Quia quem meruisti ortare, alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia, Ora ro ois deum, alleluia. for iao ad electroics I. Hail, Holy Quee! (Agelic greetig of the Mother of God) Fast, ery yet solem (q = c.180-00) (c. 9-1") (seedig ad sloig x7 dramatically at irregular itervals) J f f 1 (resoat chord) Quee of Heave reoice- alleluia! For He hom you did merit to ear- alleluia! Has rise, as He said. Alleluia! Pray for us to God. Alleluia! Regia Caeli (Maria Eastertide atiho) 3 4 J simile x7 Scott Blasco (. 1978) 5 f J 5 6 7 x9 7 9 f 8 9 J x3 J mf sloig, gradual decresc. J 10 11 Coyright 011 Scott Blasco, BMI 1 e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e mf x5 U U U

Sloer, liturgical (q =108-10) (aroximate duratios) % h h 14 f f f 13 mf f 18 f q h Æ f 14! f * see ote (elo) mf eve ad delierate 1 3 4-6" U 15! mf (as if distat, ut clear) < * kee eighth-ote grouigs iterally eve, ut allo for a it of rhythmic sace etee grous so as ot to rush the grace otes.

7 simile < 30 4-6" J -5" like a echo (ait for silece) 16! 17! U Π35 18 f PII [sost.] 37! 19 3

39 <! 0 41 < < < < < < < < < <! 43 ralletado f accel. loco 1! 3 4 5 U 4

Sloer (q =7-78) mf! 6 6:4 5:4 r 7:4 sim. 48 r r ΠΠ7 U! Teo I mf (seedig ad sloig as efore, ut less dramatically) x5 f 8 51 mf simile x3 oco meo f mf x3 9 30 55 x5 31 3 x7 a little sloer mf attacca 5

II. Full-of-Grace (Kecharitomee) ith iite getleess (q =36-4) ot 60 rolled (after to ote) 33 Ad comig to her, the agel said, "Hail, Kecharitomee! The Lord is ith you." But she as greatly trouled at hat as said ad odered hat sort of greetig this might e. The Gosel Accordig to St. Luke, 1:8 Π61 Πmf ΠΠ64 ΠΠΠΠ6

65 < Œ ÿ s 67 Œ mf 68 mf mf 7

71 Π7 ΠΠ73 f like rolled chords f oco iu f J Π8

76 f oco iu f J 77 78 mf cresc. 79 9

80 f f f f f 81 J J 5 f 8 f 3 attacca 10

III. The Uurt Bush Furious, ureletig (q =10) oth staves 8va * 83 R 34 (loco, do ot reeat) re texture x x x Let us hoor the Pure Theotokos! She acceted the Fire of Diviity i her om ut as ot cosumed! The Divie Liturgy of St. Joh Chrysostom R ΠΠR 86 re texture 35 x7 roar r r B harmoy/re texture 89 x8 gradually icrease desity of texture x9 B harmoy/re texture ΠR r Πroar 9 x9 x9 36 r r B harmoy/re texture x9 R ΠR Π95 B harmoy/re texture * lay otes had to had from the oxed collectios, at radom ut i time. Texture should e maily sigle otes, ith occasioal diads ad irregular accets. 37 (c. 4-6") reverse iao texture 11

roortioal timig (gradually acceleratig) 99 loco (oth staves) mf cresc. (c. 10-1") throughout reverse iao texture 100 (c. 10-1") reverse iao texture 101 (c. 10-1") reverse iao texture/re texture sloly at rst, the icreasig 10 (c. 10-1") reverse iao texture/re texture 1

103 a teo. J reverse iao texture/re texture 38. * roar (loco) r B harmoy/re texture/reverse iao texture x9 Gradually sloig egi to dro otes from texture x7 107 free ad ueve, like church ells (c. 15-0") mf (P) Chord ad reverse iao out. B harmoy i re texture. 108 (small otes ua corda) (P) e e e (c. 1-15") e e e e e e e e e e U (short) U attacca do ot clear P U 13

109 110 IV. The-Oe-ho-Gives-Birth-to-God (Theotokos) Muted, like ltered light (q =48-54) / (retai P util ext markig) ua corda reeat, keeig a fairly strict teo (c. 30-40" er system) sere very slo, asychroous, as if suseded i time e magify the Mother of God, ho eyod reaso ad uderstadig gave irth i time to the Timeless Oe! The Divie Liturgy of St. Joh Chrysostom U U U U J (5-10") 111 / (cotiuig) () (6-1") 11 (cotiuig) () / (10-15") 113 (cotiuig) () / 14

114 / (cotiuig) () ÿ 115 (cotiuig) () / 116 (cotiuig) () (6-1") / 117 / (cotiuig) () ÿ (6-8") i time oco iu f r 118 (cotiuig) U () U 39 oco iu f / J o attacca f 15

V. The oma Clothed ith the Su Ad there aeared a great oder i heave; a oma clothed ith the su, ad the moo uder her feet, ad uo her head a cro of telve stars. Steady ad assertive, timeless (q =16) Revelatio 1:1 119 4 8 Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú f 4 8 Ú Ú Ú 8 4 f Shaker tre corde 14 Œ 18 13 J 16

136 J J 140 Œ Ú lo octave 144 148 17

15 J 156 Œ 160 Œ Ú (loco) J (droe ad shaker cotiue) 164 18

168 Œ Œ 17 Ú J Œ Ú Œ Œ 176 180 J Œ Œ J Œ Œ Œ Œ 19

183 Ú Ú cresc. 187 f sere 190 (shaker) 194 (log) U Œ Œ Ú Ú U Œ f 0 score revised 01-1