Blessing of Cranes / ie Betinis chorus, piano B-091-00 Commissioned y the 201 Women's Choir Commission Consortium of the merican Choral Directors ssociation (CD) Iris Levine, National Repertoire and tandards Chair for Women's Choirs BBIE BETINI through une 2016 Blessing of Cranes for chorus piano Lyrics y Michael Dennis Brone ie Betinis Music Co aieetiniscom aie@aieetiniscom enazuru (one thousand paper cranes)
The 201 Women's Choir Commission Consortium of the merican Choral Directors ssociation (CD): ria, Monterey urora Chorus Bella Voce Women's Ensemle Bonneville H Bel Cantos California Lutheran University Women s Chorale Cantala (Larence University Women's Choir) Carthage Women's Ensemle Central Bucks West Women s Choir Clark College Women s Choral Ensemle Elektra Women s Choir Floer Mound (TX) High chool Women s Chorale Grand Rapids Women s Chorus Holton-rms chool enny Lind Vocal Ensemle at ugustana College Kennesa tate University Leis and Clark College Women s Chorus Lexington High chool Women's Chorus Manitou ingers, t Olaf College Michigan tate University Women's Chamer Ensemle MUE, Cincinnnati's Women's Choir Nazareth cademy Chorale Peninsula Women's Chorus Portland Lesian Choir aint Mary s College Women s Choir istrum, Lansing Women's Chorus outh Dakota tate University Women s Choir pirito! The Girl Choir of outh Florida The Ohio tate University Women s Glee Clu University of Mississippi Women s Glee Clu University of Missouri Women's Chorale, Columia MO University of outhern California Oriana Women's Choir Vox Femina Los ngeles Wellesley College Choir West Ottaa High chool elect Women's Ensemle Womanong (West Virginia) Womening ean Boulare, Conductor oan zymko, rtistic Director ennifer Tien, Conductor teve Dresen, Conductor Wyant Morton, Conductor Phillip an, Conductor Peter Dennee, Conductor oseph Ohrt, Conductor pril Duvic, Conductor Morna Edmundson, rtistic Director Mark Roher, Conductor Lori Tennenhouse, Conductor Mary ane Pagenstecher Michael Zemek, Conductor lison Mann, Conductor Margaret Green, Conductor ason Iannuzzi, Conductor igrid ohnson, Conductor andra no, Conductor Rhonda uliano, rtistic Director Katherine Chmelko, Conductor or Martin Benvenuto, rtistic Director Paul Zona, rtistic Director Nancy Menk, Conductor Meredith Boen, Conductor Laura Diddle, Conductor Molly Linderg, Conductor Wallis Peterson, Conductor Kristina MacMullen, Conductor Dera purgeon, Conductor Elizaeth Hogan McFarland, Conductor o-michael cheie, Conductor Iris Levine, rtistic Director Lisa Graham, Conductor Pam Pierson, Conductor Emily Capece, Conductor Martin Benvenuto, rtistic Director through une 2016 (except for commissioning parties) PROGRM NOTE: In ugust 195, the atomic om that devastated Hiroshima, apan, le to-year-old adako asaki out the indo he survived, ut y age 12, egan to sho signs of leukemia, caused y radiation from the om Her friend Chizuko visited her in the hospital and rought a gold piece of paper hich she had folded into a paper crane using the art of origami apanese legend promises a ish ill e granted to the person ho folds a thousand cranes, so adako set to ork, saying I ill rite peace on your ings, and you ill fly all over the orld he folded over 1,00 cranes in the hope of healing her cancer, and healing the orld from ar adako died later that year, ut her statue stands today, holding an origami crane no a orldide symol of peace at the Children s Peace Monument in Hiroshima, and it receives colorful enazuru (a thousand cranes tied together) from people around the orld When I realized there ould e aout 1,000 singers as part of this special commission, I ondered, could I ask each singer to fold a paper crane Perhaps together e could advance our ish for peace What if each choir could fold a crane musically, ust y singing I started experimenting ith the paper, creasing and folding trying to figure out ho to render this eautiful, meditative, and geometric activity into sound By mapping each fold to a note on the staff, I as ale to sloly transform the folding process from physical to musical With my cranes and sketches in to, I approached poet and lirettist Michael Dennis Brone, to ask if this idea inspired him too, and I m so grateful that it did He rote a eautiful poem geometric, hopeful, intimate and orldly and I ve attempted to craft the music ith as much elegance t the end of this score is a pattern for you to cut out and fold into your on paper crane I hope you enoy the process of transforming this flat square into a symol of hope, and likeise of transforming this silent score into sound ~ie
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Commissioned y the 201 Women's Choir Commission Consortium of the merican Choral Directors ssociation (CD) Iris Levine, National Repertoire and tandards Chair for Women's Choirs Blessing of Cranes op lto Pno 5 MICHEL DENNI BROWNE Thoughtfully (q = 96) ad li (LH) shape mesmerizing you unis Ho do e (LH) love you n more than Turn -ing so firm - ly in the shad -os of BBIE BETINI to through une 2016 (except for commissioning parties) 9 n fin -gers, of fin -gers n fin - gers Ho do e love you Ho do e love you more than to let you more than to let you go go ie Betinis (CP), Feruary 2015 Text used y permission
Blessing of Cranes (ie Betinis) 15 Waves of earth s o - ceans, aves of our ill - ing hands armly Waves of earth s o - ceans, aves of our ill - ing cresc hands 1 2 N cresc 2 Creas-ing and fold - ing, creas-ing and fold -ing, un - fold-ing, fold -ing h 1 Creas-ing and fold - ing, creas-ing and fold -ing, un - fold-ing, fold -ing Ho do e love you cresc 2 Creas-ing and fold - ing, creas-ing and fold -ing, un - fold-ing, fold -ing N Creas -ing and fold - ing, creas-ing and fold -ing, un - fold-ing, un -fold -ing h h cresc N PRE-RELEE COPY PERFORMNCE PROHIBITED (EXCEPT BY COMMIIONING PRTIE) THROUGH UNE 2016 Duplication, forarding, uploading, or any other dissemination of this copyrighted ork is strictly prohiited Thank you -ie
1 16 n Blessing of Cranes (ie Betinis) n 17 2 i[ng]s Thou-sands of ings e make, i[ng]s 1 thou -(thou)-sands of ings, thou -(thou)-sands of ings, Thou-sands of repeat, ad li (individual entrances) i[ng]s Thou -sands of 2 repeat, ad li (individual entrances) 10 Ho do e ev - er love you more than to shape # you Ho do e ev - er love you more than to shape you # # N PRE-RELEE COPY PERFORMNCE PROHIBITED (EXCEPT BY COMMIIONING PRTIE) THROUGH UNE 2016 Duplication, forarding, uploading, or any other dissemination of this copyrighted ork is strictly prohiited Thank you -ie
18 Blessing of Cranes (ie Betinis) 1 Ho do e love you Ho do e love you qq 2 2 qq 2 2 W more WW more than to than to let you go let you go Tempo Primo (q = 96) 18 Tempo Primo (q = 96) armly # n 152 rit fading aay # # # n # n rit # # n # n a # # # # PRE-RELEE COPY PERFORMNCE PROHIBITED (EXCEPT BY COMMIIONING PRTIE) THROUGH UNE 2016 Duplication, forarding, uploading, or any other dissemination of this copyrighted ork is strictly prohiited Thank you -ie
1 MKE N ORIGMI PECE CRNE step-y-step folding instructions are on the folloing pages (or you can use the pictures in the score) * use sharp scissors to cut out the square elo as precisely as possile * fold at a clean, flat surface * to get nice, crisp folds, crease them ith the edge of your thumnail * if it doesn t ork the first time, don t orry (maye you ll discover a ne melody) * start ith the music side don ee more tips and ideas at aieetiniscom, including a design ith a lank staff, so you can rite your on song on your origami crane
MKE N ORIGMI PECE CRNE I ill rite peace on your ings, and you ill fly all over the orld - adako asaki start folding ith this side up other s i
Blessing of Cranes (ie Betinis) tanza 1 ( Ho do e love you ): Preparing Your quare m2- Position the corners so they read (clockise from top right):, B, C, D D C B m-5 The edges ill e (counter-clockise from top): E, B, G, F m7 Fold the D corner to the B corner Crease and unfold Fold D to B again ut around the ack to reverse the fold Unfold m8 Fold the C corner to the corner Crease and unfold Fold C to again ut around the ack to reverse the fold Unfold m11 Fold the C/B edge to the D/ edge Crease and unfold m12 Fold the D/C edge to the /B edge Crease and unfold tanza 2 ( Waves of earth s oceans ): Folding the Base m17 Your square is no pre-creased and ill look a little avy m17-18 Bring all four corners, B, C, D together, one at a time, and let the old edges (E, F, G, B) pop out like flaps F G m18-19 Turn the figure so the E and F flaps are on the left (G, B on right) m19 (check to make sure those, B, C, and D points are still touching!) m21 Press don on the ne square: E, G, B, F (E is ritten as a note on the staff, and is the point farthest from you) This square has an open end facing you here, B, C, D come together, and it should still have the E and F flaps on the left, and G and B on the right m2 Flip the hole figure over (so D is no on top here B had een) m2 Lift the E/D edge (the E flap), and fold it in to the D center line E F E E B C D E E B E B (F) (G) (F) G B E B m 2 Lift the B/D edge (the B flap), and fold it in to the center line too D C m25 (check that the points around the outside are no G, C/, F) m25-26 Flip the hole figure over (so G sitches places ith F) m26 Lift the F flap, and fold it in to the B /E center line (D appears) m27 Lift the G flap, and fold it in to the B /E center line (G appears) m27 You no have a kite-shape ith a small triangle at the top (the E triangle) Fold that hole E triangle don onto the igger triangle of G, D, B Firmly crease the ne D -G edge E D G F G E F G B (B ) D G E E m28-29 Lift the E triangle ack up and sing it over ackard, don the other side Press F and G so that the crease is firm (B ) F G B m29-0 Unfold all the recent folds to return to the square: E G, B, F
tanza ( Never a thought ): Creating the Wings Blessing of Cranes (ie Betinis) m57 Carefully lift ust the top layer of paper at the B point (a it like opening a crane s eak) up and over E t the same time, coax F and G to come together at the center line, so the paper lies flat in a long diamond shape F B G B m58 Press firmly on the F and G to reverse the crease eteen the D /G (If this as a eak, it ould hinge at that crease) E B (m58) m59 Flip figure over (reveals the melody you ust sang there on the first ing, and if you peek ehind the E you ll find your next phrase too) m59 Lift point D the same ay, up and over E gain, coax the E and B together, and then press them flat to reverse that F # /C # hinge D B D tanza ( No tremling ): Creating the Body m6-66 Flip figure over (so B is on top) eparate the D edge from the flap elo, and fold that D edge in to meet the F/B center line ( appears) B E B E m67 Fold the G flap in to meet the G/B center line (G # appears) m67-68 Flip figure over (so D is on top), and fold the F # flap in to meet the B/D center line (G # re-appears) m69 Fold the C # flap in to meet the E/D center line m71-7 m75-78 eparate the outer edge of that C # flap from the flap elo, and turn that C # flap to the left, like turning the page of a ook (This is called a ook fold) quish it against the G # and F # (reveals E, ith at the ottom) Flip figure over and repeat the ook fold: Lift the G flap (careful to take only the G ) and turn the page to the left, squishing the and D (reveals E, ith C at the ottom) m85 Lift the C from the ottom, all the ay up to oin the B and D points at the top Crease it at the printed line elo E m88 Flip figure over and repeat: Lift the all the ay up to oin the B, D, and C points at the top Crease it at the printed line elo E tanza 5 ( Blossoms that shimmer ): The itting Crane m9-96 Next is another ook fold: Find the B /D flap, and turn the page to the left (toard E /) Press to flatten (You ill see B, G, D, ) B (m61) D G G C D F # C # D B (m7) E C m99-100 Flip figure over and repeat: Find the top-layer of the D flap (D, F #,G # ) and turn the page again (toard E /C) (You no see D, C #, F #,G # ) m105-107 Flip figure over Of the four points at the top, find the (left) and gently pull it out and don to the level of the to form the crane s tail m107 Pinch the D and C # together at the ottom to crease the ne fold m106-107 Gently pull the C point out to the right, and loer it to aout the same level (also the level of the G # on the other side) to make the crane s neck C C m108 Pinch the G and F # together to crease the ne fold m107-109 To make the head of the crane, end the tip of C don, and gently pinch the crane s eak to reverse the fold tanza 6 ( Deeper than dream ): The Flying Crane m10-11 Facing your crane, carefully separate B from D to open its ings, then carefully pull its head and tail very gently to expand the ody (reveals the final phrase of the song) 2015 ie Betinis