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ANDREA CLEARFIELD
THE LONG BRIGHT
CANTATA FOR SOPRANO,
TREBLE CHORUS
AND ORCHESTRA
(2004)
INSTRUMENTATION
1 FLUTE (DOUBLES PICCOLO & ALTO FLUTE)
1 OBOE (DOUBLES ENGLISH HORN)
1 CLARINET IN B-flat
1 BASSOON (DOUBLES CONTRA BASSOON)
2 HORNS IN F
1 TRUMPET IN C and B-Flat
1 TENOR TROMBONE
PERCUSSION (3 PLAYERS—INCLUDING TIMPANI)
HARP
PIANO/CELESTA (1 PLAYER)
STRINGS
PERCUSSION LIST
3 Timpani 29”, 26”, 23”
Marimba
Vibraphone
Chimes
Glockenspiel
Crotales (one octave set, high octave)
Contrabass bow required for bowed Vibes, Cymbal, Tam
Suspended Cymbals (H,M, L)
Tam-Tams, (H, M, L)
3 Toms (H,M,L)
Snare Drum
Large Bass Drum
Congas
2 Bongos (high and low)
Tambourine
Wood Blocks
Temple Blocks
Bongos
Drum Set
Hi-Hat Cymbal
Kick Drum
Sizzle Cymbal
Mounted Castanets
Suspended Triangle (3)
Ratchet (mounted)
Policeman’s Whistle
Wooden slap stick
Brake Drum
Guiro
Claves
Cabasa
Cowbell
Rattle or Shekeré
Bell-Tree
Mark Tree
2 Low Toms or other low drums (like Brazilian sordu)
Table with small wood , players choice (i.e. branches, wood blocks, 2x4) and small metal
(i.e. gradated metal pipes, brake drum, Chinese gong, vibraslap, cowbell) and skin. Unusual and found sounds desired
Note: Selected Handbells and small percussion are required for the children’s chorus, to be played by chorus members
(above middle C: D, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, B, C, D)
DURATION: 61 MINUTES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MOVEMENT I.
I THE LONG BRIGHT (1)...............................................................................................................................................................Page 1
II THE BRIDGE................................................................................................................................................................................Page 22
III RISK FACTOR..............................................................................................................................................................................Page 41
IV METS.............................................................................................................................................................................................Page 50
V DIRT (There Was A Time)........................................................................................................................................................... Page 60
MOVEMENT II.
VI THE LONG BRIGHT (2)..........................................................................................................................................................Page 83
VII MELISMA.................................................................................................................................................................................Page 96
VIII THE WOLF...............................................................................................................................................................................Page 125
IX GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS........................................................................................................................................................Page 138
X ON THINGS THAT GO BLOOM IN THE NIGHT..................................................................................................................Page 153
XI EPILOGUE: THE LONG BRIGHT (3).....................................................................................................................................Page 165
All texts by David Wolman, Copyright ©2003
with the exception of an excerpt from “I Lift Up My Eyes”,
words and music by Anni Baker
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THE LONG BRIGHT
Score in C
Poetry by David Wolman
Flute/Piccolo/
Alto Flute
&
Oboe/
English Horn
&
Clarinet
&
Bassoon/
Contrabassoon
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Horn I
&
Horn II
&
Trumpet
&
Trombone
Vibes
Chimes
Timp/Perc III
?
Andrea Clearfield, (2004)
Slow, spacious q = 50
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Copyright © 2004 by Andrea Clearfield [ASCAP].
All Rights Reserved.
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