The Lines Below

SKU: SU.27110040

PLEASE NOTE: Single copy performance score. 5 copies required for performance.With text fragments from Walt Whitman’s As I Ebb’d with the Ocean of Life, the lines below conjures mysterious ocean depths, where everything is in an extremely slow state of motion and evolution, very little can be perceived, and everything is trying to hide itself within its surroundings. There is a very high degree of freedom in how it is performed, to convey this sense of there being no one controlling element. Everything is drifting, slowly, imprecisely, unpredictably. Nothing is wrong unless it makes itself obvious, opening itself up to danger. Everyone wishes to be heard but not noticed; everyone is seeking to make as much of their sound as possible, but without drawing attention. So, as the accumulation of sustained overall sound builds, instruments may play correspondingly louder and still remain hidden within it. The composite texture, color, harmony, and dynamic will thus evolve continuously. solo voice (tenor or soprano), Clarinet, Violin, Contrabass & Piano Duration: 7-9’ Composed: 2018 Published by: Raymond J. Lustig Music.