| Happy Rain on A Spring Night - Score [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin, Violoncello SKU: PR.11441271S(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet,
Flute, Piano, Violin,
Violoncello SKU:
PR.11441271S For
Flute, Clarinet, violin,
Cello, and Piano.
Composed by Chen Yi. Poem
by Du Fu (712-770 in Tang
Dynasty). Premiered at
Merkin Hall in New York.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2004. 45 pages.
Duration 12 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41271S. Published by
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(PR.11441271S). UPC:
680160587094. 8.5 x 11
inches. Poem by Du Fu
(712-770 in Tang
Dynasty). It's like
the welcome rain on a
quiet spring night that
nurtures the budding
seeds, our new society is
pushing us forward to the
new future. This music
reflects the scenes and
the expression according
to the meaning of the
poem when it's being
unfolded line by line.
Although the tempo is set
60-70 quarter notes per
minute throughout (played
vividly, never slow
down), the tension is
being built up from the
quiet background in the
beginning, to the
sustained climax towards
the end. The musical
image in Rehersal A and B
(measures 1 - 41)
represents the first four
lines of the poem. The
woodwind instruments
response to the rustling
of fast moving notes on
muted string triplets,
decorated by occasional
strokes produced by
metallic string sound and
high piano gestures. The
music in Rehersal C and D
(measures 42-87)
represents the next two
lines of the poem. It's
so dark, a little light
in the boat is shimmering
on the lake... The
breathy key slaps on the
flute creates a
mysterious atmosphere, in
a dialogue with other
instruments. The cello
glissandi recite the poem
in the tone of Mandarin,
echoed by the string
harmonics. The music in
Rehersal E, F, G (m 88 -
161) is a toccata,
starting with the piano,
which builds up a big
shape, to reach the
climax in m. 116, and
keeps the vivid scene
towards the coda
(Rehersal H, m. 162 - the
end), which stands on the
energetic peak at the end
of the
piece. Commissioned by
the Music From Copland
House ensemble, supported
by a grant from the
NYSCA’s
Composer’s
Commissions program in
2002, my mixed ensemble
piece Happy Rain on a
Spring Night is written
for all five instruments
in the ensemble: flute,
clarinet, violin, cello
and piano, and premiered
on Oct. 18, 2004, at
Merkin Hall in New York.
 The musical
imagination came from an
ancient Chinese poem with
the same title, written
by Du Fu (712-770) in the
Tang Dynasty. Happy
Rain on a Spring Nightby
Du Fu (712-770 in the
Tang Dynasty)Â Happy
rain comes in time,When
spring is in its
prime.With night breeze
it will fall,And quietly
moisten all.Clouds darken
wild roads,Light
brightens a little
boat.Saturated at
dawn,With flowers
blooming the
town. (English
translation by Chen Yi
from the original poem in
Chinese) It’s
like the welcome rain on
a quiet spring night that
nurtures the budding
seeds; our new society is
pushing us forward to the
new future. Â The music
reflects the scenes and
the expression according
to the meaning of the
poem when it’s
being unfolded line by
line. Â Although the
tempo is set 60-70
quarter notes per minute
throughout (played
vividly, never slowing
down), the tension is
being built up from the
quiet background in the
beginning, to the
sustained climax towards
the end. The musical
image in Rehearsal A and
B (measures 1-41)
represents the first four
lines of the poem.
 The woodwind
instruments respond to
the rustling of fast
moving notes on muted
string triplets,
decorated by occasional
strokes produced by
metallic string sound and
high piano gestures.
 The music in
Rehearsal C and D
(measures 42-87)
represents the next two
lines of the poem.
 It’s so dark,
a little light in the
boat is shimmering on the
lake... Â The breathy
key slaps on the flute
create a mysterious
atmosphere, in a dialogue
with other instruments.
 The cello glissandi
recite the poem in the
tone of Mandarin, echoed
by the string harmonics.
 The music in
Rehearsal E, F and G (m
88-161) is a toccata,
starting with the piano,
which builds up a big
shape, to reach the
climax in m. 116, and
keeps the vivid scene
towards the coda
(Rehearsal H, m.
162-192), which stands on
the energetic peak at the
end of the
piece. According to
the principle of the
Golden Section, I have
constructed the piece
with two large parts (m.
1-115 and m. 116-192).
 The GS falls onto the
beginning of the climax
section of the piece,
which is exciting and
loud. Â All
subdivisions of the
structures coincide with
the numbers of
proportions based on the
GS principle. Â The
music has textures
changed according to the
proportional arrangement
throughout the
piece. First Part (m.
1-115, total 115
measures), including two
sectionsSection I (m.
1-69, total 69 measures),
including two
divisionsFirst Division
(m. 1-41, total 41
measures), including two
subdivisions:Subdivision
I (m. 1-25, total 25
measures)Rehearsal A,
violin triplets + cello
metalic sound in small
intervals, followed by
woodwinds.Subdivision II
(m. 26-41, total 16
measures)Rehearsal B,
cello triplets + violin
metallic sound in small
intervals, overlapped by
woodwinds.Second Division
(m. 42-69, total 28
measures)Rehearsal C,
breathy key slaps on
flute, in dark.Section II
(m. 70-115, total 46
measures), including two
divisionsFirst Division
(m. 70-87, total 18
measures)Rehearsal D,
soft cello reciting,
followed by string
harmonics & woodwind
“echoâ€
passages.Second Division
(m. 88-115, total 28
measures)Rehearsal E,
starts to buildup the
excitement, with piano
toccata in the beginning.
When it reachesthe
patterns on the top of
the keyboard, the lowest
passages on piano and
cello punch in, andreview
the pitch material with
small intervals.Second
Part (m.116-192, total 77
measures), including two
sectionsSection I (m.
116-161, total 46
measures), including two
divisionsFirst Division
(m. 116-133, total 18
measures)Rehearsal F, the
excitement reaches the
climax, GS located. All
instruments join
in.Second Division (m.
134-161, total 28
measures)Rehearsal G,
combination of E and F,
continue to
buildup.Section II (m.
162-192, total 31
measures)Rehearsal H,
coda, keep the excitement
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Duration 30 minutes.
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