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7 musical compositions: And silent answers; Windhover; Auf dem Blocksberg; Voyages II; Four takes on fire season; tu, delicada; About the colored light of double stars and some other stars in the sky
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Four Takes On Fire Season
for high soprano and piano
poems by Heather Dundas
music by Andrew V. Ly
March 2010
Four Takes on Fire Season
Heather Dundas
I. At Sixteen (Driving Solo)
105 on the 110. Smoke.
A-c dead. Halfway there, flat tire.
Call Mom. Triple A. Forty minutes.
Back on the freeway. Go eighty.
Volume at 10. Beach awaits.
III. At Thirty-Five (Anniversary)
That shuddering afternoon
I changed the locks
While the hills tossed
White ashes like confetti.
II. At Twenty (Exodus)
They leave for fall semester,
Bulbous towers of soot
Framed in rearview mirrors:
A thousand Facebook updates.
IV. At Fifty (Hydrophobicity)
We hope for new growth,
But many times a wildfire
Seals the black soil shut.
Soprano
Piano
1
f
0 - 5 - on the 1 10. - Smoke.
mp
Giddily q=144
sf mp
col P
Sop.
Pno.
f
A C - dead. Half way - there,
sf mp
Sop.
Pno.
flat tire. Call
mp
Mom.
sf
p
p
Heather Dundas
Andrew V. Ly
March 2010
Four Takes on Fire Season
I. At Sixteen (Driving Solo)
for high soprano and piano
2
3
Sop.
Pno.
Tri ple - A. For ty - min utes. -
Sop.
Pno.
Back
f
on the
f
Sop.
Pno.
free way. Go
mp poco a poco cresc.
eigh ty. - Vol ume - at 10.
mp poco a poco cresc.
Sop.
Pno.
ff
Beach a waits. -
sf
3
2
Sop.
Pno.
They
mp
leave for fall sem es - ter, -
Mesto q=60
p
sf p
mp sf
Sop.
Pno.
Bul
mf
bous - towers of soot Framed
mp
in rear view - mir rors: -
p sf
mp sf
Sop.
Pno.
a
p
thou - sand Face book - up dates. -
p
sf
mf f sff
lunga
Heather Dundas
II. At Twenty (Exodus)
Andrew V. Ly
silently depressed
strum with fingernail
3
Palm slap
lower strings
Fingernail scrape up string
Sos.
(add without releasing Sos.)
3
Sos.
3
held notes ring
Sos.
(add without releasing Sos.)
3
Sop.
Pno.
That
mf
shud - - - - - - - - -
Slowly q=66
sfz
sfp
col P
Sop.
Pno.
- der ing - af ter - noon -
p
f p
Sop.
Pno.
I
p
changed the locks
f
sfz
f p
5
6
6
III. At Thirty-Five (Anniversary)
Heather Dundas
Andrew V. Ly
7
3
3
3
3
7
7
7
6
6 6 6
4
Sop.
Pno.
While
mp
the hills tossed
Sop.
Pno.
White
pp
Sop.
Pno.
ash es - like
p
con fet - ti. -
p
f p
Sop.
Pno.
molto rall. al fine f niente
5
3
3
3
6 6 6 6 6 6 6
6
6 6
7
7
5
Sop.
Pno.
We
p
we we we
mp
hope
Lento q=50
p
col P
Sop.
Pno.
for for
p
for new
Sop.
Pno.
new
mp
growth for
p
new growth, but
poco a poco cresc.
mp
parlando, semplice
Heather Dundas
IV. At Fifty (Hydrophobicity)
Andrew V. Ly
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
Sop.
Pno.
ma ny - ma ny - times a
mp
wild -
mf
Sop.
Pno.
mf
- - - - - - - - - - fire seals
mp
mp
poco a poco dim.
Sop.
Pno.
the black soil
p
lunga
shut.
p
3
3
whispered
3
3
3
3
(release pedal
on final word)
7
Abstract (if available)
Abstract
Four takes on fire season: for high soprano and piano (poems by Heather Dundas)
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Asset Metadata
Creator
Ly, Andrew V.
(author)
Core Title
Four takes on fire season
School
Thornton School of Music
Degree
Master of Music
Degree Program
Composition
Degree Conferral Date
2010-05
Publication Date
06/15/2010
Defense Date
04/30/2010
Publisher
University of Southern California
(original),
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Tag
OAI-PMH Harvest
Format
9 pages
(extent)
Language
English
Contributor
Electronically uploaded by the Library
(provenance)
Advisor
Crockett, Donald (
committee chair
), Hartke, Stephen (
committee member
), Ticheli, Frank P. (
committee member
)
Creator Email
andrewvly@gmail.com
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-c127-15516
Unique identifier
UC1107675
Identifier
usctheses-c127-15516 (legacy record id)
Legacy Identifier
etd-LyAndrew-FourTakes
Dmrecord
15516
Document Type
Portfolio
Format
9 pages (extent)
Rights
Ly, Andrew V.
Internet Media Type
application/pdf
Type
texts
Source
University of Southern California
(contributing entity),
University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses
(collection)
Repository Name
Libraries, University of Southern California
Repository Location
Los Angeles, California
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu