NONSENSE

Três canções

para vozes brancas, piano, percussão e arcos

sobre textos de Edward Lear

de Roberto Alejandro Pérez

Famalicão, 2020
Sobre a ideia

Sempre quis escrever música para coro de crianças e orquestra de arcos. Com
a possibilidade de aceder a grupos reais que possam realizar as minhas
partituras embarquei-me na tarefa lúdica e ingênua de escrever algo
apelativo, acessível e didático. Mas, sempre há um mas, e foi que dando
liberdade às ideias musicais que iam aparecendo, o que no início foi um projeto
de dificuldades básicas, tornou-se num projeto algo mais ambicioso.
No início a ideia foi recorrer à tradição, mas, venceu o meu gosto pelos textos
de Edward Lear, textos que desde que os conheci através da obra para coro de
Goffredo Petrassi, impressionaram a minha fantasia.

Famalicão, 21 de março de 2020

Roberto Alejandro Pérez
 Os textos

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! –
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!’

There was a Young Lady whose chin,

Resembled the point of a pin;
So she had made sharp, and purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.

There was an Old Man with a gong,

Who bumped at it all the day long;
But they called out, ‘O law! You’re a horrid old bore!’
So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.
 NONSENSE
Poemas de Edward Lear Roberto Alejandro Pérez (1958)

1. There was an Old Man with a beard

   
Allegro  = 140

Sopranos  
  

 


Contraltos

         
                  
          
     
                  
 
Piano

       
 
Prato suspenso    
 
   
    
Bloco de madeira 1
Bloco de madeira 2
Bloco de madeira 3

  
Bloco de madeira 4

           
Bloco de madeira 5

Tambor militar
  
   
Violinos I  
  
Violinos II  

Violas     

Violoncellos
    

   pizz.               
      
  
Contrabaixos

famalicão@2020
 2 There was an Old Man with a beard

3    


   



             
                       
          
  
       

                
              
   

   

  

         
   
               
 
     
   

       
 

    
     

    
     

                         
            
 There was an Old Man with a beard 3

6    


   



             
             
         
                
          
                   
     
 

   

  

         
  
               

           
       
               
   
               
         
  
              
         
  
                          

          
 4 There was an Old Man with a beard

9  
       
       

       
There was an Old man

 
   



             
   

There was an Old man

               
   
       
     

       

               
     
 
       
 
   
   
    
 
               
 
 
              
      
       

                     
   
    

           
     
         

        
      

          
  
     

                   
      
arco

          

 There was an Old Man with a beard 5

13      

            
  
   an Old
       

There was an Old man There was

  


   
  
          
There was an Old man There was

  
                     
          
     
 
                 

 
         
 
       

   
   
    
  
               
   

          
 

         
 

      
   


  
        
   

       
 pizz.         
               

 6 There was an Old Man with a beard

17    
           

 
    
man Old man with a

  
      


           
an Old man Old man with a

                       
       
 
        
                
          


   

  
      
 
           

    


   


   

   

                     
        
 
 There was an Old Man with a beard 7

20    
                
    
   
  
beard, Who said, who said, who said, Who

              
   



beard, Who said, who said, who said, Who

   

   


   

   

   

                         


                        


  
                      


                         

 
  arco                      


 8 There was an Old Man with a beard

23         
               






 

                




  
   
said, who said, who said, ‘It is just as I feard!

    



 

said, who said, who said, ‘It is just as I feard!

           
 

  
       
 


   

    
  
 

     

 

                 
 
                


             
 
  

                 

                 
 
 There was an Old Man with a beard 9

26    
     
     
 
 
 
Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks

   
      



Two Owls and a Hen, Four

   

   


   

   

   

       
 


                            


                        

   

   

 10 There was an Old Man with a beard


29         
     
  


and a Wren, Have all built their nests

       
    
  


   
Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests


   


   

   

   

     
  

            



          

                 

                 


 There was an Old Man with a beard 11

32     
   
  

   
in my

 
    


         
in my

 


     
   

     

    
    
 

    
 

  pizz.        
   
arco

 
 
            
arco

   
pizz.

 
    
  
arco
pizz.
      
 
 
        
    


           
  

 12 There was an Old Man with a beard

36  
  
    


   
beard!

   




  
 
beard!

 
  
 
 

   

   

   

    
  
pizz.



   
  
pizz.




  
  
pizz.


   
  
pizz.


   
  

pizz.


 2. There was a Young Lady

      
Giocoso  = 144

Sopranos  
     
 


Contraltos

     
 
       
Piano

 
Prato suspenso      

     

Bloco de madeira 1
Bloco de madeira 2
Bloco de madeira 3
Bloco de madeira 4


Bloco de madeira 5

             

Tambor militar

    pizz. 
           
    

Violinos I

   pizz.
            
    

Violinos II


   
 
   
pizz.
        

Violas

  
 
    pizz.         

Violoncellos


 
    pizz.          


Contrabaixos
 14 There was a Young Lady

5       
           
    

     
There was a Young La - dy

     
     



There was a Young La - dy

     

      


     

     

               

   
           
         


           
        

 
            

       
  

  
                     


                       


 There was a Young Lady 15

10             
    
 
   
whose chin, Re - sem - bled the point of a

      
      



wose chin, Re - sem - bled the point of a

    

     


    

    

            

      
          
   

          
        
          
         

                  

                  

 16 There was a Young Lady

  
14  
                 
         

 
            
pin So she had it made sharp, And pur -

       
        


    
pin, So she had it made sharp, And pur -

  



       


     

     

             

  
                
   
 

          
      
     
    
                 
 
  
             
   


              
     

 There was a Young Lady 17

19        
  

    
- chased a harp,

     



 
 
- chased a harp,

        


        


 
  
 
    

    

          
 
  
       
     

       
      

     
        

   
       

       
    

 
18 There was a Young Lady

      
     
            

23


     
   
And played se - ve - ral tunes with her chin.

           
     


 
And played se - ve - ral tunes with her chin.

    

      


     


     

               

        
       
    
 
          
       
    
             
  
 
    
        
   
 
    
         
   
 3. There was an Old Man with a gong

        
 
Allegro  = 140

Sopranos   

      

 
  




Contraltos

   

        
      

        
     
Piano

 
 
         
Prato suspenso     

       
    
Bloco de madeira 1
Bloco de madeira 2
Bloco de madeira 3


Bloco de madeira 4
Bloco de madeira 5

      
               
 
 
Tambor militar

    
              
       
 
Violinos I

  
                
         
 
Violinos II

                  
       
  
 
Violas


           
  

Violoncellos


           
     

Contrabaixos
 20 There was an Old Man with a gong

4        
    

      

 
  




             
                   
  
     


     
      
    
 
    
        

       
    

             
               

       
                

      
                
 
                     
    

          
          


          
           

 There was an Old Man with a gong 21

7        
    

      
  

 




         
                  
   
    

  
  
   
      
  
    
          
 
         
     

              
    

      
          
     
     
            
   
        
  
    


   
   
         
 
   
   
          
 
 22 There was an Old Man with a gong

10        
    

      

 
  




  
  
         
      
     
  
  
 

  
     
       

       
    

            
                 

      
                        
       

     
              
                 

               

 
  


             

       
  
      

       
  
       
 There was an Old Man with a gong 23

13     
     
        

         
There was an

   


       
            
      

     
   

    
  
  
    
          
 
         
     

              
    

               
    

              
            

                 
  


         
    

         
     
 24 There was an Old Man with a gong

16                
  
              


               
Old Man There was an Old Man

       



   
There was an Old Man

        
   

       
    
 
 
        
  

      
   

     
               

     
                       

          
     
            
 

        

                
   

        
        
         
 

         
          

 There was an Old Man with a gong 25

19               
      
   

            
with a gong, with a gong,

      
 


       
            
    
                  
with a gong, with a gong,

          
    
       
    
         
         
  
      
          
 
       
       

           
           


      
            
     
     
            
 
        
         

        
          
     
        
           
     
 26 There was an Old Man with a gong


23                 
            

              
Who bump - ed at it all the day long;

      


 
 
  
all the day long;

        
     
     
  
  
 

  
     
       

       
    

            
                 

      
                        
       

     
              
                 

               

 
  


             

       
  
      

       
  
       
 There was an Old Man with a gong 27

26     
     
        

         
But they called

   


       
            
      
 
     
   

    
 
  
      
         
 
         
     

              
    

    
           

 


       
            

                 
  


         
    


         
     

 28 There was an Old Man with a gong

 
29          
      
  


out, But they called

         
    

 

  


    
But they called out,

      
     
      
    

 
       
  

      
   

            
   

   
          

 


  
            



         
      




        
   


        
    

 There was an Old Man with a gong 29


31                       

         
     

           
out, ‘O law! you’re a hor - id old

   
            


        
           
‘O law! you’re a hor - rid old

    
  

 
    

  

 
    
    
 
         
   

       
    

            
                

   
                 
    

  
  
                 
 

  
  
                   
    

        
       
   

        
        
   
 30 There was an Old Man with a gong

34        
          
           
   
     
bore!’ So they sma - shed that Old Man

         
            
  


         
              
bore!’ So they sma - shed that Old Man

     
    
          
    
    
    
 
           
    

         
     

                
    

         
        
  
   
    
 

  





           
      

          
       
  
          
        
  
 There was an Old Man with a gong 31


38  
              

 
 


       
with a gong.

         
    


     
       
with a gong

   
       
    
 
 
         
  

 
       
   

              
  

    
              pizz.
    

 
     
 pizz. 
               
 

                  
  



pizz.

 
 
         
   

 
         
    
