Ode to Quinbus Flestrin
Michael Wittgraf
About this work:
Ode to Quinbus Flestrin
Text by Alexander Pope
Music by Michael Wittgraf
Instructions for Performance
Regarding the glissandi and pitch bends in mm. 1-30 and elsewhere: Position of notes on
the single-line staff indicate relative high and low spoken pitches. The glissandi indicate
a slide of pitch, to be performed as in a stylized speaking manner, with exaggerated
inflection.
Regarding other speaking passages: Position of notes on the single-line staff indicate
relative high and low spoken pitches. Use stylized speech, with exaggerated inflection.
All solo passages are spoken.
Consonants in parentheses (i.e. (zzz)) that appear immediately after a word represent the
last sound of that word, and should be reached as soon as the word can be pronounced.
Example: Bass in m. 1.
Consonants or syllables in parentheses that appear well after a word should be sounded at
the point that it is written. Example: All parts in mm. 108-109.
Year composed: 2004
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus, Unaccompanied
Instrumentation: 1 SS, 1 AA, 1 TT, 1 BB