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Cabbages and Kings
for clarinet, cello, and piano
Carolyn Chen 2007
Program note
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes – and ships – and sealing-wax – Of cabbages – and kings – And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings.”
– Lewis Carroll, “The Walrus and The Carpenter” (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
I appreciated this poem. Although there may be some genocide in it, it is light. I aimed for lightness. Going forward could be easy, although, looking back, it may not be quite right. Performance notes Each section has distinct character. Following are some pictures that might guide. Tempo indications are suggestions for degree of piu/meno mosso. Sparse expression markings are not meant to signify something mechanical. Different kinds of singing are possible.
The sun was shining leaf by leaf (m.1) Something suspended. Light falls differently on each leaf. Something foreign drifts in and takes hold.
The sea was wet (m.69)
The rocking of a boat – light, legato. The foreignness (sometimes in 3/8 bars) is masked. O oysters come and walk with us (m.119)
Confused groundhog. May require some heroism on your part. There are the beginnings of many things, but nothing can really develop. Something that fights has been swallowed, and sometimes punches from inside the stomach. (Occasionally, walking normally, you might become a leprechaun for a few steps, 3/8, with preservation of mass.) Seeds of concentrated melodrama might be set apart, and their feeling allowed to seep in when patterns recur.
Seamless (m.326)
The singing that’s in objects when they are allowed to be still. (The singing is between you.)
No cloud, no bird (m.375) A solitary place turns out to be quite populated. Each note’s end is a surprise.
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed, their shoes were clean and neat (m.410)
Attempts to put everything in order. Fatigue (m.431) is heavy.
Why the sea is boiling hot (m.434) Sparkliness is difficult to maintain.
Everything falls in pieces (m.439)
But try to hold it together anyway. Piano bassline takes its time. A spot of sun (m.461).
So kind of you to come (m.463) Goodbye song. Not heavy. Getting faster, but more relaxed – faster, but leaning back – faster, not pushing forward.
q = 63 The sun was shining leaf by leaf
Cabbages and KingsCarolyn Chen
2007
Clarinet in Bb
Violoncello
Piano
Score in C
p
p
pizz.
(always let ring)
p
pp
6
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
arco
pizz.
12
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco
B
pizz.
18
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco
light
pizz.
arco
24
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.
arcoflaut.
30
q = 56
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco
pp
pizz. p arco pizz.
mf
p
mf
p
mf
p
p
35
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco pizz.
3 arco
sfz
f
sfz
3
pp
41
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
pizz.
mp
p
arco
ppp
sfz
sfz
p
p
sfz
49 Pno.
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
2
57 Pno.
sfz
poco a poco crescendo
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
64
A
q = 66 The sea was wet
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
mf
p
pizz.
mp
arco
sfz
mf
p
mf
70
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
mf
mp
mf
mf
76
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
arco
p
p
82
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
mp
mp
3
86
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mf
mp
p
mf
89
q = 72
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
3
pizz.
arco
93
q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
99
q = 72
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
p
pp
4
105
q = 88
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
pp
112
q = 80
Cl.
Pno.
p pp
p
3
Bq = 76 O oysters come and walk with us119
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
p
mp
p f
mp
pizz.
mf
arco
mp
p f
mp
mp
p
light
pepper
mf
mp
125
q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
p
mp
pizz.
arco
p
bright
mf
mp
pizz
p mp
bright
mf
mp
5
132
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
p mf
arco
p
pizz.
arco
mf
p
6
139
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
p
mf
p
p
mf
p
5
p
145
q = 92 rit.
q = 72
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
mf
bolder meeker
p
f
mp
p
mp
mf
bolder
meeker
p
f
mp
pizz.
p
arco
p
p
C151
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
3
p
pizz.
mp
arco
pizz. arco
3
mp
mf
6
q = 60157
q = 88
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
lively mf
p lively
mf
sob
p
mf
164
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
sneaky
overt
p
covert
overt
ff
p
170
q = 60
q = 88
q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
f
mf
pizz.
arco
f
mf 3
f
3
p f
3
176
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
plod
falling back in
cow
mp
horror
ff
mp
mf
p
7
D182
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
serene?
mp
serene?
pserene?
187
q = 88
q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
p
pp
p
mp
pp
mp
192
q = 72
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
p
199
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mf
pp
mf
pp
mf
mp
mf
f
mf
8
206
q = 76
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mf
mp
pizz.
arco
mf pizz.
f
arco
mf
p
f mf
mp
f
mp
p
E
212
q = 66 rit.
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mf
mp
mf
retreat
mp
mf pizz.
arco
mf
q = 76217
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
mighty
f
mp
mp
pizz. arco
mighty
f
mp
regal
fmp
f
mp
3
222
q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
mp
fight
f
lull
p
mp
9
226
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mf
mp
p
pizz.
f
arco
mp pizz.
arco
p
mf
f
fists flying in a dreammp
229
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
mf
pizz.
mf
arco pizz.
arco
mp
mf
mp
p
mf
235
q = 58
q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
f
p
mp
pizz.
p
arco
f
mp
pizz. arco
pp
mp
crisp calm
p
p
243
q = 100
(e= K )
q = 63
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
p
ppp
p
mp
p
pizz.
arco pizz.
flashy
p f
mp
6 mf
10
251
Fq = 60
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
mp
p
pp
arco
mp
pizz.
arco
p
p
q = 66258
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
264
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.
arco
269
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
f
dolce mp
dolcef
mp
mp
quietlyflowing
p
3
11
275
q = 88
q = 72
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
281
q = 80
accel. q = 92
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
mp
p
mf
mp
p
mf
mp
f
p
q = 80288
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
tears
pizz. arco
p
294
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.
arco
soft
12
299
G
q = 92 q = 80 q = 92
q = 80
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
306
q = 88
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
gallant
f
312
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
p
pizz.arco
f
p
3 3
316
Cl.
Vc.
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mf
mf
pizz.
f
f
mf
f
mf
13
321
q = 80
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco
mf
f
pizz.
arco
mf
324
H
q = 48 Seamless
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
legato
mp
mf
p
mf
legato
legato
mf
331
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
mf
340
q = 60
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
mp
p
mp
mp
14
352 q = 66
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
mp
mp
mf
p
362
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
p
mp
mp
mf
mp
373 q = 52 No cloud, no bird
I
q = 60
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.
p
p
pp
p
mp
381
Cl.
Pno.
p
15
387
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
p
pizz.
p
p
sorrowful
393
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco
pizz.
398
Vc.
Pno.
403
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
p
arco f
p
f
pp
3
16
408
J
q = 50 Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
their shoes were clean and neat
Cl.
Pno.
3
mp
412
Pno.
414
Pno.
416
Pno.
418 q = 66
Pno.
pp
q = 60420
Cl.
Pno.
p
p
17
422
Pno.
pp
p
q = 80424
Pno.
427
Vc.
Pno.
p
pizz.
429 q = 63
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
f
all of us are fat
f
pizz. arco
pizz.
p
432 q = 60
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
arco
pizz.
arco
pizz. arco
18
Kq = 120 Why the sea is boiling hot
434
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pp
pizz.
f
arco
pp
pizz.
arco
p
436
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.
f
438L
q = 60 Everything falls
in pieces
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp f
p
pizz.
mf
mp
440
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
f
mp
arco
mp
pizz.
arco
pizz.
arco
p
p
mp
19
442 q = 30 (very careful)
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
f
ff
pp
pizz.
arco
f
pizz.
D
arco
pizz.
pp
q = 60445
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
mp
arco
mp
pizz.arco
pp
f
447
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.arco
pizz. arco
pizz. arco
p
pizz.
mp
20
450
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
ff
p
mf
p
ppp
3 3
pizz
arco
pizz.
mf
arco
p
ppp
sfz
454
Cl.
Vc.
Pno.
pizz.
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
mp
sfz
462 M q = 108
Pno.
to silence (ca. 20")
mf
So kind of you to come
468
q = 120
Pno.
474
accel.
Pno.
no crescendo,
no hurry
q = 132480 Pno.
486
q = 144 no hurry
Pno.
492 Pno.
21