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SSAA ARRANGEMENT We Are the Stars (SSAA Chorus and Piano) 1.3488

Creator of the Universe

We Are the Stars

Twinkle

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In 2002, I was commissioned by the Turtle Creek Chorale to compose a three-movement star-themed piece for their upcoming “Celestial” concert. I immediately knew that I wanted strings and celeste to serve as my “heavenly” accompaniment; but what text should I choose? After immersing myself in poetry, I whittled it down to three that sang to me: Creator of the Universe, a Plato translation; We Are the Stars, an Algonquin Native-American poem; and (I couldn’t resist) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Creator of the Universe is a haunting movement breathing life into Plato’s rumination on the genesis of the universe and the birth of the human soul. The celeste combined with violin harmonics give this movement an ethereal quality.

We are the Stars is a spirited movement whereby the poet declares, “We are the stars which sing… Our light is our voice…” The rapidly alternating 3/8 and 2/4 meters, and ebb-and-flow dynamics, dance in celebration with the text.

Twinkle opens with an aleatoric section evoking twinkling stars in the night sky. The first variation on the familiar theme is in the minor mode evoking a lonely quality when pondering, “little star, how I wonder what you are.” Various emotions are met along the way as reverence for the star grows, culminating in joy when the protagonist proclaims, “’Tis your bright and tiny spark, lights the trav’ller in the dark.”

—James Eakin III

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TEXTSCREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE

And when the creator had compounded the whole,he divided it up into as many souls as stars, and he allotted each soul to a star. And then he mounted each soul to a star as if on chariots. He showed them the nature of the universe and told them the laws of their destiny.

Plato (427–347 B.C.) 55 words from TIMAEUS AND CRITIAS

translated by H. D. P. Lee and edited by Thomas Kjeller Johansen

(Penguin Classics 2008). Copyright © H. D. P. Lee, 1965, 1971, 1977.

Used by permission.

WE ARE THE STARS

We are the stars which sing,We sing with our light;We are the birds of fire,We fly over the sky.Our light is a voice.We make a roadFor the spirits to pass over.*Among us are three huntersWho chase a bear;There never was a timeWhen they were not hunting.We look down on the mountains.This is the Song of the Stars.

* The composer omits the words from here to the end his setting.

Algonquin (Native American) Translated and Published by

Charles G. Leland (1882)

TWINKLE

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,When he nothing shines upon,Then you show your little light,Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

*Then the trav’ller in the dark,Thanks you for your tiny spark,He could not see which way to go,If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,And often through my curtains peep,For you never shut your eye,Till the sun is in the sky.

’Tis your bright and tiny spark,Lights the trav’ller in the dark:Tho’ I know not what you are,-Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

* The composer omits this verse in his setting.

Jane Taylor (1783–1824)Ann Gilbert (née Taylor) (1757-1830)

“The Star” from Rhymes for the NurseryPublished by Darton and Harvey (1806)

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Words: 55 words from Timaeus and Critias translated by H. D. P. Lee and edited by Thomas Kjeller Johansen (Penguin Classics 2008).Copyright © H. D. P. Lee, 1965, 1971, 1977. Used by permission.

Music: © Copyright 2017 by Galaxy Music Corporation, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com

All rights reserved.

Tenor 1

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Bass 1

Bass 2

Celesta(or Piano, 8va)

Violin I

Violin II

Viola I

Viola II

Violoncello I

Violoncello II

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Stargazing

Plato (427–347 B.C.)from Timaeus and Critias Thomas Kjeller Johansen, Editor,H. D. P. Lee, Translator; J. E., alt.

James Eakin III I. Creator of the Universe

commissioned by the Turtle Creek Chorale Dr. Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director

for TTBB Chorus, Celesta, and String Septet

Catalog No. 1.3444

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II. We Are the StarsJames Eakin III Algonquin (Native American)

Translated and Published by Charles G. Leland (1882)

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** Create a “sparkle/twinkle” effect.Play notes in any order and any octave (treble for best results) for the duration of the line that follows. The speed should vary.

* Repeat notes in box for the duration of the line that follows. The speed of each singer should vary.

Tenor 1

Tenor 2

Bass 1

Bass 2

Celesta

Violin I

Violin II

Viola I

Viola II

Violoncello I

Violoncello II

Contrabass

n f nWondrous q = 60

n f n

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n f n

p p f n

Wondrous q = 60

p f

Wondrous q = 60

p f

p f

p f

p f

ca.12”

* Twin-kle...

ca.10” ca.12”

James Eakin IIIJane Taylor (1783–1824)Ann Gilbert (née Taylor) (1757–1830)“The Star” from Rhymes for the NurseryPublished by Darton and Harvey (1806)J. E., alt.

III. Twinkle

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