Galapagos Suite (2012) by bobcohenmusic

GalapagosSuite for Solo

Piano

RobertS.Cohen

1.RiseoftheArchipelago

2.DanceoftheBlue-FootedBoobies

3.IguanaRock

4.TortoiseMoon

Leapfrog

5.RunSallyLightfootRun

Productions

1.RiseoftheArchipelago

(The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of Ecuador. They are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species which were studied by Charles Darwin and formed the basis for his theory of evolution.)

                  Piano            Tempogiusto                       sub.                        4                                                                                   7                                                   10                                                                        13                                                                                   1

      16                                                                                                        19                                           dim. poco a poco                                    22                cresc. accel.                rit.    G.P. G.P.                                                 Piumosso  25                                               27                                                              2

              29                                               32                                                                34                                                           37          3 3                                   3 3 3 3                                39            3 3 3                         3                             3

  41            3 3 3                                3 3 3                              43            3 3 3                        3                                         45                       47                                               49                                    4

  50                                  51                                          52                                          53                                              54                                      allarg.             5

                   Maestoso ()  55                                                                                 59                                             sub.                        63                                                                                                   66                                                                                                       69                                                                                     6

      73            3 3              3 3 cresc. poco a poco             3 3               3 3         75             3 3                3 3                   7

2.DanceoftheBlue-Footed

Boobies

(Blue-footed boobies are aptly named, and males take great pride in their fabulous feet. During mating rituals, male birds show off their feet to prospective mates with a high-stepping strut. The bluer the feet, the more attractive the mate.The Galápagos Islands population includes about half of all breeding pairs of blue-footed boobies.)

                  Piano           Sprightly                                                  4                                                                            7                                                                                    10                                                                            13                                                                                         8

              16                                                                                                                            19                                                                                                   22                                                 27        rit.        Menomosso 29                                  Piumosso 33                                  36                                   9

                  39                      rit.                Unpocopiumosso 41                                   42                  accel. poco a poco                                                                                                   Tempoprimo 45                                                      47                                                                                              49                                                                        10

          51                                                                                                         53                                                                    56                                                                                                              60                                                     11

3.IguanaRock

(The much-maligned marine iguanas of the Galápagos Islands are so famously homely, even Charles Darwin piled on, describing them as "hideous-looking" and "most disgusting, clumsy lizards." They often wear distinctive white "wigs" of salt expelled from glands near their noses which shoot into the air like geysers.)

      Piano             Lethargically                                 5                                     5                                                           8           5                                                                       11                                                             12

                                       14        5                                                        17         5                                                        5                      20                 5                                5                           22                      555                                                                      rit.                                                     Atempo 24                                                      13

  27                  5                                                    29                                                                                                sub. 32                                           35                                             37                                      5         14

  40          5                             555          cresc.                 42                         55 6                                                          44                                                              46             5                                                                   48                                                                                  15

                  51          5                         5              55           5               5            5          16

for Lonesome George

4.TortoiseMoon

(The Galapagos giant tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise and one of the longest living invertebrates. Of the original 15 species, only 10 survive due to their exploitation for meat and oil; an eleventh subspecies had only a single living individual, kept in captivity and nicknamed "Lonesome George" until his death in June 2012 at the age of 100.)

        Piano      Adagiosempliceedolce   sempre legato                                            6                                                               11                                                                            15                                                                 19                                                                     17

    23                                                                                          28                                                              32                                                                   36                                                    40                                                             rit.               18

5.RunSallyLightfootRun

(Sally Lightfoot crabs are brightly-coloured coastal scavengers, found in the Galapagos Islands and across the western coast of South and Central America. They are rumoured to have been named after a Caribbean dancer, due to their agility in jumping from rock to rock, their ability to run in four directions and their capacity to climb up vertical slopes. This extreme agility makes them very difficult to catch.)

      Piano                        Vivace                                       3                                                                             5                                                                             7                                                                        19

  9                                                                                                                               11                     3                  3                   13                                                                                       15                                                                         17                                                                               20

                                                 sub. 19                                            21                                                 sub.                                                                              23                                           25                                                                    27                                                                       21

  29                                                                                                              31                                                  33                                                                               35                                                                          37                          sub.                                        22

   39                                   sub.                                             41                     6                   6          23