Castelloza's Song for SATB Choir
B.E. Boykin
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Castelloza's Song For the 2021 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association, presented by Liza Calisesi Maidens and Katy Lushman for their research session, "(re)Consider the Canon." Performance by the Michigan State University Graduate Choral Ensemble. Generously commissioned by the Edward D. Anderson Choral Scholars Fund.
qd = 65
b & b 68
Soprano
∑
b 6 b & 8 ˙. Ee bb 6 V 8 ˙.
Alto
Tenor
∑
? b b 68 ˙ .
Bass
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B.E. Boykin
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3
b & b œ œ œ #œ. la - dy to plead bb & ˙. plead b œ. V b œ.
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S
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A
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her
own
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own cause
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her
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her
her
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mon all the
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time
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mon all the
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with
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a knight
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cause
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a knight
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time
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so long
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a
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But who - ev - er says that does - n't
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make him
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who
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who
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n't
j œ
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b & b ˙.
œ œ œ œ œ œ
16
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b & b œ.
know
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b ˙. b V
know
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well
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at
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all
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all
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know
well
at
all
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U
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want
pray
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all
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pray
b 9 U b & 8 ˙.
let my - self die
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die
-
68 œ .
die
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68 œ . 68 œ .
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U
b 9 U b & 8 # œœ œ œ œ . ‰ œ œ 68 20 U ? b b 98 ˙˙ .. Œ ‰ 68 die
20
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does
who
who
pray
be - fore I
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pray
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does
does
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ev - er says that does - n't know
who
b V b 98 ˙ . ? b b 98 U˙ .
But who
to
98 œ œ œ
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how
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how to dis - cern well at
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S
A
T
B
& &
bb bb
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all
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all
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pray
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&
bb
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b & b 38 œ
28
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much
A
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I want to pray
,
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,
die
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U die
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since
in prayer
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since
in prayer
since
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in prayer
since
in prayer
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j œ
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much
sweet
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sweet
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heal
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sweet
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pray
much
28
,
die
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let my - self die
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be - fore I
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pray
sweet
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find
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38
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6
b 3 b & 8 œ
31
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much
A
b & b 38 œ
much
T
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much
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much
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one
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b œ b . V
68 œ .
j œ
sweet
heal
68 œ.
j œ
sweet
heal
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sweet
68
sweet
from
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whom
heal
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ing
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pray
to
the
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when
pray
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when
pray
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when
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pray
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get
great
care
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great
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care
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get
great
care
get
great
care
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heal
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n ˙˙ .. ˙. ˙.
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Historical and Performance Notes: Castelloza’s Song was commissioned in conjunction with a research presentation, (re)Consider the Canon - bringing the past into the present, for the ACDA National Conference in 2021. In addition to uncovering approachable works by well-known composers from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, the session also highlighted voices that have often been excluded from choral history. In our research, we learned about Na Castelloza, a 13th-century trobairitz from Occitan. Based on her depictions in the Chansonnier Provençale Codex, she is thought to have been a woman of color. Only some of her poetry survives - none of her music survives. Given the parameters of our session, we thought another way to “bring the past to the present,” would be to commission a work that featured one of Castelloza’s poems and used early music conventions. Like much of the repertoire from our session, Castelloza’s Song can be adapted to fit your ensemble needs. Flexible voicing options: - SATB unaccompanied (click here for youtube link) - SATB with keyboard instrument (opt. cello on the bass line) - Unison melody with guitar accompaniment (click here for youtube link) - Unison melody with keyboard instrument (opt. cello on the bass line) Other adaptations: - Feature a soloist at the beginning of each section, then add voices at each repeat (vocal solo or obbligato instrument) - Flexible tempo marking
Text and Translations: Eu sai ben qu'a mi esta gen, Si ben dison tuig que mout descove Que dompna prec ja cavalier de se, Ni que tenga totz terns tarn lone pressic. Mas cil c'o diz non sap gez ben chausir. Qu'ieu vueil preiar ennanz que m lais morir, Qu 'el preiar ai maing douz revenimen, Can prec sellui don ai gran pessamen.
I know well that it pleases me, even though everyone says that it's very improper for a lady to plead her own cause with a knight, and make him so long a sermon all the time. But whoever says that doesn't know how to discern well at all. I want to pray before I let myself die, since in prayer I find much sweet healing, when I pray to the one from whom I get great care.
Text 1: Amics, s’ie us trobes avinen (P-C 109, 1) III of VI by Na Castelloza
Text and Translation Source: Paden, William. "The Poems of the 'Trobairitz' Na Castelloza." Romance Philology 35, No. 1 (1981).
by Liza Calisesi Maidens and Katy Maguire Lushman This score is not licensed forNotes performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.