Rendition by Jason Eckardt Bass Clarinet - Sheet Music

SKU: CF.W2647

ISBN 9780825881473. UPC: 798408081478. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Beginning in the mid 1990s, the CIA instituted a program of extraordinary rendition,wherein foreign nationals suspected of terrorist activity were detained, without legalprocess, and then covertly transported to countries where regulations for interrogationwere less stringent than those imposed the United States and elsewhere or completelyabsent. The program was dramatically escalated after the September 11 attacks and hasbeen defended vigorously by the Bush administration. Former CIA agent Robert Baerdescribes renditions bleakly: "If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner toJordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone todisappear — never to see them again — you send them to Egypt."The etymology of "extraordinary rendition" can perhaps be traced to the meaning of theverb rend: to tear, to remove from a place by violence, to wrest. Other meanings includeto tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair, to lacerate with painfulfeelings, and to pierce with sound.
Rendition is imagined as divorced from the prevailing performance practices ofcontemporary Western music. Therefore, the performers should not attempt to shapeindividual lines into traditional "phrases" but should instead maintain a stable dynamicand tempo throughout. Slurs in the clarinet part are indications of breathing patternsappropriate to the music.The texture of mm. 1-58 is not intended to sound contrapuntal. The parts should beinterwoven into one complex whole. Trills in the piano part are not to be played overlyfast and should be blended into the texture.The rhythmic notation of the piano chords in mm. 59-97 conveys only the attack point.The performer should not differentiate the durations of these chords, but rather play themuniformly, at approximately a thirty-second note value, throughout the section. sfffzmarkings denote very loud accented chords and do not correspond with a pre-existingdynamic. The sound of the chords should emulate a large primitive drum.Quarter tones in the bass clarinet part are tempered and should be produced using specificfingerings whenever possible.The clarinetist should play without vibrato throughout.Accidentals apply only to the notes that they immediately precede, although courtesyaccidentals are occasionally supplied for clarity.This is a transposed score.