Carnival of the Microbes

Carnival o the Microbes (201) ritten or Thomas A. lomster and the Colorado Chamber Orchestra. Secial thanks to Dr. Naomi Ward, microbiologist, and Dr. Harvey Hix, oet or their research and careul exlanations. Each movement o Carnival o the Microbes uses a deining characteristic o a articular tiny creature to create a musical rule. In Verrucomicrobial ectosymbiont, a small bacterium riding on the outside o a larger microbe unctions as a eaon-like deense system, shooting out a haroon 15 times its length to destroy redators. Musically, this is a long, ascending line ending ith a violent-sounding ercussion instrument, the lion s roar, hich, microbially seaking at least, unctuates the enemy organism and literally sills its guts. In the second movement, Noctiluca scintillans, the organisms eat diatoms (microscoic sea creatures) and hotosynthesize to glo in the dark. They are beautiul and sarkly, esecially hen stirred u. In my musical interretation, the sarkles are made by metallic ercussion instruments that are more active the more stirred u the music. The unusual division method o Corynebacterium glutamicum, a microbe commonly ound in dirt, is the insiration or this movement. It gros in small clusters and instead o dividing in hal hen ready, these microbes sna o scientists have even made recordings o the snaing sounds and video o the vibrations. So in my musical interretation, the strings use a technique called tremolo, hich is a series o quick back and orth bo strokes. Various member o the ensemble sna izzicato and make ercussive snaing noises. Euloiscium ishelonii is insired by the huge shae and size o the microbe, as ell as its method o reroduction. This microbe is large enough to see ith the human eye and shaed like a long cigar. I traced the shae on a iano keyboard u on hite keys, don on black to create the main theme. These microbes have an unusual method o reroduction in that they ill themselves ith miniature versions, oen u, and birth them. In beteen ull keyboard runs (the mothershi themes) you ill hear the birth o diminutive miniature themes across the orchestra. Instrumentation: lute clarinet 1 ercussion * iano violin I violin II viola cello contrabass -Anne M. Guzzo * ercussion list: I. bongos, hard rubber/elt sticks, sus. cym. ood block, toms (high and lo), large lion s roar, sot yarn mallets II. D, E crotales and beaters, triangle and beater, sus. cym., sot yarn mallets, sus. inger cym., mark tree III. Tigs and sticks to sna OR a variety o small, non-resonant sna click sounds. (ex: ood blocks, claves, bubble ra, drum rims, etc.) IV. ood block and hard rubber mallet, sus. cym and yarn mallet, xylohone and mallets, lo tom.

Carnival o the Microbes I. Verrucomicrobial ectosymbiont Anne M. Guzzo lute Detached, agitated, driving q = 112 4 Clarinet in A 4 ercussion 4 4 iano 4 Detached, agitated, driving q = 112 Violin I Violin II 4 4 Viola Cello 4 4 Contrabass 4 All Rights Reserved 201

2 Carnival o the Microbes izz.. izz.. - -

Carnival o the Microbes 5 bongos - high and lo (deined mallets - hard elt/rubber) 5 5 sus. cymbal 5 5 arco arco r r..

4 Carnival o the Microbes 8 10 8 8 0 high ood block izz. 8 arco 10 izz. arco....

Carnival o the Microbes 5 11....... 11 11 0 W..... W.. 0 0 0 11....... izz........ izz........ izz.....

Carnival o the Microbes 14 14 14 â bongos - high and lo 14 arco â arco â

Carnival o the Microbes 7 17 19 17 Toms (high and lo, same sticks) 17 17 izz. izz. izz. rantic! ort. rom any diatonic high note to higher ones - you may add more random slides u 19 arco arco ~~~ rantic! ort. rom any diatonic high note to higher ones - you may add more random slides u arco ~~~~~~ rantic! ort. rom any diatonic high note to higher ones - you may add more random slides u ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ izz. izz.

8 Carnival o the Microbes 20 20 20 erc. cues - toms 20 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~

Carnival o the Microbes 9 22 22 22 22 Ï ~~~~~~~~~~ lay ord. in time here ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ lay ord. in time here ~~~ lay ord. in time here arco arco ( )

10 2 2 2 Carnival o the Microbes 2

Carnival o the Microbes 11 24 24 24 24 ä 24 Ï ä Ï ä Ï ä Ï Large diatonic cluster (elbo or to hands) Ï ä Ï ä Ï ä Ï Large lion's Roar - ast ull, (vicious!) Î ~~~~~~~~~ subito subito subito skittering - col legno, con battuto,eté - reeated random diatonic high notes, behind bridge, etc. Written rhythms are only suggested - layers should imrov. Ù rhythms are only suggested - layers should imrov. Ù skittering - col legno, con battuto,eté - reeated random diatonic high notes, behind bridge, etc. Written rhythms are only suggested - layers should imrov. skittering - col legno, con battuto,eté - reeated random diatonic high notes, behind bridge, etc. Written Ù Ù

12 Carnival o the Microbes 25 25 25 U U U U U 25 U Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 2... Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 2... U Ù Ù Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 2... U Ù Ù. U U

Carnival o the Microbes 1 2 a temo 2 2 Toms (high and lo, irm sticks, big sound) 2 2 a temo arco b b b b arco b b b b b arco b b b b b b b b b. b

14 Carnival o the Microbes 28................ 28 28 28 b izz.. b. izz.. b. b

Carnival o the Microbes 15 0. 1. 0 0 Toms (high and lo, irm sticks, big sound) 0 1 l l l l l

1 Carnival o the Microbes 2 2 2 arco 2 b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b

Carnival o the Microbes 17 4 5 4 4 High bongo violin cues 4 5 arco

18 Carnival o the Microbes 7........ 7 7 ( ). 7 ( ) izz.. izz...

Carnival o the Microbes 19 9 9 9......... 9 9 arco arco.............. r r....

20 Carnival o the Microbes 42.... 42 42 sus. cymbal L.V. Toms (high and lo, irm sticks, big sound) 42 izz. izz. izz. izz.

Carnival o the Microbes 21 45 45 45 45 45 arco b b b arco b b arco

22 Carnival o the Microbes 47 49 47 47 sus. cymbal 47 49 b b b

Carnival o the Microbes 2 50 50 50 π L.V. 50 arco arco b.

24 Carnival o the Microbes 5 5 5 violin cues. 5 izz.. izz.. -.

Carnival o the Microbes 25 55 bongos - high and lo (deined mallets - hard elt/rubber) 55 55 r. sus. cymbal 55 55 arco arco

2 Carnival o the Microbes 58....... 0 58 58.. 0 high ood block..... izz. 58 arco 0 izz...

Carnival o the Microbes 27 1....... 1 1 1 W.. 0................ W.. 0 0 0 izz........ izz.....

28 Carnival o the Microbes 4 5 4 ä 4 4 5 arco â

Carnival o the Microbes 29 9 rit. U. 72 a temo 9 9. Lo tom. U Sus. cym. U U. U. ongos (ith sticks) g g 9 rit. U. U 72 a temo..... U U izz. izz. izz. U

0 Carnival o the Microbes 7 74 7 7. g... than those ritten g Toms (high and lo, irm sticks, big sound). rantic! long, quick gliss. rom any diatonic note to higher ones - you may add more random glisses u ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 arco 74 arco ~~~ ~~~~~~ arco ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~

Carnival o the Microbes 1 7 7 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~

2 Carnival o the Microbes 77 77 77 Ï 77 lay ord. in time here ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ arco arco

Carnival o the Microbes 78 78 78 78

4 Carnival o the Microbes 79 79 79 ä Ï Ï 79 ä 79 Ï ä Ï ä Ï ä Ï ä Ï Large lion's Roar - ast ull, subito (vicious!) Î ~~~~~~~~~ subito Ù subito subito subito skittering - random diatonic high notes, staccato. Rhythms given are examles, but ideally layers ill imrovise rhythms and itches skittering - col legno, con battuto,eté - reeated random diatonic high notes, behind bridge, etc. Written rhythms are only suggested - layers should imrov. Ù rhythms are only suggested - layers should imrov. Ù skittering - random diatonic high notes, staccato. Rhythms given are examles, but ideally layers ill imrovise rhythms and itches skittering - col legno, con battuto,eté - reeated random diatonic high notes, behind bridge, etc. Written rhythms are only suggested - layers should imrov. skittering - col legno, con battuto,eté - reeated random diatonic high notes, behind bridge, etc. Written Ù Ù Ù

Carnival o the Microbes 5 U Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 81... 80 b b U Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 81... Ù b Ù 80 80 U U U U 80 Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 81... U Kee skittering going until cued to begin m. 81... Ù Ù U Kee Ù skittering going until cued to begin m. 81... Ù. U U Lo tom â ä

Carnival o the Microbes 82 8 82 82 82 8 arco

Carnival o the Microbes 7 85 85 85 85 izz.. izz.. - - arco

8 Carnival o the Microbes 87 bongos - high and lo (deined mallets - hard elt/rubber) 87 87 sus. cymbal 87 87 arco r.

Carnival o the Microbes 9 90.... 90 90 90. -.

40 Carnival o the Microbes 95 9 - - 95 95 95 9.......

Carnival o the Microbes 41 99 99 99 - - - Sus. cym., sot yarn. 99 - - -. arco. - - -. - - -....

42 Carnival o the Microbes 104 104 π π 4 4 4 104 4 4 104 104 π 4 π π 4 4..... π 4. π 4

Carnival o the Microbes 4 II. Noctiluca scintillans 111 4 Calmly {q = c 108} U 4 U 111 111 4 4 U U E crotale 4 U 111 4 U 4 U 4 4 4 U U U izz. izz.

44 Carnival o the Microbes 119 119 119 119 119 Con sord. Con sord. Ÿ. Ÿ........... - - - izz.

Carnival o the Microbes 45 12 violin cues 12 12 triangle _ - _. _. D crotale 12............

4 Carnival o the Microbes 1 1 1 b b b. triangle _ - _ - _ - _ - 1 1 Senza sord. ont. π Senza sord. ont. π arco. arco arco.

Carnival o the Microbes 47 19 ~~~~~~ 19 19 19 19 ord. ord. izz. izz. - izz.

48 Carnival o the Microbes 14 14 14 151 E crotale Ÿ..... - - 14-151 - izz. - izz. - arco - - arco - -

Carnival o the Microbes 49 15. - 15 15...... 15...... izz.

50 10 Carnival o the Microbes 12 10 Sus. cym., sot yarn 10 5 10 12

Carnival o the Microbes 51 15 19 15 violin cues. E crotale 15 5 π 19 15 arco izz.

52 Carnival o the Microbes 171 5 171 171 triangle _ - _ - _. π 171

Carnival o the Microbes 5 177 180 177 177 177 180 arco izz.

54 Carnival o the Microbes 18 18 18 Sus. cym., sot yarn 18 arco

Carnival o the Microbes 55 188 192 Lightly, ith charm 188 188 D crotale celli and bass cues - - solo Ÿ 188 192 Lightly, ith charm arco - - - - - - arco

5 Carnival o the Microbes 194 no. cue.... 194 - (L.V.) ( ) 194.. Tri. beaters Sus. cym. ( ) inger cym. triangle -............. -......... - - - -....... 194

Carnival o the Microbes 57 198 198 198 ( ) _. ( ).. 199 () Ÿ~~~ Mark tree - stir lo.................. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 198 199 Ÿ~~~

58 20 20 20............ Sus. cym. inger cym. triangle - (L.V.)..... Carnival o the Microbes -. -. -. -. -. -. 205........ -.. Mark tree - stir high....... 20............. 205............................

Carnival o the Microbes 59 207.. 207. 207........ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...................... 207................ l. Ÿ....

0 Carnival o the Microbes 211 211 211 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. 212........................ triangle -. -. -. -. -. -...... Sus. cym. 211............. 212 l.........................

Carnival o the Microbes 1 215.. - - b b. b. - - - 215 215 217 4 2 4 2...... Sus. cym... 4 2 (L.V.) 4 2. 4 2. inger cym................... 215 217 4 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2

2 219.... Carnival o the Microbes....................... 219 219 -. triangle -.... Mark tree - stir lo.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~......... 219..............

Carnival o the Microbes 224 ~~~ 224.. 224.. 225 4 4 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 () Sus. cym..... 224.... 4 225 4.. izz... 4 izz. 4 izz. 4 izz. 4

4 Carnival o the Microbes 20 20 2 E crotale U π U π 4 4 4 20 4 4 20 2 4 4 4 (izz.) (izz.) U π U π 4 4

Carnival o the Microbes 5 III. Corynebacterium glutamicum 28 4 loating {q = c 9} 244 4 5 4 4 5 28 4 4 5 28 4 4 5 4 4 5 28 4 π * 4 π * 4 π * 4 4 (arco) * (arco) (arco) (arco) (arco) * π * donbos suggested - each note/chord change should be clear Each section o strings (excet bass) should choose one "snaer" - sna izz. any note in the meausre the requested number o times. (Ex: Sn. x 2) Rhythm should be random and not necessarily on beat. Sn. X 1 Sn. X 1.. Sn. X 1 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 244.. Sn. X 2 Sn. X 1

Carnival o the Microbes 245 4 248 4 245 4 245 4 4 245 Sn. X 1 4 Sn. X Sn. X 1 Ï 248 subito Sn. X 1.. 4 Sn. X 2 Sn. X 1 Ï subito Sn. X 1. Sn. X 1 4 Sn. X Sn. X 2 Ï subito Sn. X 1. Sn. X 2 4 Sn. X Ï Sn. X 2 subito Sn. X 2 4

Carnival o the Microbes 7 25 259 25 violin cues. cantabile clar. cue. 25 violin cues 25. 259. Sn. X 1 Sn. X 2.. Sn. X 2 Sn. X 2 Sn. X 1 Sn. X 2 π N: hanging tie = connect to beginning o next measure

8 Carnival o the Microbes 21 21. cantabile.. 2 rom M. 2-272, sna dry tigs randomly, getting more requent toards m. 272. I you'd reer not to use tigs, then imrov. a variety o small, non-resonant snas clicks - ood blocks, rims, claves, etc. 21 solo... (Semre tremolo beteen L chord and R chord - notation change only to sho dynamics). 21 2

Carnival o the Microbes 9 29 27 29 29.. N: hanging tie = do not let u until beginning o next measure 29 27 subito subito subito subito Random knocks and tas on inst. body. Get a variety o sounds - knock the number o times requested in each bar, not necessarily on beat. Kn. X 2

70 Carnival o the Microbes 277 violin cues 277 277 277. Kn. X Kn. X 2 Kn. X 1

Carnival o the Microbes 71 280.... 280 280 280 280.. Kn. X

72 Carnival o the Microbes 28 28 28 28.. celli and bass cues... 289 b 289 Con sord. b Con sord. Con sord. b Con sord. 29 no. cue b b b

Carnival o the Microbes 7 29 rit. 4 4 29 ( ) ( ) 29 29 Tigs/misc. erc through 02- do not overshado iano, very quiet rit. g 5 5 5 5 g g g g g g g g g U π U U π U π 4 4 4 4 4 * U π 4 4 4

74 Carnival o the Microbes IV. Euloiscium ishelsonii 0 Allegro, Agressive - ushing orard {m q = c 108} 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 solo 4 4 4 4

Carnival o the Microbes 75 05 05 05 # # # # # # # ## # # # # # 05

7 Carnival o the Microbes 07 08 07 07 # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # # # 07 08

Carnival o the Microbes 77 09 09 09 W.. 0 0 # # r # n n 09

78 Carnival o the Microbes 12 1 12 12 Sus. cym., sot yarn # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # 12 1

Carnival o the Microbes 79 14 14 r n no. cue # # # # n # # # # n # # 14 # # # # r # # N # # # # # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # # # 14

80 Carnival o the Microbes 1 17 1 1 # n r n n W.. 0 0 b Sus. cym. # # r # n n 1 17

Carnival o the Microbes 81 19 b b # # # # # # # 19 19 b # # # # # # # 19 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

82 Carnival o the Microbes 21 # # # # r # # # # # # # 21 21 # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # # # 21 # # # # # # # # # # # # # n # #

Carnival o the Microbes 8 2 25 2 2 W.. 0 0 r # # # n n W.. 0 0.. Xylohone (treble cle) ß 2 l l 25 l l l l l l

84 Carnival o the Microbes 2.... # # # # # 2. # n #. n. # 2 2.. b R.... #. #..... #. #. # # # # n n n

Carnival o the Microbes 85 29 29. 29 Ÿ~~~~~~ n # n.. 1 r # # # # # # # n n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n 29 #. #. 1 #. #. # # # # #

8 Carnival o the Microbes 5. # # # # # # # b # # # # # # # 5 # Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #... b b. b

Carnival o the Microbes 87. # # # # r # # # # #.... #. Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #

88 Carnival o the Microbes 8 8. lute cue # # # # # Ÿ~~~~ n # n.. 8 8 8 #. #. #. # # # n n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~....

Carnival o the Microbes 89 41 41. b b 41 # # # n 41 b # # # # #. #. #. # # # Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # (Trill to G#)

90 Carnival o the Microbes 4. 4 4 b b 4 4 b # # # n # # # n b b # # # # # # n

Carnival o the Microbes 91 45 b 45. 45 b # # # # 45 # # # # # # # n # # # n

92 Carnival o the Microbes 47 47. b b # # # n b 49 47 47 # # # # # 49 b b # # # n # # # n

Carnival o the Microbes 9 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 50 b b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b 50 50 # n...... Xylohone (treble cle) ß 50 l l l l l l l l l l l l l

94 Carnival o the Microbes 54 54 54 54 W.. 0 0 l l 0 0 l l l l l l l l

Carnival o the Microbes 95 5 5 5 W.. 0 # # # # # # # # # # # r # # # # # 5 ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

9 Carnival o the Microbes 58 58 58 W.. 0 0 r # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # r # n n 58

Carnival o the Microbes 97 0 0 Lo tom 0 0 0

98 Carnival o the Microbes 2 2 2 # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # 2

Carnival o the Microbes 99 4 4 4 # # # # r # # N # # # # # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # # # 4

100 Carnival o the Microbes l l 7 Xylohone (treble cle) ß b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # r # n n 7 b n b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Carnival o the Microbes 101 9 9. b b n b b n b n b 9 b 9 b

102 Carnival o the Microbes 74 r # # # # # # # b n n A 74. 74 74 b n b b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # b n

Carnival o the Microbes 10 7 b b b b b 7 r n # n # # n 7 7 7 b b b b b b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b

104 Carnival o the Microbes 78 78 78 r n cello cues b b b # n # # n # # n b # # n # # # # 78 b b b b # # # b b b

Carnival o the Microbes 105 80 81 80 80 b # # # # # # # # # # r # # # ## # # # # # 80 # # # # # # 81 # # #

10 Carnival o the Microbes 82 82 82 # # # # # b # # # # # # 82 b # # # # # # # # #

Carnival o the Microbes 107 84 85 84 84 # # # # r # # N # # # # # # # # r # # # # # # # 84 85

108 Carnival o the Microbes 8 8 no. cue 8 8

Carnival o the Microbes 109 88 89 88 88 Lo tom 88 89

110 Carnival o the Microbes 90 90 90 90

Carnival o the Microbes 111 92 92 92 # # # Sus. cym. # # # # # # # # N ## # 92 # # # # # # # # # # N # N # # # # # # # # N

112 Carnival o the Microbes 94 lute cue 94 94 94 94

Carnival o the Microbes 11 9 9 9 9 97 97

114 98 Carnival o the Microbes # # # # # # # n # # 98 98 # # # Sus. cym. # # # # # # # # # 98 ## # # # ## # # # # # # # # N # # # # N # # # #

Carnival o the Microbes 115 400 # # # n 400 400 # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # r # # # # # # # # # # # # # 400 N # # # N # # # # # #

11 Carnival o the Microbes 402 402 402 r # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # r # # # # # r 402

Carnival o the Microbes 117 404 404 404 404 404 n no. cue # # # l Ï # # # # Lo tom # n l # # r n r # n l # # # # n l # # # # # # r n r # b b b # # # # b # # # # b

118 Carnival o the Microbes 407 oco rit... 407 407 Sus. cym. L.V. Lo tom l l Ï l Î 407 407 r # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # l l l l l Ï l Ï l l l Ï l Ï

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