Doom's mooD
double canon for solo baritone voice

Matthew Champagne, baritone,
Musique Nouvelle Festival of New Music,
USL (6/17/95)

Mp3 recording [03:54]



Text:

Mood's mode!
Pallas (1), I won! (Diaper pane, sold entire.)
Melt till ever sere (2), hide it.
Drown a more vile note; (Tar of rennet (3).)
Ah, trowel, baton, eras ago.
The reward?
A "nisi (4)."
Two nag.
Otary tastes putrid, yam was green.
Odes up and on; stare We. Rats nod.
Nap used one-erg saw. (May dirt upset a satyr?)
A toga now, ‘tis in a drawer, eh? Togas are notable.
(Worth a tenner (5) for Até.)
Tone liver.
O Man, word-tied I.
Here's revel! Little merit, Ned?
Lose Nap?
Repaid now is all apedom's dooM. _____(anon., 20th Century)

glossary:
1. Pal-las (noun) [Latin Pallad-, Pallas, from Greek]: Athena.

2. sere (adjective) [Middle English, from Old English sear dry;
akin to Old High German soren to wither, Greek hauos dry, Lithuanian sausas]
First appeared before 12th Century.
    1 : being dried and withered.
    2 (archaic): Threadbare.
3. ren*net (noun) [Middle English, from (assumed) Middle English rennen
to cause to coagulate, from Old English gerennan,
from ge- together + (assumed) Old English rennan to cause to run;
akin to Old High German rennen to cause to run, Old English rinnan to run
– more at CO-, RUN] First appeared in 15th Century.

    1 a : the contents of the stomach of an unweaned animal and esp. a calf
    b : the lining membrane of a stomach or one of its compartments
    (as the fourth of a ruminant) used for curdling milk;
    also : a preparation of the stomach of animals used for this purpose.

    2 a : RENNIN.
    b : a substitute for rennin.
4. ni*si (adjective) [Latin, unless, from ne- not + si if].
First appeared 1836.
: taking effect at a specified time unless previously modified
or avoided by cause shown, further proceedings,
or a fulfilled .

5. ten*ner (noun). First appeared 1845.
    1 : a 10-pound note.
    2 : a 10-dollar bill.
Other arrangements:
Doom's mooD, a triple canon for soprano & clarinet
Doom's mooD, a triple canon baritone and bassoon

Copyright © 2003, James Guthrie


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