Winik/Te' [man/wood]

for solo marimba

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
[2005]

Winik/Te'
for solo marimba
Composed for and dedicated to Makoto Nakura
According to the Mayan sacred book, the Popol Vuh, the gods Hurricane and Heart-of-Sky used mud to make the first
human being. This man had no soul and his body crumbled, crackled and, ultimately, melted with the arrival of the first
rain. It was unable to do anything well and was discarded. Then, the gods carved new men out of wood. Hopefully,
their new creation would "speak [the gods'] name, walk about, multiply and live a purposeful life." But the wood/men
(Winik/Te' in Quich, the Mayan language), though better than the previous version, still "...had no blood, no sweat,
nothing in their minds, and showed no respect for Heart-of-Sky." They maltreated the other animals and misused the
land. These imperfect men, with their human-like wooden faces, were banished to the forests by Hurricane and
Heart-of-Sky. The monkeys that now live in the jungles are the descendants of the winik/te'.
When I look at men, I often wonder if the mindless, soulless Winik/Te' were truly sent by the Mayan gods to inhabit the
forests. To me, these monkey-people seem to be everywhere I go, and when I look at the world I see their imperfect
minds, bodies and souls abusing a land that doesn't belong to them.
My Winik Te' is a piece of music where there are always, at least, two elements in constant conflictman/music and
wood/music. Musical cells and processes that in my mind represent the qualities of these two "protagonists" confront
each other in a series of episodes through which, like Hurricane and Heart-of-Sky, I try to create a musical experience
out of carved wood (the marimba). With any luck, this forest of sound will be inhabited by the music of a soulful,
mindful human being.
2005 Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
171 Varinna Drive
Rochester, NY 14618
U.S.A.
carlossg@esm.rochester.edu
www.carlossg.com

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To Makoto Nakura

Winik/Te' [man/wood]

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
[b. 1964]

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fluidamente, con precisione, contrastante e sempre leggero

Winik Te'

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Lo stesso tempo (o poco meno mosso)

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Sempre lo stesso mosso, deciso, ma con fluidita

dolce, lontano

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piu lontano

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furiosamente
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elegante, con decisione

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sub. meno

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furioso, distinto

poco subitamente

risoluto!

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furioso, distinto

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poco dolce, ma tensamente

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sub. meno

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molto subitamente!
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6
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// ritmicamente, grazioso

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Winik Te'

Pochiss. piu mosso

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f ma sempre grazioso

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sub. meno

come danzando, leggero ma con intensita

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molto subitamente!

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furioso subito

(cresc. sempre)

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cresc. e piu intensamente

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//

Winik Te'

Winik Te'

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tutta forza!

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brutale!

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(cresc. sempre)

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deciso, risoluto

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b n
6

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5
4
45
6

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b

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(cresc. sempre)

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(cresc. sempre)

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5
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Winik Te'

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