Copyright, 1960, by G. Schirmer, Inc International Copyright Secured 445900 NOTE All rights of any kind with respect to this work, and any part thereof, including but not limited to stage, radio, television, performance, motion picture, mechanical, printing, and ‘selling, are strictly reserved. License to perform this work must be secured in writing from the Publishers. Terms will be quoted on request. Orchestral materials are available on rental. The work is scored for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Basoon, Trumpet, Percussion, String Quartet, and Double Bass. (The number of strings may be augmented.)CHARACTERS DAVID, a florid businessman - Se Baritone GERALDINE, his middle-aged wife - . . Soprano BILL, a lawyer . . . Tenor SALLY, his wife... Lee Contralto ‘Duration: Approximately 9 minutes. Fist performed at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, June 17, 1959.Note for Staging ‘The performance in order to be effective must not deny the static quality of the libretto but, if anything, should intensify it. The histrionic element should ‘be supplied by lighting changes and by the expression of the singers who should not be allowed to leave the card table under any circumstances. While each character sings his interior monologue, enclosed ( ) im the score, the other three should remain more or less in darkness and remain frozen in an attitude. This staging device, of course, can also be reversed; that is to say that the character singing the monologue may be immobile while the others continue playing bridge.A Hand Of Bridge ‘Text by Gian Carlo Menotti Music by Samuel Barber, Op.35 Piano reduction by the composer Un poco allegro J. 112 Geraldine Sally Bill David Un poco allegro d: 182 Piano Ger, sally P Bil ‘One heart. Dav. Sempre stacc. © MOMLY, by @. Schirmer, Ino. International Copyright Secured 445900Ger, ™P 2 Sally ‘Two hearts. Bill Dav. 7p 2. Ger, Five clubs. Sally BP. Bill Four hearts. ‘sempre stace. 44590nf Five hearts. ca ‘You play. of ‘ > Sally Once a-gain I'mdum-my, for-ev-er dum-ny. mf 3 itl Dost boast; put down your Bill 46600p (to hersetf) Sally (I want to buy that het of — pea- cock feath-ers! Go Geraldine) ~ (they play.) Bint You lead. I want to buy that hat of —_pea- cock feath- erst Sally buy that hat of pea-cock feath-ers_ I saw this morn-ing at Mad-ame Char-lotte's! 46590P _————— Bally Of course, there is the red one with the tor-toise-shell Sally rose, And then there is the beige with the fuch - sia rib-bon. i dag ee mf ———— _#? —— = Go ziti) Sally still_______I think T11 buy that hat of pea-cock feathers) From the 44500Sally ta-ble,dar-ling! Pa Bull Tinsorry, dear. bb: (fre ) ‘D (to himself) Bill (Iwon-der what she meant by (free) —— —_ Bill “al-ways be-ingdum-my? Has she found out—— about Cym - ba-line? 44500a tempo pte herseif) sally, (want to buy that hat of mp atempo __,— Bil Cym- ba-line, Cym-ba-line, where are you_ to-night? ate —F degatissimo P ‘fensa ped. sally pea-cock feathers!) ——— 2p oe —F > Bill Where are you_ to-night? On whose mouth are you mur-mur - ing sense-less oT legatissimo er wo a Bin night-words with your ge - ra-ni-um scent-ed breath? On whose black shoul-der will Te, | OT See of sonsa ped,= Poa Bill ‘you strew your blond hair?To whose plead-ing vio-lence will your breasts sur-ren-der? — Oe F (to herself) ————— Sally (Lwant to buy thathat of pea-cock feath-ers!) poco ft Fo oa oy Bill Is it Chris-topher, Ol-i-ver, — Mor- ti mer, Man-fred,Chuck, Sally —— 2 =a sin Tom - my or Dom-i-nic? Cym-ba-line, Cym-baline!_ Oh, if on = ly you SITS ee 44590jerself) —= 1+ 2. sally (want to buy that hat of pes-cock feathers!) Bil were my wile, play-ing Ls —= ——— — TFT Fs Pp Bil on-ly were you I might takehome withme at the end of the game___ eee EES se Se eS (stow and sensual) Bill — andstran-gle_ in the dark!) a tempo a SEV espr. colta voce — Ee es S=p => f——P >= f= 4459010 El lg pereay) ~ = . Sally (Lwant tobuy that hat of pea-cockfeath-ers! Iwant to buy that hat of F ae f (0 Bill) zo Sally pea-cock feativers!) ‘The Queen, you have trumped the = oS. ho wt Sally 44500at aif (to beret Gre_ (What is he thinking of that he plays sodis-tract-ed-ly? te, en Ger. = Sure-ly Pe of his wife, the long dis-card-ed ree) a [Bl a tempo der Queen; Sure-ly not of me_____ whose a tempo sas0042 Sostenuto, un poco Ger, foot he no long-er seeks un-der the card ta-ble. a a —==—=_ poof ata @ mp Who is there to Ger, love me? Who is there for me to love?13 poco ralt. ot ——— Ger, Not he, the foolish knave of hearts, not my fa-ther’s fad-ed poco ralt. =— wr = Gor, pho-to-graph, not my stock market hus-band, nor my foot-ball son. atempo oO) —= = — |m ——~ ——. o (with deep soeting) == — rag = Ger, On-ly my moth-er could have loved me had I but let her! Fn / 465001a SST Ger, But there she lies. in her pain, co - cooned in her espr. —= nf Ger, E ill - ness,, anin-dif-frent — stran-ger, hatch-ing for her- =e allarg. —— + Sp the black wings death. poco altarg. 4500ra a tempo (very simply) CHa tompn ory simply ==> ——— oer Donot de, Motives, donot die yet, ‘Let me see your pleading a tempo P fr poco allarg. BP Ger. eyes once more______ Now that, at last, T amlearn-ing to allarg. Ger. 4459016 Come prima (to herself) —— sally (I want to buy that hat of mf to Rimetg) peacock feath- ers T want to Bin (Cym-ba-line, Cym-ba- line, where are you to-night? [1 Come prima ef uu uo Ped. simile —— P. Sally buy that hat of pearcook feathers! T want t0..) 2 Bin ‘Where are you to-night?) Chey play) dedy Sempre stace. 460047 mf 2 Ger, ‘Your trick. S; Bill aft Dev. Nine of spades. Fz — mp Ger, ‘The King of dia-monds, David! .e hand is yours. Dav. Dav. rhe senza ped.18 Dav. oe sap) [fi] Moderato J=100 PP —— ‘nef (with precise rhythm) Dav. (And this—will be my ep- i-taph:— Worked for Mis-tor Priteh-ett broadly Dav. co-ry day and ev-'ry night played bridge with Sal-ly and Bill.) eadty) nf 4459019 ter. Deuce of spades. ay nu Six of clubs. aly a (to himseif) (It Tcould be asrich as Mis-ter Pritch-ett, the bas-tard, A40020 Sally Dav. © -ven rich - er, Dito hersetf) Sally (F want to buy that hat of pea-cock feath- ers! Dav, I were on-ly rich Sally T want to buy that hat of pea-cock feathers!) 2 Dav. F ‘A Rock- e = fel -lerl!__ If 46000a I could be a king, the King of Dia- monds,_ senza ped. —_— pockiss. ral, ft Dav. Sul - tan of A-mer - i cat pockiss. ral. 2 tempo — Dav. al - a-bas-ter pal- ace in a tempo 4459022 mf Dav. twen-ty na-ked twen- ty sempre legato (to himself) z oy Bil (Cym - ba - line, Cym - ba - line!) =—_—— Dav. tend-ing to my pleas-ures Dav. bod-ies,28 Dav. Drink-ing scent - ed Gd p Dav. in - laid with sil-ve Bv-'ry day an-oth - er ver-sion Dav. of ev-'ry known per-ver-sion Like in that book of Ha-ve-lock Bl-lis24 2. Dav. T Keep hid-den. inthe li-brary be-hind the Who's Who. To Serrogantly) Dav. whip a love - ly Nu-bian slave. (arrogantly) or,bet-ter still, Mis-ter Pritchett, the _bas-tard! ntor Gen-ghis like Tam- er-lane Day. me Gy Merwe) aitarg | _stringendo_ Ger. (Donotdie,Mother, donot =. ~~ Dav. Dav. if 1 were rich as Mor-gan__ ‘Ta no, it could not be like that; a tempo £2. —__ FE 450026 dim. — 2 Dav. still play bridge each eve-ning with Sal- ly and Bill. un poco meno mosso = poco allarg. Dav. Or Mis-ter Pritch-ett!_ Oh, nev -ernev-er would I own. poco allarg. un poco meno mosso Dav. twen-ty ma-ked boys______ or twen-ty na- ked girls... poco allarg. 44500a7 a tempo Po herseif) Bally (i want to buy that hat of pea - cock feather to Bill Dav. iensa ped. Ger. janly buy that hat of peacock feath-ers!) —(, aimecis) pr a Bilt (Gym - ba - line, Cym- ba - line!) Dav. 4459028 meno mosso o Te dohersl, simply) a temp, com mo onot die,Moth-er, do not die. sally will Dew ‘meno mosso a tempo, con moto eel * = senza ped. Ger, P say Hearts. 2 Bill Dav. Sempre stace. gembre she 44500