DERRI JOSEPH LEWIS to James DUST sketch for solo oboe c. 2.5' Version: 12 May 2020 © 1 2/05/2020 by DERRI JOSEPH LEWIS All rights reserved +447975637591 derri.lewis1 1 6@gmail.com The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (1 633) are widely regarded as some of the finest work in the English language; the internal rhythmic and structural patterns have been echoed in poetry ever since. In the third sonnet, ' The Holy Ghost ', the speaker describes themselves as a "temple" of "condensed dust" - it is this image that serves as the impetus behind DUST for solo oboe. The music contracts and expands, dilates and retracts - both in rhythm and in timbre. Donne's original text has been transformed into speech-like patterns that collide and explode to form the phrases of this piece. III. THE HOLY GHOST O Holy Ghost, whose temple I Am, but of mudde walls , and condensed dust, And being sacrilegiously Halfe wasted with youths fires, of pride and lust, Must with new stormes be weatherbeat; Double in my heart thy flame, Which let devout sad teares intend; and let (Though this glasse lanthorne, flesh, do suffer maime) Fire, Sacrifice, Priest, Altar be the same. 'The Holy Sonnets' - John Donne (157 2–1631 ) alternating fingering : quasi- bisbigliando producing slight variances in pitch breath-accent : giving weight to a slurred note with breath, without re-articulation 4 semiquavers played in the speed of 5:4 DERRI JOS EPH LEWI S s k e t c h fo r s o l o o b o e DUST to James f broad p f Always with energy ( e . = c.66) p f p f 5 f f p f sub. 9 p f p echo 13 17 f p f p f sub. With urgency A p f sub. Poco allargando A tempo 26 12 16 6 16 12 16 12 16 3 16 6 16 9 16 6 16 12 16 9 16 9 16 3 16 9 16 9 16 12 16 9 16 9 16 12 16 12 16 & - - & 3 & - > - - 3 3 & (alternating fingering) o + o + o - 3 & · · U & - o + o + o + o (breath accents) + ² ² & flt. > ² ² 5 4 16 4 20 Ï Ï Ï ™ Ï ™ Ï J Å Å Å Ï Ï Ï ™ Ï ™ Ï ™ Ï J Å Ï Ï # Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï J Å Ï Ï # Ï b Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï J Å Å Å Ï b Ï Ï ™ Ï Ï # Ï Ï ™ Ï Ï # Ï b Ï b Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï b Ï # Ï Ï ™ Ï J Å Å Ï b Ï # Ï ™ Ï J Å Å Ï b R Å Å Å Ï # R Ï Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï J Å Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï # Ï n ™ J Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï b Ï Ï Ï Ï b æ æ æ Ï ™ æ æ æ Ï j Å ä ™ Ï ™ j Ï ™ j Ï ™ j Ï b Ï Ï Ï 5 f sub. 30 f p f 34 p f p f sub. Poco stringendo 38 p distant A tempo Bright B 42 f Quasi rit. . . A tempo 46 dolce p f p cresc. poco a poco With increasing power C 50 54 f 58 12 16 9 16 12 16 3 16 3 16 9 16 12 16 12 16 6 16 9 16 12 16 9 16 9 16 3 16 3 16 3 16 9 16 15 16 15 16 12 16 3 16 9 16 9 16 & o + o + - 3 20 & - 3 & o + o + o & · 5 4 16 4 20 & - 3 20 & - , 3 & ² ² ² , ' 4 5 7 & o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + ® U 3 ä ™ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï j Å Ï b Ï Ï Ï Ï b Å Ï j Ï R Å Ï Ï ú b ™ Ï R Å Ï b R Ï ™ Ï R Å Ï b R Ï Ï Ï b Ï Ï Ï n Ï Ï Ï ™ Ï ™ J Ï ™ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï j Ï Ï Ï ™ Ï Ï # Ï ™ J Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï # R Å Ï R Ï ™ J Ï R Å Å Ï Ï # Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï # Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Å Ï Ï # Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï J Å Ï Ï # Ï Ï Ï ™ J Ï Ï Ï Ï ™ Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï ™ J Ï J Å Ï r Å Ï # r Å Ï r Å Ï Ï Å Ï n Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï # Ï # Ï Ï n Ï n Ï Ï Ï n Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï # Ï n Ï Ï n Ï # Ï Ï Ï n Ï # ™ Ï ™ Ï # ™ Ï ™ æ æ æ Ï # ™ j Ï # ™ J Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï # Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï æ æ æ Ï b ™ æ æ æ Ï Ï 5 5 5 2