Acrobat Story I

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Flute

Clarinet

Clarinet in Bb
mp

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Percussion

Timpani

Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

Clarinet
Band
mp

and people would come from miles around, Kings, Queens, Celebrities and Astronauts. And not just to see their skill,
They performed some of the most incredible stunts together that anyone has ever seen, but also to see their love for each other, which was so deep that it was said that
3
3 3

mf 2
3 3 3 2 2
MD
Kbd 2

pizz.

Cello
mf mp

Bass

and people would come from miles around, Kings, Queens, Celebrities and Astronauts. And not just to see their skill,
but also to see their love for each other, which was so deep that it was said that
They performed some of the most incredible stunts together that anyone has ever seen,

3
2 2 2

Piano
A‹ F‹ A‹ F‹

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Flute

Flute
mp

Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Percussion

Timpani

Guitar

Keyboard

Kbd 1 mp
Piano

Voice

Flute

Band

cats would purr as they passed them, and that dogs would weep with joy. In the evenings they would walk and take the air, and the children of the town would wait in anticipa

MD + Kbd 1
Kbd 2

arco
Cello
mp

Bass

cats would purr as they passed them, and that dogs would weep with joy. In the evenings they would walk and take the air,
and the children of the town would wait in anticipation,

Piano

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Flute

Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Percussion

Timpani

Guitar

pp
Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

Band

a glimpse of the shiny white scarf that the acrobat always wore, for they knew they only had to cry ‘tricks, tricks’ and the great performers would instantly oblige.
2

2 2
MD
Kbd 2

Cello

Bass

and the great performers would instantly oblige.

hoping for a glimpse of the shiny white scarf that the
acrobat always wore, for they knew they only had to cry ‘tricks, tricks’

Piano
A‹ E‹ F C D‹

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rall.

Flute

Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Percussion

Timpani

Guitar

to Piano

Kbd 1
Piano

But, although they loved each other, although they were famous, and everyone loved them, they were sad.
Acrobat
Voice

We have

Band

MD
Kbd 2

Cello
dim.

Bass

rall.

Piano
E

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Flute
mp

Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

To B. Tbn.
Trombone
mp

Percussion

Timpani

Guitar

mp
Piano

Kbd 1
Piano

con ped

‘We have everything that the world has to offer’ said the wife
‘but we do not have the one thing in the world we want most. ‘Patience, my love’, the husband replied,
We do not have a child’
‘time is on our side. Even time loves us’.
Escapologist Both Escapologist
Voice

ev -'ry- thing, We
have ev -'ry- thing, but the one thing... Pa -tience, my love.

Trb/Gtr Fl
Band

Kbd 1

MD
Kbd 2

pizz. arco
Cello
mp

Bass

Piano
D‹ B¨ D‹ A

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A
VAMP
Flute

last x only pp

Clarinet in Bb
mp

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Glock
Percussion
mp

Timpani

Guitar

Clar last x only

(no rit.)

Kbd 1 p
Piano

hold pedal

Voice

Mrs Phelps: Oh Matilda!

Cl last x only + Glock + Fl

Band

Celeste Matilda: But time is the one thing no-one is master of.
And as time passed they grew quite old and still they had no child.

MD
Kbd 2

pizz.

Cello

Bass

A
VAMP Matilda: But time is the one thing no-one is master of. And as time passed they grew quite old and still they had no child.

Piano

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To Cl.
Flute
mp 1st x only

Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet 1

[Bass Drum roll]

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Orch BD

Percussion
last x only

Timpani

Guitar

Kbd 1 quiet!
Piano

Voice

Fl
Bass Drum
Band

if it was filled with the sounds of a child playing. Mrs Phelps: Don't you dare!
At night they listened to the silence of their big empty house and they would imagine how beautiful it would be Mrs Phelps: Matilda, this is very sad.
Matilda: Do you want me to stop?

MD
Kbd 2

Cello
mf 3 (tie across vamp bars)

arco
Bass
(tie across vamp bars)
Mrs Phelps: Matilda, this is very sad.
At night they listened to the silence of their big empty house and they would imagine how beautiful it would be Matilda: Do you want me to stop?
Mrs Phelps: Don't you dare!

Piano
F‹(Œ„Š7)/D
patterns

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B Clarinet
Clarinet in Bb
if possible sim.

Clarinet in Bb

[Tpt 2]
Trumpet 1
mf 3

Trumpet 2
mf
[Tpt 2] Bass Trombone
Trombone
mf

Percussion
f

Timpani

G‹ B‹

Guitar
mf

gentle trem.

Kbd 1 mp
Piano

Voice

Tpt 2 Tpt 1

Band
3

Their sadness overwhelmed them and drew them on to ever more dangerous feats, And so it was they decided to perform the most dangerous feat ever known to man.
as their work became the only place they could escape the inescapable tragedy of their lives.

MD Accordion
Kbd 2 mf 3

Cello

pizz
Bass

Their sadness overwhelmed them and drew them on to ever more dangerous feats,
B as their work became the only place they could escape the inescapable tragedy of their lives. And so it was they decided to perform the most dangerous feat ever known to man.

Piano

3 3

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To Fl.

Clarinet in Bb

Clarinet in Bb

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

poco cresc.
Percussion

Timpani

G‹
Guitar

mp cresc.
Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

WW
Band

‘It is called’ said the husband, announcing the event to the

world’s press who had gathered to listen with bated breath,

MD
Kbd 2

Cello

Bass

‘It is called’ said the husband, announcing the event to the world’s press who had gathered to listen with bated breath,

VAMP - JUMP to letter C on CUE

Piano

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C Dictated Flute
Flute
f 3 3 3 3

Clarinet in Bb
f
3 3 3 3

Trumpet 1
f

Trumpet 2
f

Trombone
f

snares on clash cym

Percussion

Timpani

BØ7 Cº C©º Dº D©º Eº E7

Guitar

3 3
3 3
3 3

sfp sim.
Kbd 1
Piano f
BØ7 Cº C©º Dº D©º Eº E7

Voice

Tpts
Band

With Dynamite Over Sharks Caught By The Man

In Her Hair And Spiky Objects Locked In The Cage it is the most
'The Burning Woman dangerous feat... 3 Detuned Piano 3
Kbd 1/Gtr/Bass
Drum roll Hurling Through The Air AND... ever known to man.' 3 3
3 3

MD f
Kbd 2 BØ7 Cº C©º Dº D©º Eº E7

Cello

Bass
f

'The Burning Woman Hurling Through The Air With Dynamite In Her Hair Over Sharks And Spiky Objects
Dictated A Tempo
Caught By The Man Locked In The Safe. AND... it is the most dangerous feat ever known to man.' 3 3
C 3 3
3 3

Piano
BØ7 Cº C©º Dº D©º Eº E7

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(no rit.) (no rit.) rit.

Flute
3 3 mp dolce

Clarinet in Bb

3 3

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

(to Tenor?)
Trombone
mp

Percussion

Timpani

Guitar

3 place with Cello pizz.

3
3

p
Kbd 1
Piano

Voice
‘It is where the loneliness of life has led us’.
‘It is our destiny,’ said his wife smiling sadly and slipping her hand into his.
Cl Fl Trb
Band
mp

3
3
(K1)
3

p Mrs Phelps: Well? What happened?

MD
Kbd 2 Celeste Matilda: I… I don’t know. Not yet, anyway.
Mrs Phelps: What? But I… isn’t there some more, I mean…

pizz
Cello
p

Bass

3 (no rit.) (no rit.) rit. ‘It is our destiny,’ said his wife smiling sadly and slipping her hand into his. ‘It is where the loneliness of life has led us’.
3
3

Piano

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