THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Music by
Libretto by
MYFANWY PIPER BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Deulache Übertragking von A C T I Op. 54
LUDWIO LANDGRAT
The Prologue in discovered in front of a drop curtain.
PROLOGUE Dor Prolog wird Dor dem Zwischenoorhang richlbar.
Slow recitative

PIANO

Pft.

THB PROLOGUE
pquietly

I t i s I h a v ei t w r i t ten 1n fa-ded. i n k -
fat 16 - 30 sto-ry.
al -gno Geschichto. Ich kab Aler ver-gilbe und

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wo-man's hand ???-??-???? t o t w o c h i l - d r e n - loDg a - go.

Fras - en a c h r i s t , Gou-Dor-nan - to, twei Kin - der- lan - ge h e r .

Un tried, in-no-cent, she had gone first to seetheir guardian in Lon-don;

Unerfahra, atrangaios, #its-mal dentVarmund in Lon-don;

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rel- a-tive.
???, bold, off-hand.. and gay
Welf - man, jung, ge - mande
der Kin-der einzger Versiand - far.

prasa
P

Prel.

The
Die

Prel

chil-dren were in the country with an old house-keeper. There had been gov-er-ness,
Kin - dor... leo-des am Lax-de mit dor Beachties - serin. Einst gab's oi-ne Er-zia-ha- rins,

Frol
but sho had gone. The boy, - of course, Was
Der at school,
dOCA sing fort. ??? tar In - fer - nat,

1501.

but there was thegirl, and the

Mã - del ???, sad die be - gun.
des ?? - ??? a t .

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Frol.
one ??? + d i tion:
B u tthere was
h i s , theo,... would be her task. ?? - 16 Be-dint -
Auf - trag hlar. Doch 68 gab
??? der

Prol.
bewas so much engaged- affairs, travel
1 0 z i e l 214 t u m Geschäft, Freunde,

Prol.
al-ways some-thing,
friends, w i s - its,... im-Ther a f - w a s ,
Sport, Rei - sen,...

she was to do e v e -s y - t h i n g -
?? time for the poor lit l e t h i n g s -
Z e i t Star arm-de 41 - 00 in - def- the seanti soll - te a l - les tuts, -

P r o l .

b e ??-????-81 not to wor-ry him at a l l ,

Dor-anl-zort-btcd ???? - nicht mit Fra-gen ihrs bo-scheueren
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n e tb e s t ,
a n d d o
b u tt o be s i lent, tya
ase ? ? ? ? .
No, not t o write,
und alesoll schayer- gend.
mur heir Bria,

She was f u l l doubts.

Sto schmant-to lang "

Frel.

But sho was car-ried that

a - Way: he, 50 gal - lant a n d
A - Dor as rolest dans fort, dass or, 80 a$ - c h e r 491d

hand-some, deep
80 ???? in the bue - y world, should need
exa der gro-ses Well, help. At last
has. g- Der Schlmas:

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 The lighte go up on the interior of a coach. The Goverges le in travelling
D i e G oerone
uDer-
Das Licht blendet auf und beieuchtet das Innere einer Kuteche.
SCENE I. The Journey. ? Reisekleid.
Die Reise. nante ist 1m
Free recitative
GOVERNESS
I shall
shall know,
Thá so 5000 klar, seh ich
N e a r ly there.
Fast schon da.

ppl alraysin regular tempo

Timp. (no Sea)

Gov.
store for m e .
KnOw ???? s i e h t .
DOT
klar,

Gor.
d i e n the chil-dren.
W h o w?i ?l l Freest me? T h e c h i l
Die K i n der. die Kin der
Wer mich?

(101)

Will they be cle - ver?

MING Sein? Will mey libe me?
gen?

siceelly
Gom
express.

Poor
Die ba - bies,
Ar ???, ohr' fa : ther, mo
M u t - t hfer.
er.
fer, ohn'
 (??????:

Got.
home,
love m y ????,
own,
I c h w o r d lie - ben, ala zoä-Ton mll my dear
Lie -ones
ben deft
dort Haus,

CoY.
f a r a - way,
80 f a r way, weir DOn h i e r ,
(plazy weis DON hier,

dif ferent.
and S O
dera.
und

Gor.

I t
CTESE

thing® f u n ,
1212, 053
Was sold

a little creso.
W.W.

toy. t o talk tot

DODe o f m y kind
w i t h Hier mir wah ? atoht?
ask, m i l nit-mand, der
Halt,

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 Gov.

will she wel come me?

str. (plaz) On - t h e o l d house-keeper, how....
wird ihr Will: homm' sein?
N u r die - ne schlis - sas - rin, ????

more marked

Gov,

must not write to the11 g u a r t h a t is the

Dem Vor-mund 80ll ich nicht schrei b e n , das ist der

CreSC,

3 in time alrays more agitated

Gov.

hard - est part of all. W h a t - e - ver hap

här . tes Be jeht Was im - pher vor ?????,

broadening
Gov,

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ICA
m u s t d e - cide. A
den E n t - s c h l u s s Die

slower
>broadly freely
Gov.

s Preis
trange world,
des
for d stran
Frem gers sake.
well ein why,
der bat.
Str.

P i e r e
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VARIATION I gradually moving forward.
Slow (d.= 48)
secectly

TW.W. gust. cresc

10.

? Quick and gay (d = 120)

I stace.

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SCENE II. The Welcome. The lights go up on the porohot Bis. Mrs Grose, with the ohildren dancing about.
Der Empjang. Das Licht blendet auf und beleuchtet den Haupteingang von Bly.
FLORA Gross und dio harumnüpfondon Kinder.

1058-0
Will she be
Mut - for Grosa! Mut - fer Groasl Wis wird sie
MILES

Mra Grose! Mre Grose! Will she be nicet

Mut - fer Gross! Mut fer Groast Wie wird sis sein?
Hari

Mrs ... Grose! cross? Why does-n't she

Mut - for Groas/ Ist sie wohl bas? Wo Bleibts i e 30

Mites

Mrs........ G r o s e ! Will she be cross?

Mut ter Gross/ 1 8 t sie w o h i b o a ? . .

8 7 = 5 5 = 5 5
h u r Iy?
Was
Why
2 5 1 4 2
ge?

Why does-a't she Why i s - n ' ts h e h e r e ?

Wo biribt sio 10 Was ist sie nickt hier?

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 She gives Flora a little good-natured tidying shake, and
Sie streicht Floras Kleid zurecht, fährt über Miles'

8520.
-nough. Now
- 13g. qui-et- dol
Jetst ar - 81-ger88(n/ Mise Plo-ra, Joins pin-a-fore!
Earp

pats Miless hair into place, smooths down her own apron.
Haar und ordnet die eigene Schürze.

P O T E N T
Keep still
Mas-ter
Mas - ter Miles,...?
Miles, bein hair!. Ru -
Haar!

1015%%
Miles bows.
Miles Derbengt sich.
slower (d=48) P

Now show me how you bow

gliss. (black
or youll Mach Deinen Die-ner, Miles. > notes)
dearie, sonal werd ich verrückt. ????
Kinder,

PP

Flora ourteeya.
Flora knitt.

Bow!
Mra. G. Miles!
How d o you c Plo
urt - ral
Knis airs-mal,

FY

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Gov.

b e here.
Bein.. This mustwohl
be Flo - ra?
Flo-ru?
Mrs. GROSR (curtseying) knixend

How do you do, Miss, Welcometo Blyi

Schön gu-den Tag. Miss. Willkommen i n B l y /

347

Harp

Flora curtseys. Miles bows.

Flora knixt. Miles verbeugt

Gov.

AndMiles?
Und Miles?

P ????

10 id=80)
GOVERNESS?

How charm ing, how

Wie rei send,

Mrs. GROSE

Im hap-py, so hap-py that you've come, Miss.

0(0-40) in elücklich, so glucklich, duss Sue sind.

PP (piss.) (alrays stace.)

Vo.

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CoY.

The house
Und Haus
and
und park

wear o u t .
1g-deed they
sind wild
do. My poor head is - n't bright nough.-
sine 2'86 wild. Mein at - mer Kopf lat nicht g° - ???

0??.
f a r
8 0 splen did, Dies
a r e
5 0 herr lich
aínd crese

Mrs Q. f o r
1m far too old bo-dy
the things... t h a t Bink gun,
they think Bin v i e l 846 a i t f ü r S p i e - t o K a d

??? Fra

Gas. a m
than
01 aba dad
grand
achO

31r2 0. and now they! do bet - ter with

doch nus wirde gut g e - han der
?????, M11 piel
Sport,
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Gor. shall
Schon fühl
to..
used
Raws,

Mra. G

5000g thing
80
AB
2line215,2so2 0 2 4
them - selves..
sind......
Mas
Mas ter
fer
Jan gem,

Gor

feel l i k e a
ick mich fast Brin cess, a
388 sin,
CreSC.

ra's sharp too. Yes, theyre

ist auch k l u g .
Sie sind

Gor.

Brin :
Mrs. G COSS
s i n
clev - er, theyre clev-er,
h e l . 16, sind ?86.
they need their own
brow-chen
mehr A u kind,.. they're far.
sicht, sind viel

cresc.

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112
ny cresc

Gov,
b e
herel Bly,
hiert H i e r werd ich
ny cresc.

They 11 do bet - ter nOW,

too clever,
für mich! Jefal wird'n ban ??? gahn,
het-le, Mel-le
FLORA
0 2$
c o m e a - long, do
C o m e a - 10ng! come a - 100g
1181 Komm doch mit u n s !
Komm mituns! ???? mit
MILES

Come a - 100g! c o m e a - long!

mit unsi ?????? m i t ???!
????
112
Harp

my cresc.

Gov. to
love y o u ,
t o ich
wei letts
ver
g e r n

(Pardonthe liber-ty, Miss.)

thing-
youDg (Verzeihtdie Freiheit mir, Miss.)
they'll do bet-ter with a Jun - ???.
wirk - lich bea-ser mit der
crese

Come a - l o u b
Flora come a-long, do!... ????? m i t MAS/
Komm doch mitu n s / . . . .
- 1

Miles Come a-long, come a-long, do!

Come a-long,do.. mit MAA, homm doch mit uns?
Komm dock mit

T A T :

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22 VARIATION II The lighte fade verlöscht,
He Seene as the children lead
während dis the Governess
Kinder off
die Gouvernante In das Haus führen.

With movement (o= 78)

Gov.

home! W.W str

Heim!
Sti

always p

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SCENE III. The Letter. The lighta fade In again on the porch at Bly. to the side of which more of the
house la now visible, including a low window.
Der Brief. Das Licht blandet auf und brauchtet den Haupteingung von Bly, neben dem jetzt
mehr vom Haus sichtbar wird, dabei sin niedriges Fenster. Prau Gross trittauf.
Mrw. GROSK (entering)

Miss! A
Miael Mias/ Ein
Mien!

The Governesa enters from the house and

takes the letter and reads it quietly.

praside:
(handing her a

let-ter for you. Here!

B r i e f h i e r f ü r Sie. Hiers ob., C1. Ein

(Str.) ppe

relaxing
???. G.

good Tours... l a - d y , 1'11 b e bound,.. and a a pret-ty one...

tes Fräu-lein, das adeht Jest,.... recht ptet - tch,
44736 ein hübsches Kind

Mrs. G.

Now all will be well, w e were

t o o . far too long
Nur wird al . dos gut,
a u c h man Diel 714 Lang

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poresa

GOV.

Nra. G.
TERE
But bad, no! Not
Doch schlecht, nein! Neinl
(P)

Crav.
not
can-not think h i m r e a l - l y bad, not real bad,
wirk: 1ich schient,
fand i h t This Tals wirk - lich schleckt, nicht
crest.

Mrs. 0.
t e r Miles. H e ??? be wild,
Ne -ver! NotM a s
Miles.
iat w o h l wild,
Nie-mais! Nicht Mas
Str.

cresc,

The children are seen at the window, quietly

Slaying nuch dem Penster, wo die findor rasie
spielend sichtbar sind.
S l o w e r (d or d+= 40)

Gar.
No ver!
Miles!.. Nie mala!
Miles!

Mrs.G.
not.
bad!...
but
doch nichl FLORA and NILES Pp.
schlecht.
#15
La - ven - ders blue, did-die did-die,
La Don - dol Dbaw, di-cob, di - det,
17 Slower (d = 40)
? PL. CL

Harp (harm.) A Ha. (sauted)

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PP

tov.

t o h i s Yes!
sis ter. Jal ...
ded Schwea fer.

pp

Mrs. Q
Yes!
to his sis ter.
jal...
det aur Schwes ter.

F10r.
and
Miles to the
Some t o t h e plough, did-dle did-die, some
work, die die
Werk, Die den Pfing di-dob, di-del,

19

is non sense,
8517th,
the child in - goll Al - lea Un

das Kind

Mra. Q.
I t 1S ??? sense,
siRT,
the child is an 2: - goll A l - lea
das Kind ein

Flora
s o m e to cut
Klon
Some t o m a k ebay, did dle did-die,
cart. jo . Hes, di-doi di-del,

19

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VARIATION III
Very slow and quiet (0 - 42) freety

(freely)

GTESC

Manana

21 Ob.

oronestrally and man ? olearly artioniated.

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i n t h en i g h t
f a r oft c r y irs der Nacht
Gov. heard der Schrei
When
und 00n

Gov.
faint. foot-steppassd mydoor.
and once.... Trid - le 00F der Tür.
ein m a l jed - 50

Gov.

On-lyonething I wish, That I could see him And that he could see how
Einxig dies ist mein W'knsch, dans jetzt ich ihn sük'_ und dass er nun säh' voir
???.
PPP

PP 25
Gov.

well 1 do Is bid ding, his bid

trou ich ihmfo-joigt bia, Jo8g* ding-
bix.
ot.
D a n n

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Gov.
der? Who is it?
In - tru
Ad - ven-tur-erf hier? W e r i n t en? Who?
088- a l e c h t Wer?
Ge - fat-gª ?

GoV:

Who c a n . be? Who?

Who?....
sein?
Wer?.... Wer k a n t Wer?

The scene fades.

Die Szene verlöscht.

Gov.

W h o can it be? Who?

Wer Ramn e sein? Wer?

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