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<div><em>Falling Man</em>, Don DeLillo�s 2007 novel about the events, aftermath, and changed lives of 9/11, enthralled me.</div>

<div>I was riveted in particular by the dramatic opening prologue, in which the novel�s protagonist stumbles out</div>

<div>of the falling rubble of the World Trade Center. DeLillo�s unflinching description of raw terror and</div>

<div>absolute chaos provided a standpoint from which I could begin to come to terms as a composer with the shocking</div>

<div>and world-changing events of that fateful morning.</div>

<div><em>Falling Man </em>is cast in the form of a dramatic scena for baritone voice and orchestra. The work�s principal</div>

<div>melodic and harmonic elements are organized around a falling twelve-tone theme, fragments of which emerge at</div>

<div>the outset, first in the orchestra and then with the setting of the first line of text, �This was the world now, a</div>

<div>time and space of falling ash and near night.�</div>

<div>The compositional manipulation of the theme�s twelve individual pitches does not strictly adhere to classic</div>

<div>dodecaphonic procedures. The pitches and their permutations are taken up in various melodic and harmonic</div>

<div>combinations and provide the basis for musical development and transformation over the course of throughcomposed</div>

<div>vocal arias interspersed with orchestral interludes.</div>

<div><em>Falling Man </em>was composed from August 2008 through June 2010 in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. I am</div>

<div>grateful to Don DeLillo for granting permission for the use of his text and to J. D. McClatchy for his eloquent</div>

<div>adaptation for musical setting.</div>

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