Samuel Beckett - threne heard by Watt

A multi-track performance of the song heard by the eponymous character of Samuel Beckett’s novel 'Watt' as he is lying in a ditch on the way to and from Mr Knott’s house.

Beckett included a skeleton score of the mysterious mixed choir's song in the main body of the novel. It details the rhythmic arrangement of the threne but not its harmonic or melodic structure (although the soprano melody is later given in the novel's Addenda).

For research purposes (and out of pure curiosity!) I created a multi-track recording of all four parts to hear how they fit together. I digitally altered my voice to give some idea of the bass, tenor, alto and soprano parts, and I chose not to sing the soprano melody from the Addenda, focusing instead on the rhythms and chant-like qualities of the song.

[callaeris]

Very excellent! Thank you for this! I'm also curious about the music in the Addenda at the end