Dave Wilson
Springs of a Desperate Heart
2
Springs of a Desperate Heart (6'00'')
Instrumentation List Flute 1 Flute 2 Oboe 1 Oboe 2 (doubles on English Horn in F) Clarinet in Bb 1 Clarinet in Bb 2 (doubles on Bass Clarinet in Bb) Bassoon 1 Bassoon 2 Horn in F 1 Horn in F 2 Trumpet in Bb 1 Trumpet in Bb 2 Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Tuba Timpani Percussion 1: Tam-tam Tom-tom (played with brushes) Vibraphone Percussion 2: Xylophone Suspended Cymbal Tambourine Drum Set Bell Tree Piano Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass
Flute 1
Springs of a Desperate Heart (Transposed Score)
Adagio q=64
Clarinet in Bb 1
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Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn in F 1
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p
p
p
p
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7
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6
3 3
3
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pp
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To Ob.
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mf
3
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pp
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mp
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Dave Wilson 8
p
p
5
5
3
Horn in F 2
mp Bass Clarinet in Bb
p
4
English Horn in F
3
Oboe 1
2
Flute 2
3
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mf
pp
pp
pp
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Tuba
Violin I
ppp
Adagio q=64
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass
ppp
ppp
ppp
ppp
pp
pp
pp
pp
pp
Copyright © 2013 by Dave Wilson
4
Fl. 1
9
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
10
11
p
p
p
Oboe
p
p
3
p
Bsn. 1
3
p
Bsn. 2
Hn. 1
Hn. 2
p
mp
mp
Tpt. 1
3
pp
Tpt. 2
Xyl.
3
pp
p
p
p
Cb.
p
Vc.
Vln. I
Vla.
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Vln. II
ppp
Pno.
p
Fl. 1 12
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
13
5
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f
mf
f
mf
B. Cl.
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Perc. 1
Xyl.
Pno.
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pp
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Vla.
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f
ff
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f
div.
Vc.
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3
f
mf
tam-tam
Vln. II
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Vln. I
Cb.
f
mf
Tpt. 1
Timp.
Hn. 2
Tba.
f
Bsn. 1
Hn. 1
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Cl. 1
Bsn. 2
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mf
Ob. 2
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mf
f
f
3
sfp
f
div.
sfp
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sfp
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unis.
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3
6
Fl. 1 15
Ob. 1
Ob. 2
B. Cl.
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7
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7
3
mp
Hn. 1
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mp
5
f
mp
Bsn. 2
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Bsn. 1
7
f
7
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mf
16
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f
Cl. 1
f
Fl. 2
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mp
Hn. 2
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 1
mp
mp
mp
mp
Tbn. 2
Vln. I
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
mp
mp
unis. Vln. II
div.
3
3
3 3
3
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3
mp
3
3
unis.
mp
mp
7 7 Fl. 1
17
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Ob. 2
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
Bsn. 1
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 2
Xyl.
Tba.
Tbn. 1
Hn. 2
mp
Hn. 1
7
mp
p
5
+straight mute
+straight mute
3
5
7
Vla.
7
Vln. II
Vc.
7
7
7
To Cl.
18
3
Bsn. 2
Vln. I
7
7
8
Fl. 1
19
7
21
7
Fl. 2
20
7
p
7
3
3
p
Ob. 1
Ob. 2
Cl. 1
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tba.
Timp.
Xyl.
Vln. I
p
Vln. II
p
Vla.
p
Vc.
3
p
5
3
3
5
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5
5
3
3
3
3
5
5 3
23 Rhythmic, with a scattered feeling
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Ob. 2
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p
p
Hn. 2
p
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 2
p
p
p
p
p
mp
mf
p
div. p
div.
Vla.
Vc.
p
p
p
p
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mp
mp
mp
div.
23 Rhythmic, with a scattered feeling
Vln. I
q=132 (2+2+2+3)
tom-tom with brushes
Vln. II
Tbn. 1
Bsn. 2
Cb.
p Clarinet in Bb
25
p p
Bsn. 1
Pno.
p
Perc. 1
B. Cl.
Timp.
Tba.
p
Cl. 1
Hn. 1
24
22
Fl. 1
9
q=132 (2+2+2+3)
mf
p
pp
unis.
10
Fl. 1 26
Cl. 1
Bsn. 1
p
28
mp
mp
p
29
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Hn. 2
27
Cl. 2
Ob. 2
Ob. 1
Hn. 1
Fl. 2
Bsn. 2
p
f
p
f
p
p
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
Tba.
p
f
Perc. 1
Timp.
p
p
f
f
Xyl. pp unis.
mp
Cb.
unis.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
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pp
pp
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Vln. I pp
p
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f
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div.
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div.
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unis.
11 30 31 Fl. 1
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Fl. 2
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Ob. 1
Ob. 2
Cl. 1
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Cl. 2
Bsn. 1
Bsn. 2 p
Hn. 1
Tpt. 1
senza sord.
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Tba.
Timp.
senza sord.
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Perc. 1
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Vln. I
Vla.
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Vc.
Cb.
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div.
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34
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div.
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Vln. II
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ppp
33
Pno.
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Xyl.
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mp p
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Tbn. 2
32
Hn. 2
Tbn. 1
p
Tpt. 2
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pp
mp
pp
36
12
Fl. 1 35
Ob. 1
Ob. 2
Cl. 1
Fl. 2
With Hushed Emotion q=60 37
p
ppp
Bsn. 2
Hn. 1
p
Hn. 2
p
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
p
p
p
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
p
Tba.
Timp.
mp
p
p
ppp
p
ppp
ppp
ppp
ppp
To Eng. Hn.
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ppp
ppp
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b
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mf
mp
36
ppp
ppp
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p
ppp
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ppp
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ppp
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ppp
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39
ppp
unis.
ppp
ppp
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ppp
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Cb.
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Vc.
unis.
Vla.
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Vln. I mf Vln. II
mp
Perc. 1
Pno.
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ppp
p
ppp
ppp
Bsn. 1
ppp
Cl. 2
38
With Hushed Emotion q=60
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unis.
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div.
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div.
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div.
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div.
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13
Fl. 1
40
Fl. 2
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Bsn. 1
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Bsn. 2
Hn. 1
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ppp
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Tpt. 1
Hn. 2
*
*notes marked with should be articulated as many times as possible, as quickly as possible by flapping the tongue back and forth, alternately striking the top and bottom of the reed.
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Cadenza: Rubato, with a crying, raucous tone
English Horn
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ppp
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42 Cadenza
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Cl. 2
Cl. 1
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Ob. 2
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Ob. 1
41
f
f
f
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 1
mp
Tbn. 2
Tba.
Timp.
Vla.
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p
mp
unis.
To Perc.
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mp
mp
Percussion 2
sus. cymbal tambourine
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unmetered, freely as oboe sustains 5
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f
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f
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f
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f f
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5
p fp fp accel. - - - - rit. - - - - -
42 Cadenza
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p
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Vc. p Cb. unis.
f
unis.
unis. p
p
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Vln. I Vln. II
Xyl.
Perc. 1
Pno.
p
f
45 14 43 44 Ob. 1
rit.
slowly accel and cresc.
Eng. Hn.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- fff
f
Cl. 1
Cl. 2
Bsn. 2
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f
mf
mf
ff
mf
ff
mf
Timp. mp
Perc. 1
Perc. 2 p
Vln. I
6
f
Vln. II
mp
Vla.
Cb.
mp
q=60 (2+2+3)
p
mp
p
mf
p
mp
mf
Vc.
p
mp
45
mf
mf
rit.
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mp
mf
mp
f
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freely responding to oboe, improvisatory rhythm and accents (suggested rhythm and accents are notated) 7
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f
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mf
Bsn. 1
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rit. - - - - - - - - - - - - -
q=60 (2+2+3)
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p
Ob. 1 46
Eng. Hn.
Timp.
Perc. 1
Perc. 2
50
49
48
Cl. 2
Bsn. 1
accel.
47
crescendo poco a poco
crescendo poco a poco
crescendo poco a poco
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51
54 Ob. 1 52
53
Eng. Hn.
Bsn. 1
Cl. 2
Briskly, but with a groove q=132 e=e
55
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To B. Cl.
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fff
Tba.
Bsn. 2
Timp.
Perc. 1
Perc. 2
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mp
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f
fff
15
ff
f
54 Briskly, but with a groove
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
q=132 e=e
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mp mp
56 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1
57 58 59
Hn. 2
f
f
Dr.
Perc. 2
Vla. Vc.
Vln. II
Cb.
mp
To drum set
crash cymbal hi-hat ride cymbal high tom low tom snare floor tom kick drum hi-hat (pedal)
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mp
ff
ff
Timp. Perc. 1 Tba.
mp
Tpt. 1
pizz.
f
16
Tpt. 1
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
60
Tpt. 2
Timp. Perc. 1 Tba.
Vc.
ff
f
f
mf
f
mp
Cb.
p
f
f
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To Vib.
ff
f
63
Vla.
Vln. I Vln. II
62
Dr.
Pno.
61
p
mp
mp
mp
Tpt. 1 64
Tpt. 2
Dr.
Tba.
Pno.
Vln. I Vln. II Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
65
66
mf
mf
3
3
3
3
ff
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f
f
67
17
Fl. 1
68
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Bsn. 2
Hn. 1
p
f
p
p
3
p
p
f
f
mf
5
f
p
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p
f
Tpt. 2
3
5
5
p
f
p
f
Dr.
Vln. I
p
f
p
f
Tbn. 2
Tbn. 1
Pno.
f
Tpt. 1
Hn. 2
Tba.
71
p
mf
Bsn. 1
70
f
Cl. 1
p
Eng. Hn.
69
Vla.
Vc.
Vln. II
Cb.
18
Fl. 1 72
Ob. 1
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
ff Bass Clarinet in Bb
Hn. 2
Tpt. 1
Tba.
Perc. 1 Dr.
Tbn. 2
Vln. I
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
f
f
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Vibraphone
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73
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Vln. II
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Pno.
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Tbn. 1
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74
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Tpt. 2
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f
Bsn. 1
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Eng. Hn.
Hn. 1
Fl. 2
Bsn. 2
73
arco f
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mp
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Fl. 1 75
f
Fl. 2
f
Ob. 1
f
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1
f
f
Bsn. 1
Hn. 1
f
Hn. 2
Tpt. 1
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f
f
mf
f
f
f mf
f f mf f
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f
f
mf
f
f f mf mf
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
Tba.
Pno.
Vln. I Vln. II
f
f
f
f
Vla.
f
Vc.
f
Cb. f
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mf f f
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Vib. f mf f f f
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mf f f f
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f mf mf f
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mf f
f
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Bsn. 2
f
f
B. Cl.
76
77
f
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ff
ff
19
79 20
Fl. 1 78
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
6
f
6
6 6
f
6
6
B. Cl.
Bsn. 2
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
Tba.
Timp.
Vib.
Dr.
Pno.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vc.
Cb.
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ff ff ff ff
f f f 3 f 3 f 3 f f 6
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6
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6
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Hn. 1
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6
Hn. 2
6
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Bsn. 1
6
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ff ff ff 6 f ff ff 5 ff 6 6 79
5
5
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80
5
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3
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6
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Cl. 1
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6
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Eng. Hn.
6
Fl. 1 81
Fl. 2
83 84 6 f
6
5
5
f
Ob. 1
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
Hn. 2
Tpt. 1
Bsn. 1
Bsn. 2
Hn. 1
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
Tpt. 2
Tba.
Timp.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Vln. I
Pno.
ff
ff
Dr.
Vib.
5
f
ff
6
Eng. Hn.
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86
21
22
Fl. 1 87
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
Bsn. 1
Bsn. 2
Hn. 1
Hn. 2
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tbn. 1
Tbn. 2
Tba.
Timp.
Cb.
Dr.
Pno.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
90
91
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fff fff pp fff bell tree mf fff p fff p fff p fff p fff fff
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3
f espressivo
f espressivo
3
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bell tree mf ff
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93
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Vib.
89
88
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Fl. 1 95
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Eng. Hn.
p
p
p
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
Hn. 1
3
3
3
p
p
p
Tbn. 1
pp
pp
101
5
3
3
molto espressivo
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mf molto esspresivo
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p
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Timp.
f
Tba.
pp
p
Tbn. 2
100
f
Tpt. 2
99
f
23
f
Tpt. 1
f
f
Hn. 2
p
pp
5
Bsn. 1
Bsn. 2
97
Adagio 98 q=64
f
mf
Vib.
pp
Vln. I p f
Vln. II
Vla.
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Adagio
Vc. p f Cb. f
f
98 q=64
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24
rit.
Fl. 1
102
Fl. 2
Ob. 1
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1
B. Cl.
Tba.
Timp.
Vib.
104
5
3
3
105
5
107
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3
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108
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106
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pp pp
rit.
Vln. I
Vln. II
103
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con sord.
pp con sord.
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con sord.
Vla.
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con sord.
Vc.
Cb.
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