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FOUR PIECES for piano
BRAXTON BLAKE
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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FOUR PIECES for piano
I – for Samuel Adler II – for Warren Benson III – for Joseph Schwantner IV – in memory, Jan DeGaetani...
Duration: circa 17’
First Performance: Scott Faigen March 14, 1988, Stuttgart
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FOUR PIECES FOR P IA N O I
B r a xt on B l a ke (1989)
=84 3
8ba
8va
8va
5
8va
8va
9
8va
8va
8va
10
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8va
8va
8va
8va
4 13
8ba
16
8ba 8va
20
8ba
26
3
8ba
32
5
5
3
5
3
5
5
5
5 7
=
8va
=98
36
5
7
6
=58
8va
39
8va
43
5 3
5
7
8ba
47
8ba
8ba 8va
8va
49
8va
6 8va
52
8va
56
8va
8va
58
8va
8va
60
8va
62
8va
7
accel.
8va
64
8va
8va
8va
accel.
66
8va
8va
8va
accel.
=84
68
8ba
8va
71
8va
8va
8va
76
8va
8va
8va
8 78
8ba
80
8ba
84
5
5 6 5 5
accel.
8va
88
7
9 8va
accel.
=98
92
=84
8va
8va
95
8ba
8ba
...for Samuel Adler
10
II
=44–48
legato
poco marcato
8ba
accel.
a tempo leggiero
8va
2
3
3
poco marcato 3
3 8ba
3 4
=
8ba 8va
5
8va
6
rit.
=44–48
8va
11 8va
leggiero
10
9
9
9
legato
8va
13
9
9
9
9
8va
14
9
9
9
9
8va 8va
15
3
3
3
legato
18
8va
3
12 8va
8va
21
3
4:3
8va
25
3
8va
29
3 8va
3
33
( =44–48) legato
poco marc.
8ba
3
13 36
sostenuto
8ba
41
(sost.)
42
poco staccato 9
9
44
9
9
9
14
9
9
9
9
47
8va
9
9
9
8va
48
3 15ma
9
9
8va
3
50
3
3
...for Warren Benson
15
=98
III
8va
*
4
8va
7
9
5
8va
11
8va
* sostenuto Pedal
16 13
8va
8va
18
9
5 21
marc.
=
= 5 5
24
= =84
( = )
8va
30
17 8va
34
38
8va
43
47
50
18 54
8va
58
8va
62
66
70
8va
19 74
8va
78
8va
82
8va
86
8va
89
20 8va
93
8ba 8va
97
8ba
8ba
8va
8va
101
8ba
105
108
8ba
21 111
8va
114
117
8va
8va
119
122
8va
22 8va
125
...for Joseph Schwantner
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Molto sostenuto =44–46
IV sim.
sempre
poco rit. poco meno mosso
5
a tempo
sim.
9
sim.
12
24 17
21
26
poco ten.
31
sempre sost. e
25 35
38
41
45
...in memory, Jan DeGaetani
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27
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