Portrait, Scene, and Symbol XI for Tuba or Euphonium
Paul Klee: Painted Songs No. 84 - The Mask with the Little Flag (Die Maske mit dem Fähnchen, 1925) No. 85 - Tropical Twilight (Tropische Dämmerung, 1921) No. 86 - Composition in Red, Yellow, Gray and Black (Ohne Titel - Komposition in rot, gelb, grau und schwartz, 1938) Jonathan Posthuma
Portrait XI The Mask with the Little Flag (Die Maske mit dem Fähnchen, 1925) No. 84 from Paul Klee: Painted Songs q. = 52
hesitate
2
12 8
Tuba
q. = 52
poco rit.
sonorously
9 8
12 8 ff
f
whimsical, like a circus
3
legato tongue p
mf sub.
q. = 52
poco rit. sonorously
4
hesitate
5
whimsical, like a circus
6
Tba. ff
f
mf sub.
p
poco rit. 7
sonorously
8
hesitate
molto accel. 9
hesitate more
9 8
Tba.
f 11
ff
10
12 8
mf sub.
pp
q. = 52
f
poco rit.
whimsical, like a circus
12
hesitate
13
9 8
Tba. p sub.
f
q. = 52
14
3 4 ff
15
mf sub.
16
explosively, with great surprise
3 4
Tba.
12 8 sfz f
p f
p f
9 8 p
3 8 mp
18
molto legato
17
Tba.
3 8
19
12 8 pp
mp
f
ff
3
20
hesitate
21
hesitate more
12 8
Tba.
mf sub.
sfz 22
whimsical, like a circus
explosively, with great surprise
23
12 8
Tba.
4 4 p
24
mf 25
4 4
Tba.
f
heroically
12 8 p f
p f
p f
ff
mf
f
ff
molto legato 26
27
28
9 8
Tba. mf
p
mf
29
30
9 8
Tba.
f
4 4 p
f
molto rall. 31
32
ff non dim.
q. = 52
brassy!
33
hesitate
12 8
Tba.
9 8 fff
34
6 8 sffz mf sub.
poco rit.
35
hesitate for a long time
36
(pedal tone) Tba.
6 8
12 8 p
molto
ff
sfz
sfz
sfz
sffz
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Scene XI Tropical Twilight (Tropische Dämmerung, 1921) No. 85 from Paul Klee: Painted Songs q = 60
37
38
entrances ad lib., molto rubato
12 4 pp entrances ad lib., molto rubato
12 4 pp entrances ad lib., molto rubato
12 4
Tba.
pp
p
entrances ad lib., molto rubato
12 4 pp
pp
p
pp
stagger breathe, swell to mp ad lib.
12 4 pp
mp
39
40
p
p
pp
pp sim.
Tba. pp
p
pp
p
pp sim.
pp sim.
mp
pp
5
41
42
Tba.
mp
pp
43
44
repeat ad lib.
repeat ad lib.
repeat ad lib. Tba.
molto espr.
mp
45
pp
mp bring out
repeat ad lib.
46
Tba.
molto espr.
p
mf bring out
6
47
48
molto espr.
Tba. p
mf bring out
p
49
50
Tba. f bring out
mp
1.
f bring out
2.
51
52
cue
cue
Tba. mp
53
ff
pp
in tempo
ff
mp
f bring out
54
mf
f
fff non dim.
ff
mf
f
fff non dim.
ff
mf
f
fff non dim.
ff
mf
f
fff non dim.
ff
f
ff
in tempo
ff in tempo Tba. ff
in tempo
ff
in tempo
fff
fff non dim.
ff
7
55
56
resume ad lib., out of tempo
p
pp
p
resume ad lib., out of tempo
p
pp
p
resume ad lib., out of tempo Tba. p
pp
mp
resume ad lib., out of tempo
p
pp
p
resume ad lib., out of tempo
p
mp
pp
f bring out
57
58
mp
p
out of tempo
in tempo
ff
p
mp warmly out of tempo
in tempo
p
ff
p
mp warmly out of tempo
in tempo Tba. p
mp
p
ff
p
mp warmly
out of tempo
in tempo
mp
p
cue p
f
ff
p
mp warmly
out of tempo
in tempo
ff
mp
8
59
60
p
p
Tba. p
p
mf bring out
61
f
62
f
p
mp warmly
f
p
mp warmly
f
p
mp warmly
f
p
mp warmly
Tba.
p
f
ff
mp
9
63
64
p
p
Tba. p
p
mf bring out
f
p
f
entrances ad lib., molto rubato 65
66
mf
pp
p warmly
pp entrances ad lib., molto rubato
mf
pp
p warmly
pp
entrances ad lib., molto rubato Tba. mf
pp
pp
p
pp
entrances ad lib., molto rubato
mf
ff
pp
p warmly
pp
mp
p
mf bring out
pp
pp
f
10
67
68
p
pp
p
pp sim.
Tba. p
pp sim.
p
mp
f
pp sim.
p
pp
mp
pp
69
Tba.
mf bring out
f
p
11
70
71
Tba.
pp
mp
pp
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73
repeat ad lib., dim. al niente
4 4 ppp repeat ad lib., dim. al niente
4 4 ppp repeat ad lib., dim. al niente
4 4
Tba. ppp
repeat ad lib., dim. al niente
4 4 ppp
4 4 pp
p
ppp