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Matthew!Kennedy!(ASCAP)! echo!grove!publishing!!•!!2017! ! ! !
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Poetic!Devices five!miniatures!for!low!brass!trio!
(2017)
FULL SCORE (TRANSPOSED)
Matthew Kennedy (ASCAP)
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I.! II.! III.! IV.! V.!
Haiku! Epitaph!(for!Mari)! Anaphora! SixVWord!Novel! Quatrain!(Decasyllabic)!!!
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duration:!approx.!3’30”!
! ! about!the!work! Poetic' Devices! is! a! collective! of! five! miniatures! (musical! pâtiserrie,! if! you! will)! constructed! within! equally! miniature! poetic! forms.! I! am! increasingly!influenced!by!nonVmusical!art!forms;!architecture,!visual! art,! and! literature! all! play! pivotal! roles! in! my! creative! output! as! a! composer!and!educator!at!present.!The!first!three!movements,!Haiku,! Epitaph!(for!my!dear!friend!and!poet!Mari!Evans),!and!Anaphora,!are! to! be! performed! without! pause! as! one,! episodic! section! of! the! work,! followed! by! a! brief,! paletteVcleansing! pause.! The! latter! two! movements,! SixVWord! Novel! and! a! decasyllabic! Quatrain,! are! to! be! heard!as!the!second!corresponding/contrasting!course.!! !
about!the!composer!
Matthew! Kennedy’s! music! contains! “disarming! clarity! and! simplicity,”! often! seeking! out! dark! places! with! “an! uninhibited! wonder! and! spirit! of! exploration.”! Recent! activities! include! performances! and! commissions! by! Fresh! Inc.! Festival,! University! of! South! Florida! New! Music! Festival,! Northwestern! University! New! Music!Conference,!ASCAP,!SCI,!North!American!Saxophone!Alliance! International! Conference,! bassist! Robert! Black,! as! well! as! recent! residencies! at! Marble! House! Project! and! Crosshatch! Center! for! Ecology! and! Art.! Matthew! holds! a! doctoral! degree! from! The! Hartt! School! where! he! is! currently! on! faculty! in! the! Creative! Studies! Department,! teaching! preVcollege! composition,! musicianship,! and! theory.! He! and! his! wife,! studio! artist! Erin! Kennedy,! currently! reside! in!Newington,!CT!with!their!two!daughters,!Ivy!and!Amelia.! ! You!can!find!out!more!about!the!music!of!Matthew!Kennedy!at! www.kennedycomposer.com! ! ! ! ! !
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commissioned'by'Cathryn'Cummings' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! first!performance:!! Hartford!Independent!Chamber!Orchestra’s!Soundbites!Concert!Series! 14!May!2017!•!New!Britain!Museum!of!American!Art!•!New!Britain,!CT!
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Commissioned by Cathryn Cummings
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POETIC DEVICES five miniatures for low brass trio MATTHEW KENNEDY (ASCAP)
I. Haiku Lento q = 60
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3
° 2 Horn in F & 4
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4 f f
" ?2 Tuba ¢ 4
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Œ
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j œ- œ ™
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#˙ #˙ f
= molto rit. Subito allegro q = 120
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6 >œ. ° bœ & œ œ
‰ nœ #œ
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U ‰ œ œ
3
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b œ ™ b œ. b œ b œ ™ J J
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3
cantabile
f sub. energetic
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nœ œ œ œ # œ >. ? #œ
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p
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Tbn. 3
3
f sub. energetic
p
cantabile
U Tba.
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j n œ. # ˙-
#œ #œ™
œ œ. f sub. energetic
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#˙
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cantabile
= molto rit. Tempo primo (q = 60) stopped
13
Hn.
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∑
Œ
+ #œ
+ œ
+ œ
+ œ J
‰
Œ
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+ œ
6 4
p
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∑
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œ J
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6 4
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Tbn. 3
f
p
3
Tba.
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# >˙ œ # œ œ
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Œ
f
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II. Epitaph (for Mari) Adagio (q = 60) 3
Hn.
° 6 &4
∑
Œ
‰ bœ bœ bœ ˙ ™
3 4
œ ‰ bœ œ J
6 4
œbœbœ ™
> œ ‰ b -œ œ ™ n œ J J
molto legato - warm and undulating
? 6 ˙™
b˙ ™
œ ‰ Œ J
Tbn.
4
‰ Œ œ
Œ ˙™
3 b˙ ™ 4
6 4
œ J
Œ
3 4
6 4
j ‰ Œ b œ- b ˙ ™ œ
b˙ ™
molto legato - warm and undulating
Tba.
?6 ¢ 4b ˙ ™
j‰ Œ œ
b˙™
b˙™ b˙™
molto legato - warm and undulating
= 5
Hn.
> œ ‰ nœ œ ˙ ™ J
° œ &
f
bœ œ ‰ Œ bœ œ ‰ Œ J J
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œ bœ bœ œ ‰ Œ Œ œ J
4 4
œ bœbœ bœ œ J ‰ Œ Œ
4 4
p
>˙ œ ? ‰ œ
b˙™
bœ œ nœ œ J ‰ Œ J ‰ Œ
n˙
Tbn. p 3
3
Tba.
? ¢ ‰
j‰ Œ j‰ Œ b œ œ œ œ
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œ œ n ˙>
b˙™
j‰ Œ Œ œ
p
= III. Anaphora Subito capriccioso, meccanico q = 144 # œ.
Hn.
° 4 &4
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‰ œ # œ ‰ # >œ œ ‰ # œ. J
f poco agitato
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‰
>œ #œ œ # œ ‰ œ. J ‰
. œ. >œ. œ. œ # œJ # œ ‰ J ‰
4 f poco agitato
Tba.
?4 ¢ 4Ó
Œ
. j # œ. œ. # œ. œ. ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ # œ ‰ œ œ ‰ # œ œ œ > . . >. > f poco agitato
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Hn.
Tbn.
Tba.
4 ° # œ. >œ. œ. ‰ œ œ œ. ‰ & J J
œ # œ ‰ # >œ œ ‰ Œ J
> ? # œ œ ‰ œ # œJ ‰ œ. œ.
Ó # œ. # œ œ. # œ. . > œ ‰ #œ œ Œ J
. >œ. œ. ‰ œ œ #œ ‰ œ
j ‰ ? j ‰ œ œ œ ¢ # œ. #œ œ .
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‰ œ # œj ‰
Œ œ. # œ # œ. # œ. .
f
= n
Ÿ~~~~~~~ >. bœ œ J ‰
7
Hn.
° Œ &
‰ # œ œj ‰ # œ #œ f > nœ
> œ bœ nœ ‰ nœ #œ ‰ nœ
spastic!
j œ edgy, crass
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Ó
Tbn.
b˙
B
p
b œ. œ. # >œ. J ‰
6 - 10 "
?
molto aggressivo ord.
flz.
Tba.
? ¢ >œ œ Œ
^j ‰ Œ œ.
Ó ææ ˙
œ. œ n œ. j ‰ . >
p
molto aggressivo
= IV. Six-Word Novel Molto adagio, sweetly q = 42 bell tone
Hn.
° Ó &
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ord.
sim.
œ ‰ Œ J
Ó
b -œ
Ó
-œ
4 4
˙
œ ‰ #œ J
p lontano warm and gentle bell tone
-œ
sim.
˙
˙
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œ J ‰ Œ
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ord.
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Œ
Tbn.
4 4
#˙ œ J ‰ Œ
4 4
œ J ‰ Œ
p lontano warm and gentle bell tone
Tba.
? ˙ ¢
ord.
sim.
˙
warm and gentle
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b ˙Ó
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Hn.
° œ &
n -œ
œ ‰ Œ J
j #œ œ ™
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p
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œ J ‰ Œ
?
U w
w
f
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Tbn.
U #w
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Œ
j œ ‰ Œ
Œ
Œ
p
Tba.
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3 4
œ J ‰ Œ
Ó
3 4
˙
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3 4
p
= V. Quatrain (Decasyllabic) Adagio q = 60 Hn.
j bœ
nœ ‰ #œ œ ™ bœ
° Œ &
˙
f
n œ b œ œ. œ ?
œ # œ œ ‰ nœ
œ
b œ bœ ˙
Tbn. 3 3
f
Tba.
f
? ¢ œ
>˙ b . . b œ bœ
œ b œ. b œ
j œ. b œ n œ
œ
œ 3
f
cantabile
= 4
Hn.
3 ° 3 & 4 œ # œ. >œ œ ™ œ # œ Œ .
Œ
‰ # œ. Œ >
f
Tbn.
> ? 3 # œ. # œ. œ œJ ‰ 4
4 4
#œ # œ œ œ œ
œ J ‰ Œ
#œ#œ œ œ#œ
œ #œ œ n >œ J ‰
‰
più f
b œ. b œ. n œ. . b œ ‰ n >œ.
‰ Œ
4 4
‰ œ. Œ >
4 4
Œ
3
f
Tba.
3 ?3 ¢ 4 # œ œ œj ‰ œ. . > f
più f
Œ œ. œ.
più f
œ. œ. # >œ
œ
œ #œ #œ ‰ œ.
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>. >œ. >œ. . b . n . # œ n œ ≈ b œ b œ œJ ‰ j ‰ 3 # œ # œ. n œ ‰ ‰ ‰ 4 œ 3
7 3
Hn.
° &
#œ #œ # œ nœ
# œ-
4 4
3
molto
Tbn.
? œ J
‰
‰ nœ #œ
3 4
œ ‰ J
>. >œ. > . n œ . . œ. # œ. œ œ ‰ ‰ ‰ # œ ≈ #œ #œ œ J ‰ 3
4 4
3
molto
Tba.
? ¢ œj ‰ >. #œ
3 4 # œ.
j ‰ œ
œ
j ‰ . # œ. ‰ ‰ # >œ. ‰ n >œ. ≈ # œ # œ œ. # œ # œ # œ >. 3 3
4 4
molto
= Subito più mosso (q = ca. 92) rit. 10
Hn.
° 4n œ &4
# >œ
œ œ nœ œ
Ϫ
#œ œ J
#œ
œ ‰ n >œ J
œ. ‰ Œ J
˙
bold - alla marcia
edgy, crass
molto
> ? 4 nœ œ # œ
œ œ
œ. # œ. œ.
‰ # œ. Œ
# >œ. J ‰ Œ
B
Ó
œ^. J ‰ Œ
Tbn.
4 bold - alla marcia
Tba.
? 4 œ. ¢ 4
edgy, crass
nœ #œ nœ bold - alla marcia
œ. # œ. œ.
‰ #œ Œ .
j ‰ Œ # œ. >
Ó
^j ‰ Œ œ. edgy, crass CT MK Newington, April 2017
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