Poetic Devices

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! five!miniatures!for!low!brass!trio! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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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II. Epitaph (for Mari) Adagio (q = 60) 3

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b˙ ™

molto legato - warm and undulating

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= 5

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f

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Hn.

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= IV. Six-Word Novel Molto adagio, sweetly q = 42 bell tone

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ord.

sim.

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