Score
for the Six Four Quartet
MoirĂŠ for saxophone quartet (SATB) 2019
Laura M. Kramer
Instrumentation B-flat Soprano Saxophone E-flat Alto Saxophone B-flat Tenor Saxophone E-flat Baritone Saxophone Score is Transposed
Duration: ca. 8’30”
for my students of the Six Four Quartet: Isaac Becker, Paige Rooney, Noah Scanlan, Victor Wei
Program Note A moiré pattern is an interference pattern in art and mathematics. It results when one image is overlaid with another similar semitransparent image. Various patterns can be created depending upon the degree of rotation of the second image. In the first movement, Gradient Shapes, I envisioned various figures overlapping, twisting, and morphing into new ones. On a large scale, the movement is about a battle between stability and instability, similar to the way that distortion can weave in and out when rotating images in a moiré pattern. It is bookended with settled, one-pitched sustains, but in the middle, it goes on a journey of interference and restructuring. Stability tries to return, but waves of detuned pitches, canonic-like passages, and emerging new patterns continuously shut it down. The second movement, Scribble, continues to explore shifting patterns. Eerie harmonies hover and weave like overlaid, scribbled pictures rotating slowly, but they also transition into fast grooves that constantly change with each repetition.
for the Six Four Quartet
Transposed Score
Moiré 2019
for saxophone quartet (SATB)
I. Gradient Shapes Misterioso q = ca. 60
Soprano Saxophone
like a sine wave p
Alto Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
3
ee oh
3
ee oh
3
ee
3
p
p
p
f
reverberant
p
p
f reverberant
3
f reverberant
13 poco rit. No vib. sim. mp
Slow Vib. Each e is 1/2 spin
f reverberant
5
3
pp
Slow Vib. Each e is 1/2 spin
3
p
8
Sop. Sax.
Tenor Saxophone
Laura M. Kramer (b. 1984)
oh
3
p
ee oh
No vib.
sim.
poco © 2019 Laura M. Kramer (ASCAP)
mp
No vib.
vib. No
mp
mp
2
14
Sop. Sax.
a tempo
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
pp
n
pp
ppp
pp
f
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
mf
f
3
5
5
3
p sub.
mf
24 Eerie p sub.
Alto Sax.
3
5
f
3
6
6
cresc...
Bari. Sax.
6
p sub.
6
6
6
6
6
6
f
p sub.
27 Bluesy
6
f 5
timbre changes Ten. Sax.
6
pp
f
cresc...
5
mf cresc...
3
3
3
fp
p
p
fp
f
p
f
p
f
Ten. Sax.
f
timbre changes
fp
p
f
Alto Sax.
f
6 6 3
19
Sop. Sax.
pp
16 Più mosso q = ca. 72 accel.
ff
ff
6
ff
ff
3
3
28
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
3
6
3
6
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
mf ee
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
3
sim...
oh
mf
3
Slow Vib. Each e is 1/2 spin
oh
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
No vib.
No vib.
p
p
p
p
mp dolce
pp
pp
pp
3 pp
poco a poco dim.
No vib.
sim...
q = ca. 60
oh ee oh
poco a poco dim.
mf
39
ee
ee
sim...
poco a poco dim.
3
3
poco a poco dim.
oh
oh ee oh
Slow Vib. Each e is 1/2 spin
3
ee
mf
Bari. Sax.
ee
5
34
32
5
Slow Vib.
5
3
3
5
3
Ten. Sax.
3
mp dolce
6
4
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
45
mp dolce
6
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
6
Bari. Sax.
3
3
3
f
f
mf
6
6
f
f
3
6
53 Slightly Faster
mp
6
6
3
mf
3
Ten. Sax.
6
6
3
mf
Bari. Sax.
mf
6
50
Sop. Sax.
3
timbre changes 6
6
6
6
6
6
5
56
Sop. Sax.
accel.
58 q = ca. 80
6
6
f mechanical
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
mechanical
Bari. Sax.
6
mechanical
59
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
62
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
ff
6
p sub.
6
6
ff
molto
timbre changes
6
p sub. 6
Bari. Sax.
6
molto
Ten. Sax.
p sub.
Alto Sax.
6
p sub.
6
6
6
6
6
molto
molto
ff
ff
6
Sop. Sax.
67 Bluesy with Chaos q = ca. 72 G.P. 66 growl G.P.
Alto Sax.
6
f
Bari. Sax.
Alto Sax.
G.P.
70
Sop. Sax.
f
6
3 3
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
3
3
73
3
growl
6
3
6
6
3
6
3
6
6
6
3
6
6
3
Ten. Sax.
growl
3
growl 6 f 3
6
G.P. Ten. Sax.
6
f
6
growl
7
Sop. Sax.
76 growl
6
Alto Sax.
p
Bari. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
f
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
f
f
mf
mf
5
5
f
5
resonant
5
resonant
5
ff
p
5
ff
p
5
ff
5
p
mf
resonant
with attitude
resonant
f
reverberant
p
f reverberant
ff
reverberant
f
f
mf
p
3
f
Bari. Sax.
6
5
84
Sop. Sax.
p
80
Sop. Sax.
growl
reverberant
f
6
Ten. Sax.
8
Sop. Sax.
88 Haunting
p sub.
Alto Sax.
p sub.
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
timbre changes
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
6
6
6
p sub.
93 With warmth
92
Sop. Sax.
6
p sub.
f
f
f
f
6
6
6
9
II. Scribble Haunting, as from a distance q = ca. 66
1
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Sop. Sax.
mp
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
mp
mp
mp
11
p
n
n
ppp
6
p
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
mf
ppp
f
f
f
legato
legato
legato
p
n
p
n
p
bell tone
ppp
p
n
ppp
mf
p
n
6
p
n
n
p
n
bell tone
6
3
fp
f
f
f
espress.
bell tone
6
espress.
p
mf
bell tone
p
mf
n
ppp
p
n
3 3
mf legato
pp
mf
ppp
mf
f
n
pp
mf
3
p
pp
pp
fp
10
15
Sop. Sax.
f
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
3
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
p
calm
calm
p
p
22 Echoeing q = ca. 144 p
Alto Sax.
calm
legato
f
Sop. Sax.
19
calm
f
p
p
p
28 27
f
f
f
f
fp
molto
fp
molto fp
molto fp
molto
11
Sop. Sax.
33
f
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
f
f
f
Sop. Sax.
38 With Energy
Ten. Sax.
ff like a drumset
43
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
p
p
f
f
mf
mf
ff
ff
ff
ff
46 ff
ff
ff
ff p mf
p mf
f
f
ff like a drumset
ff like a drumset
Bari. Sax.
ff like a drumset
Alto Sax.
12
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
f
ff
f
ff
ff
Bari. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Bari. Sax.
f
f
f
mf
3
3
mf
mf
f
f
ff f
ff
f
f 3
3 3
3
61
3
3
mf
Ten. Sax.
p
f
59
Sop. Sax.
p
f
ff
Ten. Sax.
p
ff
Alto Sax.
55
53
p
f
Sop. Sax.
ff
f
Bari. Sax.
48
f
f
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
f 75
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
f f
Bari. Sax.
f
fierce
3
fierce
3
3
3
fierce
fierce
ff
3
f
f
mf
f
ff
p
p
p
p
77
p
3
ff
3
ff mf
69 p ppp p ppp p ppp p
Sop. Sax.
64
13
3
p p 3
3
p
14
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
79 f f f f
84
Sop. Sax.
3
3
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
f fierce
3
3
f fierce
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
3
f
3
3
pp
pp
3
pp pp
fierce
f fierce
sfz
sfz
88
mf
Bari. Sax.
sfz
3 3
p
Ten. Sax.
86
p
Alto Sax.
sfz
p
15
94
93
Sop. Sax.
f
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
f
f
f 97
Sop. Sax.
sfz
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
sfz
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
sfz
p
f
p
f
p
f
p
f
p f f
f
p
102 p
Alto Sax.
sfz
p
f
pp
pp pp
pp
16
110
108
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
f
f
f
f
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
113
Sop. Sax.
ff
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
ff
122 q = ca. 72 bell tones
ff
ff
118
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz
p
bell tones
p
bell tones
p
bell tones
p
17
125
bell tones
Sop. Sax.
pp
bell tones
Alto Sax.
bell tones
mp
Bari. Sax.
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
p
espress.
p espress.
ppp
ppp
pp
pp
pp
mp
sfz
p
sfz
p
mp
n
n
pp
poco
134 Slightly Slower q = ca. 66
136
3
p espress.
p
pp
p
Ten. Sax.
mp
Alto Sax.
pp
131
Sop. Sax.
p espress.
bell tones
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
pp
128 Haunting
p
mp
sfz
p
p
mp
sfz
p
f sub.
f sub.
poco
f sub.
f sub.
18
Sop. Sax.
141 Broadly 5
mf
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
5
mf
ff
5
mf
Bari. Sax.
ff
5
mf
Sop. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Bari. Sax.
Alto Sax.
Ten. Sax.
Bari. Sax.
freely, ad lib.
ff
p
5
5
p
6
6
6
brief
brief
p
oh
ee
oh
ee
oh
ee
oh
ee
oh
ee
oh
p
pp ee
oh
ee
oh
p
pp
f
3
brief
ee
3
3
pp
fp
brief
3
f
pp
f
fp
f
p
6
6
f
5
3
timbre changes
151
Sop. Sax.
p
Ten. Sax.
5
ff
147 Misterioso p .