HyperMazurka
for cello and percussion
Lee Hartman
Copyright Š 2007 Ragnarok Press
HyperMazurka Duration: 14 minutes Instrumentation Cello Percussion (one player) Glockenspiel Vibraphone Snare drum Small bass drum Splash cymbal China cymbal Sizzle cymbal Suspended cymbals (3 varying sizes) Tam-tam Metal wind chimes Triangle Brake drum
HyperMazurka seeks to elaborate and confuse, honor and parody the wonderful piano pieces by Chopin. Various themes and tonal movements were extracted from the Chopin Mazurkas and are presented in completely different ways from the originals. Many of the Mazurkas share common rhythmic patterns (not surprising as the basis of these works is in Polish folk dance) and, when layered on top of one another, generate counterpoint completely foreign to their original settings. Performance practice of a Mazurka dictates that the weak beat is accented; while not always accented in HyperMazurka, the weak beat is prominent and often elongated. Source material for HyperMazurka is taken from multiple opera but only from the first work (No. 1) within each opus. Furthermore, the piece, I hope, is not as dry as this program note; after all, there is a melody written for the tam-tam and the cello parts covers four plus octaves!
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for Ben and Jim
HyperMazurka Maestoso (q = 76)
Violoncello f
Lee Hartman (b. 1979) Kansas City, MO Jan.-Mar. 2007
Senza misura
ad lib. tremolo arco, pizz.
SP
p f possibile
3
mp
Splash China Metal wind chimes
Percussion
w/ medium yarn
Sizzle
Tam-tam
f
Vc.
3
Triangle w/shaft
Perc.
9 Vc.
Perc.
Perc.
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mfp
3
sul D
ppp
13 Vc.
p
pp
ppp
5
Ord.
2
17 Vc.
mfp
mpp
p sempre
Vibraphone
Perc.
21
Perc.
mp
fp
pp
+ brass
fp
mf
molto accel.
Vib. ( w/ slurs)
mp pp
pp
Glockenspiel w/ brass Perc.
pp
pp
mp
Vc.
3
pp
30
secco
26
f
Senza misura
SP
p
Vc.
Random natural harmonics. 1x. Sul C, 2x. Sul D, 3x. Sul D, 4x. Sul G, Moderato (q = 108) 5x. Sul D, 6x. Sul A, 7+x. ad lib. Ord. pizz. arco
Vc. Perc.
w/ yarn
HyperMazurka
34
Vc.
Perc.
3
Vivace (q = c. 132)
mp
ff w/ rubber S Sus. Cym. Glock. (w/ rubber)
- yarn, + hard rubber
sim.
f
38 Vc.
Perc.
3
3
3
Perc.
3
ff
Vib. w/ rubber secco
p
ff
3
3
f
accel.
f
rit.
Vc.
molto rit.
ff subito pp
like a broken record
Perc.
f
molto accel.
f
p gradually add P
44
w/ brass L Sus. Cym.
42
Vc.
- 4 mallets, + drum sticks
4
HyperMazurka
sul D - A pizz. sim.
47
Vc.
molto rit.
0
0
0
0
0
0
pppp
Subito Prestissimo 51
3 arco Vc. ff Perc.
Vivace (q = c. 132)
5
Small Bass Drum
f 55
Perc.
58
Perc.
fp
SD (snares on)
ffff
f
3
3 3 Rim shot
62
Perc.
sub. p
66
Vc.
Perc.
69
f
rit.
Maestoso (q = 76)
M Sus. Cym. w/ butt end dome edge
Perc.
pp
ff p
p distant
sfz
Vc.
p
- drum sticks, + hard yarn
ossia- C#
S Sus. Cym. w/ butt end w/ yarn dome edge
mp
HyperMazurka 3 Vc.
74
mp
cresc.
Perc.
cresc.
Vc.
mf
Perc.
85
Perc.
mp
accel.
Vc.
p f intense vibrato on
f
pizz.
6
mp
3
p
6
f
Allegro (q = 120)
arco
3 88
Perc.
Vc.
3
3
3 3 3 f
82
mp 1/2 P
78
ff intense
Vib.
Vc. Perc.
arco
pizz.
5
f
Vibrato off
sim.
6
HyperMazurka 90
Vc.
Perc.
ff with bravado
92
Vc.
Perc.
95
Perc.
Vc.
97 Vc. Perc.
HyperMazurka 100
Vc. Perc.
103 Vc. Perc.
107
Vc.
Perc.
7
fffpcresc.
ffp
cresc.
ff molto espressivo á la Shostakovich
Half Time (q = 60)
ff bell-like 112
Vc.
Perc.
dim.
3
8
HyperMazurka
Vc. p 117
Perc.
3
dim.
3
3
3
3
appassionato
fp
mp 3
3
3
3
3
appassionato
121
Vc.
Perc.
ff
3 3 3
Vc. Perc.
3
ff dim. poco a poco
3 3 3 3
3
fp 3
dim.
3
3
3
3
125
Freely
3
accentuate the shift
A tempo 129
Vc.
Perc.
3
3
3
3 3 3
3
3
3
3
HyperMazurka
Vc. 131
3
9
Adagio (q = 60)
mfpp
3
3
Perc.
Glockenspiel
3
ppp
133 Vc.
SP
Ord.
SP
mfpp
fpp
fpp
3
6
Ord.
mfpp
Cymbals (ossia: random sizes in rhythm) Vibraphone
Perc.
3
SP Vc. 137
Ord.
mfpp
142
pp
SP
fpp
(Tri.)
5
ppp
Vc.
3
fpp
Perc.
p
3
6
ppp
Freely
Vibraphone w/ bow Perc.
Perc.
6
Glockenspiel 5
- yarn, + 2 triangle beaters & bow
Scrape from dome to edge
145
Vc.
7
10
147
Vc.
HyperMazurka
molto accel.
Lento (q = 40) f possibile
cresc.
Progress from a lot of harmonics to very few. Ossia: hand dampen gradually -triangle beaters & bow, + Tam-tam beater & drum stick
Perc.
Top 1/3 only
p Near Edge Middle Center
Random natural harmonics. sim. bar 23. Emerge out of the tam-tam sound. 153
Vc. Perc.
Entire range
- tam-tam beater, + drum stick
sfz
cresc.
f
p
N
3
sfz
167 Vc.
mp
Perc.
p
p
on dome
Perc.
Allegro 161
Vc.
3
on the rim p
HyperMazurka
11
171 Vc. Perc.
174
Vc. N Perc. 3
p
179 Vc.
Perc.
cresc. poco a poco 183 Vc.
Perc.
fpp ff
mf 187
Vc.
fpp Perc.
fp
molto rit.
Random cymbals
ff
7
ff
3
5
12
HyperMazurka 191
Adagio (q = 60)
Vc. Perc.
fpp 196 pizz. 6 6 6 6 Vc. 3 6 3 - drum sticks, + soft yarn
p Vibraphone
Perc.
mp
199
arco
3
- yarn, + drum sticks
3
204
molto accel.
Vc. Perc.
1/2 P
Vivace (q =132)
Vc.
fff
Brake drum
Perc.
fff
205
Vc. Perc.
sub. p
3 3 3
207 Vc. ff Perc.
pp
3
pp
3
p
p
mp
mp
mf
HyperMazurka
Vc. 211
6
Cadenza: Pesante e maestoso
fp
Perc.
mf
f
13
accel.
A tempo
ff
- drum sticks, + medium yarn
ff
3 6 3 Vc.
accel.
A tempo
217
220
Vc.
p ff intense
222
Vc.
224
3
3
rit.
3
A tempo
Vc.
sub. ff
gliss.
6
0 0
3
0 0
5:3
5
14
HyperMazurka
228
Vc.
mf
230
3
Vc. 0 0
Meno mosso
molto rit.
intenzionale
Perc.
p
SP punta d'arco
ppp, like a mosquito
Vib., vibrato on
dreamy, like a broken music box
Ord. 233
Vc.
Perc.
Vc.
Perc.
+ tam-tam beater
237
ad lib. nat. harm. like guitar distortion
SP
ppp almost inaudible