WUSHU DUEL (Erhu and Viola)

Michael-Thomas Foumai

Wushu Duel 武術雙鬥 for Erhu and Viola 二胡和中提琴

Michael-Thomas Foumai

Wushu Duel 武術雙鬥 for Erhu and Viola 二胡和中提琴 Duration: 5:00

Program Note Wushu Duel was composed for Xiao Dong Wei and Jim VanValkenburg. Scored for Erhu and Viola the work is a duel/duo inspired by the practice of martial arts. In some ways, the martial arts tradition is not unlike the practice of music making. It is from these common links such as practice, harmony, control, perfection and peace that the work combines these two instruments in the fashion of a tournament between masters and of east meeting west. Both musicians being the musical representation of martial arts masters, display their great meditative control and skillful physical technique over their craft in musical combat. © 2013 Michael-Thomas Foumai. All Rights Reserved (ASCAP) www.michaelfoumai.com

for Xiao Dong Wei and Jim VanValkenburg

Wushu Duel

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武術雙鬥

  Erhu 二胡  

Zen q=100

  

  

  

(wide vib.) pizz.

Viola

   



mf

fp

ff

f

        

                  f 7

fp





      

13 q=132

      f

f

 

fp

              fp

 

 glis 

   

gliss 

18

ff

ff

   25



         

 

s.

.



 

fpp

      

  

                 

mp

 

p

ff

3

arco

    

cresc.

    

ff

       

                       



                    

     

                       p

accel.

                                         cresc.

                                 cresc.

          

f

         

f

 

accel.

A q=144              

MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI (2013)

for Erhu and Viola                  

          

      



                                        più f

più f

    

                





  

                       

      fp                                  mf 

 

  

 

   

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B            

      

33

  





 

        

   

    



   





p

pizz.



 

      

 



mf più

 arco                       mf



    

p



52

    

sub. p leggiero

42

  



                             mf espress.

     

 

  







  

                                                 più mf 3

f

    

    63



 

                                      cresc.                                         

C               



                          f

        

71

f

     79

 







   

f

  

mf

                        mf

         

                             



p

  

       p

          

      

  

     

87                         

                              mf   

    



                       f

    

                    

mf

93

   

        

       

 

               

5

         



                   

f

97    

    



                     102



 

      

  

114 E (q=100)      

   



 

fp

   125

 

rit.

3

  

                                     mp

   

   fp

3

3

3

   

 

p

      

    3

p

  

fp

   fp

       

3

   

mp

ff

     

 

 

ff

 

dim.

dim.

    

   

 

   

Meno mosso q=100   D          



 

mf

fp

 

3

 

fp

 

fp

     

  

 

  

 

3

3



fp

  

 

   

fp

  3      

  

  

fp

 

                   p

p

       

p

p

mf

mf

p

fp

  

fp



fp

3

 

3

Lento q=70



3



 

6

F

   139

q=144

     

cresc.

     

  

    

      



sempre ff

 

        

145                            p mf cresc.                                 p   f mf

                152

f

       p

 

  

  

     

  

 

  

           

158   

                                                              mf

  

                mf 

                                       f



      

f

 

          



p

         

           

167                                                          più f

                                                    più f

G

 

173

  ff

 



 

    

                       



                                                  ff

  

   

                   

      

  

                   

  

       

179

        

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                    f  pizz.                185

f

191     

  

     198

   





            cresc.

        

           

cresc.

mp

    

                              

        

           

mp

7

                    

     mf

             

                 f

                       p mf mf arco

 





fp

 

  

 

                                                   f

                                         203

      211



                                      

     

               

          

   

H                     ff

            

           

ff

 









                                                               

  

    

8

 

217

    

 

       

più ff

                                     

       

 

I     

    

ff

               

fp

     

   

    

 

232

fp

ff

ff

  

        

fp

            

fp

        3

p

                          

    

     

               

                    ff

  

fp

        

ff

  

                      3

              

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ff

 

p

più ff

225



fp

ff

     ff

 

       

     p      p

 

                                       p ff                                                              p ff 238

J         243

 

    

                 

ff

                     ff

      

         

  

    

 



   

        

9 247                                                            

                                                                           251                           fp

fp

                   

fp

fp

fp

   

   

  

più ff

                

più ff

K                                                             256

 

                  

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                                                                                                                                                             262

    269

         

      

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Presto q=152

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