NICOLAS BIZUB
DARK WAVES FOR CELLO ENSEMBLE
2014
NICOLAS BIZUB
DARK WAVES FOR CELLO ENSEMBLE DURATION 4’
2014
DARK WAVES PROGRAM NOTES: Dark Waves explores the darker timbre of the cello. Oscillating half-step dissonances and cross-rhythms ebb and flow to create the same motion as waves. I thought about observing the ocean shoreline during night, where one would both see and hear dark waves crashing on the coast. Such an ebb and flow can be very trance-like, so I have made the structure of the piece cyclical to mimic the cyclical and trance-like state of waves. The repeat at the end may be taken as many times as desired to induce such a meditative state.
DARK WAVES Building and decaying, wave-like q = 56-60
Cello I
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Cello II
? 44
Cello III
Cello IV
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sul pont.
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n
n
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n
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n
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n
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24
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seamless entrance
seamless entrance sul pont.
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seamless entrance sul pont.
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·
sul pont.
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34
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3
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11
sul pont.
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sul pont.
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p
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f
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3
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non. dim
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sul pont. ? 34 úo .
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p
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sul pont.
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sul pont.
15
normale
·
normale
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normale
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sul pont.
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n
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espress.
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espress.
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3
sul pont.
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e sonore
sul pont.
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34
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normale
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–3–
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normale
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34
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bú
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b Ï- Ï ú
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4 Ï bú. 4 ¾ ¾
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bú
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bÏ Ï
(non tremolo) sul pont.
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(non tremolo) sul pont.
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f
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sul pont.
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sul pont.
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bÏ
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bÏ
f
normale
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ä
3 4
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bÏ
44
normale
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sul pont.
bú
p p
normale
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44 b Ï b Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï b Ï Ï Ï b Ï b Ï Ï 3 3 f 3 p 44 bú f
normale
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24
ú
2 ú 4 ¾ f
bú ¾
ú ¾
24 b Ï Ï
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3
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3
bÏ bÏ Ï p
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f sub.
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3
b \Ï b Ï Ï
f sub.
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3
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sul pont.
p
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n Ïo
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sul pont.
44
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b ú> f sub.
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bÏ.
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normale
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bÏ ä ?ä J
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sul pont.
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nú
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normale
normale
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3
normale
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ä ä
j Ï
sul pont.
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ä Ïj 44
sul pont.
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nú
4 4
3
bÏ
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normale
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normale
P
Ï
bÏ Ï Ï P normale
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normale
úú P
bÏ
Ï bÏ Ï bÏ ?
43
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ú
? Ï
bÏ Ï
44 Ï- Ï- Ï- b Ï- Ï-
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Ï Ï
4 b Ï- Ï- Ï- Ï Ï 4 - -
3
3
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bú
bÏ
4 4 bú
nú
bÏ
4 4
bú
bú
p
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3
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ú ú
3
î p î
p
6
5
6
5
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46
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w f
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w
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n
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î ¹ n
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last time only
· play only if taking repeat sul pont.
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