Newman LULLABY FOR MUNCH IN HELL saxophone quartet
OK
FEEL
GOOD
MUSIC
about LULLABY FOR MUNCH IN HELL The lyrical, silky, “French” sound of the saxophone quartet is nowhere to be found in this work. Instead, I needed to hear the quartet as one loud single instrument, much like banging one’s fist on a hypothetical saxophone stop on an organ. The starting point for the piece was a painting by Edvard Munch titled “Selfportrait in Hell”, and in the spirit of that (terrifying) work, the music is often anxious, incessant, and shifty—and occasionally obnoxious: elements of a Lullaby well-suited to the painting … one hopes Munch finds solace in it. World Premiere December 7, 1993, New England Conservatory Quartet, Boston University School for the Arts
DURATION 7:45
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OK
FEEL
GOOD
MUSIC
LULLABY FOR MUNCH IN HELL for saxophone quartet JONATHAN NEWMAN
= 168 SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BARITONE
6
12
17
23
29
34
39
45
51
59
68
(stagger breathing)
cresc. poco a poco
growl
(stagger breathing)
growl
cresc. poco a poco (stagger breathing)
growl
cresc. poco a poco
(stagger breathing)
cresc. poco a poco
growl
repeat with molto cresc. & accel. to presto poss. - not together normale
=
80
9
simile
9
simile
9
simile
9
simile
normale
normale
normale
84
90
95
Tempo Primo
100
slap-tongue
slap-tongue
normale
103
normale
slap-tongue
107
slap-tongue
normale
normale
111
115
slap-tongue
resonance trill (NONO)
(stagger breathing)
120
(stagger breathing) resonance trill (NONO)
poco
poco resonance trill (NONO)
(stagger breathing)
*
resonance trill (NONO)
(stagger breathing)
normale
poco
134
139
* Normale, Overblown, Normale, Overblown The written pitch alternates with the overblown octave below.
Meno Mosso 2+3+2+2
2+3+2+2
3+2+2+2
2+2+3+2
3+2+2+2
2+2+2+3
3+2+2+2
144
poco
poco
poco
150
2+2+3+2
2+2+2+3
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
Tempo Primo 157
163
169
= 2+3+2 176
3+2+2+2
simile
6
6
6
simile
6
179
slap-tongue
3
6
3
3
slap-tongue 3
3
3
183
normale
3
normale
Tempo Primo 186
3
3
194
203
(stagger breathing)
growl
cresc. poco a poco (stagger breathing)
growl
cresc. poco a poco (stagger breathing)
growl
cresc. poco a poco
(stagger breathing)
cresc. poco a poco
begin slowly - repeat (10-15x) with accel. poco a poco 215
growl
as fast as possible - not together (10-15x) 216 8
possibile
possibile
7
possibile
9
possibile
217
simile
simile
growl
7
simile
218
simile
simile
simile
slap-tongue (as fast as possible)
growl 219 8
high screams
simile
simile
Tempo Primo 220
key clicks only
key clicks only
key clicks only
key clicks only
226
normale
non cresc.