LEWIS
Breaking for Octet
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GEORGE LEWIS
Breaking
for Octet
Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Freundeskreis Hauskonzert Musik für heute
POD PETERS on demand
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EDITION PETERS
LEIP ZI G · L ONDO N · NE W YOR K
Instrumentation
Flute in C/Piccolo/Bass Flute
Clarinet in B-flat/Bass Clarinet in B-Flat
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B-Flat Tenor Trombone (straight, plunger mutes)
Guitar
Piano (with plastic card)
Accordion
Violin
Cello
Symbols
s.t.: sul tasto (arco)
s.p.: sul ponticello (arco), normal pressure
m.v., m.m.v.: molto (molto) vibrato
B = quarter-tone flat
multiphonic sound on given note
bow pressure specification (relative): high
m.s.t., a.s.t.: molto sul tasto (arco)
m.s.p., a.s.p.: molto sul ponticello (arco)
m.p.: moderately heavy bow pressure
µ = quarter-tone sharp
low square or open noteheads: noise texture (no pitch)
h.p.: heavy pressure (with some pitch, using approximate indicated pitches)
h.p. (no pitch): heaviest, pure noise (staff position not indicative of pitch level)
voice grunt (winds): Use rough-textured voice and play at the same time. slap tongue: Produce percussive sounds with some pitch content, which may be indeterminate in performance with respect to the written pitches. irregular speed (all): Used with trills and vibrato to produce non-uniform textures.
glissandi:
Short, leading toward an attack: Treated like sliding grace notes.
Short, trailing a note: Analogous to a short verbal shout. Long, trailing a note: Should not exceed the total duration of the note. Follow approximate pitch curve.
Between notes: Follow approximate pitch curve.
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Vibrato: Should match the duration of the first note to whichthey are attached. Speed of these and m.v./m.m.v. is similar to normal vibrato, but pitch range is much wider, similar to Korean sigimsae in sanjo performances.
very wide narrow accented fading growing “jeonseong” (grace note-like rise and fall in pitch)
The score is transposed:
Piccolosounds an octave higherthan written Bass Flute sounds an octave lowerthan written
B-Flat Clarinet sounds a major 2nd lower than written
B-Flat Bass Clarinet sounds a major 9th lower than written Guitar sounds an octave lowerthan written
Specifications as to instruments, bowings, mutes, articulations, etc., are maintained until superseded by a subsequent specification, or by the “ord.” instruction. Accidentals carry through the measure. Trills are always half-step.
Duration: 12minutes
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George Lewis
George Lewis (b. 1952) is Professor of American Music at Columbia University and Area Chair in Composition. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. His other honors include a MacArthur Fellowship (2002) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2015). A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1971, Lewis’s work has been documented in more than 150 recordings and has been presented by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Dal Niente, the London Philharmonia Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Mivos Quartet, Spektral Quartet, London Sinfonietta, and others. Lewis holds honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh, New College of Florida, and Harvard University.
George Lewis (*1952) ist Professor für amerikanische Musik an der Columbia University and Leiter des Fachbereichs Komposition. Er ist Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciences und der American Academy of Arts and Letters sowie korrespondierendes Mitglied der British Academy. Zu weiteren Auszeichnungen zählen ein MacArthur-Stipendium (2002) sowie ein Guggenheim-Stipendium (2015). Seit 1971 ist er Mitglied der Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Lewis’ Musik ist in über 150 Aufnahmen dokumentiert und wurde u. a. vom BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Dal Niente, London Philharmonia Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Mivos Quartet, Spektral Quartet und von der London Sinfonietta aufgeführt. Er ist Ehrendoktor der University of Edinburgh, des New College of Florida und der Harvard University.
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