Tyler Capp
Paramnesia for string quartet
Avid Cloak Music
This work was composed for the highSCORE Music Festival, and was premiered by Quartetto Indaco in Pavia, Italy on August 5th, 2014 Instrumentation: Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Violoncello Duration: ca. 5:10 Program Note: The title of this piece refers to a mental state in which distortions of memory can cause confusion between fact and fction and, in fact, lead an individual to confabulate new memories to replace lost ones. In composing the work, I was drawn to fnding tenuous, even imaginary, connections between quotations from multiple, diverse sources. These quotations, all somehow misremembered, make up the entirety of the musical discourse, which alternates temperamentally between grandiose paranoia and dreamy forgetfulness. Performance Notes: – Accidentals apply for the duration of a measure and all trills are half-steps. – Dashed arrows indicate a continuous change in mode of playing (e.g. senza vibrato to molto vibrato). – All glissandi begin on the frst indicated note and last the entire length of the gesture. Headless stems are occasionally provided to show beat structures underlying glissandi. – “X” time signatures indicate non-metrical time. A general length for these measures is given in seconds and points of coordination are indicated with a vertical dashed line. – A horizontal line extending from a note head in non-metrical time indicates a held pitch for the duration of the line. – Boxed fgures should be repeated freely, and extemporaneously, for the duration of the extending arrow.
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Paramnesia >° 4 nœœœ œ Violin 1 & 4 # œ ∏∏∏∏∏
q = 84
for string quartet
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fff paranoid
pp
∏∏∏
Ϫ
B 44 bœœ œ >-
∏∏∏∏∏
˙™
? 4 nœ ¢ 4 b œœ >-
=
∏∏∏∏
Violoncello
5
œ œ
pp
j œœ œœ
ord.
& Ϫ
Vln. 2
pp ord.
B
Vla.
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pp
Vc.
=
˙
0 0
ord.
¢
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ord.
pp
ff
molto sul pont.
Ϫ
pp
fff
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fff
fff
fff
pp like an embryonic chicken peeping
¢
˙
bœ >œ œœ œ ˙ >>
‰
fff
Ó
(m.s.p.)
œ >œb >œœ >œ ™ œ
˙
8 - 10"
à Ã
sub. ppp colorless
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ
m.s.p.
>œ
ff pp with reckless abandon
ffp
sim. (wild harmonics)
à >œ
pizz.
sub. ppp colorless
ff
15 - 20"
‹ ‹ ‹ æææ p
* ‹ ‹
‹ æ æ‹
ææ
a punta d'arco
pp like an embryonic chicken peeping
p
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
‹æ æ ‹
m.s.p.
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œ+
sub. pp
?
Œ
U Ó
ord.
B
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sub. ppp colorless
‹ æ æ‹
æ æ‹
&
Vla.
j œ ‰ Œ œ >-
Ã
sub. ppp colorless
6
* a‹punta d'arco
0
(m.s.p.)
U Ó
7
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˙ ˙
(m.s.p.)
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> senza vib. U #œ-œ ‰ ≈ J nœ œ ˙
œ
> ≈ nœ >œœ ˙ #>œ
‰
Œ
ff
>## œœ senza vib. U J ‰ ≈ nœ œ ˙
bœœ
Œ
fff
œœ #>œœ ≈
b œœ
8
Vln. 2
bœ >œ œœ >
pp
U Ó
Ó
>œ- senza vib. U 5 œ ‰ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ J bœ œ ˙
° Vln. 1 &
Vc.
œ œ R
molto sul pont.
fff paranoid
° ˙ Vln. 1 &
> œ™ nœœ Œ
˙™
˙™
4
(m.s.p.)
fff
pp
fff paranoid
U Ó
Ó molto sul pont.
fff paranoid
Viola
Ó
ff
4 & 4 bbœœœ ˙™ >-
Violin 2
> œ™ #œœ Œ
Tyler Capp
molto sul pont.
0
œ
pp
* play indicated strings behind the bridge.
œ 0
œœ
III
also with reckless abandon
m.s.p
œœ >
ffp
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>œ
ffp
>œ
ff
> bœ>œ œœ œœœœ > > ff
ffp
ord.
œœ
ppp
8 - 10" 2
° Vln. 1 &
Vln. 2
9
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‹ æ æ‹
‹æ ‹æ ‹æ
&
r ‹æ
‹æ ‹æ ‹æ
>œ >œ >œ
ff
? œ>œ bœ>œ œœ Vc. ¢ >
=
ff
° 5 Vln. 1 & 4
Vln. 2
Vla.
& 45
ff
> œ>œ bœœœ>œ
ffp
10
>œ >œ >œ
ffp
‹ æ æ‹
repeat ad lib. increasing intensity
>œ™ b >œ œ >œ ™ ˙ nœ ™ ˙
ff distorted, erratic vibrato
>œ œ > ™ œ ˙ #œ ™ ˙
Vla.
Vc.
3 r œœ ≈ ‰ ? 44 œœ œœ œœ Œ > > >
arco
Œ
‰ ‰
œ
&
q = 84
ff
˙
œœ œœ œ-œ œœ - bœ-œ -
B 44 Ϫ
j bœœ œœ œ-œ bœ-œ œœ œ œ œ- œ- - 3 ff
ff
3
Œ
‰
-œ œ-œ bœ-œ œ- œ-œbœ-œ œ ff
Œ
‰
45
45 ≈ œ œ ˙ >
arco
bœ œ
6
nœ œ
pp blurred
œ
œ
45
˙
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
œ œ
˙™
44 j ‰ Œ Ó œ-
> ™ ≈ œR ˙
O O™ œO œ ˙ ™
pp fragile (she's not)
∑
>molto vib. œ ˙™ ‰ ≈ R
espressivo
fff
44
œ IO ™ O ™
fffpp fragile
œ
44
w~ ‰ O #œO ˙O ™™ œ pp fragile (a girl)
œ 4 -œ ‰ Œ Ó 4J
espressivo
44
tense, suspicious
fff
molto vib.
bœ
tense, suspicious
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 54 œ bœ œ œ b˙
15 44 j ‰ Œ Ó œ-
espressivo
45 Œ
œ
nœ
4 bœ œ 4
tense, suspicious
6
bœ œ
44
tense, suspicious
fff
III molto vib.
œ
6
pp blurred
espressivo
45 ‰
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 54 œ #˙ ™ œ œ
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 54 œ œ œ œ b˙ ™ bœ bœ œ nœ arco
arco
˙™
> bœœ 45 b˙ œœœ œ bœœ >
III molto vib.
nœ œ œ œ
pp blurred
savage, knocking
fff
#œ
6
pp blurred
Œ
pizz.
5
?4 ¢ 4œ
œ
45
Œ
* play highest possible pitch on indicated string
œpizz. 3 œ ≈ ‰ 4 R 4 œ œ œ Œ fff >œ >œ >œ
ff distorted, erratic vibrato
4 &4
bœ
œœ bœœ œœ œœ bœœ œœ œ bœ œ
œœ
savage, knocking
ord. >œ™ #>œ œ 5 œ ™™ ˙ Vc. ¢& 4 >œ ˙
Vln. 2
m.s.p.
savage, knocking
° 4 Vln. 1 & 4 ˙™
rapid expansion IV
ff
-œ pizz. 3 œ ≈ ‰ 44 Œ R b œ œ n >œ >œ >œœ fff
ff distorted, erratic vibrato
molto accel.
1*
45
continue pattern erratically upward
savage, knocking
ord. b >œ ™ n>œ œ >œ ™™ ˙ #œ ˙ B 45
13
gliss erratically downward
æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ
gradually expand to a minor third
-œ pizz. 3 œ ≈ ‰ 4 R 4 # œœ œœ œœ Œ > > > fff
ff distorted, erratic vibrato
=
1
II
45
p
q = 63
>Ϫ
1I
p
bœœ
ff
ææ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ord.
B
gliss erratically downward
*
m.s.p.
Vla.
*
repeat ad lib. increasing intensity
I 11
II
∑ ~
∑ ~
j ° O O ‰ Ó Vln. 1 & œ œ o
rit.
18
& ˙O ™™
Vln. 2
˙O
Ó
˙O ™™
pp (-es)
œO #œO ˙O o pp
j œO ‰ Œ Ó o
˙O
(miss-)
O˙ ™™
O O O B Œ ≈œ œ ˙
Vla.
pp fragile (who)
Vln. 1
‰ Ó
° 4 & 4 œ™ r # œfi
œ œ œ > f
B 44
Vla.
Vc.
=
¢
° Vln. 1 & Œ 29
∑
Ϫ
43 #œfinœ ˙™ >
44 w
43
44 w
œœ
Œ
fi #œ œ
p
43
Œ
f
r #œfi
œ œ œ > f
œœ p
n˙ > ff
‰ fiœ bœj œ #œ >
& Œ
ff
43
molto accel.
#œ#œ œ œ™ ˙ 3
Ó
#œ nœ œ œ™ œ bœ bœ œ œ ™ ˙ 3
œ 42
œ
31 q = 104 molto vib. b >œ ™
œ
b >œ ™
molto vib.
42
Vc.
¢
44 44
molto vib.
42 ˙
nœ œbœ œ™ ˙ 3
pppp sotto voce
b>œ ™
molto vib.
&
q = 63
-œ #œ J ‰
œ # œœ ˙ œ ˙
ppp
j #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ
j #œ ‰ œ-
œœ #œœ ˙˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ #˙
#œ ™ # œ™
j œ ##œœ œ##œœ œ œ
œ œ #˙ œ œ# ˙
pp hazy senza vib.
pp hazy
> œ J > œ J > œ J j œ >
ppp
j œ #œœ œ #œœ œ œ
œ
œ
œ
ff espressivo, don't panic
œ
j œ ‰ œ-
ppp
j œ ‰ œ-
ppp
æj œæ œ
æ œæ œ
æj œæ #œ
æ ˙æ ˙
ææj œ œ œ nŸ>œ œ œ ‰ ‰ #œ
æ œæ œ
œ œ œ nŸ>œ œ ‰ ‰ sting it!
ff espressivo, don't panic
42
œ œ # œ œœ # œ œœ J
œ bœ œ œ 44
fp grandiose, delusional
œ™ #œ ™
senza vib.
ff espressivo, don't panic
b >œ ™
∑
pp hazy
ff espressivo, don't panic
pppp sotto voce
? Œ
œœ ™™
senza vib.
ff
3
Vla.
3
44
molto vib.
44 Œ œfir œ >
pp hazy
> fi bœ œ n œ bœ œ 4 w ‰ J4
pppp sotto voce
B Œ
Ϫ Ϫ
senza vib.
44 w
pppp sotto voce
Vln. 2
42
∑
ff
j r œ œ bœfi œ œ œ
p
? 44
∑
∑
j r œ œ bœfi œ œ
p
Vln. 2
molto vib.
‰ ≈ R R ≈ ‰ ‰ ≈ R R ≈ ‰ 42 Œ ‰ ≈ 44 fir >œ b>œ >œ œ œ >œ ˙ ppp colorless f grandiose,
molto rit.
24
4 &4
Oœ J‰ o
≤ ≤ œo œ œo œ 22 q = 84 molto vib. R R R R 2 4 ‰ ≈ ≈‰ ‰ ≈ ≈‰ 4 Œ ‰ ≈ 4 œ b>œ œ œ œfir œ ˙ > ppp colorless > > f grandiose, delusional ≤ ≤ œo œ # œo œ molto vib. 44 Œ r ‰ ≈ R R ≈ ‰ ‰ ≈ R R ≈ ‰ 42 ∑ œfi œ œbœ œ œ ppp colorless > fp grandiose, ≤o delusional ≤ o œœ #œ œ
q = 42
delusional
O O ? J Vc. ¢ o
=
j œO ‰ o
q = 63
œ œ œ bŸ>œ œ ‰ ‰
pp
sting it!
pp
sting it!
pp
Ÿ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ‰ ‰ ? næœ æœ œ æJ æ > sting it!
pp
æ œæ œ
æ œæ 45 œ
f
45 æ œæ œ
æ œæ 45 œ f
œœ ææ
œœ 5 ææ 4 f
8 - 10"
b >œ ˙ ° 5 J Vln. 1 & 4 Œ ‰
4
34 œ Ã
œ
33
ff panic!
> 5w &4
Vln. 2
œ
ff panic!
B 45 Ó
Vla.
Vc.
= Vln. 1
> ‰ œ˙ J
ff panic!
ffp
sub. pp
gradually slow
>œ
ffp
>œ
sub. pp
ff
sim.
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ ææ
m.s.p.
Ü
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tremolo >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ æ
m.s.p.
sub. pp
ffp
° 4J ‰ Œ &4
4 &4
pp
p
>œ >œ >œ
∑
B 44
42
∑
44
∑
42
∑
44
∑
42
∑
ord.
‰
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ#œ
∑
44 ord. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ pp
bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ord.
? 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 42 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Vc. ¢ pp slight accent on each group
° Vln. 1 & Œ 39
&
Vln. 2
molto accel.
ord.
œœœœœ
œ œœ
œ œ
œœœœ
œœ
begin to move pattern upward erratically, cresc. poco a poco
r r œ #œ
begin to move pattern upward erratically, cresc. poco a poco
B
Vla.
Vc.
œœœœœ
41
pp agitated, stuttering
¢
?
44
∑
agitated, stuttering
=
44
pp sub. ff wild harmonics
pp agitated, stuttering
Vla.
44
gradually slow to 16ths Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 44 œœ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >>
m.s.p.
Ó
ppp
1
1 II
gradually slow III tremolo
ff
sim.
ff panic!
35 q = 84 1I
gradually slow tremolo
ff
sim.
‰ œj à œ >
?5 ¢ 4∑
Vln. 2
m.s.p.
œ œ
Ã
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b >œ b >œ b >œ b >œ b >œ æ
b >œ
bœ
œœœœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœ
begin to move pattern upward erratically, cresc. poco a poco
& cresc. poco a poco
5
° & 42
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
&
Vla.
B
Vc.
¢&
=
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
° Vln. 1 & 44
Vln. 2
&
Vla.
B
Vc.
¢&
=
&
10 - 15"
46
° Vln. 1 &Ã
Vln. 2
Vla.
&Ã
&Ã
(q = ca. 126)
bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œbœ
44
ff frenzied, sputtering
œ œœ œœœœœœ œ œœ œœ œœœœœœ ff frenzied, sputtering
gliss up
œœœœœœœ œ œ œœ œœœ œœœ œœ œ ff frenzied, sputtering
gliss up
44 44
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ >œ 44 æ Vc. ¢&à ff frenzied, sputtering
gliss up
(spastic dynamics)
Ϫ
47 >q = 84 ˙ ° 4 Vln. 1 & 4
6
fff distorted, paranoid
pp
> w
4 &4
Vln. 2
Vla.
4 Vc. ¢& 4
=
> w
™ œ™
œ œ œ pp
˙
‰
≈
B 44 Œ
˙˙ >œ >œ >œ ˙ œœœ ˙
‰
ord.
fff
bœ B œ
nœ
˙ 45 ˙
œœ ˙˙ ™™ ææ
˙ 54 ˙
3
˙˙ >-
˙˙ >-
˙˙ >-
˙ ˙ >-
˙ ˙ >-
˙˙ >-
˙˙ >-
4 j œœ ‰ 4 j 4 œ ‰ 4 œ
>
fff
œœ ææ ææ
sub. pp
≈
ord.
45 ˙˙ >pounding
3
52 q = 42 senza vib. bw æ ææ 4 4 mf
ææ ææ
mf
sub. ppp like a dream
44
w
˙™
Œ
œœ 44 ææJ ‰ Œ fff
44 æj ‰ Œ œæ œ
Œ Œ
‚
II
42
b˙™
senza vib.
sub. ppp like a dream
j ‰ 4 œœ & 4
ΠO
42 Œ ##Oœ 42
ppp like a dream
O
?œ
O˙
‚
I
Œ
ppp like a dream
fff
20 - 25"
° 2 Vln. 1 & 4 54
2 &4
Vln. 2
œ -œ œ œ-
55 Œ
(senza vib.)
Ãœ œ
*
pp with clarity
Œ
(senza vib.)
Ãœ œ
*
pp with clarity
B 42 Oœ
Vla.
Œ
senza vib.
Ãœ nœ
*
pp with clarity
Vc.
45 ˙ ˙ >-
fff pounding
? bœ œ
sub. pp
ææ 45 œœ # w w
4 Vc. ¢& 4 œ œ œ ™ ˙ ™ #>œ >œ >œ ™ ˙ ™
3
j ‰ 44 œœ
˙˙ >-
m.s.p.
æ b ˙æ œ æ
˙ ™™ ˙ 45
3
45 b˙˙ >pounding
pp
b >œ >œ >˙ œœ˙
n>œœ >œœ >œœ™™
>œ œ Œ
m.s.p.
bœ œ
fff distorted, paranoid
& 44 Œ
=
fff
pp
> w
50
Vla.
Ϫ
ord.
45 # ˙˙ >pounding
Ó
fff distorted, paranoid
° 4 Vln. 1 & 4 Œ
Vln. 2
m.s.p.
˙™
fff distorted, paranoid
4 &4
™ #>œ ™ #œ Œ
œ œ œ œ
¢
? 42
‚
Œ
senza vib.
Ãœ œ
*
pp with clarity
* gradually increase bow pressure until pitch is completely obscured
q = 72
rit.
q = 63
44 **j ‰ œ Ó œ œ œ œ ™ bœ œ œ ? ?>. pœdoo-wop pizz.
fff
44 **j ‰ pizz. Œ Œ œ œ ? œœ ?>. p doo-wop
œ
Ó
fff
pizz. 44 ** œ ‰ œj œ œ ? ?>. p doo-wop
‰ œj œ Ó
fff
pizz. 44 **j ‰ ‰ œj j ? œ ‰ œ œ ?>. p doo-wop
Œ
œ œ
fff
** stop sound abruptly with a loud, unpitched crunch
42