Nagy - HUMBL[Y]

HUMBL[Y] two violins and viola (2018)

zvonimir nagy

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INSTRUMENTATION Violin I Violin II Viola DURATION c. 2 min.

PROGRAM NOTE Humbl[y] was composed for the members of the Beo String Quartet in response to the Speed-Writing Challenge Assignment during the 2018 Charlotte New Music Festival. As a starting source of inspiration, the piece incorporates a short fragment from the Pulitzer-winning album Damn, the track ”Humble” by by Kendrick Lamar.

PERFORMANCES Jason Neukom and Sandro Leal-Santiesteban, violins; Sean Neukom, viola, June 2018 (premiere). The Charlotte New Music Festival, Charlotte, NC

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humbl[y] a er Lamar For two violins and viola (2018)

Violin I

Viola

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sul pont.

sul tasto

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arco

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pizz.

f pizz.

(sul tasto) sul pont.

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pizz.

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arco

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pizz.

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fpp like smoke billowing

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Violin II

Zvonimir Nagy

Fast, with a sense of urgency ( = 126)

sul tasto

fpp like smoke billowing

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f pizz.

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nat.

col legn.

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arco

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pizz.

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pp f

sul pont.

f nat.

col legn.

sf pp sf pp mf

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pizz.

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legato molto vib., improvisatory

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martellato

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quasi gliss. sempre

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in time

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punchy and jerky

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scratch

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pizz.

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tap vln. body (pizz.)

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