PARTITA MELODICA JACOB BERANEK. for English horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass

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1 ARTITA MELODICA or Eglish hor, violi, viola, cello, ad double bass ACO ERANEK

2 ROGRAM NOTES Whe I started to coceive this ork, the ord artita came to mid rom the irst ote Although the term is ote associated ith ach s dace suites, artita literally meas divided o or searated, ad thereore oly sigiies a comositio that is divided ito multile movemets, othig more Havig ritte a lot o rogrammatic music lately, I ated to use this iece as a oortuity to move aay rom exlicit arrative ad istead try to hold the audiece s attetio via urely musical meas A artita it this cocet erectly, ad or a bit o descritive lair, I added the qualiier melodica Comositioally seakig, my rimary ocus hile ritig this iece as to imrove my sese o harmoy ad harmoic laguage, but also to develo my uabashed love o melody While I ve bee ritig tues or te years, I made it oe o my missios this ast year to delve ito a more thorough study o melodic lie ad emloy it i my music What better ay to test (ad exose) mysel tha a artita melodica The oeig movemet, relude, sets the scee ad establishes the lyrical scoe o the ork The middle movemet, Romaza, exlores a iderage o emotios, ad ater buildig to a climax, releases to a cadezalike sectio As the eergy builds, the music trasitios directly ito the lively, dacelike Rodo, ayig homage to the artita s history Utilizig revious motivic material i the ad C themes, the movemet cyclically cocludes ith the secod ad irst themes rom the relude, beore oe last soloistic lair rom the Eglish hor rouds out the ork i ubilat celebratio acob eraek ERORMANCE NOTES All trills are halste ad begi o the give itch, uless seciied otherise All meter chages are =, uless seciied otherise The ord solo is occasioally used to highlight rimary melodic material; he a give solo istrumet is o loger the rimary voice, the ord tutti is used IRST ERORMANCE August, 01, Kress avilio, Egg Harbor, WI, Margaret utleradilla (Eglish hor), David erry (violi), Sally Chisholm (viola), Walter reucil (cello), eremy Attaaseo (double bass)

3 Trasosed Score duratio: c 17' 15" Eglish Hor Violi Viola Cello Double ass b b assioately, heavily sustaied {q = c 7} * * * Commissioed by the Midsummer's Music estival, Door Couty, WI, Dr ames erkestock, Artistic Director, ith Suort rom the MMG oudatio b b A R T I T A M E L O D I C A b b Í b Í Í I relude r b # R b # b # R # # # R # # # # # # acob eraek # # # E H Vl Vla Vc D E H Vl Vla Vc D 5 # b b # # # # # # æ a # # # # # l # b # # # [+] l 5 5 l l l l # # # # b b b b b b * Whe trile or quadrulestos are otated as sigle chords, the attack should be o the beat (ith the to to itches o each chord sustaiig) Attacks occurig beore the beat are alays otated by grace otes ( ) # catabile o [+] b # o o Coyright 01 by acob eraek Music (eraekmusiccom) All rights reserved Uauthorized reroductio o this ublicatio is rohibited by la

4 E H Vl Vla Vc D A R T I T A M E L O D I C A 1 # o o # o o o o o o b o o b (,) o o o o b b o o E H Vl Vla Vc D 1 b b b b b [+] oco rit b b # b # 0 Seetly, amiably {q = c } catabile leggiero leggiero leggiero b b E H Vl # Vla Vc D # # # # #

5 E H Vl Vla Vc D 11 b b b oco rit b b b b b b A R T I T A M E L O D I C A b b b b b b b b b b b b 11 U E H Vl Vla Vc D With stilless {q = c 0} # co sord o co sord # # o II Romaza Ó o co sord co sord Ó o echo rit b b # E H Vl Vla Vc D Ó Ó esr a temo {q = c 0} tutti solo # # Ó # b b b # tutti

6 E H Vl Vla Vc D E H Vl Vla Vc D 1 A R T I T A M E L O D I C A 11 Ó b b b Ó seza sord 14 Ó b b b b b Ó seza sord b b # catabile b b b b 1 catabile # izz # b b b b # Ó # b b b # E H Vl Vla Vc D 17 oco a oco accel b b # # tutti Ó b b seza sord b Ó b seza sord arco b

7 A R T I T A M E L O D I C A 5 E H Vl Vla Srightly {q = c 7} (co sord) b Vc D E H Vl Vla Vc D E H Vl Vla Vc D (co sord) leggiero III Rodo b b leggiero b b # b (co sord) leggiero b b b leggiero seza sord izz b b 5 b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b [+] b b b b b b b arco b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b

8 E H Vl Vla Vc D 1 [+] b A R T I T A M E L O D I C A 1 # b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b E H Vl Vla Vc D 1 b b misleadigly b b sub izz b sub [+] b b b b b sub b izz sub b + b b b b bl arco Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b l b b b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ arco b b E H Vl Vla Vc D 1 b siccato siccato b siccato # siccato b b b b # b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b # #

ABSTRACT. School of Music. feeling of sorrow. The opening and ending parts of the first movement represent the

ABSTRACT. School of Music. feeling of sorrow. The opening and ending parts of the first movement represent the ABSTRACT Title o Dissertation: LAMENT FOR STRING QUARTET Jun Hee Park, Doctor o Musical Arts, 2010 Directed By: Proessor Lawrence Moss School o Music This iece exlores the changing nature o emotion ocusing