ANDREA CLEARFIELD

Sagitta for flute and guitar

Score

Angelfire Press (ASCAP)

Distributed by Black Tea Music, Sole Agent

Andrea Clearfield

Sagitta (2014, rev. 2015) for flute and guitar

Copyright © 2014 by Andrea Clearfield. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Published by Angelfire Press (ASCAP) www.andreaclearfield.com Distributed worldwide by Black Tea Music, sole

Andrea Clearfield

Sagitta (2014, rev. 2015) f or flute and guitar

Commissioned by The Diller Quaile School of Music for Arc Duo: Heather Holden, flute and Bradley Colten, guitar

World Premiere

May 17, 2016

Mimi Stillman, flute

Gideon Whitehead, guitar

Philadelphia, PA

Duration: c.9 minutes

Program Notes

Sagitta, Latin for "arrow" is a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. Some find mystical meaning in this arrow of stars flying solo in the sky without archer or target. In geometry, a sagitta is the height of an arc; the perpendicular distance from an arc's midpoint to the chord across it. The musical materials for this piece were inspired by both meanings of the word.

The composer wishes to thank Le Moulin à nef in Auvillar, France, for providing invaluable time and space to write this work.

Andrea Clearfield

Commissioned by the Diller-Quaile School of Music for Arc Duo: Heather Holden, flute and Bradley Colten, guitar

Meno mosso, molto rubato (feeling of floating, timelessness q = 60