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FOLKSONGS for violin and piano violin
BRAXTON BLAKE
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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FOLKSONGS for violin and piano BRAXTON BLAKE
Folksongs for violin and piano was composed between November 1986 and February 1987. The work was first performed on March 22, 1987 as the ballet “Americana” to choreography by Stephen Greenston. Greenston, then soloist with the Stuttgart Ballet, and I had recently completed our ballet “Alice in Wonderland” and wanted to collaborate further. In looking for subjects, I mentioned that I had wanted to compose a work based upon an event from my childhood. Raised in Galveston, Texas, I spent a good deal of time wandering through the city, eyeing the splendid old homes, many from the 19th century. One very large, old home, shaded in oak trees, happened to be empty with the door ajar. Inside, I was immediately struck with the feeling that each room in the house seemed to tell the story of those who had once lived there. Each of the five sections loosely recall individual rooms in that old home. Greenston
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FOLKSONGS for Violin and Piano
WONDROUS LOVE / SOON I WILL BE DONE
=60 Freely
Violin
5
10
15
20
esp.
23
copyright © 1986 by Braxton Blake
BRAXTON BLAKE
4 26
29
32
8ba
35
5 38
ad lib.
42
47
52
6 56
8ba
61
8ba
He’s Gone Away 65
dolce
3
3
3
3
8va
loco
68
7 71
=68–72
=68–72
like a dulcimer
ad lib.
74
77
poco rit.
meno mosso
ten. espr.
80
poco rit.
meno mosso
8 accel.
a tempo
accel.
a tempo
84
87
90
poco rit.
a tempo
rit.
a tempo
rit.
meno mosso
poco rit.
a tempo
rit.
a tempo
rit.
meno mosso
rit.
=78
=92 subito
rit.
=78
=92 subito
93
8va
8va
9 rit.
a tempo ( =60–64)
rit.
a tempo ( =60–64)
96 3
3
8va
8va
100
poco rit.
accel.
=68–72
poco rit.
accel.
=68–72
rit.
105
rit.
108
a tempo
a tempo
ten.
accel.
accel.
10 poco ten.
111
rit.
molto ten.
accel.
114
rit.
117
a tempo
a tempo
121
accel.
ritardando poco a poco
ritardando poco a poco
rit. poco a poco
=68
rit. poco a poco
=68
11 SOON I WILL BE DONE
=56 Freely
accelerando
=120
rit.
=56
=92
rit. 3
3
gliss
poco ten.
Violin 3
3
rit.
4
=56
accel.
=120
rit.
3
3
3
=56
rit.
=38
7
=38
rit.
10
=92
molto rit.
poco
3
=60
accel.
=120
rit.
=60
=92
pont.
=132
accel.
rit.
=60
=60
=132
rit.
=132
=132
19
22
25
gliss
gliss
=132
rit.
13
16
ord.
sim.
=56
12 28
32
36
39
41
13 45
48
51
54
57
14 60
63
66
69
15 72
8va
75
8va
8va
8ba 78
8va
8ba 81
85
gliss.
sim.
16 89
92
95
8ba
98
17 101
104
8ba
107
8ba
110
8ba
18 113
116
119
8va
122
19 125
8va
8ba
molto rit. 128
pizz.
8va
=60
arco
molto rit.
rit.
=60
8ba
132
poco rit.
=78
poco rit.
=78
legato e dolce
ad lib. 135
poco rit.
poco rit.
attacca
20 BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
=50–58
con sordina
=50–58
8va
ad lib., sempre sostenuto, ma claro
4
8va
7
8va
9
8va
loco
21 12
15
molto rit.
17
molto rit.
ad lib.
20
a tempo
a tempo
8va
22 23
8va
25
8va
28
8va
31
poco meno mosso
ten.
molto rit.
=40
morendo
poco meno mosso
molto rit.
=40
morendo
23 POOR MAN LAZARUS pizz.
=126–130
=126–130 secco
5
arco
8va
8
pizz.
arco
8va
11
pizz.
8va
14
8va
arco
8va
24 18
21
25
29
32
pizz.
arco
pizz.
25 35
arco
38 7
41
44 3
47
26 50
54
poco meno mosso
57
poco meno mosso
8ba
61
8ba
27 65
69
8va
loco
a tempo 72
leggiero
a tempo
secco sim.
75
28 78
81
3
84
8va
87
8va
90
8va
3
29 93
8va
95
8va
98
101
104
8ba
8ba
30 107
legato
marcato
110
113
116
118
gliss.
31 121
124
8ba
Maestoso, ma poco più mosso 127 7
Maestoso, ma poco più mosso 8va
secco
ad lib. 130
8va
sost.
ad lib.
32 133
8va
secco
8ba
135 5
3
8va
3
secco
137
8va
8va
sost. secco
140
pizz.
8va
8va
loco
sost.
sim.
33 poch. ten. 143
a tempo
arco
poch. ten. a tempo 8va
8va
loco sost.
146
pizz.
8va
sim.
arco
148
calando
8va
151
calando
=120
=56–60
=120
=56–60
8va
8va
8ba
ad lib.
34 155
ritard.
subito a tempo
ritard.
subito a tempo
8ba 160
con sord.
165
(echo)
ad lib. 170
sempre 177
rit.
rit.
35
36
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THR EE DANC ES for Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, and Piano
S T R I NG QUA RT E T “ H OW D O YOU W HI S T L E T HAT WAY ? ” Flute and Celesta
TEN DUO S for Two Clarinets
S A XOPHONE QUA RT E T PARTITA Alto Saxophone Solo
S H ORT S TOR I E S Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano
QUARTET Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Marimba, and Piano
D U S T A ND S H A D OW S Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
SEVEN B AGATEL L ES Violin and Viola
DUO Trombone and Harp
D UO Violin and Viola
S PI KE Percussion Ensemble
F O L K SO NGS Violin and Piano
S EV E N P L AC E S Alto Saxophone and Percussion
FANTASY Viola and Piano
FA NTA S I E S T Ü C KE Clarinet and Piano
FANTASY English Horn and Harpsichord
NI NE E T U D E S Alto Saxophone and Marimba
SO NATA Violin solo
F OU R BAG AT E L L E S F OR T E N V IOL AS For Ten Violas
SO NATA Clarinet solo
BR A S S QUA RT E T 2 Trumpets, Trombone, and Bass Trombone
NO C TUR NE Trombone, Cello, and Piano
T H R E E P R E LU D E S Flute/Piccolo/Alto flute, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Harp, Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello
SUSUR R ATIO NS Flute and Piano
BAG AT E L L E S Trombone and Piano
QUINTET Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Marimba, and Bass
S ONATA Alto Saxophone and Piano
DUO F O R THR EE Solo Dancer, Marimba, and Bass
SUITE Cello Solo
RO UND S Alto Flute, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Marimba, Vibraphone, Percussion, Harp, Celesta, Piano, and Cello
OC T E T Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Bass
EL EGY Clarinet and Percussion
BA L L A D E Piano and Electronic Tape
IMPROVISATIO N Soprano Saxophone, two Chimes, and Piano
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