Folksongs for Violin and Piano

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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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