Partita for Solo Flute

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PA RT I TA for solo flute

BR AXTO N BL AKE

BRAXTON

BLAKE MUSIC

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In memory, John Van Buren

Accidentals apply for entire measures and apply only for the octave of a pitch.

Repeated pitches without accidentals continue the accidental of the initial occurrence.

BRAXTON

BLAKE MUSIC

braxtonblakemusic@gmail.com http://braxtonblake.com

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für Margret Schaal

PA R T I TA =56 Oscuro e semplice

BRAXTON BLAKE

I – L A M E N TAT I O N

6

4

6

3

7

3

3

12

poco rit.

5

10

a tempo

3

3

6

rit.

5

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II Moderato =88 Grazioso e scorrevole

3

3

3

3

6

8

10

5

poco rit.

a tempo

12

poco rit.

16

a tempo

3

5 20

poco rit.

a tempo

22

3

3

25

3

3

3

3

3

27

3

3 3

30

3

3

3

33

6

poco rit.

36

40

3

3

3

3

5

a tempo

poco rit.

3

6

6

III

flz.

=110 Giocoso 3

3

5

6

5 5

3

6 7

rit.

10

3

3

3

a tempo calmo

3

3

3

3

rit.

a tempo

13

3

17

6

19

3 3

3

3

3

3 3

3

7 21

6

3

6

3

3

3

calmo

flz.

23

3 3

3

rit.

a tempo

27

3

31

poco rit.

3

3

3

a tempo

3

3

a tempo

rit.

3

6

3 34

3

6

poco rit.

36

a tempo

6

calmo freely

38

rit.

41

44

a tempo rit.

a tempo

rit.

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IV

5

9

13

18

23

28

34

8ba

40

45

8ba

short

10

meno mosso, con poco rubato 50

3

53

56

59

63

67

70

73

76

79

subito Tempo I =120

11 84

88

93

98

8va

103

108 8va

112

molto accel.

115

subito Tempo I =120

8va

molto meno mosso

119

122

rit.

molto accel.

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3

3

3

7

4

5 5

3

molto rit.

6

3

8

3

a tempo 3

3

3

11

3

3

3

14

rit.

17

3

3

3

3

13 20

(rit.)

a tempo

3 5

24

5

3

5

poco più mosso 27

30

rit.

a tempo e accel.

3

3

poco rit.

a tempo 3

32

35

sub. a tempo

3 3

3

39

3

rit.

42

3

3

3

molto rit.

3

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Permission for use of the text of ‘To a Prize Bird’, ‘No Swan So Fine’,and ‘What Are Years?’ from THE COMPLETE POEMS OF MARIANNE MOORE (© Viking/Macmillan, 1981) is granted by Marianne Craig Moore, Literary Executor for the Estate of Marianne Moore. All rights reserved.

THREE SONGS On Po e m s By Ma ri a n n e Mo o re Fo r Flut e a n d Vo i c e

B R A X TO N B L A K E

I – N O S WA N S O F I N E dolce

=92–98 Flowing

4

"No

wa

ter

so

still

No

swan,

as the

8

dead

foun

tains

of

Ver

sailles."

with

13

swart blind

look

a

skance

and

gon do

Copyright © 1995 by Braxton Blake

lier ing

legs,

so

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I I – W H AT A R E Y E A R S ? =120 Quasi recitativo

What is

our in

no

cence,

what is

our guilt?

All

are na ked,

none is

safe.

a tempo

poco accel.

molto rit. (independently)

4 3

(non rit.) poco

poco

And whence is

cou rage:

accel.

the

molto rit.

poco 5

un an swered ques tion, the

a tempo

7

re so lute doubt,–

dumb ly cal

molto rit. (independently)

ling,

(a tempo)

10

poco

poco

3 5

(non rit.)

deaf

ly

poco

lis

ten ing–

5

5

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I I I – TO A P R I Z E B I R D =128–138 3

7

You

suit

me

well

3

12

3

for you

can

make

me

laugh,

nor

are

you blind ed

3

16

10

by

the

chaff

that

eve

ry

wind

sends spin ning

from

the

8va 20

rick.

24

You

know

to

think,

and

what

you

think

you