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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
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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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=116 Getrieben
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.
12
V Elegie nach Iam ver egelides aus Fünf Gesänge nach Catull von John Van Buren =52–56 Teneramente 3
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