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FA N TA S I E S T Ü C K E
for clarinet and piano
BRAXTON BLAKE
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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FA N TA S I E S T Ü C K E for clarinet in b-flat and piano
The Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano was composed in 1997 and consists of five movements. The first is flowing and somewhat fast, followed by a Presto (movement II). The third movement, again lyrical, is marked Largo, while the fourth, rather extroverted, is marked “in the manner of a Rag”. The final movement begins with a theme followed by five variations. This work blends several disparate and subtle influences. Composed at a time when I was immersed in Schumann’s 4th Symphony, the lyrical passages of the Fantasiestücke are in homage to the irrepressible lyricism found throughout Schumann’s work. The more rapid passages reveal my admiration for the great swing clarinetists, Goodman and Shaw. (Never having been one to categorically avoid stylistic plurality, I have occasionally drawn upon and subtly incorporated the energy of jazz.) And there is one additional influence. While living in Germany, I occasionally took slow, overnight trains that stopped at even the smallest station. The crawl of the travel, the nocturnal shadows of the landscape, the cool air, and the solitude provided the fruitful inspiration for the conception and development of this work. The Fantasiestücke was composed for Jürgen Demmler, clarinetist with the Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Freiburg, and was first performed on November 12, 1998, in Karlsruhe, Germany.
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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for Michael Horvit
FANTASIESTÜCKE for Clarinet and Piano
I
=118-124
Clarinet in B
=118-124
Piano
sempre molto sostenuto, ma claro
l.v. 6
11
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copyright © 2016 by Braxton Blake
Braxton Blake
(1997)
4 19
8va
8va
22
8va
8va
26
8va
29
8ba
8va
5 33
8ba
5
41
crescendo poco a poco
45
7:6
cresc.
6
50
55
59
*
* - Clarinet may end pitch earlier than notated, but with a diminuendo into niente.
7
II
Presto
8va
Presto
8
8va
16
23
8va
8 30
8ba
8ba
36
8ba
8ba
41
8ba
8ba
8ba
46
8ba
8ba
9 51
8va
8ba
8ba
8ba
56
8va
8ba
8ba
61
8va
8ba
8ba
8ba
66
8va
8ba
8ba
10 70
8ba
= 74
=
76
Tempo I
78
8va
Tempo I
11 82
8va
89
96
101
12
III Largo
calmando
Largo
calmando molto sostenuto
*
poco rit. 5 5 3
3
5
poco rit.
a tempo 8
3
a tempo
calmando
cantabile 8va
scorrevole
ad lib. * - all grace notes in the lower register should be serene and relaxed.
13
12
8va
14
8va
6
7
18
8va
8va
5
5
3
14
21
3
3
loco
8va
24 5 5
rit.
a tempo rit.
27
rit.
a tempo
rit.
gradually reduce the speed of the grace notes
15
=72-74 – in the manner of a Rag
IV
=72-74 – in the manner of a Rag 8va
8ba
5
R.H.
6
8ba
9
8va
8ba
8va
8ba
16
14
8va
* sost. Ped. 18
7
8va
8ba
22
8va
8ba
8ba
17
26
5
8va
8ba
30
5
8va
8ba
34
8va
8ba
8ba
8ba
18
38
8va
8ba
42
8va
46
3
8va
19
50
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
54
6
8ba
58
8ba
8ba
8ba
3
8va
8ba
20
62
8va 8va
8ba
65
68 7
8va
8ba
21
72
8va
8ba
76
5
8va
8ba
80
8va
8ba
22
83
5
8va
8ba
8ba
86
8va
8ba
8ba
89
8va
8ba
23
91
8ba
8ba
8ba
94
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
98
8va
8ba
8ba
8ba
8ba
24
V
Variations =72-74
=72-74
4
7
25
Variation I
=72
12
Variation I
=72
8va
*
*
16
5
8va
*
21 6
6
6
3
*
26
24
3
5
8va
8va
8va
8va
27
3
3
legato
* Ped. ad lib
3
30
=
3
3
Variation II
=108
3
Variation II
3
=
=108
27
34
5
5
3
5
5
3
3
5
5
37
6
3
3
3
3
40
6
3
3 3
6
3
6
6
6
6
28
3
42
5
5
5
5
8ba
46
3 5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
loco
8ba
3 8ba
3
49
accelerando
=216
3
accelerando
=216
3
3
3
3
3
3
29
54
Variation III
6
=72 (previous = )
Variation III
=72 (previous = ) legato
sempre sost.
58
62
30
67
poco rit.
poco rit.
Variation IV
=112 subito 73
5
Variation IV
=112 subito
8ba
77
31
81
8va
85
8va
89
32
93
97
6
101
33 Variation V
=44 (previous
= =132)
104
Variation V
=44 (previous 8va
107
110
8va
8va
= =132)
34
113
8ba
117
121
35
125
36