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Kareem Roustom Four Dances from Clorinda Agonistes for String Quartet für Streichquartett Set of Parts | Stimmensatz

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Kareem Roustom | For Dances from Clorinda Agonistes for string quartet

Composed for the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival World Premiere August 5, 2023 | Willamette Valley Chamber Music ­Festival Newberg, USA | Willamette Valley Chamber ­Music Festival Players: Sasha Callahan & Megumi ­Stowes, violins, Charles Noble, viola, and Leo Eguchi, cello Program notes These Four Dances from CLORINDA AGONISTES (Clorinda the warrior) are taken from a recently completed dramatic work; a hybrid opera & dance theatre work currently of the same title. The name Clorinda comes from Monteverdi’s opera Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, whose libretto is from the epic poem by Tasso titled, Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Liberated). The dramatic work, which was commissioned by the London based Shobana Jeyasingh Dance company, the Sadler’s Wells Theatre and the Royal Philharmonic Society, was composed as a companion piece to Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento. The first movement, Transitions, from Four Dances marks the transition from the world of Monteverdi to re-imagining Clorinda as a modern-day refugee from the middle-east, trying to survive somewhere in the west. This transition is aided by the sung translation of the last line of Il Combattimento, s’apre il cielo: io vado in pace (the heavens open –– I depart in peace) in Arabic: ‫َفتُح أبوابها‬ ُ ‫السامواُتُ َت‬ ‫سأرحل اآلن بسالم‬ Al-samwtu Tafta˛u Abwbah Saar˛alu Alna Bissalm

The second movement, Pursuit, is constructed from the main harmonic materials of the entire score and follows Clorinda’s escape from a danger. The third movement, titled Shawq, which means nostalgia or yearning, was composed for CLORINDA AGONISTES but was deemed to have too many quick changes for dancers. Though this movement now has a new life as a concert work, dance and motion are still its inspiration, and the restlessness of nostalgia its spirit. The fourth and final movement, Unity (We dance together), is based on an Iraqi line dance called Chobi. Though refugees often can carry very little with them when fleeing violence, they can carry knowledge and memories of song, dance, poetry and art. This movement is an homage to both the things that are left behind and those that are carried in the heart. Despite having studied Monteverdi’s score to ll Combattimento closely, I decided not to use any themes from his music in my work. However, if some textures or moods from his beautiful score have made it into my music, any similarities are purely coincidental. Kareem Roustom, February 12, 2021.

Notation D Short fermata.


Kareem Roustom Four Dances from Clorinda Agonistes for String Quartet für Streichquartett Violin I | Violine I

Partitur Stimmensatz

EB 9670 EB 9671

Score Set of Parts

EB 9670 EB 9671

Edition Breitkopf 9671 Printed in Germany


for the Sheffield Chamber Players

Four Dances from Clorinda Agonistes Kareem Roustom, 2023

Violin I

I. Transitions

1

Inquieto q = 50 ca.

5 4

Vla. sola

    

p espressivo

 8

*

  f  

A

4 4

mf

p

ad lib. meno p

sul pont.

5

4 4 4     øøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøø!    

Vla.

2   

 ª

pp

ord.

     ªª   f

          

p

mf

w 5

          

 

      

p

 

   ªª  ª 

f

f

      

p

 

f

12

                                         p

mf

p

7

                         

[13]

  

mf

pp

                           3

¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾     molto mf

15

f appass. e ben marc.

B 

4    ªª  ªª 4

18

f

p

3

3

3

3

3

3

pp sub.

2 4

4 4

                                poco sul pont.

f

mf

* Slow asynchronous glissando.

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Violin I

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         

[21]

      

       

 

 

 

  ord. 

C

  

  

 

espress. fp f sub.

  

  

   

f

f

23

 



3

     

mf

      

  

f sub.

fp

p sotto voce

24

  

    

                           

p

mf

25

  

  

  

  

  

 

    

p sotto voce

26

  

                            mf

27

  

                           

pp

f

   

              5                     4

28

p

mf

      5             43  4          

29

ritardando

p

3 ª 4

30

pp

   p

   p Breitkopf EB 9671

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4

II. Pursuit

Ritmico e agitato q = 116

3 3 3 3  4                           

1 (–3)

f marc. e sempre stacc.

4

2

                            

Leseprobe

7

                              10

3

                              13

   

       sf

sf

sf

                 

16

                              19

Sample page

                     22

A

           sf

sf

sf

4                                4 3

3

3

più f energico

   3 3        3            3  3 4  4     4          

25

3

sf

sf

sf

3

3

p sub.

  

                                     3 3

28

f

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

2      4 

31

3

    

  

35

    

 ª

5



  

   

  

  

   

  

 

3   ªª 4

3

 

3

ª ª

ª ª

sff

  

   ª

mp espressivo

     ª

  

ff marcatissimo

     

mp espressivo sub.

  

 

¯¯ 3    

f martellato

 

ª

 

       

ª pp

¯¯ 3 

C

¯¯ 

3

f martellato

         2             4     3 3 3 p sub. f ¯¯ 3 3 3 55            2 3  4          4         f 51

B 

Leseprobe

pp

46



   

3

3

41



3

   

  

Violin I

off the string

3

¯¯ 

3  ªª 4

2 4

p sub.

Sample page sf pesante

      

60

     

q = 116

sf

 64   3     4   

     

sf

sf

     

sf

      2  3 4   4     ff 3 3

3                    2 3    4    4                 3

3

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Four Dances from Clorinda Agonistes 3

D pizz.        2 3     4       4  ff

  2    4  

  

    

  

68

p sub.

2 4

 3    ªª 4

   3 3                 

 ªª

f

p

1

4 4



86

2 4

91



2 4



   



3

3

    3

   

98

102

   

ff

3

 f

3

f

    3



3

 43

1

 43

1

4 4

1

4 4

1

3 4



f

    3



3 4

3

mf sub.

1

       3

3





ff

   

f

3

2 4

 

3



4 4

 

2 4

3

    3

   

3 3 3  43         

p sub.

3

   3 4   

ff marcatissimo

3

          

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

E

                      

94

arco

3

76

81

      pizz.

mf sub.

3 4

3

f

Leseprobe

ff

   

3

3        4   

arco

3 4

mf sub.

3

pizz.

72

    



arco

   





3

      3

  

 5 4

   





3

ª p

      3

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2       4 3

     ª    

   3



3

 



   

2 4

 ª 3 ª 4 fff appass.

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Violin I

Leseprobe

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III. Shawq (Yearning) Energico q = 72

sul tasto

3  4  

4  4

p

ª                   pizz.

arco

sf p sub.

f

p sub.

p

f

p sub.

f

p

f

I II

sf p sub.

f

f

¯¯ ¯¯          p sub.

f

4     4

A 

 

   

    

p

f

f

I II

¯¯ ¯¯    2        3  4 4

fp

p sub.

f

f

          3   Å         4 arco

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   3   4 p sub.

f

p sub.

pizz.

f

p sub.

f

sf

sf

Subito meno mosso q = 63

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Kareem Roustom | For Dances from Clorinda Agonistes für Streichquartett

Komponiert für das Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival Uraufführung 5. August 2023 | Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival, Newberg, USA | Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival Players: Sasha Callahan und Megumi Stowes, Violinen, Charles Noble, Viola, und Leo Eguchi, Violoncello Werkeinführung Die Four Dances from CLORINDA AGONISTES (Clorinda die Kriegerin) stammen aus einem kürzlich vollendeten dramatischen Werk, einer hybriden Oper- und Tanztheaterproduktion mit demselben Titel. Der Name Clorinda geht auf Monteverdis Oper Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda zurück, deren Libretto auf Tassos Epos Gerusalemme Liberata (Das befreite Jerusalem) basiert. Das dramatische Werk wurde im Auftrag der Londoner Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, des Sadler’s Wells Theatre und der Royal Philharmonic Society als Begleitwerk zu Monteverdis Il Combattimento komponiert. Der erste Satz, Transitions, markiert den Übergang von Monteverdis Welt zu einer Neuinterpretation Clorindas als heutige Flüchtende aus dem Nahen Osten, die versucht, irgendwo im Westen zu überleben. Dieser Übergang wird durch die gesungene arabische Übersetzung der letzten Zeile aus Il Combattimento unterstützt: s’apre il cielo: io vado in pace („Der Himmel öffnet sich – ich gehe in Frieden“): ‫َفتُح أبوابها‬ ُ ‫السامواُتُ َت‬ ‫سأرحل اآلن بسالم‬ Al-samwtu Tafta˛u Abwbah Saar˛alu Alna Bissalm

Der zweite Satz, Pursuit, basiert auf dem zentralen harmonischen Material des gesamten Werks und begleitet Clorindas Flucht vor einer Bedrohung. Der dritte Satz, Shawq (arabisch für Sehnsucht oder Nostalgie), wurde ursprünglich ebenfalls für CLORINDA AGONISTES komponiert, erwies sich jedoch aufgrund seiner zahlreichen schnellen Wechsel als ungeeignet für die Choreografie. Als Konzertstück hat dieser Satz inzwischen ein neues Eigenleben entwickelt; Tanz und Bewegung bleiben jedoch seine Inspirationsquelle, während die Unruhe der Sehnsucht seinen eigentlichen Charakter bestimmt. Der vierte und letzte Satz, Unity (We dance together), basiert auf dem irakischen Reihentanz Chobi. Menschen auf der Flucht können oft nur wenig mitnehmen, doch das Wissen und die Erinnerung an Lieder, Tänze, Dichtung und Kunst tragen sie in sich weiter. Dieser Satz ist eine Hommage sowohl an das, was zurückgelassen werden muss, als auch an das, was im Herzen bewahrt wird. Obwohl ich Monteverdis Partitur zu Il Combattimento intensiv studiert habe, entschied ich mich bewusst dagegen, Themen aus seiner Musik in meinem Werk zu verwenden. Sollten dennoch einzelne Klangfarben oder Stimmungen seiner wunderbaren Partitur in meiner Musik anklingen, so geschieht dies rein zufällig. Kareem Roustom, 12. Februar 2021

Notation D Kurze Fermate.


Further contemporary works for string quartet at Breitkopf & Härtel Weitere zeitgenössische Werke für Streichquartett bei Breitkopf & Härtel Kareem Roustom Syrian Folk Songs – Book 1 2Vl.Va.Vc Duration | Dauer 17′ EB 9668 Score | Partitur EB 9669 Set of Parts | Stimmensatz

Christian Mason Towards a not yet remembered past 2Vl.Va.Vc Duration | Dauer 31′ EB 9660 Score | Partitur EB 9661 Set of Parts | Stimmensatz

Johannes Maria Staud Cahier des équilibres mouvants 2Vl.Va.Vc Duration | Dauer 19′ EB 9585 Score | Partitur EB 9586 Set of Parts | Stimmensatz

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EB 9671

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