Portrait, Scene, and Symbol XI (No. 84, 85, and 86 from Paul Klee : Painted Songs)

Portrait, Scene, and Symbol XI for Tuba or Euphonium

Paul Klee: Painted Songs No. 84 - The Mask with the Little Flag (Die Maske mit dem Fähnchen, 1925) No. 85 - Tropical Twilight (Tropische Dämmerung, 1921) No. 86 - Composition in Red, Yellow, Gray and Black (Ohne Titel - Komposition in rot, gelb, grau und schwartz, 1938) Jonathan Posthuma

Portrait XI The Mask with the Little Flag (Die Maske mit dem Fähnchen, 1925) No. 84 from Paul Klee: Painted Songs q. = 52

hesitate

2

12 8

Tuba

q. = 52

poco rit.

sonorously

9 8

12 8 ff

f

whimsical, like a circus

3

legato tongue p

mf sub.

q. = 52

poco rit. sonorously

4

hesitate

5

whimsical, like a circus

6

Tba. ff

f

mf sub.

p

poco rit.

7

sonorously

8

hesitate

molto accel.

9

hesitate more

9 8

Tba.

f 11

ff

10

12 8

mf sub.

pp

q. = 52

f

poco rit.

whimsical, like a circus

12

hesitate

13

9 8

Tba. p sub.

f

q. = 52

14

3 4 ff

15

mf sub.

16

explosively, with great surprise

3 4

Tba.

12 8 sfz f

p f

p f

9 8 p

3 8 mp

18

molto legato

17

Tba.

3 8

19

12 8 pp

mp

f

ff

3

20

hesitate

21

hesitate more

12 8

Tba.

mf sub.

sfz 22

whimsical, like a circus

explosively, with great surprise

23

12 8

Tba.

4 4 p

24

mf 25

4 4

Tba.

f

heroically

12 8 p f

p f

p f

ff

mf

f

ff

molto legato 26

27

28

9 8

Tba. mf

p

mf

29

30

9 8

Tba.

f

4 4 p

f

molto rall.

31

32

ff non dim.

q. = 52

brassy!

33

hesitate

12 8

Tba.

9 8 fff

34

6 8 sffz mf sub.

poco rit.

35

hesitate for a long time

36

(pedal tone) Tba.

6 8

12 8 p

molto

ff

sfz

sfz

sfz

sffz

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Scene XI Tropical Twilight (Tropische Dämmerung, 1921) No. 85 from Paul Klee: Painted Songs q = 60

37

38

entrances ad lib., molto rubato

12 4 pp entrances ad lib., molto rubato

12 4 pp entrances ad lib., molto rubato

12 4

Tba.

pp

p

entrances ad lib., molto rubato

12 4 pp

pp

p

pp

stagger breathe, swell to mp ad lib.

12 4 pp

mp

39

40

p

p

pp

pp sim.

Tba. pp

p

pp

p

pp sim.

pp sim.

mp

pp

5

41

42

Tba.

mp

pp

43

44

repeat ad lib.

repeat ad lib.

repeat ad lib.

Tba.

molto espr.

mp

45

pp

mp bring out

repeat ad lib.

46

Tba.

molto espr.

p

mf bring out

6

47

48

molto espr.

Tba. p

mf bring out

p

49

50

Tba. f bring out

mp

1.

f bring out

2.

51

52

cue

cue

Tba. mp

53

ff

pp

in tempo

ff

mp

f bring out

54

mf

f

fff non dim.

ff

mf

f

fff non dim.

ff

mf

f

fff non dim.

ff

mf

f

fff non dim.

ff

f

ff

in tempo

ff in tempo Tba. ff

in tempo

ff

in tempo

fff

fff non dim.

ff

7

55

56

resume ad lib., out of tempo

p

pp

p

resume ad lib., out of tempo

p

pp

p

resume ad lib., out of tempo Tba. p

pp

mp

resume ad lib., out of tempo

p

pp

p

resume ad lib., out of tempo

p

mp

pp

f bring out

57

58

mp

p

out of tempo

in tempo

ff

p

mp warmly out of tempo

in tempo

p

ff

p

mp warmly out of tempo

in tempo Tba. p

mp

p

ff

p

mp warmly

out of tempo

in tempo

mp

p

cue p

f

ff

p

mp warmly

out of tempo

in tempo

ff

mp

8

59

60

p

p

Tba. p

p

mf bring out

61

f

62

f

p

mp warmly

f

p

mp warmly

f

p

mp warmly

f

p

mp warmly

Tba.

p

f

ff

mp

9

63

64

p

p

Tba. p

p

mf bring out

f

p

f

entrances ad lib., molto rubato 65

66

mf

pp

p warmly

pp entrances ad lib., molto rubato

mf

pp

p warmly

pp

entrances ad lib., molto rubato Tba. mf

pp

pp

p

pp

entrances ad lib., molto rubato

mf

ff

pp

p warmly

pp

mp

p

mf bring out

pp

pp

f

10

67

68

p

pp

p

pp sim.

Tba. p

pp sim.

p

mp

f

pp sim.

p

pp

mp

pp

69

Tba.

mf bring out

f

p

11

70

71

Tba.

pp

mp

pp

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73

repeat ad lib., dim. al niente

4 4 ppp repeat ad lib., dim. al niente

4 4 ppp repeat ad lib., dim. al niente

4 4

Tba. ppp

repeat ad lib., dim. al niente

4 4 ppp

4 4 pp

p

ppp