Berceuse for String Orchestra by Keane Southard

Keane Southard

Berceuse for

String Orchestra

(2017) (Duration: c. 4 mins.)

Program notes: Berceuse for String Orchestra was created in late 2017. It is an arrangement of my Prelude No. 14 (Berceuse) for piano and is a lullaby featuring a gentle “rocking� of parallel 4ths and 5ths.

Keane Southard 2017

Performance instructions: 1. Double Basses that do not have the low C extension should automatically play notes that are out of their range an octave higher than written, except when notes in parentheses are given. All basses without the low C extension should play all notes in parentheses while all basses with the extension play the non-parenthetical notes.

2. Tenuto marks (-) over notes indicate more weight/stress on the note and does not indicate space to be placed in between that note and the next (unless the tenuto is combined with a staccato).

Keane Southard/Spindrift Pages (ASCAP) Email: keane.southard@hotmail.com Website: keanesouthard.instantencore.com

Violin I



  

Berceuse for String Orchestra

q = 42

 

Violin II

Keane Southard













                                                        p                        p        div.

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass



   Vln. I 



 



4

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

A





 



 

 





 



 

       

 

mp espress.



                     

 



mp



   Db. 

    

mp espress.

p

       pizz.

p



        ©2017

    

                 

   

      

 

  

2

   Vln. I  7

  

Vln. II

     

Vla.

  

Vc.

Db.



 



        

 

   

  

  

   

       



 

 

     



  

     



  

 

 

 

  

mp

 

    



pp





   

mp



9    Vln. I 

  

Vln. II

 

Vc.



 

 

p

 

p

  





     

Vla.

Db.





p



 

  





    

 

 

 



        



    



 

 







 

     

    







   

11    Vln. I 

 

Vla.

Vc.

Db.



 





 





 



 

      

 

       

 

mf



     

     

 



     

    13            Vln. I  II 

 

div.

             

   

Db.

3

         

  

    

arco

p

p

         

pp legato

           

p



 

        

unis.

          

            





mf

          

unis.

  

  

mf

p

pp legato

Vc.

  

            

pp legato

Vla.

  

   mf         

pp legato

 





B e = 63

Vln. II

poco rit.

mf

  

Vln. II

  



p

  

 



                    

p

  mp



 pp

4

   16

Vln. I

   

             

Vln. II

  

Vla.



 

  

      

  

        

ppp

p

ppp

p

    

ppp

       

    

        

   

 

ppp



p

 



mf

mf

p

          

Vc.

Db.

        

sub. mp to the fore

  

          mf

         mf

  

 





f



mf

            Vln. I  19

mp

Vln. II

             mp

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mf

mf

            mp

mf

mp

mf

              

     f

     

mp

C    

  

p

pp

   

  

p

pp

   

    

   

p

pp

mp

p

pp

mp

poco rit.

     

p



p

         p

    

    

       

A tempo

 

   

     sub.

mf

    

       

 

 

5

             molto rit.                   Vln. I    22

ff

                                 ff                                 ff                              

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

    



 

Vln. II

 

Vla.

 

Vc.



    

 D

  Vln. I  25

Db.

ff

 

Tempo I q

     



ff

 





= 42

        

p

        

        

        

        

        













p





p

n

p

n

 

p



  

   

   



 

  

  

6

  Vln. I           28

mp

 

Vln. II

mp

Vla.

Db.



   

rit.

  Vln. I     31

 

Vln. II

  

   

Vla.

       

       



  

 





  



        

p

 

Vc.

        

p

pizz.



        

p

        

 

        





  

mp espress.

e = 56

  



   

  

 

  

  

pp

    pp

     arco div.

 

rit.

unis.

   



  

  

Vc.

pp

div.

     



Db.









div.        ppp              

  

   

  pp

(caesura for top part only)





div.





              ppp div.             ppp

          

ppp

 

 

div.

pp

   



ppp

