Cori Spezzati for Twenty Double Basses
David Lewiston Sharpe
Scoring 20 Double Basses (5 ‘choirs’ of 4)
Duration: 7 mins approx.
First performance at Wellington College, Berkshire, UK, in August 1998 given by The Bass Club conducted by Gareth Wood.
Double bass 1
Larghetto e solenne
Double bass 2 CHOIR I
Double bass 3
Double bass 4 p Double bass 1 p Double bass 2 Double bass 3
Double bass 1
Double bass 2 CHOIR III Double bass 3
p
sostenuto
sostenuto
3
p
p
p
p
p
p Double bass 4 p Double bass 1 p Double bass 2 p
p p
Double bass 3
Double bass 4
mp
espress.
ten.
p Double bass 1 p Double bass 2
Double bass 3
Double bass 4
CHOIR V
mp
David LEWISTON SHARPE
p
CHOIR IV
for Twenty Double Basses
p
CHOIR II
Double bass 4
Cori Spezzati
Copyright © 1998 by David Lewiston Sharpe.
2 4
Db. 1
Db. 2
CHOIR I
Db. 3
Db. 4
ten.
espress.
mp
mp
mp
mf
7
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR I
Db. 3
espress.
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
dim.
sfz
3
sfz
sfz
sfz
3
12
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 1
CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
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f
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p espress.
Db. 4
Db. 2
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f f
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mp
3
più f
3
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mp
mp
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mp
mp
4 17
Db. 1
Db. 2
CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 1
CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 2 Db. 1
CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 4
Db. 4
Db. 2
espress.
3
f
f
f f
Db. 1 21
Db. 2 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 4
3
Db. 3
CHOIR IV
5
Db. 1 Db. 2
Db. 4
3 cresc.
3
6
25
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 3
ten.
ten.
Db. 1 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 1
ten.
ten.
ten.
ten.
ten.
ten.
CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 4
Db. 2
ten.
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Db. 4
Db. 2
Db. 1 CHOIR II
Db. 4
Db. 2
espress.
29
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
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sfz
Db. 3 Db. 4
ten.
Db. 4
CHOIR V
3
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f
espress.
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espress.
espress.
espress.
f
f
f
espress.
f
7
espress.
f
CHOIR II
Db. 1 Db. 2
espress.
espress.
espress.
espress.
meno f
meno f
meno f
meno f
8 32
Db. 2 Db. 1
3
Db. 4 Db. 3
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 4
più f
più f
3
CHOIR V
più f
più f
più f
più f
più f
più f
più f
più f
più f
più f 3
più f
più f
più f
più f
Db. 4
più f
più f
Db. 1 Db. 2 Db. 3
più f
Db. 4 Db. 1
più f
CHOIR I
Db. 1 35
Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 3
Db. 4
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legato molto
legato molto
legato molto
ff marcato ff marcato
sfz
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legato molto
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legato molto
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3 3
9
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ff marcato
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Db. 4 Db. 1 CHOIR V
Db. 1
Db. 2
Db. 2
Db. 4 Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
CHOIR III Db. 3 Db. 4
Db. 4
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3
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10 39
Db. 2 Db. 1
CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 2 Db. 4
Db. 3
Db. 4
CHOIR II
Db. 1
ff marcato
Db. 4 Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3 Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1 Db. 2
CHOIR V Db. 3
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ff marcato
ff ff ff
ff marcato
ff
ff ff ff
ff
Poco piu solenne
Db. 1 Db. 2 42
CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
CHOIR III Db. 3
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Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
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Db. 2 CHOIR V Db. 3
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3
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3
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3
12
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
mesto
45
mp
mp arco Db. 1 Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
con sord.
con sord.
con sord.
con sord.
mp arco mp
arco
Db. 1 Db. 2
mp arco
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
CHOIR IV
CHOIR V
49
With serene majesty
Db. 1 Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 2 Db. 4
CHOIR II
Db. 3
f
Db. 1 Db. 2
Db. 3
Db. 4
CHOIR III
Db. 1 Db. 2
f
f
Db. 4
13
f
con sord.
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ten.
mp quasi lontano con sord.
mp quasi lontano
con sord.
con sord.
Db. 4
CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
con sord.
Db. 2
Db. 1
Db. 3
CHOIR IV
f
f
con sord.
f
f
14
54
Db. 1
Db. 1
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR III Db. 3
Db. 1 Db. 2 Db. 4
CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 2 CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
p
p
p
senza sord.
senza sord.
senza sord.
senza sord.
con sord.
ten.
mp quasi lontano con sord.
mp quasi lontano con sord.
mp quasi lontano
con sord.
mp quasi lontano
3
p
Db. 1
59
Db. 1
Db. 2
CHOIR I Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
15
ten.
ten.
ten.
ten.
ten.
ten.
f
ten.
ten.
f
Db. 3
CHOIR II
espress
Db. 2
Db. 4
f
ten.
poco marcato
f
Db. 1
63
Db. 2 CHOIR II Db. 3
3
3
3
Db. 4
3
3
f marcato
3
mp
16
Db. 1
67
Db. 2
CHOIR II Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
sord. senza
senza sord.
mf
Db. 2
mf
3
3
CHOIR III senza sord.
Db. 3
mf
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2
CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 4
senza sord.
mf
71
Db. 1
Db. 2
Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR IV
Db. 3
Db. 4
76
Db. 1
CHOIR IV Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 4
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mf
mf
3
17
mf
Db. 2
3
3
3
senza sord. mp senza sord. mp senza sord. mp senza sord.
mp
18
81
Db. 1
Db. 2 CHOIR V
Db. 3
Db. 4
Db. 1
84
CHOIR V Db. 3
Db. 1
87
ten.
p
p
p
espress.
mp
p
3
Db. 2
Db. 4
espress.
ten.
3
espressivo molto
a niente