A Series of Postcards from Embankment at Night, before the War Luciano Williamson by Luciano Williamson

Luciano

Williamson A Series of Postcards from Embankment at Night, before the War for tenor, piano and violoncello

Study Score 2019

A Series of Postcards from Embankment at Night, before the War for tenor, piano and violoncello

Luciano Williamson (b. 1996) Text by D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

Study Score 22/11/2019

Performance notes ere is no full score for this piece. Each performer recieves a pack of "postcards" - short musical fragments. ough numbered for administrative purposes, each performer may choose to perform their postcards in any order, including chosen randomly before the performance. Performers need not attempt to synchronise their postcards between themselves; instead focus only on performing one's own material. Play/sing exactly as instructed, then move swi ly on to the next postcard (piano and cello may take a slightly longer pause than the tenor between postcards). e tenor should ideally sing as written without aid. It may be helpful to ďŹ nd one's starting pitch before appearing on stage (if the order has been chosen by this point). Using a tuning fork or other pitching device during the performance is not recommended; internal intervallic consistency is more important than sticking precisely to the given pitches. On reaching the end of their material, performers should wait silently for everyone to ďŹ nish. If the given tempi are adhered to, all three should ďŹ nish around the same time. is "Study Score" presents all the postcards. For performance materials, contact lucianowilliamson@hotmail.com

Duration 10' approx.

D. H. Lawrence's poem, 'Outcasts' from Embankment at Night, before the War, eschews narrative in favour of cra ing a multidimensional snapshot of London as seen from multiple angles. To me the stanzas of this poem read like fragments scribbled on the back of a postcard, capturing the moment with a remarkable economy of language. is setting draws on this fragmentary nature, as the players use these imagined postcards to create an atemporal image. Time appears frozen as layers upon layers are moulded into the a recreation of the Embankment Lawrence knew.

Embankment at Night, before the War Outcasts The night rain, dripping unseen, Comes endlessly kissing my face and my hands.

A little, bearded man, pale, peaked in sleeping, With a face like a chickweed flower. And a heavy woman, sleeping still keeping Callous and dour.

The river, slipping between Lamps, is rayed with golden bands Half way down its heaving sides; Revealed where it hides.

Over the pallor of only two places Tossed on the low, black, ruffled heap Passes the light of the tram as it races Out of the deep.

Under the bridge Great electric cars Sing through, and each with a floor-light racing along at its side. Far off, oh, midge after midge Drifts over the gulf that bars The night with silence, crossing the lamptouched tide.

Eloquent limbs In disarray Sleep-suave limbs of a youth with long, smooth thighs Hutched up for warmth; the muddy rims Of trousers fray On the thin bare shins of a man who uneasily lies.

At Charing Cross, here, beneath the bridge Sleep in a row the outcasts, Packed in a line with their heads against the wall. Their feet, in a broken ridge Stretch out on the way, and a lout casts A look as he stands on the edge of this naked stall.

The balls of five red toes As red and dirty, bare Young birds forsaken and left in a nest of mud-Newspaper sheets enclose Some limbs like parcels, and tear When the sleeper stirs or turns on the ebb of the flood--

Beasts that sleep will cover Their faces in their flank; so these Have huddled rags or limbs on the naked sleep. Save, as the tram-cars hover Past with the noise of a breeze And gleam as of sunshine crossing the low black heap, Two naked faces are seen Bare and asleep, Two pale clots swept and swept by the light of the cars. Foam-clots showing between The long, low tidal-heap, The mud-weed opening two pale, shadowless stars. Over the pallor of only two faces Passes the gallivant beam of the trams; Shows in only two sad places The white bare bone of our shams.

One heaped mound Of a woman's knees As she thrusts them upward under the ruffled skirt-And a curious dearth of sound In the presence of these Wastrels that sleep on the flagstones without any hurt. Over two shadowless, shameless faces Stark on the heap Travels the light as it tilts in its paces Gone in one leap. At the feet of the sleepers, watching, Stand those that wait For a place to lie down; and still as they stand, they sleep, Wearily catching The flood's slow gait Like men who are drowned, but float erect in the deep. â&#x20AC;Š

Oh, the singing mansions, Golden-lighted tall Trams that pass, blown ruddily down the night! The bridge on its stanchions Stoops like a pall To this human blight. On the outer pavement, slowly, Theatre people pass, Holding aloft their umbrellas that flash and are bright Like flowers of infernal moly Over nocturnal grass Wetly bobbing and drifting away on our sight. And still by the rotten Row of shattered feet, Outcasts keep guard. Forgotten, Forgetting, till fate shall delete One from the ward. The factories on the Surrey side Are beautifully laid in black on a gold-grey sky. The river's invisible tide Threads and thrills like ore that is wealth to the eye. And great gold midges Cross the chasm At the bridges Above intertwined plasm.

D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

Tenor

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A Series of Postcards from Embankment at Night, before the War for tenor, piano and violoncello D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)

Tenor

Dark q = 54 p

3 &4œ ‹ The

Œ œ

‰

night

rain,

#œ #œ ™

drip - ping

un - seen,

mp 3 3

& ‰ œ ‹

œ bœ

Comes end - less - ly

#œ

2 4 >œ œ ™ œ b œ kiss-ing

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my face

#œ

Œ #œ

and my

œ ™ #œ Œ hands.

Tenor

Fluid q = 69 3

3 &4‰ ‹

œ œ œ œ œ #œ

œ The

riv

œ nœ nœ œ œ b œ nœ b œ œ

‰

er,

slip

ping be - tween

& œ ‹

mf œ œ 4 # œ Œ #œ œ #œ bœ #œ nœ 4

3 œ œ

Lamps,

rayed

with gold - en bands

œ œ nœ œ

Half way down its heav-ing

Œ & ˙ ‹ sides;

‰

b˙

vealed

where

bœ Re

w -

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hides.

Tenor

Excited q = 88 3

2 &4œ œ œ œ ‰ ‹ Un-der the bridge

œ œ œ #œ œ œ

‰ œ œ œ nœ

Great e - lec - tric cars Sing through,

and each with a

mp 3

œ #œ œ œ bœ b œ

& œ ‹ floor-light

5 8œ

∑ œ œ œ

rac - ing a - long at its side.

‰ œ

‰

Far off,

oh,

mf 3

3 œ œ & 4 œ. œ œ œ. ‹ midge af - ter midge Drifts o

œ™ œ - ver

the

gulf

that

bars

The night with

Œ & >œ #œ ‹ silence,

U Œ #œ

œ #œ

œ™

cross - ing

the lamp

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‰ œ œ ‰

‰ Œ œ™

touched

tide.

3 4

Tenor

Regretful q = 72 mf 3 3 3 4 œ œ œ # œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ &4œ ‹ At Char-ing Cross, here, be-neath the bridge Sleep in a row the outcasts,

legato mp 3

& Œ ‹

œ œ œ œ

Packed in

œ œ œ

‰ ‰ œ

œ bœ ™

a line with their heads a-gainst the wall.

Their feet, in a

mf 3

& b œ- œ ‹ bro-ken ridge

Stretch out on the way,

œ œ bœ

& Œ ‹

3 4Œ

œ b œ œ œ nœ

œ Œ

œ™

and

lout

casts

A look

bœ œ œ

œ œ

on the edge

of this

he stands

bœ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰

Œ #œ ™

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ked

#˙ stall.

Tenor

Unsentimental

= 138 5

3 &8 œ ‰ ‹ Beasts

‰

#œ #œ œ œ œ

œ #œ

cov - er Their fa - ces

their flank;

œ that

sleep

will

& ‰ ‰ œ ‹ so

‰ nœ b œ

>œ # œ ™ œ

these Have hud-dled rags

‰

or limbs

bœ œ

on the

na - ked sleep.

4œ 8

∑ & ‹

‰

œ bœ œ œ

œ Save,

the

3 3 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ

tram - cars hov - er Past

with the noise of

mp 3

‰ & #œ ‹ breeze

#œ #œ œ #œ

œ 83 œ œ

And gleam as of sun-shine

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bœ œ

cross-ing the

low

œ™

black heap,

Tenor

Sadly q = 60 mp

3 & 4 œ™ ‹ Two

œ œ œ na - ked

-œ

œ œ bœ œ

Œ nœ œ # œ nœ Œ

#œ

fa - ces are seen

Bare

and a - sleep,

mf 3 3

& œ. œ. œ. Œ - - ‹ Two pale clots

œ ‰ œ œ #œ #œ œ

œ ‰ œ swept

œ ‰

bœ

and swept

by the light of the

4 4

∑

cars.

mp 3 3

4 &4œ ‹ Foam

œ œ

- clots

show - ing

3 4

œ # œ-

œ-

be - tween The long,

œ # œ nœ

low

ti - dal- heap,

p 3

3 &4Œ ‹

‰

Œ œ #œ

#œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ #˙

The mud-weed

o - pen-ing two pale, shad-ow - less stars.

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Tenor

With brevity q. = 76 mf

6 & 8#œ ‹ O

œ - ver

the

pal - lor

#œ

on - ly

two

fa - ces

q. = q

& #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ ‹ Pass - es the gal - li - vant beam of the trams;

2 4#œ œ œ œ

∑

Shows in

‰ & #œ ‹ two

œ sad

#˙

œ plac - es

The white bare

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œ bone

#œ of

œ our

shams.

on - ly

Tenor

Throwaway q = 120 f

3 & 4#œ ‹ A

>œ œ™ œ œ œ

œ™

‰ œ ‰ # œ œ nœ b œ

little, beard-ed man,

pale,

peaked

sleeping,

più f mf

œ. ‰ œ. ‰ # œ ‰ 2 4 .

& nœ œ # œ # œ # œ œ ‹ With a face like a

chick - weed

∑

3 4Œ

flower.

œ ‰ ‰ œ And

p 4

4 & œ- œ # œ- # œ 4 Ó ‹ heav - y- woman,

3 4# œ œ ™

Œ œ œ œ

œ #œ sleep-ing

still keeping

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cal-lous

#˙ ™

and

dour.

Tenor

Stable q. = 48 mf

3 & 8 œ œ ™ œ œ #œ œ #œ bœ œ œ b œ œ ‹ O - ver the pal - lor of on - ly two pla - ces

& bœ ™ ‹ low,

b œ-

œ œ- ™

black,

ruf

‰

œ the

œ œ

Tossed

on the

‰

bœ

Pass

the

œ™

# œ- ™

the

deep.

œ -

fled

heap

& bœ bœ ‹ light of

‰ b œ-.

œ nœ tram as

œ it

œ™

ra - ces

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œ-

Out

Tenor

Serpentine q = 60 mf 3

2 & 4 œ œ œ #œ œ ‹ El - o - quent limbs

& œ œ œ œ bœ ‹ of a youth with

‰

œ œ œ œ in

dis - ar - ray

Sleep - suave limbs

mp intense

b -œ b œ ≈ œ- n œ œ b œ- n œ Œ

œ.

long,

smooth

thighs

œ bœ bœ œ

Hutched up for warmth;

mf 3

∑

3 bœ œ œ œ 4 œ œ . . # œ # œ. œ œ

‰

& ‹

œ œ œ œ the mud-dy rims

Of trou-sers

bœ

‰ 42

fray On the thin bare shins

p legato 3

2 &4Œ ‹

bœ bœ

man

bœ

who

un -

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eas

lies.

Tenor

Fragmented q = 76 f

7 &8 œ ‹ The

œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ balls

‰

œ bœ

of five red toes

œ ‰ #œ

œ As

red

and dirt - y,

nœ

bare Young

& nœ ™ œ œ œ ‰ b œ b œ ‰ œ œ œ #œ ‰ œ ‹ birds for-sak-en and left in a nest of

4‰ 4

& œ œ œ œ nœ ‹ sheets en - close Some limbs

3 4 œ

∑

mud––

œ™ œ œ™

œ #œ ™ #œ News - pa - per

3 4Œ

œ bœ

par

cels,

and

tear

pp 3

4 &4Œ ‹

‰ œ

When the sleep - er

stirs

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œ œ œ œ œ œ

or turns on the ebb of the flood––

4 4

Tenor

Curiously q = 84 mp

4 & 4bœ ‰ ‹ One

bœ

œ bœ

heaped

mound

‰

3 4

œ œ

man's knees

b>œ ™ œ œ œ 4 Œ 3 ‰ b œ œ &4 4 ‹ As she thrusts them up-ward

3 œ 3œ œ n œ # œ # œ # œ œ œ 4 un-der the ruf

4 4

∑

- fled skirt––

mp p 4 & 4 œ ‰ ‰ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ œ Ó ‹ And a cu - rious dearth of sound

& Œ ‹

œ œ #œ

that sleep on the

Œ œ œ œ

‰ >œ œ

In the pres-ence of these Was-trels

‰

flag-stones

3 œ 4 œ nœ ™ with - out

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œ œ œ

Œ œ b˙ -

hurt.

Tenor

Briefly q. = 60 mf

œ™ ‰ 6 6 4 & 8 œ œ œ œ #œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ 4 œ œ #œ 8 ‹ O - ver two shad-ow- less, shame-less fa - ces Stark on the heap mf

f 4

6 œ œ™ œ œ œ œ &8 ‹ Tra - vels the light as it

œ œ œ œ #œ œ ‰ tilts

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in its pa - ces

‰ œ bœ œ œ Gone in one leap.

Tenor

Gentle q = 80 mf

4 & 4 œ™ ‹ At

œ ‰ œ-

œ œ b œ œ b œthe feet

of the sleep - ers,

œ œ

Stand those that

œ 3œ b œ -œ b œ

œ ‰ œ #œ

Œ bœ

For a place to lie down;

f 3 œ bœ 4

4w &4 ‹ sleep,

watching,

& ˙ ‹ wait

œ ‰

3 œ œ œ 43 œ

and still as they

4 4

Œ œ

stand,

they

œ b -œ

œ œ

‰ œ œ bœ -

Wea - ri - ly

catch - ing The flood's

4 4

œ-

slow

gait

4 Œ & 4 œ œ œ # œ n˙ ‹ Like men who are drowned,

Ó œ ™ #œ œ

œ but

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float

e - rect

œ œ #˙ in the deep.

Tenor

Animated q = 112 f

7 3 & 8#œ ™ œ œ œ ™ œ œ ‰ 4 œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‹ Oh, the sing-ing mansions, Gold-en-light-ed tall Trams that pass, blown

3 3

& œ œ œ œ #œ œ ‹ rud - di - ly down the night!

& œ ‰ ‹ Stoops

œ #œ like

pall

7 8œ

‰ œ The

‰ œ

3 4 œ #œ

œ™

To this hu

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bridge

œ -

‰ œ œ œ on

its stan-chions

‰ # œ.

man blight.

Tenor

Measured q = 76 p

4 & 4 œ™ œ œ œ ‹ On the out - er

3 4 3 4 œ ™ b œ œ ‰ 4 nœ ™ œ œ œ 4

œ Ó

pavement,

slow - ly,

Thea - tre people

f brightly

œ. ‰ œ œ # œ. ‰ Œ

4 œ 3 œ œ œ 3œ œ # œ œ ‰ œ 4

3 &4œ Œ Œ ‹ pass,

Hold-ing a - loft their um-brel-las

that flash

3 4

and are bright

mf 5 3

3 & 4 œ >œ n œ œ œ ‹ Like flow - ers of in

œ œ œ #œ Œ

4 4œ

- fer - nal mo - ly

3 4

œ #œ

O - ver noc - tur - nal

p 3 3

3 & 4#œ Œ ‹ grass

4œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ #œ #œ œ œ œ #œ

Wet - ly bob-bing and drift-ing a-way on our sight.

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Tenor

Plain q = 66 mf 3

2 &4œ ‹ And

f œ. 2 &4 ‹

œ #œ ™

œ œ œ #œ #œ

the

rot - ten Row of

still

‰

2 4

œ œ ‰ œ

5 8

shat-tered feet,

#œ #œ

‰ #œ #œ œ ‰ œ

#œ

Out-casts keep guard.

For - got - ten,

5 &8 œ ‹ fate

œ ™ #œ

5#œ 8

For - get- ting,

till

œ shall

2 4#œ

#œ de

bœ

lete

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One

from

the

ward.

Tenor

Steady q = 76 mf 4 2 5 œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ œ 42 &4œ œ œ œ œ 8 ‹ The fac-to-ries on the Sur - rey side are beau-ti - ful - ly laid in

2 . & 4 œ ‰ nœ œ œ œ ‹ black on a gold-grey

3 #œ ™ 2 6 2 4 # œ œ ‰ 4 Œ ‰ œ 8 nœ œ œ œ œ œ 4 sky.

The

riv-er's in - vis - i - ble

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Tenor

Jagged q = 48 mf p

4 3 3 & 4 œ ‰ b œ #œ ‰ # œ ‰ œ œ ‰ 8 nœ ‰ nœ 4 # œ # œ Œ ‹ And great gold midg-es Cross the chasm

> 5 œ œ #œ œ

4 &4œ ‰ ‹ At

‰

œ œ ‰

‰

œ the

œ ‰

œ bridg-es

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A - bove in

-œ #œ

ter-twined

pla - sm.

4 4

Piano

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A Series of Postcards from Embankment at Night, before the War for tenor, piano and violoncello D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)

Piano

œ = c. 60 # œ nœ #œ nœ # œ nœ nœ

Very free

nœ ™ & ™

#œ nœ # œ # œ #œ

nœ

#œ nœ # œ nœ

p espressivo

? ™™

nœ

{

nœ

b œ nœ

nœ

bœ

bœ nœ

nœ

bœ

bœ bœ

P sempre

#œ #œ #œ

nœ # œ

nœ

nœ # œ

#œ

# œ nœ

nœ #œ

nœ

? bœ bœ

{

nœ

#œ

b œ nœ nœ

nœ

bœ

nœ nœ

nœ

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nœ

U bœ ™ b b œœ ™ Uœ n ™™ nœ # œ

Piano

w = 4 seconds approx.

nœ

#œ œ œ nw nœ œ nœ œ nw

#œ œ nœ œ #w

œ nw

nœ œ # w #œ œ

nœ œ b w nœ œ

n œ nœ œ œ nw

? bœ

{

bw nœ œ #œ œ

nœ œ P sempre

nw nœ œ nœ œ

bw &

nœ # œ œ œ # w

nœ œ #œ œ #w

nœ œ b w bœ œ

{

n œ bœ œ œ

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Piano

= 60

#˙ ™ & # œ nœ nœ nœ # œ nœ nœ # œ

nœ # œ # œ nœ nœ b ˙ ™ nœ

b œ nœ n˙ ™

# œ # œ nœ b ˙ ™ nœ

p mf

pp echo

bœ nœ n˙ ™ #œ ? # œ nœ nœ

{

nœ n ˙ ™ b œ nœ b œ

nœ # œ

# œ n œ nœ # œ n ˙ ™

b œ b œ b œ n˙ ™ nœ

P sempre

nœ nœ b˙ ™ nœ nœ & nœ b œ nœ nœ nœ b œ b ˙ ™

b œ n˙ ™ n œ # œ nœ b œ nœ

p mf

nœ b œ nœ # œ nœ n˙ ™

{

bœ

nœ b œ nœ n ˙ ™ bœ

pp echo

nœ b œ nœ nœ nœ b œ b ˙ ™

# œ # œ n˙ ™ nœ nœ

nœ

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b œ b œ b œ n˙ ™

Piano

“ nœ n œ n œ b œ n œ #œ U bœ bœ Œ nœ

œ = c. 60 &

“ #œ nœ nœ bœ nœ U bœ #œ Œ nœ

#œ

b œ nœ

{

nœ nœ nœ nœ P sempre

n œ n“œ

“ nœ #œ #œ U Œ b œ nœ

#œ U Œ

#œ nœ nœ

nœ ?

{

#œ n œ n œ # œ nœ

nœ b œ # œ nœ nœ nœ

#œ

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Piano

bœ

= c. 120

bœ

bœ & ™™ n œ n œ n œ

™™ ™™ n œ b œ nœ

bœ #œ# œ

nœ

™™

nœ nœ

nœ ? ™™

{

bœ b œ ™™ ™™

nœ b œ

nœ

bœ nœ

nœ

n œ ™™

nœ

#œ #œ nœ

P sempre

nœ

bœ x3 # œ

nœ

bœ

bœ #œ ™ ™ nœ ™ ™

bœ & ™™ n œ n œ b œ

nœ nœ nœ

nœ

n œ ™™

nœ nœ nœ #œ

? ™™

{

nœ nœ

nœ

™™ ™™ n œ

bœ

nœ nœ

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#œ nœ

nœ bœ

™™

Piano

= c. 72

& ™™ n œ

& nœ

b œ- ™

& nœ

b œ- ™

& nœ

b œ- ™

b ˙- ™

™™

™ ? ™™ ‰ n# œœ œœ ™

n# œœ œœ ™™

‰

{

n# œœ ˙˙ ™™

‰

™™

‰

P sempre

& ## œœ œœ -

b -œ œ nœ œ

-œ œ ™ œ œ™

œ-œ œœ ™™

b -œ >˙ nœ ˙ œœ

œ-œ ™™

## œ-œ œœ

˙™ ˙™

pp p p -œ œ ™ œ œ ™ nn œ-œ œœ

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Piano

q = c. 60

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Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)

Violoncello

q = 60

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Violoncello

NB. Continue the tremolo for the given duration (in seconds).

10"

nœ ? ææ

U Œ

12"

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nœ ææ pp

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12"

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U Œ

æ b æœ nœ

U Œ

Violoncello

NB. Strum, then slide

q = c. 54

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q = 60

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q = 66 sul pont.

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Violoncello

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Violoncello

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