Martin Hebel
Essay For String Quartet 2016
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Martin Hebel
Essay For String Quartet Excerpted from Symphony No.3 in E Minor: Concert in Three Acts
Instrumentation Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello
Program Notes Essay for String Quartet examines registral and beat hierarchy in developing the primary theme from my Symphony No.3 in E Minor: Concert in Three Acts. Essay transitions between traditional quartet voicing and complete inversion of registral hierarchy while shifting from a strong sense of beat hierarchy to its near absence and back again. I excerpted this composition, originally the symphony’s third movement, without musical changes, simply reformatted for performance as an independent chamber work.
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Essay
Full Score
for String Quartet
Martin Hebel
Adagio liberamente q=60
4 4
Violin I
p
mp
p
mp
p
mp
4 4
Violin II
4 4
Viola
4 4
Violoncello
p 1
2
mp
3
4
5
6
9 Vln. I p
mf
Vln. II p
mf
Vla. p
mf
mp
Vc. mf 7
8
9
10
11
12
17
18
17 Vln. I p
mp
p
Vln. II p
mp
p
mf
f
Vla.
Vc. f 13
14
15
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22 Vln. I mp
p
mp
mp
p
mp
Vln. II
Vla. mp
p
pp
mp
p
pp
Vc.
19
20
21
22
23
24
28 Vln. I p
Vln. II p
Vla. pp
p
Vc. pp 25
p
26
27
28
29
33 Vln. I mp
Vln. II mp
Vla. mp
Vc. p 30
mf 31
32
33
34
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39 Vln. I pp
mf
f
mp
mf
pp
mf
f
p
mp
pp
mf
f
p
mp
pp
mf
f
p
mp
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
36
37
38
43
39
40
41
42
poco accel.
3 4
Vln. I p
pp
3 4
Vln. II p
pp
3 4
Vla. p
pp
3 4
Vc. p 43
pp 44
45
46
47
48
49
50 Andante tranquillo q=75 Vln. I espr., cantando
Vln. II espr., cantando Vla. espr., cantando
Vc. pp espr., cantando 50
51
52
53
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55
56
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58 3
Vln. I p
mp
Vln. II p
mp
p
p
mp
p
mp
p
Vla.
Vc.
58
59
60
61
62
66
63
64
65
poco rit.
Vln. I mf
f
p
mf
p
mf
p
mf 66
67
68
p 69
70
5 4
4 4
5 4
4 4
5 4
pp
Vc. mp
4 4 pp
Vla. mp
5 4
pp
Vln. II mp
4 4
pp 71
72
73
74
Vln. I
75 Lento q=50 5 4
7 4
5 4
Vln. II
5 4
7 4
5 4
Vla.
5 4
7 4
5 4
p
mp
3
Vc.
5 4
7 4 mp
mf 75
mp 76
mf 77
f 78
5 4 p
79
pp 80
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poco rit.
Vln. I
81 5 4
sul tasto
4 4
5 4
mp
mf
f
pp
sul tasto Vln. II
5 4
4 4 pp
Vla.
mp
mf
5 4
f
4 4 pp
Vc.
p
5 4
p
5 4
mp
mf
5 4
f
4 4 p 81
5 4
mp
82
83
mf 84
85
f 86
88 A tempo q=50
87
poco rit.
(sul tasto) Vln. I
5 4
6 4
5 4
7 4
5 4
7 4
5 4
7 4
5 4
7 4
mp ord. Vln. II
5 4
6 4 p espr. con dolore
mf
sul tasto Vla.
5 4
6 4 mp
pp sul tasto Vc.
5 4
6 4 pp
mp
88
89
90
91
92
93
95 A tempo q=50 sul tasto Vln. I
7 4
6 4
5 4
f 3
Vln. II
7 4
pp
pp
sul tasto
3
6 4 f
5 4 pp
pp sul tasto
Vla.
7 4
6 4
5 4
f
Vc.
7 4
pp
6 4
5 4
f 94
95
96
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rit.
4 4
Vln. I pp
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
p
4 4
Vln. II pp
p
4 4
Vla. pp
p
4 4
Vc. pp
p 98
99
100
101
102
103 Andante sostenuto q=70
108
ord. Vln. I
4 4 sub f ord.
Vln. II
4 4 sub f ord.
Vla.
4 4 sub f ord.
Vc.
4 4 sub f 103
104
105
106
107
108
Vln. I ff
mp
p
ff
mp
p
ff
f
mf
ff
f
mf
mf
Vln. II mf
Vla.
Vc.
109
110
111
112
113
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115 rit. Vln. I mp
p
pp
mp
p
pp
mp
p
pp
mp
p
pp
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
115
116
117
118
119
120