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Lou Harrison

Six Sonatas for Cembalo or Pianoforte Edited by Susan Summerfield

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AlDng with my Mass and Qne Qr twO' Qther wDrks , my Six Sonatas for Cembalo or Pianoforte

are MissiQn-style pieces. They

were directly stimulated by my studies abQut and feelings fDr the land , peQples , and histQry Df CalifDrnia. Indeed , they are a part Qf the Df thQught that was sO' RegiDnalist" SChQDI

prevalent and , fQr a YDung persQn , stimulating Six Sonatas reflect the in the 1930' s. These

QrnamentatiQn has been added to' each reprise , with the exceptiQn Qf SDnata VI. As

Sues Arcuon Regon So leat A -Qnl(S'

with SQme music Qf the ISth century, this particular SQnata is sO' perfectly decQrated In

B -ool(S'

In the traditiQn Qf the perfDrmance practice Df

the baroque twD-reprise SQnata fQrm

the structure set dQwn by Mr. HarrisDn that the perfDrmer is nDt Dbliged to' add mQre DrnamentatiDn. Rather , I WQuid suggest

delineate the

rDmance and geDmetry Qf impassiQned Spain as well as the pastQral Indian imagery Qf native America in its Western life. The artistic

musical sectiDns. Ornaments fQr the Qther five SDnatas have been derived frQm melQdic

mDdel was

cQurse , Scarlatti and Manuel de Falla. The cQllectiDn was first published by

figures , intervals Dr rhythmic patterns which

Henry CQwell' s wQndrous New Music EditiQn.

I have used traditiQnal symbQls fDr the tril

It received wide distributiQn through the cultural Qffces Qf the United States GQV-

ernment abrQad and became recQmmended teaching material within the cQuntry.

have been played by Sylvia MarlQwe , Ralph Either in part Qr entire these SQnatas

Kirkpatrick, and a number Qf Qther harpsichDrdists.

Mr. HarrisQn has used within the

keybDards. While the twO' keybQards Qf a

). In SQnata II ) and mDrdent ( hDwever , I have indicated that , cDntrary to' the French traditiQn , all trils shDuld begin the nDte given by the

cQmpQser.

The editDr s suggested Drnaments , in red in this editiDn , are to' be taken Qn the reprises

Tril

satisfyingly Qn tiny single manual instruments. NQwadays , thank

Heavens , seriQus harsichQrdists are cDncerned with fine intQnatiQn fQr their instrument and are explQring the necessary histQrical tunings and temperaments fQr the 17th and 18th century EurDpean repertQire. I sQnatas

fDr thDse whO' knDw hQW to' tune them: 1. standard '/4-CQmma MeantQne Tempera-

Prepared tril

and registratiQn fDr the SQnatas.

Lou Harison

leat al,Onll)I, whch is twO' 8 m:

to'

(I CQupled

LH Qn II (S' ). Add lute stop in B

mm 12-23.

IV:

Dll 1 (S'

-Qnll(S' B -Qnll(S' B' - Qn 1 (S'

leat

A -Dnl(S'

-Dnll(S'

So - I CQupied to II (8' VI:

- sae

Mordent

, S' , 4'

as A;

mm 53-3 QIl II (S' Qnl) - sae as abve

-Sus Summeield Multiple mO'rdent

I WQuid like to' thank harsichQrdist and

editQr Susan Summerfield fQr her many

So So RH.

Al Qn I, with the twO' 8' s CQupied

mm 17-27: II (S' Qnl) A' - sae as abve

ment; 2. Kirnberger s Well Temperament; 3. Werkmeister s Third Temperament; Qr 4. The Earl Qf StanhQpe s Well Temperament. suggestiQns Qn QrnamentatiQn , articulatiQn

B' -Qnll(S'

B' -Dnll(S'

English instrument might be very useful , I beautiflly and

-Qnll(S'

B -ool(S'

French classic clavecin Qr large German have heard these wQrks played very

SDnatas.

( tr

Qnly. They are as fQllDWS:

By " cembalO' '' I mean the plucking string

heartily applaud this mQst musical develDpment and suggest fQr these

to'

manual changes in Drder

AreggiO'

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Six Sonatas for Cembalo or Pianoforte

Sonata I

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Lou Harrison Edited by Susan Summerfield

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