Issuu

for Tonal Center Trio

THE DUEL Eugene Field

Soprano Bass Clarinet in Bb

Marimba

Sop.

B. Cl.

Mar.

       



   



 

B. Cl.

Mar.

 

sfz

 





ging - ham dog

  mp

 



      



   

and the

half - past

            

cal - i - co cat

 



  



  

 

 

12, and

(what do

 

          



The



 

 

 



       

t' oth - er had slept





  





 

         

 



side by side on the ta - ble

       

you think!) Nor one nor





 



    



     

 





 



   

  



                                   f mp  sfz  ff                           

    

 

   



barking, growling

   

Sop.



   

 

Richard Russell

A little mysterious & conspiritorial (q = 78)



sat; 'Twas



  

   

a wink! The

              

 mf   

Sop.

B. Cl.

Mar.

   



 

B. Cl.

Mar.



B. Cl.

Mar.

        



     

    

f                        

             f

             











I wasn't there! I simply state what was told to me by the Chinese plate!

spat.

 

  





  mp

 

                            

 









    

          mp f                                  mp f     



    



    

          



gon - na be a ter - ri - ble

 

Ap -

    

 

peared to know as sure as fate, there was

plate



     

  

 3

 





and the Chi - nese 3



  



Dutch clock

Sop.



Sop.

old





The ging - ham

 mf

   

  



     

dog went "bow - wow - wow!"And the

 

      



                            

    

Sop.

cal - i co

B. Cl.

Mar.

    



  



 

             

Sop.

cat re -plied "mee - ow!"The air was lit -tered an hour or



 

Mar.



 

     



  

      

       



in the

  



              



chim - ney place

         

 

with its hands be - fore its face, for it

            

 

        3    

                 

 

 

 







     





       

spat.

           

 



                     

al - ways dread - ed a fam - i - ly

B. Cl.



Sop.

 

with bits of ging - ham and cal - i - co While the

   delicately         

old Dutch clock

B. Cl.



so,



 



Now mind: I'm only telling you what the old Dutch clock declares is true!



           mp f                                             mp f    

   

       

B    

Sop.

B. Cl.

Mar.



      



Mar.



       

The Chi - nese plate

B. Cl.

Mar.

   

     looked ve - ry blue   

    and

                                       mp           3

     

freely

       



             



ca - li - co cat

"Oh dear

    

mf         f mf 

        

               

Sop.



wail

B. Cl.

     

plaintively mp

dolce; esp.

   

Sop.

Slow and languid (q=58) quasi "Moonlight Sonata"

  

in tempo

      

what shall we do!"

         

But the

  

ging - ham dog

      

and the



3 3                            3

 



 



Suddenly; accelerating to measure 41 q=72 f

     wal - lowed

      3 3 f       3             f       

        

     this way

                        

and tumb - led



   

       

 



that,



 

                                  

 

 very   dramatic; stentorian 

  

Sop.

       ff ploy

B. Cl.

Mar.



    



   

 



 

Sop.

B. Cl.

Mar.



B. Cl.

     

'ry

tooth

and



ful - lest way

you



  

in the

3   3  3              3   

  



saw,

 



  

oh!

how

the

ging - ham

and

ca - li - co



   

 3 3                                    3 3 mf       3





 



   

 

and

gliss.

 

                    mf

                    

   

claw

   



3                   

  

                 3

                   

    

Mar.

ing ev

      

Sop.

  



     



s gli

  





s lis



 

             liss.     g

       

Sop.



flew!

B. Cl.

Mar.



Mar.

   

Mar.





             





mf lightly





  

spoken, with

un - to this day that bur - glars stole that pair a - way! But the truth

                



                   

           



   f

  

    

    

  





  



                      3 f3                                            3 f3     





                

lightly

sing conspiracy                        

cat

B. Cl.

     

                           

Sop.

Next mor - ning,where the two had sat they found no trace of dog or cat; and

some folks think

B. Cl.



 

       

Sop.

mf                    

Tempo primo

 q=78     

and pup

is this:







a - bout

the

                

                             



        

They    

ate each o - ther

               

    



   

 

 

   

Sop.

up!

B. Cl.

      



   

Mar.



B. Cl.

               



    

Mar.

   

Now what do you really think of that!?





                       mf

Sop.



          

   

 





 



   mf

    ff



     

    mf

         mp







 

           



breve                      p

    

 



 



 

 



 

  

    gl   iss      .     f 

breve