Brown MODULES I, II & III

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BROWN Modules I, II & III for Orchestra

Score

EP 11134

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ISSUU Version For perusal only EARLE BROWN

Modules I, II & III for Orchestra

Score

ALLE RECHTE VORBEHALTEN

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ISSUU Version MODULES I, II & III For perusal only Earle Brown

modulEs i & ii (1966) commissioned by the orchestre National de l’ oRTF, Paris modulE iii (1969) commissioned by the Zagreb Biennale

score (in C) Any of the three modulEs must be performed

16 First Violins

simultaneously with one of the other two modulEs .

14 second Violins

Every performance requires two conductors.

12 Violas 10 Violoncellos

instrumentations for all three possible combinations:

8 Contrabasses

MODULES I and II

MODULES II and III

3 Flutes

3 Flutes

1 oboe

2 oboes

1 Eng. Horn

1 Eng. Horn

2 Clarinets in Bb

2 Clarinets in Bb

1 Bass Clarinet

1 Bass Clarinet

2 Bassoons

2 Bassoons

1 Contrabassoon

1 Contrabassoon

4 Horns in F

3 Horns in F

4 Trumpets in C

4 Trumpets in C

3 Trombones

3 Trombones

1 Contrabass Tuba in Bb

1 Piano

16 First Violins

1 Harp

14 second Violins

1 Vibraphone

12 Violas

1 Xylophone

10 Violoncellos

1 marimba

8 Contrabasses 16 First Violins MODULES I and III

14 second Violins

4 Flutes

12 Violas

2 oboes

10 Violoncellos

2 Clarinets in Bb

8 Contrabasses

2 Bass Clarinets 2 Bassoons 3 Horns in F 4 Trumpets in C 2 Trombones 1 Contrabass Tuba in Bb 1 Piano 1 Harp 1 Vibraphone 1 Xylophone 1 marimba

duration: Approximately 10-20 minutes if performing modulEs i and ii , each conductor needs an arrow indicator with numbers 1-4 (provided with score) to show the musicians which page to perform from. if performing modulE iii , with either modulE i or ii , only one arrow indicator is needed.

ISSUU Version For perusal only directions for Performance MODULE I and MODULE II are to be considered as two

Chords number 5 on pages 1 and 4 of both modulEs i and

separate scores which may be performed simultaneously, or

ii utilize the full instrumentation of that modulE .

either one of them may be performed simultaneously with modulE iii . . . . Any two of modulEs i, ii or iii will not exceed

in regard to forming and conducting relationships between

the instrumentation of a normal large orchestra. There must

the two modulEs :

be a conductor for each modulE being performed.

Chord number 5 of page 1 of modulE i is intervallically the same as the summation of chords 1 through 4 of

There are 4 pages for each of modulEs i and ii . Each

modulE ii , but orchestrated differently. (Chords 1 to 4

page has either 4 or 5 chords; the chords may be played

of modulE ii sounded simultaneously with chord 5 of

in any sequence and each may be held for as long as the

modulE i will produce an intervallic unison between the

conductor wishes, at any constant or variable loudness.

two modulEs , in a contrasting color distribution.)

Each conductor of each modulE must have an arrow

The same is true between chords 1 to 4 of modulE i

indicator which will inform the musicians of the page

and chord 5 of modulE ii .

(1, 2, 3, 4) from which he will choose chords . . . .

The same condition exists on pages 4 of both modulEs From any of the pages, the precise chord which the

i and ii except that the orchestration of the intervals

conductor has chosen is indicated to the musicians by the

between the two modulEs is as exactly alike as the two

fingers of his left hand. The left-hand indication is to be

instrumentations allow.

a preparation preceding the down-beat given by the right hand for the moment of attack. The size and speed of the

do not phys ically s e parate th e two g rou ps . seat the

down-beat must give the loudness and character of attack

musicians normally but distribute the parts so that alternate

which is desired.

chairs have materials for alternate conductors. The two groups are to be uniformly intermixed on the stage. (This

All chords are fermata ( U ), to be held by the musicians

allows any one chord of any modulE to sound from the total

until specifically cut off by the conductor. (Wind instruments

stage-space and eliminates the distraction of visual and/or

are to breathe when necessary and comfortable and

sonic competition, which is not the intention in the work.)

to re-sound the note for as long as the chord is held by the conductor.)

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The score is written in “C” concert.

Parts are transposed where necessary.

COND. MOD. I �

COND. MOD. II

No musicians can be too far to the right or left of the Each chord on score pages 2 and 3 of both modulEs i and

conductors because they must have a clear sight-line to

ii utilize all the instruments scored for that modulE : i.e., no

the arrow indicator.

two or more of the chords on those pages can be sounded simultaneously in any one modulE . Any change from chord

The arrow indicators should be placed in front of the

to chord will involve all of the conductor’s musicians.

podium, facing the orchestra, within comfortable reach of the conductor and in full view of all musicians.

on pages 1 and 4 of both modulEs i and ii , the first four chords may be combined and overlapped in any sequence and combination: i.e., they are four small chords which, when played simultaneously, add up to the full instrumentation of that modulE .

ISSUU Version For perusal only Additional information The following text has been excerpted from a letter, dated

in Paris [7 February 1967] we (Eleazar de Carvalho and

22 may 1968, from Earle Brown to Toru Takemitsu, in

i) did pages 1 to 4 in sequence and then ended by doing

which Brown provides instructions for the conductors seiji

pages 1 for the second time. You two [ozawa and Akiyama]

ozawa and Kazuyoshi Akiyama relative to their rehearsal

conductors can play the 4 pages in any sequence you like

and performance of this work in Tokyo in the same year.

but after deciding the sequence you both must do the same sequence at roughly the same times (as described above).

Here is some information for the conductors. Please see

if you wish, you can do the 4 pages in your sequence and

that ozawa and the other conductor each get a . . . copy, or at

then do any one or more pages for the second time. The

least read this carefully.

general “tempo” of pages, however, should not allow you to do more than 5 or 6 pages in approximately 12 to 15

All chords held (fermata) as long as the conductors wish.

minutes of performance time. it should not be less than 10 minutes. The maximum length should be determined

th e lou d n e ss can b e var i e d i n any way from chord to

(roughly) by your feelings of the extension of intensity that

chord and during any one chord.

you feel possible between the materials, the musicians, and the two of you as conductors.

Rehearse moving from chord to chord (any one on the page to any other) so that there is not a break in the sound

When you are on the pages together you can conduct the

between the chords unless the conductors want a period

chords on those pages in any sequence: (left-hand signals

of silence between.

to orchestra) any number of times, for any amount of time.

i pr e fe r that both conductors be conducting chords

from the same pages at roughly the same time, i.e., both conductors on pages 1, then pages 2, then 3, then 4, etc., b ut chang e s of pag e not synch ron i z e d exactly , i.e., one

conductor makes the change from page 1 to page 2 before or after the other conductor changes. during the page changes there will be an overlapping for some moments but statistically there is more time when the conductors are on the same pages than when they are on different pages.

Let all of this be very loose and natural and intuitive, but with awareness of the totality at every moment. i’d like it to be relatively slow moving-transforming and quite static with independent and simultaneous rising and falling of intensity (loudness). it can be very gentle and also very powerful sound. it should have a tremendous feeling of intensity — never very dramatic but dramatically simple and intense.

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MODULE III must be performed simultaneously with one

in combining modulE iii with another modulE , the two

or more other modulEs . No combination of any two of

groups must not be physically separated: the musicians

modulEs i, ii or iii exceeds the instrumentation of a normal

are seated normally, but the parts are distributed so that

large orchestra; the total number of strings required in a

alternate chairs have material for alternate conductors. This

performance of any two of the modulEs is 16 first violins,

eliminates the distraction of visual and/or sonic competition,

14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 violoncelli and 8 double

since competition is not the intention.

basses. (Each modulE : 8. 7. 6. 5. 4). There must be a conductor for each modulE being performed.

For all modulEs the woodwind and brass (including horns) must be seated as two distinct groups to the left and

The orchestra of modu lE iii is divided into four sections:

right of the conductors so that signals for different chords

woodwind, brass, strings and percussion. Each of the first

and changes in dynamics in the two groups can be directed

three sections has five chords; these chords may be played

to only the desired section, without confusion.

in any sequence and combination of two or three chords (one from each section) simultaneously, and each variable

seating for maximum clarity of sectional cueing and

loudness. The fourth section has five groups of chords. Each

independent modification of dynamics:

group is controlled by a series of downbeats, not necessarily periodic; these groups of chords may be played in any sequence. material from the woodwind, brass and strings

PERCUSSION Cue: high to the center

may be combined and overlapped in any sequence and combination, and percussion groups added in any sequence.

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conductor’s left hand. This is followed by a right hand

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the musicians of a chosen section by the fingers of the

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The precise chord or group of chords is indicated to

downbeat signalling the moment of the attack. in the case of sections 1, 2 and 3, the size and speed of the downbeat must define the loudness and character of the attack.

STRINGS Cue: low to the center

dynamics for the percussion section have been provided but may be scaled up or down in volume in proportion to the indications (softer or louder, but with the indicated balances maintained).

All chords in sections 1 , 2 and 3 are to be held ( U ) until specifically cut off by the conductor. (Wind instruments are to breathe when necessary and comfortable and to re-sound the note for as long as the conductor holds the chord.)

The score is written in concert pitch. Parts are transposed where necessary.

Conductor

Conductor

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SCORE IN C

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SCORE IN C

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SCORE IN C

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Chords A and B in the strings should be divided as equally as possible between the given number of players.

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Copyright © 2007 by Henry Litolff’s Verlag

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ISSUU Version For perusal only Earle Brown Earle Brown was born in 1926 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and in spirit remained a New Englander throughout his life. A major force in contemporary music and a leading composer of the American avantgarde since the 1950s, he was associated with the experimental composers John Cage, Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff, who – together with Brown – came to be known as members of the New York School. Brown died in 2002 at his home in Rye, New York.

Earle Brown wurde 1926 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, geboren und blieb im Geist ein Leben lang Neuengländer. Ab den 1950er Jahren war er eine treibende Kraft in der zeitgenössischen Musik und einer der führenden Komponisten der amerikanischen Avantgarde. Enge Verbindung unterhielt er zu den experimentellen Komponisten John Cage, Morton Feldman und Christian Wolff, mit denen gemeinsam er später der sogenannten New York School zugerechnet wurde. Brown starb 2002 in seinem Haus in Rye, New York.

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