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Augusta Read Thomas Cantos for Slava (cello and piano) (2007)
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CANTOS FOR SLAVA Playful and energized *
put bow down
= 80
Augusta Read Thomas (2008)
pizz**
Violoncello
*
Piano
sempre
3
A tempo 5 playful
playful
*An underlying concern of this composition is that of plucked sounds: the ’cello playing pizzicato, short pizzicato-like notes or chords played on the keyboard, and plucking inside the piano. Please play all three with a great variety of color. **For clarity and ease of rhythmic notation every pizz. is notated as a sixteenth note, but every pizz. should ring as long as possible. Copyright Š 2008 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) New York, NY International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.
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6 rit. 40 sempre
Spacious, elegant and warm
= 40
One plucked note for each of Slava’s 80 years, and no single note is ever plucked more than once (i.e., 8 notes are not ever plucked, assuming an 88-key piano).
42
as if singing back to us from a distant place like Heaven
arco, sul G
sul A optional con sord.
pizz.*
resonant
secco
3
sempre
norm.**
sempre (Do not lift pedal ever until measure 86.) chant-like and floating unresolved phrase
47
phrase #2: as if restarting
like a question mark
3
3
3
8va
3
3
(norm.)
phrase #3: as if restarting
51 3
3
3
3
sempre
*On the top staff, until measure 86, every single note is plucked INSIDE the piano. For clarity and ease in rhythmic notation, every pluck is notated as an eighth note but, as the pedal is down for the entire passage, every note will ring until its natural decay. **On the bottom staff, until measure 86, every single note is played normally, ON the piano keys. For clarity and ease in rhythmic notation, every note is notated as a quarter note but, as the pedal is down for the entire passage, every note will ring until its natural decay.
13 rubato sempre to the end
139
3
5
5
3
...as if rising off the keyboard into infinity...
5
3
3
slow resonant roll
5
3
❉
144
3
3
❉
❉
❉
3
8va
slow resonant roll earthy
❉ 151
as if floating away to the sunshine
rubato 3
slow resonant roll 3
❉
❉
❉
sempre through measure 159
rit. lunga
157
pizz. (inside piano)
❉
lunga
❉