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In the Woods Behind Baskerville

for trombone choir

Amber Sheeran

In the Woods Behind Baskerville for 6-piece trombone choir

ScoreNotes:

Exceptforthetransitionintomm9,theglissandishouldbeasevenandslowasyoucanmake them.

Thereshouldbenoritardandointothe“Uneasy”sectionatmm87. Atthetempotransitionsinmm9,andmm94,thenewtemposhouldstartonthepick-upnote.

ProgramNotes:

WhenIwasaskedtodoapiecefortheTromboneChoiratColoradoStateUniversity,Iwasin themiddleofreading The Hounds of Baskerville fromthe Sherlock Holmes books.Afterhaving wordsofsuspenseandchaserattlingaroundinmyhead,Isettledonapiecethatreflectedthe terrifying“hounds”thathauntedthepeopleofBaskervillebeforethemysterywassolved.Iuse theleapsandglissandiatthebeginningtorepresentthehowlsinthewoods.Adrivingostinato givesusasenseofchaseandfear,whilethefloatingmelodyinspiressuspenseaswewait anxiouslyfortheanswertothequestion...What exactly islurkinginthewoodsbehind Baskerville?

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

trombone choir

                        Trombone1 Trombone2 Trombone3 Trombone4 Trombone5 BassTrombone          Uneasy(=60)                                  slowgliss                                   slowgliss               Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 6          sim.                                    Furious(=150)                                                                     9                                                                                                                        

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2IntheWoodsBehindBaskerville

            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 17                                                                                                                                                                                 21                      

In3 theWoodsBehindBaskerville

            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 22                                            slowgliss                                              3                                              3                                                                                                                      Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 27                               3 3     3 3                                      3      3                                                                                     sim.                                 3 3                                        

            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 32     3                                              3                                          3                                                                     3 3                                                                               36                                    Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 37                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     4IntheWoodsBehindBaskerville

            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 41                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       44                                                               Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 46                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 50              In5 theWoodsBehind

Baskerville

6IntheWoodsBehindBaskerville

            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 51                           3     3                        3 3                               Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 57     3                 58                           3     3                 3     3  

                                                                                    Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn.             64 =                                                                                                                                                         Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 69                                                                                         In7 theWoodsBehindBaskerville

                                                                                    Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn.                                  75                                                                                                                                                                        Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 80                                                                                                                                                   

8IntheWoodsBehindBaskerville

                                                                  Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 84                                         non rit.                                 Uneasy(=60)     87        slowgliss slowgliss                                          Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 89                                       slowgliss sim. slowgliss                                       In9 theWoodsBehindBaskerville

10IntheWoodsBehindBaskerville

                  Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 93                        Frantic(=160)                                             94                                         slowgliss                                           3                                                                            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 98       3                                                                                                             3 3     3 3                                      3      3                                                                        

In11 theWoodsBehindBaskerville

            Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 103                                            sim.                                   3 3                    3                                              3                                          3                                                                           Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 108                               3 3                                                                               109                                                                                                                                                                    

                        Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 113                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Tbn.1 Tbn.2 Tbn.3 Tbn.4 Tbn.5 B.Tbn. 118                                                                                                                                                                                 12IntheWoodsBehindBaskerville