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Santa Clara UniversityScholar Commons
Music College of Arts & Sciences
2002
Seven infinitely short periods of (winter) timeBruno RuviaroSanta Clara University, bruviaro@scu.edu
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Piano, Bb clarinet and violin. [ca. 12’00]Premiered by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: Phyllis Kamrin (violin), Bruce Foster (clarinet), Eric Zivian (piano), Mill Valley, October 25, 2007.Winner of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Contest 2007.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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Recommended CitationRuviaro, Bruno, "Seven infinitely short periods of (winter) time" (2002). Music. Paper 10.http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/music/10
2) Fermatas - short, medium, long, respectively:
9) Violin techniques -
a) "écrasé" means to play the string with exaggerated force (overpressure), producing a very noisy, strident sound of no precise tone; b) the sign means Bartók pizzicato, or "snap" pizzicato; c) "play behind the bridge": play between the bridge and the tailpiece alternating strings randomly, resulting in several non-harmonic sounds.
8) Piano clusters - play as many notes as possible approximately in the region where the cluster sign appears:
1) Accidents are valid for an entire measure. However, many cautionary accidents are used in the score in order to make it easier to read.
7) Piano - the following notes or range of notes should have their strings "taped" inside the piano before the performance: use a strong adhesive tape to dampen the strings near the place where the hammers hit. These notes will remain "taped" during all the piece. If necessary, lower G may be taped together with F# and F natural (which are actually never used at all).
3) Piano - G-Clef octave-up and F-Clef octave-down are used in some movements:
4) Piano - release Pedal half way up and quickly press it again (keeping some of previous resonances):
5) Piano - dampen the corresponding string with one or more fingers and then play the note on the keyboard with the other hand:
6) Piano and Clarinet (2nd piece) - progressive rallentando; attempt to make a smooth connection with the next bar containing standard-measured rhythms:
Instructions
I.
q= 40
q= 40
Violin
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
little vibratosempre legatocon sord.
p
3 3
sempre legatop
3 3
p
sempre
7
5 6
5 6
1
Fastq = 100
Fastq = 100
III.
Violin f
nat.
écrasé
f [Ossia - if piano lacks B7 and C8]
9 9
Piano
f
9 9
f
3
(écrasé)
play behind the bridge on any strings
nat.
9 9 9
(*)
(*) "taped" note - see instructions7
5
(nat.)
écrasé
nat.
écrasé
10 10
10 10
7
behind the bridge
f
nat.
(r.h. only)
f
10
9
écrasé
gliss.
ff
9 9
[basement]8
q= 70
q= 70
IV.
Violin
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
mf
sul tasto
3
3
mf
6 6 6 6 6
3
mp
2
al niente
quasi al niente
6 6 6 6
p
3
9
3
(sul tasto)
mf
3
mf
6 6 6 6 6
mp
3
4
poco rit.
poco rit.
(sul tasto)
3
nat.
al niente
quasi al niente
pocosfp
3
6 6 6 6
mf 3
mf
p
10
q= 60
q= 60
6rit.
rit.
f
6pizz.
arco
mf
pp
6
f
vibrato
poco vibrato
senza vibrato
p
3
3
pp
dim.
mf
7 6 5
f
Con motoq = 70
Con motoq = 70
8
pp sempre
33
pp sempre
3
3
11
Lentoq = 30
VI.
molto rit.
Clarinet in Bb flatterzunge
fp
very long
nat.
quasi f
3
5
A tempo3
Cl. mf
p
(almost tied)3
molto rit. A tempo5
Cl.
mp
5
7molto rit. A tempo
Cl. flatterzunge
f
nat.
mf
5 beacoup de souffle
pp
[snow down]
16
q = 50
q = 50
VII.
poco rit.
poco rit.
Violin
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
sul pont.
fp
ff (First cluster played with r.h. only, but taking as many keys as possible; use both hands for the others. Lower limit for these clusters is G# 6, the first "taped" note)
ATTENTION:G-Clef octave highF-clef octave low
mf
sempre
A tempo
A tempo
2
ff
quasi f
17
q = 60
q = 60
3
nat.
f
p
mf
gliss.
mp
f
4
pizz.
ff
f
mf
(norm. pizz.)
arco
mf
(very slowly)
gliss.
cresc.
3 3 3 3
mf
f
(dampen string withfingers (right hand)and play the notewith left hand)
18