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Oboe Quartet for oboe, violin, viola, and cello

James M. Stephenson

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JAMES STEPHENSON - COMPOSER

The collection of Jim Stephenson’s music represents many different styles inwhich Stephenson has composed over the years, ranging from the “grand

and stirring American Fanfare (1999)” [Omaha World-Herald, October 22,2005] for full orchestra to the more intimate Fantasie (2005) for violin and piano,commissioned by the Florida Music Teacher’s Association. Whether writingnarrative scores, as in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1996) [ “In my book, thispiece should take its place right along side Peter and the Wolf; It’s a classic!” -Edward Benyas, Music Director, Southern Illinois Symphony; designate,Chicago Chamber Orchestra] or music composed from the heart (Stephenson’s2nd movement of his String Quartet (1995) was a surprise for his wife’s 29th

birthday), his music has pleased audiences and musicians alike whereverperformed.

The Boston Globe and Boston Herald each applauded the premiere presentation of Stephenson’s Concertofor Trumpet (2003), stating:

...a pair of skillfully composed movements... The pastoral, the evocations of big-city bustle, a majesticfull-orchestra climax... - they were all here, seamlessly arranged with nary a cliche in sight. In every respect,this premiere performance seemed all it should have been.

Richard Buell - The Boston Globe

Stephenson’s concerto deserves to be heard again and again. ...the concerto is filled withstraightforward, unashamedly beautiful sounds intriguingly arranged...

T. J. Medrek - The Boston Herald

Orchestras across the U.S. have performed Stephenson’s music, including the Cleveland Orchestra, DetroitSymphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Omaha Symphony, SantaRosa Symphony, Missouri Symphony and more.

A sought after arranger, Stephenson has worked with many of today’s top pops conductors (including KeithLockhart, Erich Kunzel, Jeff Tyzik, Michael Krajewski, Bruce Hangen and Jack Everly) who have taken hismore than 100 orchestral arrangements to the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, the symphonies in Houston,Atlanta, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Madison, Toronto, Winnipeg, the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa,and many more.

A tribute to Stephenson’s music lies in the fact that since his beginnings as a self-taught composer in 1993,his music is in constant demand and he has always maintained a back-log of commissions for orchestras,chamber groups, soloists and churches.

Stephenson lives in Naples, FL, with his wife and four children.

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The Oboe Quartet was commissioned by the Christy/Marcy quartet in November of 2003, and premieredin November, 2003. I had been in discussion with Judy (Christy) about writing an oboe sonata for her, butas the idea for a Christy Oboe Quartet CD developed, we decided that I would compose a quartet instead.

The piece is in theme and variations form with a finale which recalls the main theme and was added toprovide a symmetrical framework to the piece and to allow the players more opportunity to display theirvirtuosity. The theme is actually a musical “coded message” (and I know I'm not the first composer to dothis!) based entirely on the family's surname: Christy. I arrived at the musical representation of the nameas follows:

C H RI S TY becomes: C B Ré Es Ti becomes: C, B, D, Eb (D#), B

The piece admittedly sounds a little like Shostakovich at the beginning, the reason being that the first fournotes used are the same (though in different order) as Shostakovich’s own frequently employed musical

monogram (D, Eb, C, B). The musicians enter with the theme in the order of their appearance in the

family: violin (Jay), viola (Jan), oboe (Judy), cello (John, who married in).

Because the theme does not readily lend itself to tonality, the piece is a bit of a departure for me as acomposer, and I wanted to keep the theme very present and easy to decipher throughout the ninevariations in order to give the listener a home base to refer to amid the relative lack of tonal structure.The Finale appears here in its revised form, which is a slightly lengthened version to give myself theopportunity to refer back to the main theme, and therefore give the piece a more complete framework.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Christy family for believing in new music, and for giving methe chance to create something that I otherwise would not have. I am forever grateful to them.

Jim Stephenson

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Oboe

Violin

Viola

Cello

Adagio, calmTheme a Fugue

Solo b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

5

5

pizz.

pizz.

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

9

9

b

b

Oboe QuartetJames M. Stephenson, III

Copyright 2003, by the Composer. All Rights Reserved.

Theme, Variations and Finale

for Jay, Jan, Judy, and John

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

13

13 b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

17

17

A

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

21

21

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

25

25

b

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

29

29

b

b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

33

333 3 3

b b b

B

b

3 3

3

33

3

3

3

3 3

3

33

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

37

37

3 3

3 33

33

33

3

3

3

3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

41

41 3

3 3

3

3 3

3

3 3 3 3 3 3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

45

45

3 3

3

3

dim.

b

3dim.

3

3

dim.

dim.

33

3

3

3

3 3

3

33

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

49

49

3 3

3arco

C

b

3

b

b3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

53

53

(Bring Out) b

b3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

57

57 pizz.

pizz.

3

b b pizz.

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

61

61

arco

b b

poco

poco b

(take time)

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

653

65

Subito AllegroD Var. I

b

pizz.

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

69 b

69

b

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

72

72

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

76

76

sub.

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Maestoso e molto affectandoVar. IIE

79

79

molto

arco

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

83

83

bb

TarantellaF

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

87

87

pizz. arco

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

90

90

Maestoso e molto affectandoG

molto

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

93

93

bb

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

96

96

dim.

rit.

dim.

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

99

99

Allegro, elfinH

Var. III

pizz.

pizz.

pizz.

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

103

103 arco

arco

arco

pizz.

pizz.

pizz.

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

107

107 arco

arco

arco

pizz.

pizz.

pizz.

arco

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

111

111

b

arco pizz.

pizz.

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

115

115 arco

arco

Andante con motoVar. IV

I

arco

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

119

119

3

3

3

3

b

3

3

3

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

123

123

3 3 3

3

3

3

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

126

126

3

3

3

b 3 3 3 3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

133

133

3

3

3

b

3

3

3

b

b

3 3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

138

138

Subito Allegro ModeratoVar. V

Jmolto marcato

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

143

143

b

b

bb

b b

b bb bbb

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

147

147 bbbb b

bb b

b

bb

b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

151

151

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

155

155

b

b

bb

b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

K Var. VI159 b b b159

b b

bsimile

b simile

b simile

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

162

162

bbb

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

165 b b b165 (as before)

(as before)

(as before)

b b

bbb b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Var. VII

L168

168 sul G bpizz.

b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

171

171

b b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

174

174 sul G b

b b

barco b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

177

177

3arco

A Slower, Walking TempoM

Var. VIII

(steady, unchanging)

3

(steady, unchanging)

3 3 3

b

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

181

181 pizz.

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

b

3 3 3 3

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

185

185

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

b b

3 3 3 3

b b

3 3 3 3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

189

189

3 3 3 3

b

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

193

193

3 3 3 3

Con fieroVar. IX

N

arco

bpizz. b b

Adagio b

b bb

b bb

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Con fiero196 b

196

b

b b

Adagio Con fierob

b

b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Adagio199

199

Con fierob

b

b b

Adagio b

b bb

b bb

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Con fiero Adagio, calmO202 b

202 bOboe

Oboe

Oboe

Theme

arco

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

206

206

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

212

212

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

217

217

bpizz.

bpizz. arco

barco

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

FINALE

P

b b b

barco

moltob

pizz.

port.

arco

bbpizz.

(L.H. pizz.)

b b bb b

b b

bpizz. b

bpizz.

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

5 b

5 b

arcobarco

b

b b

b

bpizz. b b b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

9

9

non-vib.

Andante, calm

semplice

semplice

bsemplice

bsemplice

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Q13 b b b

13 barco

moltob

pizz.

port.

arco

bbpizz.

(L.H. pizz.)bb

b b b

pizz.

bbpizz. bb

pizz.

b

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

17

17 b

b

b

b b b b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

21 b b b b

21 b b b barco b b

barco

b b b

b b b

b b b

b b bb b b

b b

b b

b bb b b b b b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

25

25

b b b b b

b

bb

b b b b

b

b b

b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

29

molto

29 b

b b

Andante, calm

semplice

semplice

bsemplice

bsemplice

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

AllegroR33

33 b b b

b b bpizz. b

b

b b b

b bb b b

b

bsub.

sub.

b

b b- 22 -


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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

37

dolce

37

b

b

b

b b

b bb b b

b b

bsub.

sub.

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

41

41

b

b b barco

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

S45

45

pizz. b

pizz.

b b b b

b b b

b b- 23 -


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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

49

49

b b b

pizz.

b b

arco

arco

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

53

53

arco b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

57

57

pizz. b

T

b

b b b

b bb b b

b

bsub.

sub.

b

b b- 24 -


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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

61

61

b

b

pizz.

b b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

65

65

pizz.

b b

arco

arco

b

pizz.

pizz. b

b b b

b b b

b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

69

69

U

arco b

barco b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

73

73 b b b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

77

77

bpizz.

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

81 b b81

b

b b

b b

b b

b

b b

bOboe b

bOboe b

b

b

arco

barco

b b

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

87

87 b

b

V

b

arcob

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

91

91

pizz.

b

bb

pizz.

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

95 b b b95 b

b b

b b b

b b

Wb

arco b

b

bb

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

100 b

100

bbb

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

104 b

104 b

b

b

b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

108

108

b b b b

pizz.

X b

b bpizz. b

barco b- 28 -


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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

112

112 b b b

b b b b

b b

b b b b

b b

b b b b

b

b b bb

b b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

115

cresc.

b115

cresc.

barco

cresc.

b

cresc.

b

b b

b bb b

b b

b b

b b b

b b b b

b b b

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

118

118 b b b b b

b b b bpizz.

b b

b b

b b

b b

b bb b b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

X1121

cresc.

b

121

cresc.

cresc.

arco

cresc.

b

b b

bpizz.

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

125 b125

b

b

b

arco

b

b

b

b

bb

pizz.

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

129 b

129

barco b

b

b

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

133

133 pizz.

bpizz.

bb b b

arco

barco

bpizz.

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

138

138

b

b

Slowing

3 3

3b 3

bdim.

b

b3

pizz.

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

142

142

A Slower, Walking Tempo(a little slower than before)X2

3arco 3 3 3 3

3 3 3

arco

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Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

146

1463 3 3 3

barco

(long)

Ob.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

Y

Con fiero(Finale Tempo Primo)

150 b b b b

150 b b b barco b b

barco

b b b

b b b

b b b

b b bb b b

b b

b b

b bb b

b

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