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Rhapsody Ossia Version UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection Title Rhapsody for Piano Duet Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7086810p Author B.K., Ante Publication Date 2020 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Rhapsody for Piano Duet Ante B.K. Dedicated to Siebert Nix and Elles van der Heiden Introduzione Adagio misterioso e buio ( ) q = 46-52 α 2 3 % α 3 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 3 Primo legato come un' illusione ∏ simile α 2 œ− − œ− − œ− − œ− − œ− − œ− − œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 % α 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 2 4 5 3 3 α 2 ι 3 % α 3 ∑ ∑ Œ ‰œ œ œ œœœ œ ˙ œ œ 3 Secondo − legato come u;n';illusione − legato ο ; ∏œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > α 2 Œ ‰ Ι œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 α 3 con ped. 3 6 α % α 3 ∑ ∑ 32 ∑ ∑ α 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ % α 3 œ œ œ œ αœ œ œ œ 3 αœ œ œ αœ œ œ 6 3 3 3 3 3 ι α 3 œ œ 2 ι ι ι % α 3 œ œ − œ− œ− œ œ ˙− œ−αœ− 3 œ œ αœ− œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ − , − − − − œ − œ− œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > αα 3 œ œ œ œ 32 œ œ œ œ œ œ © 3 2 10 , α œ œ nœ œ œ œ→ œ→ œ.. œ. œ œ j œ. œ. α ∑ Ó Œ 3 J 3 3 œ œ % J 3 . 3 P π α œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ % α αœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 10 3 α % α ι ∑ ∑ œ œ œ, œ ˙. πœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > αα œ œ œ 14 3 3 j = b œ j œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 nœ œ œ. œ œ œ œ 2 b œ œ œ œ . 3 3 3 % . œ. œ 3 J 3 b œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ 2 % b œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ 3 14 b % b ∑ ∑ 3 ∑ 32 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ 2 bb 3 3 3 17 , , j , bœ,.. œ , œ, , nœ. ˙ œ œ œ œbœ, œ, b 2 œ œ ˙ œ. œ œ œ˙. œ œ œ œ 3 b Œ ® Jlegato 3 J 3 % 3 , 3 bb 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 % 3 bœ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ 3 17 b 2 3 % b 3 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 bb 3 œ œ œ 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 pesante , , , 21 j , ,j , w œ, , , ,œ œ˙ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ ˙. b œ œ œ, œœ,. œ œ. œ . œ œ œ œ ˙ . b 3 2 luminoso œ 3 ˙ J œ œ œœ . % 3 3 3 J 3 3 œ ; 3 b 3 2 œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ % b 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ 21 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b % b 3 ∑ 32 ∑ 3 ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? b 3 œ œ œ œ 2 œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ b 3 œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ 24 poco rit. w b œ . 8 5 8 % b œœ . œ . 8 ∑ 3 ∑ 8 3 œ œ œ œ œ . 3 J3 sempre π pp b œ œ œ œ 8 œ 5 8 % b œ œ œ œ 8 #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 8 24 œ œ œ œ ˙. poco rit. Œ. 3 3 3 b 8 5 8 % b ∑ 8 Ó. Œ j 3 j 8 F œ legato esœpressivœo œ, œ œ œ œ π = , , , œ, œ œ , , ‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ ‰ j ? b œ œ œ œ 8 #œ œ œ œ 5 œœ œ œ œ œ 8 b œ œ œ œ 8 œ œ œ œ 3 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 27 poco rit. a tempo a tempo 3 3 3 b 8 5 8 5 % b 8 Ó. Œ j 3 j 8 j Œ. 3 œ legatœo esprœesœ,sivœo œ œ œ œ œ, ˙ F = , , , œ, œ , , p bb 8 5 8 5 % 8 œa tempoœ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 8 œ œ œ œ œ 3 27 #œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ 3 poco rit. a tempo b 8 5 8 5 % b 8 j Œ. 3 ∑ 8 Ó. Œ j 3 œ œ, ˙ F œ p = ‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ j ‰ j‰ j‰ j ‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ j‰ ? b 8 #œ œ œ œ 5 œœ œ œ œ œ 8 #œ œ œ œ 5 b 8 œ œ œ œ 3 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ 8 œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 I 30 rit. Allegro vivo ( ) q. = 75 b 5 3 5 % b 3 ∑ 3 ∑ 8 ∑ b % b 35 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 ˙˙ Ó 85 ∑ ‰ J 30 accelerando al tempo 3 rit. 3 3 poco cresc. b % b 35 3 j 85 œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ ˙. , , œ, d,im.œ, ˙ œ œ, œ œ , , j p ‰ œ ‰ j ‰ ? b 5 œ œ œ œ œ 3 ˙ œ. 5 œ œ b 3 œ œ œ œ œ 3 ˙ œ. 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó œ œ 33 √ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. b œ J % b ∑ J cantabile F bb ∑ j % j œ œ œ œ. 33 œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ % b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ P ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 36 (√œ) œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ b J J œ œ œ œ œ œ % b bb j % œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 36 œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ % b ‰. œ œ ‰. œ œ ‰. œ œ œ œ nœ cresc. ? œ œ œ bb œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ≈ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ, ° ° 5 3 3 (√) 1 3 1 39 , 2 j œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b J % b 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 b b j . j % œ. œ œ œ œ, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 39 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ % b œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰. œ œ œ dim. œ œ œ œ bœ œ ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ, œ ° ° (√) 42 , œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. b œ. œ J J 2 5 % b 8 8 bb j 2 5 % j œ œ 8 œ 8 œ. œ. œ œ œ. œ œ , . 42 œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bb œ œ œ œ 2 œ 5 % œ œ 8 8 ? b œ œ #œ 2 œ 5 b œ œ œ œ œ œ 8 œ 8 œ œ œ œ 45 (√) j œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bb 5 œ œ J ‰ J œ œ œ J % 8 più f b 5 ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j j % b 8 œ œ J ‰ % œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ 45 œ œ nœ œ b œ œ bœ œ œ œ % b 85 œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ ≈bœ œ nœ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ più f œ œ nœ œ ? b 5 œ œ ‰.
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