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String Quartet Number One I [THESIS] An Original Composition: String Quartet Number One Master’s Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Department of Music Yu-Hui Chang, Advisor In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Master’s Degree by Richard Chowenhill May 2013 Copyright by Richard Chowenhill ©2013 ABSTRACT String Quartet Number One A thesis presented to the Department of Music Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts By Richard Chowenhill String Quartet Number One is a work in three contrasting movements, composed for the Lydian String Quartet. iii Table of Contents ! Performance Notes!! ! ! ! ! ! 1 ! I. Cantabile, Misterioso, Anxious!! ! ! ! 2 ! II. Lyrical, Transcendent!! ! ! ! ! 6 ! III. Furioso, Rambunctious, Ecstatic!! ! ! 10 !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! iv Performance Notes All accidentals carry through the measure. They are notated as they are in common practice music, with courtesy accidentals included for the convenience of the performers. Tremolos are notated in relation to beaming. For instance: the tremolo represented by two slashes across a beamed note is equal to the tremolo represented by three slashes across an un-beamed note. Note-less stems are used in measure 32 (cello) and 34 (viola) of the first movement to illustrate a glissando all the way up the string. It is the composer’s intention that in those two instances, the performer begins the glissando on the notated pitch, and slides up the full length of the string. Tremolos are tied together using dotted ties as a way of indicating when a given note should not be rearticulated. In measure 33 of the third movement, the direction “synced” refers to the tremolos in the violin II and viola parts. It is the intention of the composer that the two instruments remain in rhythmic synchronization for the duration of the held tremolo. Furthermore, for the rest of the movement the tremolos should have a tasteful amount of rhythmic character to them, as it is the hope that the tremolos will fuel the energy of the piece, and highlight the pulse in an interesting way. In the third movement, the tremolos should be as fast as possible beginning in measure 102. This piece takes on many forms and aims to provoke an entire spectrum of immediate sensual reactions. As such, the performers should feel at liberty to apply their full range of interpretive prowess, and should not hold back under any circumstances. 1 I. Cantabile, Misterioso, Anxious q = ca. 80-84 Richard Chowenhill sul tasto sul pont. Violin I ppp p ppp mp ppp sul tasto sul pont. Violin II ppp p ppp mp ppp sul tasto sul pont. Viola ppp p ppp mp ppp sul tasto pizz. Violoncello 3 3 ppp n mp espressivo f mf 8 mp ppp mp ppp mp mp ppp mp ppp mp mp ppp mp ppp mp 3 ff mf f 15 molto pont. ppppp p ppp molto pont. ppppp p ppp molto pont. ppppp p ppp 3 3 mf © 2013 Richard Chowenhill All Rights Reserved 2 pizz. 23 f arco ord. fp n f fp arco 3 3 fp cresc. f arco 29 sul pont. 3 p mf mf ord. mf sub. pp mf ff mf pizz. 32 pizz. swiftly 3 34 3 3 mf sub. f arco arco sul pont. swiftly molto pont. mf p f 36 arco pizz. arco ord. mf 3 f p pizz. arco mf ff f ff 38 pizz. arco fp fp fp fp fp f pizz. arco fp f pizz. fp arco poco pont. 3 f loud, but not harsh mp 4 43 p fp p f p mf fp fp fp fp p f p fp p f p fp fp fp fp p f p fp sul pont. ord. ord. mf p f p p f p p 52 fp fp fp fp mf p pp 57 pizz. Silenzio assoluto, ca. 10'' sottovoce ppp p n ppp p n n ppp pp ppp 5 II. Lyrical, Transcendent q = ca. 63 Violin I ppppp ppp Violin II ppppp ppp pizz. Viola f poco 3 mp pp pizz. Violoncello f poco pp poco rit. (q = ca. 48) 7 3 f poco ff f poco ppp a tempo pizz. 13 (q = ca. 63) n mp mp pizz. arco n sul tasto pizz. ppp n mp mp arco pizz. molto pont. pp mf 6 20 f mp f f mp f f mp f f mp f 25 arco 3 ppppp arco 3 mp f pizz. pfp mp f mp f 29 ppp n mp f mp f mp 3 f 7 33 (left and right hand pizz.) pp mp pp mp pp mp poco dolce 35 n f arco 39 pizz. p delicato pp ppp ppp arco ppppp p delicato mf dolce 45 ppp mf p mf p ppp mf ppp f poco p mf p mf f poco 8 51 3 3 mp p f poco p 3 ppp f poco mp p f poco p 57 mf mp mf mp 62 n n p pp p pp 9 III. Furioso, Rambunctious q = ca. 80-84 Violin I ff Violin II ff Viola ffp Violoncello ff 5 ff ff ff ff ffp ffp ff ff 10 mp delicato ff ff mp delicato ff ff p mf .
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