IMAGES FROM THE OLD GRINGO Eleven Little Pieces for Violin, Clarinet in Bb and Piano

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1 Daid Maslanka IMAGES FROM THE OLD GRINGO Eleen Little Pieces for Violin, Clarinet in Bb and Piano Daid Maslanka Publications Missoula, Montana

2 All rights resered No art of this ublication my be reroduced, stored in a retrieal system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, hotocoying, recording or otherise ithout the rior ritten ermission of the ublisher: Daid Maslanka Publications 65 Strand Ae Missoula, Montana 5980 usa ddmasub@gmailcom

3 1 He has sorro in his eyes, La Garduña said suddenly, and from that moment resected him ( ) Loneliness is an absence of time (1 ) Your soul is no different from your dreams Both are instantaneous (1 ) He could listen and taste and smell almost suernaturally, like a man hanged from Ol Creek Bridge, ho at the instant of his death could see the eining of each leaf, more: the ery insects uon them; more: the rismatic colors in all the de dros uon a million blades of grass (1 50 ) (in memoriam Lester Trimble) 5 unforgettable ounds ( ) 6 She sa herself in a ballroom lines ith mirrors She sa herself entering the mirrors (1 0 ) 7 at the hour hen one hisers in secret, not to aaken the earth (1 0 ) 8 A histling sound settled oer eerything as the old gringo stared ith ataistic horror at the ros of hanged men strung on the telegrah oles, mouths agae, tongues rotruding They ere all histling (1 ) 9 at that ery instant, I sear to you, mi amiga, my friend, the bells started ealing for no reason at all (1 0 ) 10 his life as susended, outside of time, like a dro of ater on a solitary inter leaf (1 0 ) 11 No, tell me the truth, by hateer is holy to you; don t let me leae ithout hearing your secret ( ) Duration: 0

4 Images from The Old Gringo As I read The Old Gringo, the noel by Carlos Fuentes, I found myself underlining assages of a striking ictoral or emotional nature Altogether I underlined oer fty such assages, and then it occurred to me that a musical comosition as forming I tyed out all of these assages and began mediating on them Eentually eleen little ieces ere formed, most of them ritten hile sitting on a couch ith a cat on my la They do not tell the story of the noel, but attemt to eoke asects of scenes or ideas Some are literal in nature such as the altz for the ballroom scene of No 6, and some are quite abstract such as No or No 11 The fourth iece is dedicated to the memory of comoser Lester Trimble, a good friend hose obituary I came across in the Ne York Times hile riting this moement Daid Maslanka The Old Gringo, a noel by Carlos Fuentes, is coyright 1985 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc The Perennial Library aerback edition as ublished by Harer Ro, Publishers, Inc, in 1986 Notes on Performance: Piano: 17, m 1: Mark octae nodes 19, mm : Mark strings to be lucked 8: Mark double-octae node If frame construction interferes, choose another string to roduce the required sounding itch 5, mm : Mark strings to be lucked Clarinet: No 8: Clarinet uses mouthiece only A searate mouthiece may be used for this section

5 Transosed Score Violin Clarinet in Bb Piano IMAGES FROM THE OLD GRINGO q = ca 76 non ib b b Eleen Little Pieces for Violin, Clarinet in Bb and Piano (1987) 1 He has sorro in his eyes, La Garduña said suddenly, and from that moment resected him molto legato molto legato q = ca 76 n b b DAVID MASLANKA (b 19) n b n b b # # 7 b ten a temo ad lib a temo b j b b j b 1 b b b b b b b b b n # #, # # # b 010 Daid Maslanka Publications

6 6 1 9, b b b b r b, r ^ n n r deress silently fff hold ith Sost O b O r normal ib S hold back a temo a bit Sost Ped cresc cresc, 6, b n b ff,, # n 6 ff ^ RH 6 n r n r ( fff ) LH b 6 j b bb b b r b no dim b b cresc f j R f no dim cresc ^ ^ ÿ ^ ^ # # b b # # R n n ^ ^ ^ ^ bb b r b b b # # n b b

7 8 dim oco a oco # dim oco a oco r b b b b n r b b b b f mf j bb b 7 8 (dim) (dim) dim r b b b r n n n n b b b b n # dim # # # b j b n r n f m b# r b#

8 8 Piano Violin Clarinet in Bb Loneliness is an absence of time q = ca 80 all other alues ad lib mute ( ) n n quick # r f Ÿ~~~~,, - sub 0 # ( ) b # # n n n m loco n # b III r # f - b, f Ÿ~~~~~~~, mf mf # b # n LH f LH, b b n ( ) dim ery fast, ery smooth, izz arco, sul ont bounce b r suerfast trill Ÿ~~~~~ b 0 b bn # b b# n n ery fast, ery smooth b n n n R long # n # n long b # # n # # b n # n # n

9 Violin Clarinet in Bb 5 Your soul is no different from your dreams Both are instantaneous q = ca 18 (h = 60) in one (mute off) n Piano q = ca 18 (h = 60) in one ff abrut, hammered O O O O deress silently ib #- - - oco cresc # # # # # # # # # n O O O O mf ( ff ) 9 9 # j mf not loud, but ith intensity # # # # # # # # f sub j O O O O

10 10 1 # # # # # # # # # # # ( ff ) O O O O O 18 # armly molto # # # # # # O O O O O b j j b- b j mf ith intensity - mf ith intensity [1 [ 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b b RH hammered O O b sim

11 9 b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b ^ ^ b n j b # b b^ j b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b b b m # j b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b b b b m ^ ^ ^ ^ b ^ ^ ^ b j b 11 8 mf echo echo j b j b n n j j # # ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b

12 1 n # blend ith # blend ith ^ ^ ff b 9 # dim # # dim 55 j # ^ ^ ^ let resonance fade almost to silence, then abrutly release keys

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14 1 in memoriam Lester Trimble He could listen and taste and smell almost suernaturally, like the man hanged from Ol Creek Bridge, ho at the instant of his death could see the eining of each leaf; more: the ery insects uon them; more: the rismatic colors in all the de dros uon a million blades of grass Violin Clarinet in Bb Rhythmic coordination is aroximate, unless otherise secied m mute + (at oint, on bridge) b æ o q = ca at oint, on bridge q = ca arm ib # m 10 ib r # Piano Inside the Piano q = ca strum strings ith flesh of nger deress silently b ~ n ~ ø ø (catch sustained chord after strum) on bridge (dry thud) izz IV III II IV III II I ith accel q = 8 nail nat III o b j mf f sfz ff nat resonant 0 0 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - j #- oco #- deress silently ith flat of hand ~ sffz sffz - - IV

15 q = sub molto ib dry thud IV b r b ff j j (as fast as ossible) # # # o sfz (6 beats rest at q = ) sfz 15 sffz sffz sffz sffz sffz - j j - b n - - arco on bridge o o at oint (q = ca ),, b n 5 50 Faster q = ca 60, Ÿ~~~~~~ ten a temo, Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # j j sffz sffz sffz b - j j j - - o (as fast as ossible) # # sffz sffz - -,, b n b b n 60 ( beats at q = 60) 6 b - - j j

16 16 mf sffz sffz sffz sffz sffz mf R R b b j 8 sfz + on bridge 1 5 sfz Faster q = ca ghostly 1 10 m no cresc b r # # # # 6 f as fast as ossible (on bridge) as fast as ossible + b b b - ghostly 1 0 (q = ca 60) fast trills Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o mf! sloing (sloing) fast b 1 0 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n - - b b r fast Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 0 fast long r long long (let resonance fade out entirely) r j b r j j

17 5 unforgettable ounds 17 6 Violin Piano < n - ff imassioned q = ca 6 Ú 5 LH touch strings at octae nodes RH lay on keyboard o o 5 sfz sfz b b Ú 5 - n b b - < <n - j - b - b cresc ery gradually to m 1 LH G-D alays louder than rest of measure b b b (cresc) - n- h b - b q - b - b b b b <n b b b q

18 b b < <n <n - b b b b n n- b b b b < ( f ) cresc q n n j b b - loco f b j b j b j j < j b b b b j r - j b b n 5 <n j b b j b b b <n b q j b

19 17 5 r b - j b b bb < b (cresc) n j j b b ten A bit sloer molto ib - - fff < ^ ^ b j b (cresc) ff sffz ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n b b n b b j j b sffz izz ib ff Inside the Piano izz ith ngernail ff b ( ) b n, ib mf f resonant mf b

20 0 6 She sa herself in a ballroom lined ith mirrors She sa herself entering the mirrors Violin h = ca 68 Clarinet in Bb 6 Piano h = ca 68 j j - m b # n <

21 o b j b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~ # - j j < o j - b b b -Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ j - j oco - - o b b #- b j j < - b b 1

22 5 0 b b b b b b- j b - cresc oco oco mf dim cresc m j b- b - < b - cresc oco a oco b j b j b b # b b b b

23 8 o Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # # # cresc (cresc) (cresc) mf < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (cresc) < mf cresc Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 f # # # j j # # # # < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ j j j Ÿ~~~~~ # j # # # #

24 o # # # # # # # # # # # # # f < (cresc) f b cresc # # # < loco b cresc (loco) b 6 <n b b j j j b b j b j b j b n j b b j b j b j b sfz sfz

25 6 ff ff f dim n b b j b -^ b b - (dim) quick dim j - # ff b b on bridge isy n - # # mf mf 5

26 6 75 j j j 80 8 dim to the end slo a bit j j j j j dim slo a bit fade to silence

27 Violin Clarinet in Bb 7 at the hour hen one hisers in secret, not to aaken the earth q = ca 6 mute izz ad lib ad lib 6 b b b b free, exressie temo ad lib ib here aroriate b 6 arm, intimate tone ad lib 7 5 b arco at oint on ngerboard b æ temo ad lib b b o, temo ad lib (ad lib) A bit sloer b b b j j b echo 9 b ( ), j b j, izz ib, b ad lib b ( ) b b 1 6 b add touch of ib ith fade to breathiness o

28 8 Violin Clarinet in Bb 5 Piano S 8 A histling sound settled oer eerything as the old gringo stared ith ataistic horror at the ros of hanged men strung on the telegrah oles, mouths agae, tongues rotruding They ere all histling q = ca 96 (mute off) cresc through m neer let don Play on mouthiece only * cresc through m neer let don q = ca 96 (cresc) Sost Ped deress silently; hold ith Sost Ped * Mouthiece sounds aroximately C Bend itch by artially coering hole ith nger Searate mouthiece and reed may be used for this section on bridge, non ib ( as needed) [ 1 [ 1 bb fff < b b (cresc) ~ ~ b b ^ ^ ^ ^ n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb n b n b n b b b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n b n b stabbing bursts; clattering, shattering; neer let don

29 S S (cresc) f cresc b S < b (cresc) b f (cresc) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb n b n b bb n bb nn b n b b b (cresc) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b n b n b b n b b ^ ^ n b b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n bb n b n n b becoming brutal, metallic b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n b b n n b b n n b n b n 9

30 < S S S b b (cresc) b b (cresc) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb n bb n b bb n b n b < b (cresc) ff cresc b (cresc) ff cresc ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb n b n n b bb n b nb n < b b b (cresc) b ^ (cresc) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb n b n b bb n b b b n b n

31 1 < b b ^ (cresc) ^ (cresc) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb n b bb n b n b S < b (cresc) ^ b fff ^ (cresc) fff ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bb nn b # n n bb n n b b n b n S = h 9 at that ery instant, I sear to you, mi amiga, my friend, < the bells started ealing for no reason at all < q = < q = b Ú fff take hole Clarinet Ú = h fff #^ j # # j # ff n n# n n n ^ b j b j # bbn # S ø ø ø ø b b ^ ^ ^ ^ n 1

32 grotesque slashing 5 ^ ^ ^ # # # # # # ff # # ^ ^ ^ ^ ff brilliant ^ ^ ^ n ^ n # # # ( ff semre) ^ ^ ^ ^ # # n n # # n ø ø 8 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ # # # # # # ^ ^ ^ # # # # ^ ^ ^ ^ # # # # ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ # ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 11 ^ ^ ^ # # # # ^ # # # # # # # # # # ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

33 1 17 < ^ # < # ^ # 19 <

34 1 5 9 < ff ff brutal n n # # n n # # n n # # ^ n n # # n # n n # # n n # # n # ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ fff ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ff ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ fff clangorous n n n # # # # n # n # n # n # n

35 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n # # n n # # n # n # n # n # n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 5 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n # n n # # # n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n # # n # n # n

36 6 6 - ^ -^ 1 ^ ^ 5 5 ^ -^ -^ 5 5 # 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ n # # n -^ in temo j j # # ff - ^ ^ ^ ^ # # # in temo ff j # # j # ff j # b j n b j ø n n nb # r ^ # ^ # ^ ^ ^ n^ R #^ n n# n n n j ^ # # # bbn # # n j n # # ø ø ø

37 50 # < ø 5 # < staccatissimo semre j 7 56 # < (in temo) sudden release brief brief j brief j

38 8 Violin Clarinet in Bb 5 10 bẇ b b ẇ b b b n 10 his life as susended, outside of time, like a dro of ater on a solitary inter leaf q = ca mute, on bridge non ib semre semre LH touch double octae node* RH lay on keyboard Piano b o bo b b in temo # b b b n # ẇ b b b b b b b bo b nnẇ b bb b b bb nb b b bo b b b ( ), b <n b o ( ) b b * Double octae node is ¼ string length se other strings if frame construction interferes A bit sloer hold ( ) back, ( ) hold back ad lib ad lib ad lib b go right on,,

39 0 Violin Clarinet in Bb 1 Piano 11 No, tell me the truth, by hateer is holy to you; don t let me leae ithout hearing your secret q = ca deress silently b O O O sffz sffz sffz b - / n - / - / (catch resonance) Folk song: All the Pretty Little Horses q = ca 66 hesitate a bit (mute off ) at hrase oints hesitate hesitate delicate, distant Inside the Piano strum strings ith ngernail í í í deress silently bo O O <n O ø ø ø ø reoice chords as necessary to aoid iano frame í delicate, distant b b b hesitate a bit at hrase oints hesitate hesitate j í í í í b O O O O n ø ø ø ø 9

40 0 0 (hes) (hes) (hes), j b b b í í í í bo bo O O ø ø ø ø 8 (hes) (hes) (hes), j j j í í í í bo b O rising gradually to to O ø ø ø Sloer rall molto 6,, b b echo,, j j echo ÿ ÿ ÿ í, í í í í dim oco a oco (shorter stroke) continue strumming on strings ithout damers,

41 Suddenly faster q = ca dance! j r j r m (not loud, but crisly accented ) b R m (not loud, but crisly accented ) 9 b b j j (cresc) m b j j j j b j b R cresc oco j b j b j

42 (cresc) cresc oco cresc oco n b j n b j n b j - n b n b n b - - # # j j j <n b j b j b j b j n b - b b b (cresc) mf # - # # # # n # n b # j j j j j j j j b j b b m b b mf

43 ọ ọ ọ ọ j j b j j b j j b ( ) < b b b b oco f b b b b ọ ọ ọ ọ ọ ọ ọ ọ ọ ọ < b b - # < mf dim b loco b b b j b b b

44 79 8 rall oco # r b Æ b a temo q = 9 no sloer delicate mf m Æ b m delicate, arm (m) b j b b j b 87 j j j b b j b b j, b j b j j b b

45 S sffz sffz rall b j j j j b b q = ca 8 95 o o o o # b n deress sffz silently O O - j Sost Ped - j o o 5 fade ith single bo o 5 o Inside the Piano izz ith flesh of nger sffz mf fade ith sffz - j - j mf 5 5 m sffz,, sustain a bit after and are silent sffz 5

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