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NORTON

 AN EVERCHANGINGHOUSE

I.

II.

FOR SOLO FLUTE

SEPTEMBER 2006 - FEBRUARY 2007 

Based on the novel House of LeavesBy Mark Z. Danielewski

Dedicated to Harvey Sollberger for his unending patience and support 

 A STAIRCASE!

5 Centimeters = 5 Meters

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Flute

Mysterious {q = c 100}

Flutter tongue (ord.)

6 

12

Overblow

16  3

20 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

25

31 Flutter tongue

Key clicks:

40

I. A Staircase!Nick Alex Norton

I

II

III

IV

V

3

2007

Do not pause in between submovements.

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46 

As fast as possible, with some legato,but don't forget about the 32nd notes

48

50

52

54

56 

57 

59

VI

2

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61

rit.66  Adagio q = 40

74

78

 3

82

84

VII

A little faster, staccato

Do not pause on any pitch

Improvise on these five pitch, using long periods of silence or low, pianissimo notespunctuated by sporadic, chaotic, geometric sounding bursts, for 33 measures, or approximately3 minutes and 18 seconds. If possible, use the opening motive. This is a good time to make useof extended techniques. You may also create a motive here to use in submovement 10. Withreference to the novel, thinking up a motive and then only playing fragments of it may be in order,as per your interpretation.

VIII

tongued: [tsch]

With your choice articulation on thetones

G G# C# E F

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125

131

 3

 3 3

136 

 3 3 3 3 3

141 3

Glissando

145

 5 6 

7 

 9

148

150 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

7 7 

=152

IXFlutter (ord.)

As fast as possible, mechanical sounding

4

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154

156 

 3

Use the same guidelines for improvisation here as explained for submovement VIII. This time,however, it should last for exactly 50 measures (at 60 bpm, 3 minutes and 20 seconds),and contain more silent sections, especially towards the end, in preparation for the second movement.Look to the ending of submovement IX for a general idea.

X

XI

G.P.

B D D# F F#

Flutter

(ord.)(ord.)

Flutter Flutter

5

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Mysterious q = 40

5

7 

12

16  accel.

20

a tempo23

27 

29

II. 5 centimeters = 5 meters

XII

Again, articulate as you like on long tones.

Fast, staccato, mechanical sounding

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34

39

42

45

48

49

50

51

52

Played as before.

Maintain mechanical sound.

8

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53 3

55 3 3

Crescendo poco a poco57 

60

63

67 

68

rit.70 a tempo

72 3

Rapid! Double tongued,Staccato