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Music for Strings
by Peter Billam
2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Score
© Peter J Billam, 2015
This score is offered under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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This edition 25 February 2018.
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Music for Strings
Music for Stringsis written for six players, but performances with twelve or more playersare also intended.
It shares the 2+2+2 sextet instrumentation of my transcription of Bach’s Ricercare a 6, ofBrahms’ Sextets Op.18 and Op.36, of Dvorjak’s Op.48, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’ 1876Sextet in A, Schoenberg’s chamber version ofVerklaerte Nacht, and of Korngold’s Op.10sextet. It’s also not too far from the chamber-septet version of John Adams’ShakerLoops, which adds a bass and uses three violins and one viola, rather than two and two.
I 144 - 152 cro/min , approximately. 4min 50sec
More contrapuntal in character.
II 125 - 135 cro/min , approximately. 4min 25sec
The trills join up as smoothly as possible with the next trill, and the glissandi at the endshould join up from instrument to instrument as smoothly as possible. The glissandishould all move evenly from start-point to end-point, so that glissando-chords (eg: bar30...) remainin-tune chords even as they slide; the pizzicati in general should be playedstrongly. In the seething passages in 16th-notes, the bowing is at your discretion; Ithought perhaps the violins could bow every note up-down-up-down, while the violascould slur them in pairs and the cellos slur them in fours; but when it’s just the two violas(eg: bars 1... or 119...) then preferably they should bow every note (else they rev eal thebeat, which is not otherwise revealed). Thecrescendo in the last two bars should go up toabsolutely as loud as possible, using as many bow-changes as necessary.
III 60 cro/min , approximately 5min 15sec
Likewise, the crescendo in the bar 5 should go up to absolutely as loud as possible, usingas many bow-changes as necessary, and thepesanteshould be semprefff.
Peter J Billam
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Music for Strings1Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 1st mvt
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mf
mf
mf
5
pizz . . .
arco sempre
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arco . . .
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42
42
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42
42
15
74
74
74
74
74
74
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20solo . . .
pizz . . .
arco sempre . . .
arco sempre . . .
pizz . . .
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68
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68
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30
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128
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128
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128
68
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40
68
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68
128
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128
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128
128
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diminuendo . . .
diminuendo . . .
diminuendo . . .
45
arco . . .
arco . . .
50
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74
74
74
74
74
74
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9Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 1st mvt
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42
42
42
42
pizz . . .42
42
32
32
32
32
32
32( arco sempre . . . )
65
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pizz . . .
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42
42
42
42
42
42
90
74
74
74
74
74
74
128
128
128
128
128
128
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95
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arco sempre . . .
pizz . . .
arco sempre . . .
pizz . . .
100
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arco . . .
arco . . .
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115
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I I17Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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mf pizz , sul G , glissando
p
p
p
mf pizz , glissando
5
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pizz , sul G , glissando
pizz , glissando
10
poco a poco cresc . . .
poco a poco cresc . . .
poco a poco cresc . . .
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19Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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f pizz . . .
f
15
arco sempre
arco sempre
pizz . . .
pizz
arco
pizz . . . 20
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glissando . . . simile . . .
arco . . . glissando . . .
25
simile . . .
glissando . . . simile . . .
glissandosempre pizz,
forte, sul G
pizz
glissando . . .
pizz, glissando
arco
30
glissando . . .
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21Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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sul D
glissando . . .
glissando . . . simile . . .
ff glissandopizz,
pizz, glissando
glissando . . .arco . . .
arco . . .
35
glissando
ppp cresc . . .
ppp cresc . . .
arco sempre
pizz . . .
arco sempre
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
ff dim . . .ppp
ff dim . . .ppp
nicht schleppen
mp
mp
mp
pizz . . .
40
arco . .
arco . . .
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arco . . .
45
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23Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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arco sempre . . .
arco sempre . . .
f
glissando . . .
50
glissando . . .
arco . . .
arco
55
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24 Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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pizz , glissando
pizz , glissando
arco . . .
pizz . . .
arco . . .pizz . . .
arco . . .
pizz . . .
60
f
pizz . . .
arco . . .
arco . . .
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arco . . .
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
65
arco . . .
arco . . .
tr
dim
cresc
dim
tr
cresc
dim
cresc
tr
tr
cresc
dim
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
arco . . .
70
pizz . . .
arco . . .
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pizz . .
f
arco . . .
arco . . .
arco . . .
pizz . . .
75
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
arco . . .
arco . . .
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pizz . . .
dim . . .
dim . . .
dim . . .
pizz . . .
80
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
arco . . .
arco . . .
85
arco sempre . . .
pizz . . .
tr tr
tr tr
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28 Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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tr tr
tr tr
arco . . .
pizz . . . 90
tr tr
tr tr
tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
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tr tr trtr
tr trtr tr
tr tr
tr tr
100
pizz sempre
pizz . . .
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pizz . .
pizz . . .
105 f
pizz sempre
arco
pizz . . .
tr tr trtr
tr trtr tr
tr tr
tr tr
tr tr
tr tr
110
tr tr
tr tr
tr tr tr
tr tr
tr tr
tr tr
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31Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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arco . . .
arco . . .
tr tr
tr tr
pizz sempre
115pizz . . .
pizz . . .
tr
tr tr
arco . .
tr tr
tr tr
tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
f arco . . .
tr tr
tr tr
f
f arco . . .
p
pizz , sul G , glissando
p
p
pizz , glissando
p
120
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125
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33Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 2nd mvt
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pizz , sul G , glissando
pizz , glissando
arco . . .
130
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glissando . . .
glissando . . .
glissando . . .
pp
arco . . .
glissando . . .
ffcresc . . .
glissando . . .
cresc . . .
ppp
ppp
140
fff
ritardando . . .
cresc . . .fffppp
ritardando . .cresc . . .fffppp
cresc . . . fff
cresc . . . fff
nientedim . . .
dim . . . niente
nientedim . .
nientedim . .
dim . . . niente
dim . . . niente
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I I I35Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 3rd mvt
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lento
pp semplice, legato
pp
134
134
134
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134
134
104
104
104
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104
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134
5nientedim . . .
crescendo molto . . .
cresc . . .niente
niente cresc . . .
fff pesante
64
64
dim . . .fff
64fff pesante
64
64fff pesante
64
10
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dim . . .
dim . . .
arco pizz
dim . . .
pizz
pp74pp
74
74pp
74pp
74
74
15
dim . . .
dim . . .
dim . . .
dim . . .
arco . . .
fff pesante
64
64
dim . . .fff
64fff pesante
64
64fff pesante
64
fff pesante
20
pizz
pizz
25
dim . . .
dim . . .
dim . . .
arco
dim . . .
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74pp
74
74pp
74
74
74
30
pp semplice, legato
semplice, legato
134
134
134
134
134
134
104
104
104
104
104
104
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134
134
134
134
134
nientedim . . .
crescendo molto . . .
cresc . . .niente
senza crescendo subito
niente dim . . . niente cresc molto . . .
arco
fff pesante64
64
dim . . .fff fff
64fff pesante
64
64fff pesante
64
35
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pizz
pizz
40
dim . . .
dim . . .
dim . . .arco
dim . . .
74pp
74
74pp
74
74pp
74
84
84
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84
74
74
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dim . . . niente
84
nientedim . . .
84
dim . . . niente
84
dim . . . niente
dim . . . niente
pizz p
pizz p
pizz p
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ccBY
Peter Billam was born in London in 1948, studied piano, and lived in Switzerland from 1973 to1983, where he studied composition, classical guitar, flute and voice, worked as Musical Directorof the Théâtre Populaire Romand, and as recording engineer, record producer and computerprogrammer. He moved to Tasmania in 1983, and lectured in composition at the Conservatorium.He foundedwww.pjb.com.au, becoming the first composer to sell scores on-line, taking scoresfrom Composer to Performer in one immediate step.Www.pjb.com.auoffers a new approach tomusic publishing. These pieces arewritten to be read, made to be played !
Compositions at www.pjb.com.auinclude:Five Short Pieces, guitar, 1979;Divisions on an ItalianGround, flute and guitar, 1980;De ProfundisandNacht, on poems by Lama Anagarika Govinda, voice andpiano, 1980;Fünf Bagatellen, piano, 1980;Five Rounds, choir, 1986; Go Forth and Multiply, choir, 1986;Three Violin Duets, 1987; Fable, for piano, 1987;To Erich Jantsch, SAATTB recorders, 1988;A Suite ofCurves, trombone (or horn) and piano, 1990;Two Recorder Duets, alto recorders, or other melodyinstruments, 1991;Tr ombone Quintet, trombone, flute, piano, bass, and percussion, 1994;Three Songs, onpoems by Jack Kerouac, Vikram Seth and Dylan Thomas, voice and piano (only the first and third of these areavailable), 1994; Piano Study, piano, 1994;Four Dances, various ensembles including recorder quartet,string quartet, 1995;The Poet in the Clouds, on a poem by S. T. Coleridge,SATB choir, 1995;Tr es Casidasdel Diván del Tamarit, on poems by Federico García Lorca, voice and piano, 1997;Three Suites, for thesolo line, piano, and piano and a solo line, 2000;Die Zeiten, on poems by Kästner, Bachman and Jünger,choir (only the second and third of these are available), 2000;Three Duetsfor flutes, 2001;For Four Handsforpiano four hands, 2002;Three Preludesfor piano, 2003;Second Solo Suitefor flute, violin, viola or cello,2003;Guitar Duetfor two guitars, 2006;We Who Mournfor choir, 2007; Trio With Guitar for guitar andtwo clarinets or two recorders or two violas, 2008;Canonsfor two- and four-hand piano, 2009;Flute Trio,2012; Twenty Studiesfor piano, 2013-14;Music for Stringsand Two Encores for Stringsfor 2vln, 2vla,2vlc, 2015;Album for Choir, 2015;Eight Pieces for Guitar, 2017.
Arrangements include: By J. S. Bach:Trio BWV 655, piano and flute;Vor deinen Thron BWV 668,piano;Fugue in F minor BWV 689, SATB recorders;Four Duets BWV 802-5, keyboard;Six Preludes andFuguesfrom Book I, keyboard;Flute Sonata BWV 1031in G major for alto recorder and keyboard;FluteSonata BWV 1032completed by Peter Billam for flute and keyboard, also in C major for alto recorder, andin G major for descant;Ricercare a 3 of the Musikalisches Opferfor keyboard;Ricercare a 6, for sSATBGrecorders, or strings, or two keyboards; andFuga Canonica; from theArt of Fugue: Contrapuncti 1, 4 and9for keyboard, andContrapunctus 14as completed by D. F. Tovey, for keyboard, or for SATB recorders, orfor strings;Passacaglia and Fugue in cfor piano four hands;Chorales with Descantfor melody instrumentand piano;Cello Suites I, II and III for flute or alto recorder, Forty Chorales for piano,Der Geist hilftforSATB-SATB recorders. By Brahms:Fugue in Ab minor for organ, for SATB recorders and gamba, in Aminor; Choralvorspiele for organplus settings by Isaac, Bach, Praetorius, recorders.John Carr, Divisionson an Italian Ground, flute or recorder and guitar. Franz Liszt,Late piano pieces, G.F. Händel:ConcertoGrosso in A minorop 6 no 4, harpsichord and recorders;Recorder Sonata in Bbno 5, in G for tenorrecorder and keyboard. ClaudioMonteverdi, Ecco Mormorar l’Onde, SSATB recorders. ArnoldSchoenberg:Verklärte Nacht for piano. Franz Schubert:Four Songs, voice and guitar;Dances, recordersand guitar, Dances, piano 4 hands.Scriabin,Two Preludes op.67; Five Preludes op.74, piano. Telemann,Twelve Flute Fantasias, recorder. Wilbye, Draw on sweet Night, SSATTB recorders, and for flute choir.Twelve Italian SongsandSeven English Songs, voice and guitar;Folk Guitar Solos; Fourteen Folk DanceTunes, recorder and guitar;Bushband Dances, violin, accordeon and banjo;Easy Classical Pieces, Bbtrumpet and piano;Famous Beginnings, for piano.
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