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Vermeintlich unbedeutende Momente erscheinen seltsam gedehnt, vormals wichtig geglaubte Stationen ßiegen wie im Zeitraffer vorüber. Längst Vergessenes taucht auf und zentrale menschliche Begegnungen ziehen am inneren Auge vorbei. Autobiography beschreibt die Lebensgeschichte eines Menschen im Moment der Verdichtung seines EmpÞndens und Erinnerns: einer Nahtoderfahrung, nach einem schweren Unfall, Sekunden vor einem fatalen Ereignis. Zeit als eindeutig gerichtete, unumkehrbare Konstante wird aufgehoben durch ein gleichzeitiges Erleben von Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Im Bewusstseinsstrom des Augenblicks durchdringen sich alle Eindrücke und formen sich zur Quintessenz eines ganzen Lebens. Ein sekundenschneller Gedankenblitz gedehnt zur Unendlichkeit.
Seemingly insigniÞcant moments appear oddly stretched, once importantly assumed stages roll by as in a time lapse. What was long forgotten re-emerges and pivotal human encounters pass by the mind’s eye. Autobiography describes the life story of a human being in the moment of the densiÞcation of his sensibility and recollection: a near death experience, after a serious accident, seconds before a fatal incident. Time as a deÞnitely directed, irreversible constant is suspended by a simultaneous experience of past and present. In a stream of consciousness of the instant all impressions permeate and form the quintessence of oneÕs whole life. A ßash of insight within seconds prolonged to inÞnity.
Commissioned by Staatstheater Cottbus and Basel Sinfonietta. Premiere on 11/17/2017 by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Staatstheater Cottbus, conducted by GMD Evan Christ.
Steffen Wick
general notation
air noise blow through instrument, only a windy noise should be produced, no tone
ßt ßutter tongue
ord. ordinario: all (special) playing techniques beforehand are not valid anymore, produce tone normally
glissando always start at the beginning of note value
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highest note possible
dal niente
al niente
gradually change to new articulation, start at the beginning of arrow
accidentals are valid for the whole bar
wood winds
jet whistle (ßute)very loud glissando-like sound produced by sealing the embouchure hole completely with lips and blowing a fast, high-pressure air stream through the instrument. For the direction lowhigh-low use the syllables "huuu-eee-huuu" while increasing the airstream speed on the way up and decreasing slightly on the way down.
brass
ßap tongue
ßapping the tongue into the mouthpiece for a percussive sound without a concrete pitch (used with trombone & tuba)
strings
X scratching sound: high bow pressure in which the audible pitch is replaced by noise (additionally, heads of minims and semibreves are cross-marked)
S.P. sul ponticello
S.T. sul tasto
N normal
E.S.P. estremamente sul ponticello: as close to the bridge as possible
+ left hand pizzicato
2 ßutes (2nd player also piccolo & alto ßute)
2 oboes (2nd player also English horn)
3 Bb clarinets (3rd player also bass clarinet)
2 bassoons (3rd player also contrabassoon)
3 F horns
3 Bb trumpets
3 trombones
1 tuba
timpani
3 percussionists
grand piano (optional ampliÞcation within the orchestra)
strings: minimum of 12-10-8-6-4 players
The score is written in C.
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percussion set ups
timpani: also play with superball and bristle brush (medium-hard)
I suspended cymbal
sizzle cymbal (large)
clash cymbals
snare drum (slightly deeper model: 14″x 6″ / 6.5″ for middle-low pitch)
3 woodblocks (high, middle, low)
tubular bells c4 - f5
II
Rute (e.g. Puili bamboo sticks) with many sticks for rich, rattling sound
3 tom-toms: high, middle, low
bass drum (played also with superball)
tam-tam
two large styrofoam plates for scraping sound as loud as possible (e.g. poly-blocks)
chinese opera gong: low pitch with glissando effect
vibraslap
ratchet (to be played with one hand only)
whip
crotales c6 - c7
III
vibraphone
bell tree
anvil
crotales c6 - c7 (from setup II)
lion's roar
Autobiography
with esprit, always play only with right hand, change from staccato to legato from here on all notes very evenly
ŒÓÓ Œ V V ÓÓ‰ V j ŒÓÓ
ŒÓÓ Œ V V ÓÓ‰ V j ŒÓÓ
œ ŒÓÓ Œ V V ÓÓ‰ V j ŒÓÓ
œ ŒÓÓ Œ V V ÓÓ‰ V j ŒÓÓ
ŒÓÓ Œ V V ÓÓ‰ V j ŒÓÓ
ŒÓÓ
œ ŒÓÓ
2.
2.
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet
col legno batt. e ricochet (senza crini dell'arco)
col legno batt. e ricochet (senza crini dell'arco)
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet, sul II/III
col legno batt. (senza crini dell'arco), ricochet, sul II/III
slap with flat hand on all strings in the middle of fingerboard for percussive sound
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
col legno tratto
Y J ‰ŒÓ j‰ŒŒ œ j ÓŒ j ‰‰ œ j ŒŒ‰ j ÓŒ œ ‰ J Œ
Y # œ J ‰ŒÓ œ J ‰ŒŒ J ÓŒ J ‰‰ œ J ŒŒ‰ œ J ÓŒ ‰ œ J Œ
Y œ J ‰ŒÓ œ J ‰ŒŒ J ÓŒ J ‰‰ œ J ŒŒ‰ œ J ÓŒ ‰ œ J Œ
Y œ J ‰ŒÓ J ‰ŒŒ œ J ÓŒ œ J ‰‰ J ŒŒ‰ œ J ÓŒ ‰ JŒ
Y J ‰ŒÓ J ‰ŒŒ œ J ÓŒ œ J ‰‰ J ŒŒ‰ œ J ÓŒ ‰ œ J Œ
Y # œ J ‰ŒÓ œ J ‰ŒŒ J ÓŒ œ J ‰‰ J ŒŒ‰ œ J ÓŒ œ ‰ j Œ
2.
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
slowly scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight line
scrape shoes on the floor of the concert stage in one straight
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