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Music for Strings
by Peter Billam
2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Parts
© Peter J Billam, 2015
This score is offered under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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This edition 29 November 2017.
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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,and of Brahms’ Sextets Op.18 and Op.36, Schoenberg’s chamber version ofVerklaerteNacht, and of Korngold’s Op.10 sextet. It’s also not too far from the chamber-septetversion of John Adams’Shaker Loops, which adds a bass and uses three violins and oneviola, 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 Strings, Violin parts1Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 1st mvt
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mf
5
10
42
42
15
74
74
128
128
20solo . . .
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68
68
128
128
68
68
128
128
30
68
68
128
128
68
68
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128
68
68
35
128
128
68
68
128
128
68
68
128
128
40
68
68
128
128
dim . . .
dim . . .
45
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55
74
74
60
42
42
32
32
65
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4 Violin parts, 1st mvt, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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80
85
42
42
90
74
74
128
128
95
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5Violin parts, 1st mvt, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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105
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115
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Violin parts, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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mf pizz, sul G, glissando
p
5
pizz , sul G , glissando 10
poco a poco cresc . . .
f pizz . . .
arco sempre . . .
25 arco
pizz . . .20
25
sempre pizz, glissando
forte, sul G
30 sul D
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7Violin parts, 2nd mvt, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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glissando . . . simile . . .
35 arco sempre
mp
pizz . . .
nicht schleppen
40
arco . . .
cresc . . .
45
arco sempre . . .
50
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pizz , glissando
arco . . .
60 f
pizz . . arco . . .
65
tr
dim
cresc
tr
cresc
dim
tr
70
pizz . .
f
arco . . .
75
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f dim . . .
f dim . . .
80
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
arco . . .
85 arco . . .
pizz . . . 90
95
100
pizz . .
105 f
pizz sempre
pizz . . .
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arco . . .
arco . . .
115pizz . . .
pizz . . . arco . .tr tr tr tr
f arco . . .
tr tr
p
pizz , sul G , glissando
f
120
125
pizz , sul G , glissando
130
135 pp
arco . . .
ffcresc . . .
glissando . . .
cresc . . .
140
fff
ritardando . . .
dim . . . niente
nientedim . . .
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Violin parts, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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lento
pp semplice, legato
134
134
104
104
134
134
5dim . . . niente
crescendo molto . . .
niente cresc . . .
fff pesante
64
64
dim . . .fff
10
dim . . .
pp74
74pp
15
dim . . .
dim . . .
fff pesante
64
64
dim . . .fff fff pesante
20
25
dim . . .
dim . . .
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74pp
74
30
pp semplice, legato
134
134
104
104
134
134
dim . . . niente
crescendo molto . . .
cresc . . .niente
fff pesante64
64
dim . . .fff fff
35
40
dim . . .
dim . . .
74pp
74
84
84
74
74
84
84
nientedim . . .
nientedim . . .
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Music for Strings, Viola parts13Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 1st mvt
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mf
5
10
42
42
15
74
74
128
128
20
pizz . . .
arco sempre . . .
25
68
68
128
128
68
68
128
128
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68
128
128
68
68
128
128
68
68
35128
128
68
68
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128
68
68
128
128
4068
68
128
128
diminuendo . . .
45 arco . . .
50
55
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74
74
6042
42
32
32
65
70
75
80
85
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42
42
90
74
74
128
128
95 arco sempre . . .
pizz . . .
100
105
arco . . .
110
115
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Viola parts, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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p
5
10
poco a poco cresc . . .
15
arco sempre
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arco
20glissando . . . simile . . .
arco . . .
25glissando . . .
simile . . . pizz arco
30glissando . . . simile . . . simile . . .
ff glissandopizz,
arco glissando simile . . .
35 glissando nicht schleppen
pizz . . .
40
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tempo 1o
arco . . .
45
arco sempre . . .
glissando . . .
50
glissando . . .
55
pizz . . .
pizz . . . 60 arco . . .
arco . . .
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
65 arco . . .
arco . . .
tr
cresc . . .
pizz . . .
70 pizz . . .
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farco . . .
arco . . .
pizz . . .
pizz . . .
75
arco . . .
arco . . .
dim . . .
pizz . . .
80
85
arco sempre . . .
tr tr
tr tr arco . . .
90 tr tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
95tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
tr tr
tr tr
100
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pizz . . .
105arco . . . tr tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr110tr tr tr tr tr
tr trtr tr
115tr tr tr
tr tr tr tr
f
tr tr
f
p
p
120
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125
130
135
glissando . . .140
cresc fffppp ritardando . .
crescppp fff
nientedim . . .
nientedim . .
dim . . niente
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Viola parts, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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lento
pp
134
134
104
104
134
134
5fff pesante
64
64
fff pesante
10
dim . . .
arco pizz
pp74pp
74pp
15
dim . . .
dim . . .
fff pesante
64
64
fff pesante
20
pizz
25
dim . . .
arco
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74pp
74
30
semplice, legato
134
134
104
104
134
134
senza crescendo subito
fff pesante64fff pesante
64
35
40
dim . . .
pizz arco
74pp
74
84
84
74
74
84
dim . . . niente
84
dim . . . niente pizz p
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Music for Strings, Cello parts25Peter Billam, Music for Strings, 1st mvt
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mf
5pizz . . .
arco sempre
10
42
42
15
74
74
128
128
20
arco sempre
pizz . . .
25
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68
128
128
68
68
128
128
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128
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68
128
128
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35
128
128
128
128
68
68
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128
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68
128
128
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68
128
128
diminuendo . . .
45
arco . . .
50
55
74
74
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60pizz . . .
42
42
( arco sempre . . . )
32
32
65
70arco . . .
75
80
pizz . . .
85 arco . .
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arco . . .42
42
90
74
74
128
128
95
arco sempre
pizz . . .
100
105
arco . . .
110
115
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arco . . .
p
mf pizz , glissando
5
pizz , glissando
10
poco a poco cresc . . .
f
15
pizz
f pizz
20 arco . . glissando . . .
25simile . . . glissando . . .
pizz, glissando
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30 Cello parts, 2nd mvt, Music for Strings, Peter Billam
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30
pizz, glissando
arco . . .
35
ppp cresc
ppp cresc . . .
pizz . . .
ff dim ppp
ff dim . . . ppp
nicht schleppen
pizz . . .
40
arco . . .
45
sempre pizz
f
50
sempre arco
arco . . .
55
pizz , glissando
pizz . . .
arco . . .
arco . . .
60
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pizz . . . 65
dim cresc dim
pizz . . .
arco . . .
70arco . . .
75pizz . . .
pizz . . .
80 arco . . .
85
pizz . . .
tr tr tr tr
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90 tr tr tr tr tr tr
95
100
pizz sempre
105
tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr
110tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr
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pizz sempre
115 tr tr tr trf
f arco . . .
pizz , glissando
p
120 125
pizz , glissando arco . . .
130
135
glissando . . .
glissando . . .
glissando . . .ppp
ppp
140
cresc . . . fff
cresc . . . fff
dim . . . niente
nientedim . . .
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lento
134
134
104
104
134
134
5 niente cresc . . .
niente cresc . . .
fff pesante
64
fff pesante64
10
dim . . .
pizz
pp74
74
arco . . .
15
fff pesante
64
fff pesante64
20
pizz
25
dim . . .
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74
74
30134
134
104
104
134
134
pp dim . . . niente niente cresc molto . . .
niente cresc molto . . .
arco
fff pesante
64
fff pesante64
35
40
dim . . .
pizz
74pp
74
84
84
74
74
84
nientedim . . .
84
pizz p
pizz p
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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.
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