unearth; distend; overlay

(2015)

for violin, viola, and cello

Jeremy Corren

unearth; distend; overlay written for the Nebula Ensemble

Performance Notes
Abbreviations and symbols
con vibrato, indicated by c.v.
senza vibrato, indicated by s.v.
flautando, indicated by flaut., asks for a fast/light bow that produces an airy sound
ordinario, indicated by ord, asks for
sul pont, indicated by s.p., should produce a glassy sonority consisting of a pitchs fundamental and upper partials.
sul tasto, indicated by s.t.

Gliss to accent
This gesture calls for a crescendo and simultaneous gliss that arrive on some pitch, which is accented and whose dynamic is
almost immediately thereafter reduced (in the example, ppp)

Tremolo slide
During certain fingered tremolo passages, a diagonal arrow between two tremolos indicates that the player should perform a
slide between the two tremolosit is primarily the gesture that matters.

unearth; distend; overlay

q = 70
Jeremy Corren

flaut.
s.t.
s.v.

4
Violin & 4 # w

ppp

flaut.
s.t.
s.v.

B 44 #

Viola

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flaut.
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s.p.

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> #

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c.v.

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ord
0

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flaut.
s.t.
s.v.

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ord
0

ord
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pp

decrease tremolo speed to

nothing before resting on F#

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decrease tremolo to expressivo

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s.p.

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mp

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decrease tremolo
speed to nothing

s.t.

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pp

mp

45

ord

2.

s.t.

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2nd time: with more intensity

s.t.

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(c.v.)

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(c.v.)

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pp

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bw

ppp

pp

s.t
s.v..

pp

ppp

mp

b b O

b b b

s.p.

ppp

pppp

mp

ord

mp

45

towards ppppp

s.t.
s.v.

s.t.
s.v.

pppp

45

o
J

sul C

(towards bridge)

pppp

Repeat this section ad infinitum, while moving bow

very gradually from ord to s.p., until the bridge is
reached and pitch is no longer audible

pp

ppp

ppp

ord

pp

ppp

pppp

ppp

pp
s.t.

sim.

ppp

pp

ord
(c.v.)

70

ppp

ppp

?4
4

(towards bridge)

towards ppppp

45

(towards bridge)

towards ppppp