SUITE IN D ARTHUR BIRD (1889) CONDUCTOR S SCORE. for ten winds (1889) Edited by Thomas Stone

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1 CONDUCTOR S SCORE ARTHUR BIRD SUITE IN D SUITE or te ids IN D or Te (889) Wids Edited y Thomas Stoe (889) INSTRUMENTATION st lute st Clariet i A/B st Hor i d lute d Clariet i A/ B d Hor i st Ooe st Clariet i B st Bassoo d Ooe d Clariet i B d Bassoo Strig Bass Score ad Parts, PD ormat o CD-ROM $5000

2 Arthur Bird: Suite i D Arthur Bird (856-9) comosed his Suite i D or Paul Taael i 889 It as give its America remiere y the Logy Clu o Bosto o eruary 0, 908 Edard Burligame Hill rote: This Suite is a leasig ad melodious comositio It is coheret ad ell-develoed i orm It lies easily ithi the rage o the istrumets, ad dislays o little koledge o their resources It leases y virtue o the simlicity, directess ad uaected maer i hich the musical thought is uolded O the hole this Suite is a agreeale additio to the reertory, all too slight, o eective ork or id istrumets, ad as such ivites reetitio Louis C Elso revieed the ork as ollos: [Bird] is moder eough i hat he has to say, ad kos ho to say it He does ot idulge i extremes ad his musical eects are attaied ithout ay straiig rom the very irst o the Suite there as eautiul melody ad itelligile igure treatmet The delicacy o the secod movemet, the cris almost musette-like character o the scherzo ith its diicult ork or assoos, the eautiul cotrast (hors chiely) o the trio, the attractive ooe theme ith lute iguratio i the iale, these are ut a e oits o a thoroughly commedale ork This editio is or o reverece ad love or the music i these our movemets Arthur Bird is a littleko geius i America music That he has avoided otice y may America musicias ad erormers may stem rom his may years aay rom home, i Euroe, ad/or ecause his greatest orks are chamer id comositios relegated to oscurity y scholars Several airly accurate editios o the curret ork have ee ulished over the decades, ad at least oe i circulatio is egregiously adulterated y editorial itervetio The curret editor set the morig ad ateroo o uly 0, 004 examiig the comoser s origial score at the Lirary o Cogress i Washigto, D C Bird s e ad ik score is quite clear, legile, ad ell-reserved, although the comoser is icosistet i several asects o his otatio Thus the missio o the curret editor is to determie ad otate the itet o the music ithout ecomig co-comoser To this ed, the editor has udertake the olloig: Bird rovided otatios i Germa at certai oits i his mauscrit These ill aear i Germa, ith Eglish traslatio Articulatios i Bird s mauscrit are sometimes otated, sometimes ot Articulatio markigs are here leshed-out o the theory that may i Bird's origial ere rovided oly artially, or imlied or coveiece y discotiuatio ater oe measure o otatio Marcato at 70 ad 05 i the irst movemet might suggest articulatig eve the otes uder the slur Bird rote staccato marks uder the d Ooe slur at 05 This may also e true o the B theme, at 75 ad It is clear that the lacig o dyamic markigs as overlooked or omitted at may istrumetal etraces The editor has discrimiatigly rovided dyamics as eeded, alays i cotext

3 Bird s dyamics aear i the score i the olloig ot: Editorial dyamics are cast ith slight variatio thusly: 4 Oly to itches i the mauscrit are uclear Mvt I, measure 9, eat, d Bassoo, is a A The corresodig measure i the recaitulatio, m 47, shos hat aears to e a G i the comoser s had The editor has otated a A i the recaitulatio or the sake o cosistecy, sice all other voices i m 47 are idetical to m 9 Perormers are let to determie a reerece Mvt I, measure 8, ourth ote i st Clariet should e C atural (cocert A), although Bird s accidetal looks somehat like a shar The atural agrees ith the d Clariet, ad ith the corresodig gesture i measure 0 5 The comoser rovided metroome markigs or the ial to movemets oly The rerise o music rom Mvt III ested ithi Mvt IV is iterestig comositioally or its cyclic imlicatios, ut it is oteorthy also ecause at the resumtio o cut time at m 8, Bird rovides o idicatio aoucig a retur to the origial temo Temo rimo aears later, at m 4, the recaitulatio Aaretly the comoser iteded the Scherzado temo to cotiue to the ed o the develomet (mm 8-4) The staccato halves at m 8 oer additioal evidece or this itet, suggestig alacrity ad lightess o style I cotravetio, Bird's otioal cut elimiatig the Scherzado, might suggest a cosistet temo i all cut time sectios o the movemet Perormers must take decisios ased uo their redilectios i temo ad acig Regardless, the erormer is let ith the issue o hether to ritard at mm 6-7, ad 8-4(amog other locatios, such as 7-8) All seem like aroriate ad atural oits o retardatio, ut the oly otated ritard i all o the our movemets occurs at the very ed o the iale 6 The strig ass art as ot i Bird's origial istrumetatio It is here rovided, derived rom the d Bassoo art, or the may harmoiemusik esemles that emloy the ass, the use o hich ill certaily led a added measure o resoace ad deth to ay erormace Additioal clariet arts, etirely i B-lat, are sulied or the coveiece o those ithout access to the A istrumet Bird's origial scheme or the clariets, movemet III oly or the B-lat istrumet, is reserved here i the A Clariet arts This error-ree editio should acilitate accurate ad eautiul erormaces o this sledid Arthur Bird ous Suite i D is a rare Romatic masteriece y a America comoser at the height o his oers 007 Maestro ad ox Music maestrooxcom Thomas Stoe 007

4 CONDUCTOR Allegro moderato ( q = 6) 4 SUITE IN D or Te Wids (889) I ARTHUR BIRD Edited y Thomas Stoe lute 4 Ooe 4 4 A Clariet Hor Bassoo m m m m m m m m M - 07C 007 Maestro ox Music All Rights Reserved Prited rom PD

5 M - 07C

6 6 8 9 solo 4 te m m m 7 M - 07C

7 M - 07C

8 te te te te te te te te M - 07C

9 65 crescedo crescedo crescedo 67 marcato 9 crescedo crescedo crescedo marcato crescedo crescedo crescedo 7 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 75 M - 07C

10 M - 07C

11 9 ṗ semre semre semre M - 07C

12 04 m m M - 07C

13 7 m m M - 07C

14 4 9 ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato ƒ marcato marcato marcato M - 07C

15 m m m M - 07C

16 m m m m 56 crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo 59 M - 07C

17 solo solo M - 07C

18 8 70 m 75 P 76 M - 07C

19 m M - 07C

20 0 95 te te te te te 5 00 te 0 te te te te P m M - 07C

21 05 marcato marcato Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ƒ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ marcato Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ marcato M - 07C

22 7 4 ( q = h ) Bird's directive: ( h ie vorher q ) ( h as eore q ) M - 07C

23 4 olegato solo 9 olegato - - olegato crescedo crescedo - - crescedo crescedo - - crescedo - crescedo - crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te marcato marcato M - 07C

24 4 46 te te 5 semre e marcato te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te te semre e marcato semre e marcato semre e marcato semre e marcato semre e marcato semre e marcato semre e marcato semre e marcato 54 M - 07C

25 II 5 Adate 4 moderato (q = 76) co esressioe M - 07C

26 6 8 9 M - 07C

27 6 7 marcato M - 07C

28 M - 07C

29 M - 07C

30 0 6 solo - - solo 68 M - 07C

31 III Allegretto quasi Allegro (q = 8) M - 07C 9 solo

32 7 8 M - 07C

33 5 Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ M - 07C Ÿ~~~~~~~ oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc

34 4 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ 9 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ 4 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ m m m m 45 P m m m m M - 07C

35 5 marcato marcato 7 7 Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ 5 57 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 59 solo M - 07C

36 TRIO Etas lagsamer M - 07C

37 M - 07C 7

38 M - 07C 8

39 5 9 Temo I M - 07C

40 M - 07C

41 44 47 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 4 Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ 5 oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc Ÿ~~~~~~~~ oco a oco cresc Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 55 oco a oco cresc Ÿ~~~~~~~~ oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ m m m m M - 07C

42 4 58 m m m m m m 6 marcato marcato Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 69 M - 07C

43 M - 07C

44 semre semre semre semre semre semre semre semre semre semre 9 9 M - 07C

45 IV 45 Allegro co uoco ( h = ) e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato 8 M - 07C

46 e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato M - 07C

47 ƒ ƒ 9 i Siehe Stimme solo te The Germa text aove, "see correctios," reers to Bird's directive at m 69 to rerite the hor art i lats rather tha shars The editor has oliged this request M - 07C

48 48 4 solo te 50 5 solo M - 07C

49 solo M - 07C Hor Stimme mit 's solo Bird's ote states, "Correct ith 's"

50 M - 07C

51 M - 07C

52 5 99 solo Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 0 semre semre semre Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ semre semre semre semre semre semre Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ 06 Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 09 M - 07C

53 M - 07C 5

54 54 7 oco marcato 4 6 M - 07C

55 M - 07C 55

56 crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo crescedo 70 ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ M - 07C

57 solo M - 07C

58 solo M - 07C

59 95 i Otioal cut to measure 8 59 i olgede axtiis Kömme ötige alls ei der Auühre ortalle "The olloig sectio may e omitted i erormace" 0 Scherzado (q = 8 ) m M - 07C

60 60 0 Ÿ Ÿ solo i 8 M - 07C

61 6 oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc 6 oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc oco a oco cresc m oco a oco cresc m oco a oco cresc 4 ƒ ƒ ƒ esr ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ M - 07C

62 6 Temo rimo 4 e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato e marcato M - 07C

63 M - 07C

64 marcato marcato 80 te te M - 07C

65 84 9 solo 94 M - 07C 65

66 te 08 0 solo solo solo M - 07C

67 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ M - 07C

68 68 ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 8 solo Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 4 Ÿ~~~~~~~ M - 07C

69 45 Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~~ 50 Piu mosso solo M - 07C

70 70 60 m m Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ marcato Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ m 74 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M - 07C

71 75 Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ 7 8 marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato marcato 8 oco ritardado U U U U U U marcato marcato U U U U M - 07C