The Myth Of The Phoenix 2p1c3e

THE MYTH OF THE PHOENIX ( For Saxophone solo )

Composer :

Ehsan Saboohi Technical Notes :

Select and the change musical instrument ( S.A.T.B.) Saxophone Between movements are to be taken freely by performers understanding of the Narrative and formal structure of the movements.

Tehran/ March/ 2011

1

The Myth of the Phoenix Primordial Images Ehsan Saboohi Tehran/marche/2011

h= ca 90

Saxophone

           f

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15

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

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   

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fff

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 [27 sec.]

 

Enternal Now 3 q= ca 65

accel.

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2 sec.

  

1 sec.

ppp

 1sec.  

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     

     pp

pp

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1 sec.

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pp





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 

mp



1 sec + tr

mf



port.

      



Ben legato e contando

 

 

 

 

  



ff

Accelerando sin al fine.

   



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  

fp



    

 

pp



        



f

4 sec.

3

f

Battimento

 Energico         

   

  q= ca 70

Vibrati il canto

pp

    2 sec.  

  

Ampolloso



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0.5 sec.

 

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 

ppp

[40 sec.]

Escape Flights   

h.= ca 82

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  

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 

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 

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

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   

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 

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f

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

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       

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     

        

    

    



 

  

fp

   

fp



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ff

pp

A tempo

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27

   

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poco rit. 23

 

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4

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30

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

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mf

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ff

mp

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48

  53

 57

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    

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3

      

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 

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    



  fp

  





 

 









 

fp

         

f

     



 

ff

   

   

3

        

 

mp

 

 3

   



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pp -----------------------------------------------

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 

 

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40

 

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 



 

fp

    

 

fp



ppp

 

[55 sec.]

Arousal

6

( Interpretation of folk song ) q.= ca 120 Slap tongue. ("wood block" slap.)

                   

1

mf

         

5

 

f



                mp

    

       

      

       

                

       

8



 



 

11



14



   

fp

fp













      fp

                          Slap ton.

17

mp

fp

        ff

           

          

7

21

 24

 27



30



  

   



             

ff

          

                    p

fp

                            f

 



  

           p

       

 

 



      

         

      

f

36



       



33

39

   

 

      

ff

pp

     



  p



    

          fff

8

42



  

  

45

   

Slap tongue. ("wood block" slap.)

mf



  

        

                



 

ffff





       

    

  

molto accel.

48

52

  

    





      





   

mp

 



     

  



             [1 min.]

9

The departing sun q._h= ca 50

    

1







 

f

3







p

   f



     p







 



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5

 

fp





  









   







7

9



 

  

  

    



ppp

 

13

   

15

17



f

 











 



    



 









  





    









  





 

 

fp



p

  p



 







  







pp

















fp

f

11

 











  













 

 

 





 









10

19







 



mp

21

 23







  

  



27





  





pp

  

 



f

29

ppp

  

31

33







ff







 

 





 

 

   

 



 









  

 





 



  

 

 

f



 



 











 



 





 

   

  











 

 





  









  ppp



 

 



 





 

 

p

25





f





  [52 sec.]

11

Duality q= ca 75



 

   

 

  

ppp

mp

q= ca 90 semprelegato



    

  

        

p





ppp

              f

  



 

q= ca 75    























                   

 



fff

 



 

fp



f



 

          













p





          ffff

 



p

     

poco rit. 

 





p

mp

 



       

       

  











 

ppp

 

12



 



mp



 



   

q= ca 75



molto rit.



   

              

    mp

    





                  



p

  

  

ff



ff

    

ppp [1 min. 5 sec ]

 

13

"Any fire might contain a phoenix" q_q.= ca 48

   

1











mf

3





  5

 7









 













   13



 















  f

17







f









pp

 

 

 

p

sf



pp

















 



 

 



 





      f







pp









sf

 





 



 









 





sf

p







p

f

15













   11





   9

 



 







 

   

 

 

14

  

                  

20



p

 

e=320                                f

21

p

   

23





 





molto rit. 25



 

e=270





  pp

p

  







 

 





f

        f

ppp

 

pp

e=320                                

26

ff

     

27

f

    

A tempo

 





 



   

  

15

30



 

32

34

 36



40

 42











 

















 p

f





  f

  

44

f





 

   







 

38

 



 

   



  





 



sf

 

 

 

p

sf

 pp



 







 









 











 

 

 





 





 

pp







pp

sf

p









 

 

 

  f





   [1 min. 15 sec.]

Agápē 

 

ppp

mp



ppp







 





p

 

sf









sf ppp

sf

  

  

sf

sf

 

mp

 breathing voice   33 sec.   

sf

sf





ppp



p

f

  

sf



sf

breathing voice



   







 ppp



mf

ppp



breathing voice

" Was ist der menschen , ein bild der Gottheit"



  



  

sf



    

sf

 





  

      

  





mf

              

sf



  





breathing voice

 

pp



mp

pppp

           





   mp 



mp





pp

ppp

  

sf





 

mf

 







p

p

 

 

ppp





     

  

p

  



breathing voice

 

q= ca 55

16







[4 min. 33 sec.]