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for Bass
with percussionor orchestralobbligato
and ad libitum with other piecesof the sametitle

for JoeLLe
Leandre
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N c w Yo rk C i ty, Marcl r 1984

C o p y ri s h c O tl g+ by H crrrnl r P rcss I' rrc.,373 t)ark A vcrruc S outh , Ncw Yor k, Ncw Yor k, 10016
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Ea c h tw o p a g c s a rc a " gardcn" oI sounds. Tl rc gi i ssandiare to be pl ayed sm oot h] y and as m uch as is
p o s s i b l c l i k c s o u n d cvents i n nacurc rathcr than sounds i n musi c. The dy nam ics, not given, ar e co be
s o fc ra th c r th a n Io u d, as a rul c, a rul c that has cxccpri ons.

T h c p i c c c s a rc l o r bass sol o - , w i tl r vocal i sc ad l i bi turn (stra[ht di ffcr cnt iar cd lincs, scc below,
a b o v c rh c s c a ff) a n d prcrccordcd parts. Thcsc l actcr arc ...r, --, and Each par r is r o have
i ts o w n s o u n d s y s tcm.

T h c s c o rc i s a " s c i l l " phocograph of rnobi l c ci rcunrsrances.That i s, w here t her e ar e r , vvoor m or e par t s

a c c i v c a t th c s a l n c t i nl c chci r rcl aci onshi p i n ci rnc nccd nor bc cxactl y thc onc dclincar cd. Each par t
s h o u l d b c p l a y c d o r rccordcd i ndcpcndcncl y of thc othcrs but w i thi n the s am c t ot al iengt h of t im c and
fo l l o w i n g c l rc g c n c ra l ourl i ncs oI proporci ona] norari on.

T l rc p i c c c fo r i n s c rurncn!al cnscmbl c or pcrcussi on bcgi ns and ends a pcr f or m ancc, in cach caser vir h
a b o u c l w o n rc a s u rc s. Ic conri nucs duri ng si l cnccs of an1,l cngth bctw een bass pieces.

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