Moment Musical

for flute and violin

By Dylan Schneider
(2013)

Program Note:
In this duo, I took the idea of the musical moment, a genre intimately explored by
Schubert and Rachmaninov among others, quite literally. In human experience, a
moment is usually not a singular, freestanding occurrence. It may be preceded by
anticipation, and it may take time to sink in. These two contingent experiences, along
with the moment itself, suggested a simple form for the piece: anticipation, moment, and
absorption.
The work begins with a hazy puff of pitches: our consciousness waking up from standbymode into a state of awareness. Our attention takes on several forms, ranging from a
palpable alertness to fuzzier states of mind as the two instruments attempt to agree on a
single pitch, with varying degrees of success. A rise in volume and pitch accompanies an
intensifying sense of awareness, continually shifting in and out of focus.
The moment weve all been waiting for happens exactly half way through the movement,
marked by the first proper chord in the piece. Stark, raw, and glistening, you wont miss
it.
Nevertheless, as soon as it arrives, it too begins to shift in and out of focus. We attempt
to apprehend the moment, from several angles, yet it remains just beyond our grasp. Our
subjective experience has transformed the purity of the original moment: our seeing it has
indeed changed it. The moment has passed as it slips into our memorynot exactly as it
happened but close enough, perhaps.

Performance Notes:
1. All accidentals carry through the bar.
2. Accidentals are never transferable at the octave.

The duration is approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

Moment Musical
for flute and violin

Score

Lento q = 60

i
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& 44 b n # n b n n n b b
7

Flute

4 b n b b n b >
&4
#
#
J
!
f
sul pont.

Violin

becoming
very
breathy

Fl.

Fl.

Vln.

& b
&

Vln.

pizz.
(ord.)

>+
.
R

ord.

45 b

b . . . .

& 44 b w
& 44

b
P

45

gliss.

b.
!
J.

2013 By Dylan Schneider

Dylan Schneider, 2013

b b n b

arco
sul tasto

senza vib.
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(ord.)
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b

44

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F
43 J
43 J

.
gliss.

44

10

Fl.

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becoming
very
breathy

&

3q

pizz.

Vln.

&

& #

Fl.

Vln.

Fl.

&

b.
molto vib.

Vln.

&

b.

42

j
b

44

senza vib.

24 b
n
!

(pizz.)

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&

15

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> > >>> > > > >

12

44

ord.

b. n

44 b w
nw

gliss.

b
n

k b

(senza vib.)

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gliss.

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(senza vib.)

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b b

arco
(senza vib.)

b b

43
43

Moment Musical

3 n
&4

19

Fl.

Vln.

5
& 4 n

Fl.

Vln.

"warbly" vibrato
(as much as one
1/4 tone in both
directions)

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& 44

about

4
4

& 44 ..

>+

b
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5
4

5
4

senza vib.

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p
senza vib.

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b b

& 45

22

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3
&4

21

4
4

b.

j
b
F
pizz.

vibrato

arco
(senza vib.)

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>
f

gliss.

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gliss.

4
4

b j
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F p

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Fl.

Vln.

&

&

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& 44

n
P

b
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&

28

Fl.

Vln.

&

#w
p

very clear,
bright
ord.

42 n

vibrato
gliss.

44

flutter-tongue

n n b b n #
# #
n

# # b

liberamente
vibrato

>
b

p !

b.
4 b .
&4

~~~~~~~~
# 4
24 #
4
b

senza vib.

Vln.

26

Fl.

>
b

24

b b

>
b
b n
n
F

#U
w

senza vib.

October 12, 2013, Chicago, Ill.