(1970) 8'
Full score and performing piano reduction
Published by Tuba Euphonium Press (Cimarron Music Press)
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Pastorale is based on an anonymous sixteenth century English counterpoint exercise contained in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (Vol. II: CXI), reproduced below. The original ten-measure three-voice exercise was found notated in unstemmed noteheads, without meter or key signature. A rhythmicized version of this exercise is presented at the beginning of Pastorale and serves as a “theme” for a series of informal variations, sometimes treating the treble line, sometimes the bass line, sometimes the harmony. The “theme” returns at the end of the work with a superimposed descant line for the solo baritone horn. The work was composed for baritone hornist Peter Sexauer in 1970.
The work is published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (Cimarron Music).
