FYederic Rzeurski

T}IIRfTSI STUDIES TOR INSTRU}.OITS

written for the

January

Ensernble fnter*Contenporain

J977

PerforrninF i nstructions

set of short studies is neant for an

of
unspecified rsurentation. A1l pa:rts *. *.itt* ensembr_e
ir.-aiLr"
clef., but !{ry paft n'y be rread^at ny tine in arD/ octave.
some
of the sh-rclies
a certain ninirrun n*u." of i.strtnnents:
Fquire
e.g. Study No. r requires seven; others, such as No. E, courcr
be
done with a sneuen ntrnber. nL instnit*r,tion
is-noi
nJ's.riry
the same fon ar-r thirteen str.rdies. Genenarly-rp*i.int,
th;-;emble
should irclude a.varieg of irstunental fa,oirrs *it'u-uu.iuay
or
mnBes t grou@--in strch r^ory
to enlrance the soLoistic cS.lracter
of each r-r"r. bcample: Ifor as
stdy requ:-ring
i,=nJa,',,r"n
as l'lo. r' the irrsrn-nentation *ig,hi uui .t"dg i"
bassr-ar""..b";;:
vibraphone, flute, electric pian, arto
but it rnight arso
be: glockenspier, violin, erculc orgar,saxrjf;one;
tuba, bass crarinet,
and ha'p. rn other.r.prcs,
_the hstumentation ror-eaerr pi";;
shoul-d be selected with a vier
to naintair.ir.,g-th. distirct coLor
of each irstr-rnent as ruch as possi_ble.
The follq^ring

The duration of eagh srr$y rr.y range from 2 to 4 minutes

on the
average. At certain points some short free inprovisatins
ilbe intoduced: i.e.-aiteg_Nos. 3, 6, 9,
iil
extent w-itrrin Nos. 12 and''13. H&everj "rd
trris iJ "*-i"-"'"*+i"
,.o. obligatory,
nor, for a given.perfornance, is it nu".-ty-io
p"rrorm .rr1 of
the rritten studies. For erc.rnpre, for . p.",fo*e of ca.
15-20 minutes;t duretion one coi'ld'perform'onry-nos.
4, 7,
l0' 12t.d 13, thtrs concentr*ting ory on tn r-r= r,
,'irr-i"tiy,,
notated nnterial. rf arl of the-writien
.Lne performed,
with i-rnprovisations i:rjected as werl into studies
th abor+-nar",.r=d roints,
a ccrnplete perfornarce could we-l_] rrgach a duration
;;;.

rn

Sh-rdy No.

"r1"

("Diar-ogue

wittr conrnentary,,), the top rine is to

be read by twb irrstrurnents, one reacling -thu'roi*. witlr
sterns
exrerrcling upaard ard the other the nctes r.rith stems errerd-ing
do,ln*ard. This is nrtl^rer d.ifficr-rLt, arrl if it prcvqs to be
too difficuLt or one is feeling tazy tne wnoie iir,.
rrnd by a single irsrr'nrent,
piano or er,ecrr.i. "oura-u.
g"it;:The gene.al terrdenry

".g.

of ttre piece is to begi' with norre or r.ess

strictry defined materi:l ard to rrDve progressively
tcr,Jard
sit,-rations_ of great". frcedorn. rf * Irnp"isations are done
in the earlier stages, one shuculd develof tr," ir"u.'r centrB.L
section of No. 12 0r itnt or b. 13
length, exterding
the dtration of one qn the other str:dy
"t.r*
to 5 ndntes or rore,
so t}"rt one has a clnnce to hea:n the vario,o u.u*p*itiors'of
the basic rneJ-cdic slnpes irt nuny different a."i"ttal ccnrbinations.

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