Alto Saxophone

Recitation Book
for Saxophone Quartet
DAVID MASLANKA
Broken Heart: Meditation on the chorale melody
“Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” (You who are three in one)
ten. 

q = ca. 54
                
    
ten. in tempo ten. in tempo
      

Sop. Sx.

    
          
10

    
ten. in tempo ten. in tempo
        

            

Faster


A. Sx. q = ca. 84 20
  
18

solo

    
pp mp cresc. f no dim.
5

 
                           
24
 ten.
Slower
ten. 
    
ff f p pp 9 f no dim.

   
      
30
   
Faster big

     
Suddenly slower

29 q = ca. 116
  
      

  
ff 3

   
q = ca. 96
    
36 accel. 40
  
          

3  
  
        
      
     
41
     
push forward

      
no dim.   
                         
Suddenly

  
slowing . . . a lot in Tempo

 
46
   
50
      
   

                               ten.

no dim.
  3 3

      
    accel...
  
51

   
60
        
wait

57 wait

                             
3q = ca. 84

 pp pp
fff
Copyright © 2006 David Maslanka
2 Alto Saxophone

Prelude/Chorale: Meditation on“Jesu meine Freude” (Jesus my joy)

q = ca. 116 - patiently
    
1

                                     
p 2 3 4 5 6
10
     
7

                  

7 8 9 10 11 12

           
13

                            
13 14 15 16 17 18

20

19

                                        
2

25

                                    

30

3 4 5 6 7 8

31

                                   

37 40
                                          

43

                                         
2 3 4 5

49 50
    
                                        
6 7 8 9 10
 Alto Saxophone 3

55
60
   
                                     


in tempo
61 hold but slowing

                            
back

Jesu, meine Freude (Bach’s realization)

              70          

 pause
q = ca. 52

67 pause pause

   
pp

            pause
 pause         
slowing pause pause pause

74

      

Ecco morirò dunque (Look! My death is near!)

Gesualdo di Venosa, 1596

    
h = ca. 52 - freely and expressively
  time  
take
  
    
1 take

   
time

p p pp mf

     
gradually

     

slowing...
      
10
  
8 take

 
time

pp f

             
20
   
       

16


p
 mf sub. f
30 slowing...
   
brief pause -
24
       

go right on

           
p p mf pp
4 Alto Saxophone

Meditation on “O Salutaris Hostia” (O Salvation’s Victim) - Gregorian Chant

1 
e = ca. 108 - smoothly

 
            
      

9 
 
      
10
            

17 hold Slower 20 Tempo I. 

            
back
    

25 
 
      
30
            

33 hold Slower

 
        
40
   
T. Sx. back
       
 
        

          
    

Tempo I.
 
  
A. Sx.
          
        
pp p
50
      
                    
48

   
 
a good pause

       
 
60
   
55 hold Slower before “Fanfare”
    
     
back
  
 Alto Saxophone 5

Fanfare/Variations on “Durch Adams Fall” (Through Adam’s Fall)

      
q = ca. 88
          
1

                
ff

        
     
8
       
10
          

                 
20
15   
   
Variations: “Durch Adams Fall” (Through Adam’s Fall)

breath q = e, q = ca. 176
         
pause
23
  
only
 3      
3

         
 3 3
no dim.
ff

  
                 
27 30
  
ff
6 Alto Saxophone

  
       
        3 
          
34

    
ff

 
   3              
39

3 3 3 3 40 3 3 3 3 3 3

                   
          
  
                    
43 3 3 3

         
(in tempo) sim.
   
  
3

                        
48 50

     

            

       
52

       

                        

60
 
56

         

 

                  
   
  
61
 
in tempo (same tempo)

     
       
sfz p

sfz p p

             70 
66
                 
 
       
sfz p sfz f ff
 
           
   
71
    
as before

                
( ff )

    
sfz p cresc. grad.

                       
76

          
80

sfz f sfz sfz
 Alto Saxophone 7

    
       
       
81

     

  
   
p

                             

87 90

sim.
     
p

                         
        
91

    

94                       
        


                             
        
98

         
100

        
101                  
        


104
           
  
          
  

                     
107
        
        
 (in tempo)
   
110

                       
     
p

114
            
                         
8 Alto Saxophone

  
     
120
119
        
              
 
ff p

      
              
123
      
         
mf ff
 
                      
127

  
 
p

              
129

                  

130

 
(p)

         
   
132

           
  
  

  


  very sudden cresc./dim., out of rhythm
               
137

140
   
p sub. ff p

          
                      
142

         
 pause
           
breath
 
A lot slower (q = ca. 80)
 
146

         
only freely, expressively 150
     
p

   
slowing
                            
152 3

ten. 3

         
pp
mf dim.
in tempo
155
A bit faster
        
sim.

        mf
p cresc.
 Alto Saxophone 9
160

     
slowing

f dim. p

 Slower (q = ca. 60)  

    
take

     
164

            
time

 

      
170 3

no vib.

   
Tempo I. (q = ca. 80)
     
    
p

slowing a bit
   
175

      


p
slowing a bit
    
176 in tempo
 
     
    
p

  q = ca. 76
slowing 180
             
178

in tempo

                
mf

            
pause
        
181 pause

           
pp mf

 
187 
pause   
pause

     
190
  
        
pp mf

                 
193
  
pause pause

    
pp

 
                 
199

 
q = ca. 176 200
 
 
ff
10 Alto Saxophone

   3
        
         
          
206 210
   
ff

 3 3  3 3  3              
211

3 3 3 3 3 3

           

          

                    

215

          
3 3 3 sim.

      
  

                                   
219 220

          


                             
    
224

     

        230stacc.        

 
228

                  

    
sfz p cresc. grad.

                        
        
233

      
f sfz sfz ff

      
238
 
240
                       
        

         sim.
                
244

         
  

                                          

248 250

 Alto Saxophone 11

251                                 
    


 
breathe ad lib. 260
          
254

 
ff

 
(no breath)
 
(no breath) 270

             
264

                     
273

           
     

            
     
276

          
 
suddenly

       
in tempo
 

holding back
      
      
quite a bit...

279 280
  

284
                       
     

 
290
                 
           
289

        



      
               
  
292 slowing gradually

   
    
ff ffp cresc. 3