i.

allegro focoso
ii. lento assai
iii. adagio non falsa

Several times I wrote "Wow!" next to

a work being played...
-Peter Jacobi, Herald Times

INSTRUMENTATION

flute
oboe
clarinet
horns 1-2
percussion
bass drum, suspended cymbal,
tam tam, vibraphone
harps 1-2
solo viola
solo cello
violins 1-3
viola
cello
contrabass

commissioned by
Yuval Gotlibovich & Avigail Arad

justinmerrit

EPHEMERA
double concerto for viola & cello

In 2000 composer Justin

Merritt (bn. 1975) was the
youngest-ever winner of the
ASCAP Foundation/Rudolph
Nissim
Award for
demands
Janus Mask
an audience's
. He is
attention
also
the
Merritt's
winner of
piece was the
a host of
standout.
o t h e r
-Rob
awards
Hubbard,
including
Pioneer Press
the 2008-09 Copland
Award,
the
2008
Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
Prize for River of Blood, and the 2006
Polyphonos Prize
He
received
his
Bachelors from Trinity
the
University and his
highlight of
Masters and Doctorate
the year
from
Indiana
came Nov. 9
University.
He
with Justin
studied composition
Merritt's
with Samuel Adler,
Five
S v e n - D a v i d
Preludes for
Sandstrm,
Claude
piano
B a k e r,
Ti m o t h y
-Peter
Kramer, Don Freund,
Schimpf,
and electronic and
Bloomington
computer music with
Independent
Jeffrey Hass. He is
currently
Assistant
Professor of Composition at St. Olaf
College.
He resides in Northfield,
Minnesota with his wife Yuedong and
their children Cullen Fang Ouxiang and
Molly Fang Qinghe.

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Score in C
Dur.: ca 20'

for Yuval Gotlibovich & Avigail Arad

Ephemera
double chamber concerto for viola and cello

Allegro focoso
Flute

Oboe

Clarinet

Horns 1-2

&2
4 #
f
& 24
& 24

#
#

j
#

& 24

2
4 p

Harp 2

# #
f

#
J

Solo Cello

Violin 1

Violin 2

Violin 3

Viola

Cello

Contrabass

Suspended Cymbal

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& 24 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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>>
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& 24 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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secco

B Major initial tuning

Solo Viola

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Justin Merritt

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J
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Bass Drum

Harp 1

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#

j
#
# > # #
f

& 24 # #
f
Percussion

q = 136

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Copyright (c) 2002 Justin Merritt (ASCAP)

Published by JMKrause
All rights reserved

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Ephemera - pg. 2

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choral orchestral

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solo

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Standard Deviation!.............................................................................................violin
Bar for Hans Sachs!.................................................................................................flute
Veloce!.......................................................................................................violin & piano
Coupling!................................................................................................................organ
Drum Break!...................................................................................................percussion

chamber

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Janus Mask!..................................................................................................
!
winds in 2s
River of Blood!.............................................................................................winds in 2s
Dervish!.........................................................................................................winds in 2s
Lachryme!..............................................................................................string orchestra
Monster!........................................................................................................winds in 3s

A Gauze of Misted Silver!..........................................................string quartet & harp

Ravening!..................................................................................................string quartet
Invocation!....................................................................................................8 solo brass
The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro!............clarinet, violin, cello, & piano
Trio!.................................................................................................violin, cello, & piano

piano

5 Preludes!..............................................................................................................piano
Chaconne: Mercy Endures!..................................................................................piano
Rococo Suite!..........................................................................................................piano
Sierpinski Gasket!..................................................................................................piano
Windchimes!...........................................................................................................piano
Hive!...................................................................................................4 pianos, 16 hands

vocal

other compositions by justinmerritt

Dissonance!.....................................................................................................song cycle
Steps Into Stillness!........................................................................................song cycle
Dhammapada!................................................................................................song cycle
London Thoroughfare, 2AM!...........................................tenor, horn, violin, & piano
May Evening in Central Park...........................................................
!
baritone & piano

Corde natus!..........................................................................................................SATB
Lamentations!.......................................................................................................SATB
Hay Das!......................................................................................................SMsATBrB
Nativity!.................................................................................................................SATB
Adoro Te Devote!.................................................................................................SATB
Fire Sermon!....................................................................................SSATB & orchestra

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