Plus Minus

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Ming Tsao

Plus Minus

Litolff / Peters

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Plus Minus was commissioned by ascolta with the help of an Ernst von Siemens grant.

Plus Minus is a full realization of Stockhausen’s Plus Minus (1963). All seven symbol pages are realized with two layers, where layer 1 is represented by the trio clarinet, cello and piano and layer 2 is represented by the remaining instruments.

First performance: April 26, 2013 Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

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Perc. 2

Accordion Perc. 1

Piano Crotal

es Tpt.

Tromb.

Conductor Cello

Guitar

Clarinet Crotales Crotales

Crotales

Seating arrangement

Instrumentation

Clarinet in Bb (also Bass clarinet in Bb)

Trumpet in C (straight, plunger and cup mutes, one thick metal wire clothes hanger and a cello or bass bow) Plus 2 crotales suspended in front of the performer for ease of striking.

The crotales are tuned to the following pitches

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Table-top steel-string guitar:

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for trumpet

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

please add this after 1/4 tone sharp to the accidentals on top line of General section please add 1/4 tone sharp from PDF forlegende.pdf

Trombone (with straight, plunger and cup mutes, one thick metal wire clothes hanger and a cello or bass bow) Plus 2 crotales suspended in front of the performer for ease of striking.

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Piano (with sostenuto pedal, plectrum and rubber hammer) Four strings detuned by one quarter-tone

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Plus 12 crotales mounted on a board and arranged in front of the performer (on the piano above the keyboard).

The crotales are tuned to the following scale of pitches

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Guitar – Classical guitar and electric guitar with Whammy Bar, volume pedal, tremolo, distortion and delay effects, (all independently controlled with a footswitch), glass slide, ebow. The classical guitar may require amplification.

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Plus 11 crotales mounted on a board and suspended in front of the performer for ease of striking.

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Violoncello — Scordatura: Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

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Accordion (one thick metal wire clothes hanger, cello or bass bow) Percussion — two players

Percussion 1 Celesta *)

Vibraphone (with functioning motor) Crotales (a full set) *)

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Timpani (four drums) thick metal wire coat hanger large Tam-Tam

Marimba

Steel-string guitar, laid level on a table (with glass slide and plectrum) 2 Bass bows

2 superball mallets and 1 metal rod of medium thickness 2 Reibstocks (threaded wooden dowels)

Percussion 2

Vibraphone (with functioning motor) Crotales (a full set) *)

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Cello scordatura

IV III II I

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

Timpani range:

8

Scordatura:

6 5 4 3 2 1

8

E-git

6 5 4 3 2 1

crotales for tbn

piano detuning

piano crotales

guitar crotales

Percussion 1

Percussion 2

1 2 3 4

3/4-tone sharp

Glockenspiel *)

Timpani (one large drum) Marimba

thick metal wire coat hanger

Two Tom-toms (1 large and 1 small) snare drum

Triangle large Tam-Tam

Steel-string guitar, laid level on a table (with glass slide and plectrum) 2 Bass bows

2 superball mallets and 1 metal rod of medium thickness 2 Reibstocks (threaded wooden dowels)

*) Celesta and Glockenspiel sound one octave higher than written, crotales sound two octaves higher than written. A separate celesta performer may be used.

Note: the score is in C, except for the violoncello and guitars which are transposed to standard tuning.

Duration: approx. 30 minutes – Scordatura for both electric and classical guitars

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Clarinet (also Bass clarinet)

Cello (Scordatura)

Trumpet (also 2 crotales)

Trombone (also 2 crotales)

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2 Piano (also 12 crotales)

Classical Guitar and electric guitar (scordatura) (also 11 crotales)

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tremolo off

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q = 92

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Ming Tsao

Plus Minus

Litolff/Peters

03/2013

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