Sonata

D AV I D M A S L A N K A

Sonata FOR A LT O S A X O P H O N E & P I A N O

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S O N ATA for Alto Saxophone & Piano

D AV I D M A S L A N K A

Sonata FOR A LT O S A X O P H O N E & P I A N O

( 1989)

F U LL S C OR E I N C

MASLANKA PRESS N E W YO R K

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Contents Program Note v I. Moderato

(8´30˝)

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II. Very expressive (10´) 15 III. Very fast (12´15˝)

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Total Duration: 30´ (All timings are approximate)

Program Note The Sonata was commissioned by the North American Saxophone Alliance for its 1989 convention. It is in three large movements. The first is lyrical and reflective, with sudden energetic bursts. The song-like and soulful second movement is a broad soliloquy with its roots in the expressive madrigal style of the sixteenth century. The third is a large rondo that is at times fierce, mournful, playful, and turbulent, and at the end ethereal. — dav i d m a s l a n k a

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S O N ATA for Alto Saxophone & Piano