Tango Suite for String Quartet - Nigel Keay

Tango Suite for String Quartet

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

15                

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

   

C                         3 3     sf mf                              sf mf                           mf sf                    

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

 q = 100  3   Violin 1                            f 3 3 3 3 3    Violin 2               f 3       Viola                      f 3 3     Violoncello                 f

Poemas de amor

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

  

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                              p ff

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     54

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

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   

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

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      

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



mp



f

3

                           mf mp

   pp        

             

3

3

   p

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 

B      

              f                                                          sf 3   

     

 

        

 

 



         



mp

mf

f

  f

 

        mf

    

 

mp

   

mp

Tango Suite for String Quartet

  

          mp  

30

    



     

  

  



34

  



          cresc. 3            mp    



 



  







mp

 

9

C          







 

3

 

3

  

 

               



                     3   3 

 

3

       

f

                                  mf f                     mf f                           mf   mf

3

f

37     



 

 

 



p

                 

                       mp                    mp  pizz.                      mp              42

   



 

     







    

        arco

 fp

mp



        

 

mp

 



    

       

D               

           3   





   f  f



f

 f



     

 



   

10

  

Tango Suite for String Quartet

45

fp

  3

3

 

fp

  

   fp

fp





poco rall.

    f

  Violin 1  





   

  f

f

 

f

f

3

f

   p

a tempo

     



sf

ff

      3

mf

 



   

   

 mp

5

   

3

5

9

  

          

        

 

   





                        mp           p                 p

5                          mf        mf                   mf      

    



    mp                  3 sf mp 3                      mp   3

 

rallentando





Vida

     

         f   Violoncello      Viola

f

        q = 112

Violin 2

 

  

A

              

                  mp

      mp

mp



mp



 

 

        

 

    

                                                      

    





 

       mf 3



     









     

          

3

3

             

  

     3

   

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

Tango Suite for String Quartet

    14

     

      

    



        



  

          mp         

   18

mp

 

          mp        mp         

   

mf

3

 

    

     

   

B      3

mp

   mp

     3

3

 

  





5

f

 

 f   

mp

5

 

    





       

f

  

   f

3

mf

 

3

       

      

mf

    mf           mf

     



 

  

           

  

p

 



  

      

  

p



 

     

  

    

  



p

 

                     p

     mp

           pp        pp

26



                               

      22        3

    

  

 

 

  

mp



          



 

11

dim.

        mp

           pp mf         

f



3

3

3

      3

     mp            mp            mp 

3

                       

12

Tango Suite for String Quartet

   

3        

30

3

          

    

mp

3

     

  33

      

          

                      36

  



                mp mf         

3



mf

3



 

 

39

  3

f

       

  f         f

f

3

3 3

p

   

mp



 



   

C 3      p



   

      



 

  

      

            

 

                           3



               3 mf                   dim.

3





  

5

               

         

            



3

mf

 

   

   



3

            

  

mf

3



     

   

mp

   





               

3

 

     

5

3

mf

  

mp

                   

3

      

 

             



   mf

        mp         3



       

f

5

                    mp 3

 





3

3



          f





 

5

      

   43

fp



Tango Suite for String Quartet

 

    

 fp

    fp

    

 

   

 

  

p



    47

                                       51

     

5

        mf



D



 

  



mp

mf

  

         mp

mf

mf

3

p

             pp               pp             pp 3

    

 

mf

  

f

  

            f               3 f 3               rall.

        fp        fp      fp

     

Tu, Que Nunca Serás....

                 

  

  

pp

A       

 

 

  



 

fp

mp

3

f

  



3

   

            

 Tempo di valse, h. = 64 Violin 1              mp    Violin 2            mp       Viola      mp        Violoncello           mp

5

                 cresc. mf                 mf             

         

 

                mf      

 

       mp

5

     

    

      

            mp  

13

 

  



  







   

14

Tango Suite for String Quartet

10

  







     





 

 





    

mp



  mf



mf



mf

mf



mf

      41

 

  



 

 

        



f

          

 

3

     

          

D



mp



mp

       

mf dim.

 mp

mf dim.





cresc.

    mp 

  



mf dim.

 

mf dim.





       

  

 

mp

mp  

  mp

  

 

 

f

   

f dim

           f

   

      

 

         sf  

   

sf



       

mp

mp



          

            mp 



mf



     

 

     f   

C                    

f

   

 

 

   f                   f                

  

                  mf f                    mf f                   mf    f

   

           





      

  



         mf

         mf

30





B

   

   

    



 

20





 

 

 

 





 

 

sf

sf

 

       

 

       mp

   

   

  

Tango Suite for String Quartet

51







mf

cresc.

 





15

E



                         mf              mf

  





  

mf

                 60





 



  

70

        

 



f

f

   

f

 

    



 





  





   





mf

 







   

                      

       

 

 

  



mf



G           

sf



mf

  sf

mf





     

  

   

dim.





  

dim.

                     mf                 mf 

              p 80

   



 

F

  

                     f cresc.                

  

      mf      mf         mf

 p 

     p





            mf p 



      





mp





H               p cresc.

                       mp p p cresc.                              mp p cresc. p                                      mp p p  

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Tango Suite for String Quartet

     

 

 

90

mf

 

 

   99







mf



f

    

  

 

 

  

   



 







    

 







 

 

 







  

                    f 3   3 3





mf

 

sf

                ff sf                              ff sf                              sf ff



mf         mf     dim.



              

 

115



     f

       





f

   



               

f           

108





I   



   





mf

         mf           









mf



mf

     sf

      sf











  

  

mf



mf

 

mf





rallentando                3 f 3               f                f                f

  



J  

  3 3 3                     

f





   

   

   



         



    



