Moments Musicaux for Roger Sessions in Celebration of His Plus 80 Years

Moments Musicaux for Roger Sessions in Celebration of His Plus 80 YearsAuthor(s): Andrew Imbrie, Robert Helps, Paul Lansky, David Diamond, Carlton Gamer, MiltonBabbitt, J. K. Randall, Miriam Gideon, Leon Kirchner, Edward T. Cone, Benjamin Boretz,Vivian Fine, Richard Swift, David Lewin, Peter Westergaard, Hugo Weisgall and Claudio SpiesSource: Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring - Summer, 1978), pp. 85-154Published by: Perspectives of New MusicStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/832679 .

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MOMENTS MUSICAUX for

ROGER SESSIONS in celebration

of his

plus 80 years



This collection, by friends and students of Roger Sessions, has as its source a group of short pieces written by com- posers on the faculty of Princeton University in celebration of their former colleague's 80th birthday. We have here extended the scope of this initial project to provide an even more resonant tribute.



ANDREW IMBRIE

A MOMENT'S REFLECTION

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June 22, 1978 Berkeley, California



ROBERT HELPS

FANTASY FONTANA

Agitato, rubato

, f

A~ Ak -A I 10 at

3:1*

14 I II

II 3" %zvt

Iff

11 II II



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IF

dim. Daf

6,w 6:t



95

(P Ps

lw

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(15ma)) 1------

P PP PP

PP p p p 8sli

July 1977 Berkeley, California



PAUL LANSKY

SARABANDE

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Irv,

z I I 1 0 c p-

A I .

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* Accidentals affect only those notes which they immediately precede. ? 1978 by Boelke-Bomart, Inc., Hillsdale, N.Y.



97

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DAVID DIAMOND

SCHERZINO

Allg.effo I . 88-Z)

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A

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( 1978 by David Diamond



100

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101

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r

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A

S. *~. *ea . * Beb

A- va ------

rw AII

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102

dom- "-.--"

dim.

[0non ritardare - -

II* I *

Sulito mol;o piu mo -o- allsr (9 f 2b)

_ . * donrirzoo

I- ,. y -

- ,I

22 March 1978 Rochester, New York



CARLTON GAMER

QUIETLY, WITH FEELING

(after Mendelssohn)

* Andante

p MUM ? cantabile rv --

-Felix Mendelssohn: Sanft und mit Empfindung, Op. 7, No. 1

Andants floatinS q.. .. .. . ari a1 4,eamo TAM f

97IV I

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. ,...p " (2 d time pp,

ai in a d7-eam)

I-j~m n i , - .

jwIFUI1W I I Ii I l ; p; LIu

1. .7. ,,m A ". N A1. . . A "0 * ..ma - t j m .,. ,



104

7

Im

A I I

, '?I I '

can abile ~poo rit. a tempo

" i- M i I X" If -41

L -L1M

An II . I.

A L I?

S dim. d

I ./

1,,1,10 ? ? 11;



105

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ILI IJI - ILIV

Tf f

I J tndin oa

Capp

A. .r.n_ : 1 11

6W lb 1 10

October 1976 The MacDowell Colony

Peterborough, New Hampshire



MILTON BABBITT

MY COMPLEMENTS TO ROGER

(on yet another birthyear)

(1. _5) 5=J 1

r-. .f p

I PPP

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I 3= L-pL

.m aI

AM IJ

Notes: 1. Accidentals affect only those notes which they immediately precede. 2. Pedals should be used whenever necessary to obtain the indicated durations. 3. Dynamic indications, no matter where placed, affect both hands unless there are spe-

cific indications to the contrary.



107

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108

L3

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110

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if m -M I IP C ~

np mili m 7

f ppa



111

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L 1 L3

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112

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4"

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114

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August 30, 1978 Jerusalem; Princeton



from my diary for Roger Sessions

a meditation on Rossignol

J. K. RANDALL



116

nly rolliny ( c. 92)

n.... .

8tfa ---------------------

iit -- --

segue

rd. ---- --

ll .......

Stfa-------

8va -------



117

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8Va--

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gva

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(PP)

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MIRIAM GIDEON

HOMMAGE A ROGER

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OPP- to

F - " I i t .m.

- I A FAR.i r 4c. I

- .,.

M f P

MAV cruel A'%. . . ?PEN.

* Accidentals refer only to those notes which they immediately precede.



119

17 r- LL I r?

ff

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ac Iepo

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1978 New York City



LEON KIRCHNER

A MOMENT FOR ROGER

(L. J joo)

ill ,d dl'

> decrec-.

Rd d"d fed~~

L/ I ? ii L p a

rec-

-. ii -

p -4.



121

11

Oft

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A

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EDWARD T. CONE

PAGE FROM A DIARY

F l~t, U

F I yf M

fT26 OIL q 1 (lf -J

Sow

L ?IR

* Accidentals apply throughout the measure, unless cancelled.



123

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IL W_~ & '

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/A~ P

i e mwendo

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*--*

Q=n

16~.

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mwp



124

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- - - - - - -

m f, esa.i iv t

-tin - - - --

- - .4ant ('an_)

IF % $

jp ' pdcp

de isi

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_._ _,_..dO_.. - p

)ti: 4 J1 I_141



125

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F9 a E. hFa.

mI np

E*

PP PPp

P pp

NW--



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F. . .. ... .....

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.. . . . . pfrt* !

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FQ -~-----?------- ------------------------

AV r

16............................6

mO



127

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I 0- FO I -- : p

PP I F

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t,tutz~v O .f I A.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .



128

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A i 1td- -WI-1-1 ov- -

I- 7tE , me , t.e -

am wni me*



129

- - - - - - - a - A-ndant- e ( 60)

II . !4 I ? i !

pow a poco ralentando - - - - - - - - - -

. pi eaprsiw wdto c premsio P; a i

lice.

wMnop ctrdcendo mf p tsbito PU Pp

dii6e1nde ..... -......... ----I K$IP "

-.- =. .. . . j.._, . [ , -..., . . , . . - ,

Princeton, New Jersey



BENJAMIN BORETZ

FOR ROGER SESSIONS

(a passage)

Rather fast, and even a bit furiou (4-IO)

wilkout new energy

fi ill lao-t clar

e. (empre)

from afar

(o ampreiO ) d M. emyrs sordino



131

1 '9~r3,

f --PPP

narsr, dlosing in

aa pontla~nk

,angr, r~oilig arrivsing

*ift and Itrittl

Iuf

J v

$12



132

converpyn------------------- -o--------- (r--2--75 -" -- -

- - c1n75r11 h: Iamdleily iolik uent

AL -- L3 J

17"

Sde open poco decr~e.

c .inef Jay, , e yofA

L J

F_

I".."-- ._. . M

.

IWC~~ I~4



133

conltmplaie, in Mhadow, distinct, articulate

SPPP

I 1. PL ,_

-1r :::- - o I4- i-

9. ,-i

oa 0 0 G/ C7zr s



134

g5dll, brisht

' I I

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.................................l



135

s-,L. n- ? t I " "

*(O. ad lib.)

'P di. --1

or; flatfooted _

.a. _ 4 SPp

January 1979 Barrytown, New York



VIVIAN FINE

MOMENTO

Poco Alletdfo, d?lato

j >

wil/ deft pdalzng

MI

'21 -91%,F

( 1978 by Vivian Fine



137

L'k ,Fi - . . ..M

I

6 "I.. . , L A ZY

.941. ' I AM I

0.,r, a"p 1

------- - ------------------- - - -------------- " Lf~t ~ J~i ortopi OF

An- --A-

rI

I NNW-"

I

10 A.J

*A "r ILII'A

April 16, 1978 North Bennington, Vermont



RICHARD SWIFT

STRAVAGANZA IX

(Variation, Mein blaues Klavier)

(J -,. TO)

pm fif

,, P - _

?ay mj #,

e*f.c)

-?I T I /ll, !

Q

PP

i I I

i

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" !.L

I" IL-- -P r

i z% "

FPF In Aw -

, 1 II I

Pll I -- -

p. ,.

pps

* Except for tied notes, accidents affect only those notes they immediately precede.



139

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i- mf p p fp _ . P

f p rJ .

p. --

or ?l il I Ii I y

r - - -.* '-

_

-, 0-, ; PP, 10 P2 _

A fI

sla. p

If -------

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140

Iff

pr I "! I

.

.---------- 71 l rd #1 o f v 46 y a 0Jy

Ja~8~0s. f >

414

a al-- ,,

..e 1A aot. p 4VLB~



141

brna--t %V---------------- ---------

4f>--1 I

k _

inf *-4

,,nf

S? . --- 6 ?

y r -L a Ari-



142

mmp

pPP

.PP

December 1978 Davis, California



DAVID LEWIN

JUST A MINUTE, ROGER

Con fuoco ( 1. 132)

dedta voce . mF empre in reliev -mF ;

M- - - -- I r-- - I"-. - - I IfI

4

in-'I due mIan

)

ic, .



144

p" my mf

LPP P

mpp

lm'E El m du I I

.-la ,.-f C/ . ,npP SIR II

> > .

)

IL I Id - ER Fly I MM I IP 1

>

Pip

pa f 90,0---r --pt"1 e -OLT'

F i p 1'1 --

- _ _

6..."

I L. _

i t Mlg?__ 14 t 6 IL



145

PiJ rilaIa.to, ma flumlne

.---.. J. J, (Jl. e, A "peno

.forde un po' col pedale

in reltevo, ma mtno in

. dPn

May 23, 1978 Setauket, New York



PETER WESTERGAARD

ALONSO'S GRIEF

Largo A/ff4uodo

,m r wm. dim.

p. .

_

yf

_ _ --e

.

1'

L dz'n. i 4=-

, ,.?IT mp :;v a -"_ ;r "

e!tf

( 1977 by Peter Westergaard



147

- Pl "

- ,,.

2 ? -- J I

PP

P dim.

A'% f L

I.

I.I .o- .o-

"" .ML

August 23, 1977 Princeton, New Jersey



HUGO WEISGALL

ROCKBLICK

&/hr tanpjom3 idel audruciivoll - - -- - - afempo PP

ow oO

F1

t:

~a32 r - - ,PP

? L__I IVill-

?z "..._Z. ----L

C 1,/,921 S 1 C

P1 ? " , A" "- .

_ J ,;,j.: . .., ,,, , . . .. .. .

( 1978 by Theodore Presser Co., Bryn Mawr, Pa.



149

ee p _ --t

i. -r-3:2- ._ j.L._7_ --.. .

A

oil I- ia-.---

'M"fL. '

Pp

: : ' - " 1; ,"'l$. . ., I

p

I l

Ag RO

Llm w: i

----------

April 24-27, 1978 Great Neck, New York



CLAUDIO SPIES

A BETWEEN-BIRTHDAYS BAGATELLE

(for Roger Sessions' 80th-81st)

(J = 1Zo)

ost.

ped

? 1977 by Claudio Spies



151

oo ri a

4 Vf- 4.

J. b- r-an- _1 F.

ii af PIf

Ar -, z

1 1 -- -------- IjM- afn

Poco rit a ( tempo PI~r- 1 rle- at -

/x~L~Y ct.i aetn

,?.c

I I



152

I- a t po U,.CAL

F-----_

L."F1 - --- 3 -1 -,

-'-J ped.ot



153

1- "-I

- martl., .--

poco rit. a tempo

sost7 ped.

- ---

3 m

i L -

cotit.m a

tempo

a tempo



154

con dlicatezza

AL... ..*

5" FRI.

Sm---

3 ,.foot

- ..7 _., - __

J , f

a,% C7 ILI I I 1

IA.

u.c. I

7. VII. 1977 Princeton, New Jersey



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