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M I CH A EL NO R R IS
Inner Phases
FOR STRING QUARTET AND CHINESE INSTRUMENT ENSEMBLE

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SANXIAN ()
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INSTRUMENTATION
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CHINESE ENSEMBLE

Xiao* ()
Pipa* ()
Yangqin ()
Sanxian ()
Daruan ()
Guzheng ()
Soprano Sheng ()
Percussion: bass drum, water gong,
small suspended cymbal (splash cymbal), vibraphone, bowed flexatone
Erhu I* ()
Erhu II* ()
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STRING QUARTET

Violin I*
Violin II*
Viola*
Cello
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SPECIAL NOTES

* PEBBLES

These instruments play pebbles at the beginning and end of

the work. The players take two flat pebbles, which have been
moistened (and ideally the left hand is wet too). One pebble
is held flat in the palm of the left hand, the other is held
lightly in the right. The pebble in the right hand is
fluttered on the surface of the other. The left hand moves
from a deep cup (marked +) to a flat palm (marked o).
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* GUZHENG TUNING
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The guzheng should be tuned to standard Chinese pentatonic tuning (D, E,
Fs, A, B) with the exception of one string which should be tuned to an Fn: ?
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WATER GONG

A small handheld, well-pitched gong lowered into a tub of water after being hit. The notation indicates an
approximate depth of submergence in the water, with the top sta line indicating the gong is out of the water, and
the bottom sta line indicating almost complete submergence.
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inner phases
MICHAEL NORRIS

10 q = 40 10


(Stones) (Water gong)

10 A q = 56 rit.

8

(Water gong) mf

A tempo

A tempo rit. rit.
15

mf sfz mf

20 B q = 60 accel. A tempo rit. A tempo rit.

p

mf sfz

26 C A tempo q = 64

mf p
sfz p f sfz p f

rit.

32

mf mf p mf mf p mf p mp

D 8 E Pi mosso q = 80

39 rit.

A tempo rit. A tempo poco rit. Pi mosso q = 84

46

mf

52 rit.
F q = 54
q = 70
accel. q = 80





G


60 1 2 3

p
sffz

67 H

p f p f

p f p f
71

poco accel.
rit.

77 I Pi mosso q = 90

3 3 3
3 3 3


mf

82 accel. q = 94

3 3


Poco meno mosso sfz
J q = 86

89

fp f p

96

mf p mf p mf

102


mp mf mp p

107

mp p

110

mf
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113


f p

L

116

mf

119

f p

122 M


f

125


p f

N q = 96 accel.


128

f p f

134 q = 90

O Subito lento q = 54




sfz sfz sfz mp

140

mp
145
accel. q = 80
rit.

q = 90
P Poco pi mosso Allegro

A tempo
154 q = 66 rit. rit. q = 90 rit. q = 40 rit.

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163 Q q = 70 accel.

q = 80
q = 86 R

(Pipa, Yangqin) mp

175 poco accel.

pp

mp f ppp

183 S q = 90

p



188

T q = 100


196

1 2 3 accel.

mf p

208

mp p
225
accel.

mf f
229 q = 108

mf p

232 q = 112 U

accel.

mf p

240

3 sfz
246 V

mf pp
pp
249

mf
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252

256 W

261


f ff p mf p mf p

265

p mf

mf p

mp p mp

269

p pp
mf
mf p mf p
272 X





f p mf p mf

275

p mf p fp f p f

278 Y



p f p f mp f mp f ff



282



mp p mf f

286 Z

ff p mp p

294 AA BB CC rall. 30

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