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 Donatoni Clair No. 2
Author: orchestr 
Date:   2020-09-27 05:04

I'm joining the ranks of people crazy enough to play Donatoni's Clair. The first movement is a blast, but I'm finding some of his markings in the 2nd movement hard to interpret. I'm hoping someone with some kind of authority (worked with Donatoni, knew any of his dedicatees, etc.) can help, or can direct me to someone who might have solid answers. This is strictly referring to No. 2, which starts on page 6.

1. How do you interpret the breath marks under a rooftop in the top line?
2. Referring to these, it says "seque." How long does that continue?
3. Two lines down, he has the same thing, but over notes instead of rests, with the instruction, "Change position: ad lib." How do you interpret that? What is changing position?
4. Starting in the 6th line, he pluts eighth rests over grace notes. What does that mean? He does the same thing on page 8, sometimes putting the rests between the notes (5th and 6th lines), sometimes putting them above (frequently in the final 5 lines of the piece).

For #1, most recordings I've heard just play them as short rests, all the same length. For #3, it seems people ignore this instruction and play them their relative lengths. For #4, I've heard some people ignore the rests, and others put little pauses, but only when they are between the notes. These may just be the performers' best guesses.

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