Ali Latif Shushtari

Stillborn
for solo Violin
 Introduction

Composers Note

In this piece, I have created a musical perspective around a single

tone, extended and developed along the piece, keeping the
horizontal vision of Iranian music composition in mind.

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to my mentor, Dr. Mehdi Hosseini, for his generous help

and support. I am also grateful to my wife, Nasrin Amiri, for her love
and continued encouragement.

Ali Latif Shushtari

ALI LATIF SHUSHTARI (*1990) : Stillborn (2017)
for solo Violin

a) Position:
st : sul tasto, on the fingerboard

ord. : ordinario, ordinary position

sp : sul ponticello

esp : extreme sul ponticello

b) Displacement of the bow:

Extremely rapid displacement on the attack:

c) Slow displacement:
SP ORD

d) Bow pressure:
very high bow pressure very Low

e) Vibrato:
nv: non vibrato

pv: poco vibrato

mv: molto vibrato

gradual transition of vibrato: nv pv mv

f) :Scordatura
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Stillborn
(2017) Ali Latif Shushtari (1990)
q = 50

ord. sp st
Klang & #e
nv mv pv mv
& w w w w w w w w w w w
Notation

& #w w w # n k K l #w J j b k n l n k
o ppp mp ppp p pp mp pp

q = 115
ord. Flautando ord.

& #ee
## ee
nv
& w

j b > n# n b n
5 3 5
j
5

& bw #- - # - #- n . . b # # > b n #
J
- - . n # n
n#
f ppp f pp f ppp p 3

esp

& #ee
#e
j
&
5 5
5
# # # n b b n n n # n #
& # n b # n- n- - n - b # n . . . - #- -
- n 5 3
ppp pppp f pp

4

st
ne #e ne
sp
e q = 60 ord.
ne
4
& #bee be
#e
> - #
&
5 >
#n
5
- - # # n n # n #
w
# n b -- n #n#
b n
& # n bnnn n# n nb n># #n b b
5 n J
mf ppp pppp f ppp f

q = 45

rall. q = 38 esp
ne
Flautando
, st

& be
#e mv nv mv
# w w w w
&
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
w w w #w~ w~
& b w w #w w #w w w w
n
oo mf

=
 tap on chin rest
2 4 j
,pizz. ne 4
& #bee nbee
#e
nv

&
:; 5
bn> bb>n b n # # n
& #w n # #> J n # n
o pp 3 3 f p
3 pp n w
f mp

q = 78 ord.

arco ord. sp esp

&
U pv mv nv

& w w w
3
U #b w #w # 3 U j
&
# # w
n + 3 n + n + ppp p f
pp
> > mf o

q = 55
st sp ord.
&

& w w w w w w w w w w
:;
#w w
& <#>w w
pp

accel. < q = 125 4

esp , sp ord. 4
&
c.l.b arco
&

<#># ~w ~w # b n # n # n b # #b nnb #n #n
n3
&
b n #n
3 nn #
o pp 3 f pp 5 5
7 7

on the bridg

&

&

## ~w ~w ~w
& , pppp o