The Troll Variations
for a soloist
by
Tom Duff
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Instructions

This piece is for a soloist playing any instrument.

Alternate sections are marked Say and Play. The Say sections are spoken or sung to an improvised tune in a stentorian and condescending manner, as a traffic court judge lecturing a recidivist speeder. Read as though the text makes perfect sense, even though its grammar and meaning may make sudden, unexpected turns.

The Play sections use an ordinary five-line staff with oval note heads () interspersed with diamond () and cross () note heads. Play in a manner that contrasts with the lecturer's attitude. Be mocking or solicitous or calm or resigned or anything else appropriate.

You can play in concert with other performers, who may play other versions of this piece, or other any other materials, composed or improvised. When playing with others, the Say sections should be performed as disruptively as possible, and the Play sections should be played sensitively, with utmost regard to enhancing the performance of the other players.

Score

Say: I'm sure that no bait was provided.

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Say: Why do you speak for when you say that? Maybe because the message to which I'm replying: Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 17:44:38 -0400 Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 18:07:26 -0400 All later. Obviously you didn't recognize it as a Monty Python skit.

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing that linear and circular thinking are the only two possibilities.

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Say: Does it matter, or are you tossing in another irrelevancy to be interesting. A live orchestra performance does not compose music should not write words. I doubt that Hemingway would agree with you.

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Say: Doe can apparently post his bait about anyone.

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Say: Barnes also uses musical means to vary the theme. Or didn't you notice? Too busy puking?

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Say: Irrelevant, given that you are not a concert band arrangement.

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Say: You're presupposing that it's shorter than Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra". Of course, I already know the meaning of the ocean?" "A good start."

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Say: Still based on the respondent!

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Say: Does it matter, or are you tossing in another irrelevancy to be "masterworks". I suggest that you claimed above that Professor Plum's postings were about music, when in fact they were about crossposting and such.

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Say: Be my guest, if you saw me quote someone else, which doesn't change the fact that my response is appearing there as well.

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Say: To judge its quality for themselves. Or do you call twelve accordions at the bottom of the composer in the discussion belongs in alt.usenet.kooks. If you have some musically-inclined friends who don't mind a little knock-knock joke, try "knock knock" "who's there" about twenty times (if they'll even play along that long) and then an oboe does not necessarily make it "stupid"? You called the Bartok was used as a Monty Python skit.

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Say: Why is that? There are multiple people with that name here.

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing that I'm thinking in such a context, yet there is no astrology department at UH.

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Say: Where is your interest in this case.

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Say: On the contrary, you asked to be interesting. A live orchestra performance does not compose music should not write words. I doubt that Hemingway would agree with you.

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Say: I am.

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Say: Incorrect.

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Say: Still non sequitur.

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Say: I haven't suggested that everyone here listen.

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Say: I'm looking you up on USENET right now, and you haven't substantiated your claim.

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Say: What for you would constitute evidence of my experience?

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Say: Because there is no astrology department at UH.

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Say: SWTHDTM?

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Say: And how is he relevant to that newsgroup, thus my response was in the same moment as the English horn?

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Say: I'd hardly call your pontification "evidence".

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Say: Impossible, given that I turned on you?

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Say: However, Pudge's complaint is not something that "decent people" do. Thus by your own admission. I'm doing exactly what you wanted.

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Say: On the contrary, the length of the meeting I was replying was crossposted to rec.music.compose, and yet hasn't spent one sentence discussing the "pago-pago variations".

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing the existence of a job.

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