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Irremediable Breakdown, for horn and piano, by Nathan Pawelek

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Irremediable Breakdown is a musical commentary about marriage annulment, composed with a narrative in mind about a lonely protagonist, waking to face a mundane existence and lamenting solitude.  An unexpected romance rapidly unfolds followed by a predictable breakdown, where partners seek no common ground and choose disparity.
Performance time:  approx. 11:00
Appropriate for recitals and contests.
​​Commissioned and recorded by Denise Tryon on her album, So-Low.
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    • Horn, unaccompanied >
      • America!
      • Antilogy
      • Caccia
      • Halle Habana
      • Ninety-Five Minutes Over Jupiter
      • Preludes for the Four Seasons
      • Rising
      • Silhouette
      • The Spikenard
      • Tanguito
    • Horn and Piano >
      • A Door Into the Dark...
      • A Garden Path
      • Bay State Sonata (Donovan)
      • Brahms Six Songs
      • Chaconne & Fugue
      • Five Songs, Ives
      • Heroine
      • Hunting Songs
      • Irremediable Breakdown
      • Maiden Voyage
      • Out for a Stroll
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      • River Melos
      • Sonata (Gillie)
      • Sonata (Shewan)
      • Tardigrade, The Water Bear Waltz
      • Three Miniatures
    • Horns, Two to Four >
      • Fanfare (4 horns)
      • On Picasso (4 horns)
      • Under the Moon (2 horns, harp/pno)
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      • Amazing Grace (6 horns)
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      • B(h)ORN T'WIN (12 horns)
      • La Vita del Corno (8 horns)
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      • Thy Hand Hath Provided (8 horns)
    • Horn Methods and Etudes >
      • Concert Etudes for Horn, Complete Collection
      • Concert Etudes - Brahms
      • Concert Etudes - Mahler
      • Concert Etudes - Strauss
      • Concert Etudes - Classics
      • Concert Etudes - Russians
      • The Daily Drill for Horn Players
      • Horn Excerpt Boot Camp, V. 1
      • Interval Training in 63 Etudes
      • Quarter Tone Manual
      • Twenty Difficult Etudes
    • Horn and Strings >
      • Blue Ridge Courtship
      • Canto Serioso
      • Next Door to Purple
      • Rivermist
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      • Cruise Control
      • Tèarmunn
    • Chamber Ensembles >
      • 75/85
    • Brass Ensembles >
      • Battle Cry of Freedom (brass 5tet)
      • Beneath the Cross (brass 5tet)
      • Christmas Oratorio, Part VI (10 brass)
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      • Philharmonic Fanfare (2019)
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      • Zen Monkey (Brass 5tet)
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