| Solos for the Viola Player Viola, Piano Schirmer
(with Piano Accompaniment) Edited by Paul Doktor. Viola solo book for viola solo...(+)
(with Piano Accompaniment) Edited by Paul Doktor. Viola solo book for viola solo and piano accompaniment. With solo part, standard notation, fingerings, bowings and piano accompaniment. 64 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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| Sonata for Solo Viola Viola Boosey and Hawkes
Viola SKU: HL.48024561 Composed by Robin Holloway. Boosey & Hawkes Chambe...(+)
Viola SKU: HL.48024561 Composed by Robin Holloway. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 18 pages. Duration 1440 seconds. Boosey & Hawkes #M060134159. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024561). ISBN 9781784543518. 0.078 inches. This Sonata for Viola (unaccompanied) was written in 1999. The soloists C-string is tuned down a semitone for the entire piece, giving a duskier quality to the tone-colour, and setting up in the very first bar the characteristic melodic/harmonic shape that infiltrates all four movements. I - slowish and thoughtful - gradually expands this opening idea into cantilena and pattern, as prelude to II - Vivacissimo - played muted throughout, a tremolando tarantella, with contrasting section, chunky double-stops, alternating withsomething of a gigue. III - adagio - rhapsodic and quasi-improvisando, enclosing a simple self-contained melody, and linking into IV, where the gigue-like material from the scherzo provides the principal substance, expanding into an ardent cantabile, and calminginto the Coda not just the finale but, in its reminiscences of I, to the sonata as a whole. $21.99 - See more - Buy online | | |
| Solos for the Viola Player Viola, Piano [Sheet music + CD] Schirmer
(Viola and Piano). By Various. Edited by Paul Doktor. String Solo. Softcover w...(+)
(Viola and Piano). By Various.
Edited by Paul Doktor. String
Solo. Softcover with CD. 56
pages. Published by G.
Schirmer
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| Solos for the Viola Player Viola [Accompaniment CD] Schirmer
(la and Piano Accompaniment CD). By Various. Edited by Paul Doktor. String Solo....(+)
(la and Piano Accompaniment CD). By Various. Edited by Paul Doktor. String Solo. CD only. 8 pages. Published by G. Schirmer
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| Classical Duets For All (Viola) 2 Violas (duet) [Sheet music] - Easy Alfred Publishing
Viola. Arranged by William Ryden. Duet or Duo; Masterworks; Mixed Instruments - ...(+)
Viola. Arranged by William Ryden. Duet or Duo; Masterworks; Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation; Solo Small Ensembles. Classical Instrumental Ensembles for All. Classical. Collection. 24 pages. Alfred Music #00-EL96136. Published by Alfred Music
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| Viola Solos with piano accompaniment (Digitally Remastered 2 CD set)
Viola, Piano [Sheet music + CD] Music Minus One
For Viola. Classical (with piano accompaniment). Includes a high-quality printed...(+)
For Viola. Classical (with piano accompaniment). Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with the accompaniment, minus you, the soloist. Published by Music Minus One
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| Music for Four, Volume 2, Part 3 - Viola Viola [Part] Last Resort Music Publishing
By Various. Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For viola. Quartets. Music for Four. Baro...(+)
By Various. Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For viola. Quartets. Music for Four. Baroque / Classical. Intermediate/Advanced. Part 3
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio und Rondo K. 617 for glass harmonica (piano), flute, oboe, viola and violoncello Piano solo [Sheet music] G. Henle
For Flute, Oboe, Viola, Violoncello and Glass Harmonica (Piano). By Wolfgang Ama...(+)
For Flute, Oboe, Viola, Violoncello and Glass Harmonica (Piano). By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by H. Wiese. Chamber Music with Winds. Pages: Score = VI and 21 * Fl = 3 * Ob = 3 * Va = 3 * Vc = 3 * Glasharmonica = 8. Urtext edition-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.
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| Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento Viola, Piano [Score and Parts] Theodore Presser Co.
By Franz Joseph Haydn. Arranged by Gregor Piatigorsky. For Viola, Piano. Publish...(+)
By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Gregor Piatigorsky, Henri Elkan. Arranged by Gregor Piatigorsky. For Viola Solo, Piano Solo, Viola Solo, Piano. Classical. Score and parts. 8 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company.
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| The G. Schirmer Viola Anthology - Viola And Piano Viola, Piano Schirmer
(11 Works from the 20th and 21st Centuries). Composed by Various. For Viola, Pia...(+)
(11 Works from the 20th and 21st Centuries). Composed by Various. For Viola, Piano Accompaniment. String Solo. Softcover. 108 pages. G. Schirmer #ED4572. Published by G. Schirmer
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| 101 Classical Themes for Viola Viola Hal Leonard
Composed by Various. Instrumental Solo. Softcover. 88 pages. Published by ...(+)
Composed by Various.
Instrumental Solo.
Softcover. 88 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
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| Classical Heartbreakers Piano solo [Sheet music] - Intermediate Hal Leonard
The Most Moving Classical Music of All Time. By Various. Piano Solo Songbook (In...(+)
The Most Moving Classical Music of All Time. By Various. Piano Solo Songbook (Intermediate to advanced piano arrangements with no lyrics). Softcover. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Skilful Solos Viola, Piano [Sheet music + CD] - Intermediate Anglo Music
Viola and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.AMP-349-400 20 Progressive Piec...(+)
Viola and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.AMP-349-400 20 Progressive Pieces with Piano Accompaniment. Composed by Philip Sparke. Tuition. Book with CD. Composed 2013. 44 pages. Anglo Music Press #AMP 349-400. Published by Anglo Music Press (BT.AMP-349-400). ISBN 9789043138673. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch. Philip Sparke’s Skilful Solos is the second volume of a progressive series of solo books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician. Following on from the first book in the series Starter Solos this collection generally contains longer pieces suitable for the developing young musician. Specifically tailored for each instrument, Skilful Solos introduces the concept of phrasing by suggesting suitable breathing points and takes the player into new keys with extended instrumental ranges, new notes being introduced in a gradual and logical manner.Skilful Solos comes with a play-along CD. The advantages of playing eitherwith piano or CD accompaniment are that the beginning player can now experience the important aspects of ensemble playing from their earliest lessons, thus developing the essential skills of listening while they play and maintaining strict tempo, which is not always achieved when playing alone.
Skilful Solos past in het rijtje Starter Studies, Skilful Studies, Super Studies en Starter Solos, een succesvolle reeks van Philip Sparke. Net als de eerdergenoemde uitgaven bevat Skilful Solos waardevol,motiverend speelmateriaal dat de keuze voor een methode aanvult. Nieuwe muzikale elementen komen in een logische volgorde aan de orde - om de ontwikkeling van de complete muzikant te bevorderen. Uitgave met cd: De voordelen van het spelen metbegeleiding - hetzij op de piano, hetzij op de cd - zijn dat de beginnende speler de belangrijke aspecten van het ensemblespel kan ervaren vanaf de eerste lessen en essentiële vaardigheden kan aanleren: het luisteren tijdens het spelen en hethandhaven van een strak tempo. Bij het alleen spelen komen deze factoren minder aan de orde.
Das frühe Lernstadium ist, neben einem guten Lehrer im Unterricht, für jedes Instrument zweifellos das Wichtigste. Von großer Bedeutung ist aber auch motivierendes Lehrmaterial. Für diese zwei Solobücher beriet sich Philip Sparke mit vielen Lehrern, wie man am besten neue Noten einführt und zugleich einen Rahmen schafft, in den sich neue musikalische Elemente in sinnvoller Reihenfolge einfügen lassen. Unterstützt von diesenSoli und Etüden in drei verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsstufen können Instrumentalschüler schnell zu richtigen Musikern heranreifen. Jedes Buch ist genau auf die Bedürfnisse und Anforderungen des einzelnen Instrumentes zugeschnitten. STARTER SOLOS und SKILFUL SOLOS können dank der im Buch und auf der CD enthaltenen Begleitungen auch gut alleine oder mit einem Pianisten einstudiert und aufgeführt werden. Der Vorteil dabei ist, dass Anfänger so nicht nur die wichtigsten Aspekte desEnsemblespiels erfahren sondern auch von Anfang an die Fähigkeit entwickeln, zu hören während sie spielen und das Tempo zu halten. Inhalt: Nice to See You Again •Pony and Trap •Summer Siesta •Spring (Vivaldi) •A Victorian Ballad •Trumpet Tune •Promenade •Greensleeves •Could You Repeat That? •Alladale Aria •Scales of Justice •Largo from Winter (Vivaldi) •Waltz with Variations •Atthe Circus - Adagio (Mozart) - Marche Militaire (Schubert) - Thinking of You - Fives and Threes - Daydream - Rhode Island Rag Suivant Starter Solos, Skilful Solos est le nouveau recueil motivant offrant une présentation structurée des techniques de jeu et d’apprentissage. Les solos composés par Philip Sparke constituent les premiers pas plaisants de votre entrée dans le formidable monde de la musique ! Sur le compact disc inclus, vous trouverez une version intégrale de chaque pièce ainsi qu’une version où ne subsiste que l’accompagnement ; la version papier des accompagnements de piano est jointe au recueil. Skilful Solos può essere considerato il seguito di Starter Solos. Suonare con l’accompagnamento è un lavoro di squadra che sviluppa la capacit di ascolto e di reazione. Skilful Solos è indispensabile per progredire nel mondodella musica. $22.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Clarinet Solos, Duets, Ensembles, Methods & Studies for: The Ultimate Collection Clarinet CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220629 Woodwinds, Clarinet. USB (PDF Scores). CD Sheet Music #0...(+)
SKU: SU.00220629 Woodwinds, Clarinet. USB (PDF Scores). CD Sheet Music #00220629. Published by CD Sheet Music (SU.00220629). This CD Sheet Music collection on USB Flash Drive contains 2 complete CDSM titles: The Clarinet Solos & Duos collection makes available a wealth of music for solo clarinet including sonatas, concertos, and solo works by 28 composers from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Also included are two complete volumes of collected works: Easy Duets and Album of Short Solos by Various Composers. Works include: Baermann, C. (Duo Concertante); Baermann, H. (Adagio); Beethoven (3 Duos for Clarinet and Bassoon); Berg (4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano); Brahms (Sonata Nos. 1 & 2); Busoni (Elegie for Clarinet & Piano); Cavallini (30 Caprices for Clarinet); Debussy (Première Rhapsodie); Fauré (Berceuse); Gade (4 Fantasy Pieces); Glazunov (Saxophone Concerto [for clarinet & piano]); Jeanjean (Variations on Au Clair de la Lune); Klosé )Souvenir); Mason (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano); Mendelssohn (Concert Piece for 2 Clarinets & Piano); Mozart, L. (Concerto in Bb major); Mozart, W.A. (3 Duets for 2 Clarinets); Paganini (14 Caprices); Pierné (Pièce in G minor); Prokofiev (Visions Fugitives); Reger (Sonata Nos. 1 & 2); Reinecke (Sonata, Undine); Saint-Saëns (Sonata in Eb major); Schumann (Fantasy Pieces, 3 Romances); Spohr (Concerto Nos. 1-4); Stravinsky (3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo); Wagner (Adagio for Clarinet & Strings); Weber (Fantasia & Rondo, Grand Duo Concertante) Easy Duets Book 1: works by Fodor, Pleyel, Volckmar, Wanhal; Book 2: works by Mazas, Bruni, Campagnoli, Gebauer, Geminiani, Haydn, Pleyal, Viotti Album of Short Solos by Various Composers: 30 familiar works arranged for clarinet, including Brahms (Cradle Song), Dvorák (Humoreske), Fibich (Poéme), Handel (Largo), Giordani (Caro mio bien), Richter (Seppl-Polka), Schubert (Ave Maria), Schumann (Träumerei), Weber (Bauernwalzer), and more Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1200+ pages The Clarinet Methods, Studies & Ensembles collection makes available eight essential clarinet methods, studies and exercises, as well as over 30 works for clarinet with instruments including duos, trios and quartets by 20 familiar and lesser-known composers from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Scores and parts are included for many ensemble works. Methods, Studies & Exercises include: Baermann (Complete Method for Clarinet, Op. 63); Klosé (Conservatory Method, 25 Daily Exercises, 30 Studies after Aument); Langenus (Complete Method for Clarinet); Rose (32 Etudes for Clarinet) Ensembles include: Amberg (Fantasiestücke, Suite for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Piano); Beethoven (Quintet for Piano and Winds); Brahms (Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano); Bruch (8 Piece for Clarinet, Cello & Piano); Cavallini (Rêverie Russe for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano); d'Indy (Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello); Fibich (Quintet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Horn, & Piano); Glinka (Trio Pathétique, for Clarinet, Cello, & Piano); Hummel (Serenade No. 1 for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, & Cello); Liadov (8 Russian Folk Dances); Mozart (Twelve Minuets for 2 Clarinets or Basset Horns, Five Divertimenti for 2 Clarinets & Bassoon), Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Quintet for Piano & Winds, Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano); Ravel (Intruduction & Allegro); Reger (Quintet for Clarinet & Strings); Rimsky-Korsakov (Quintet for Piano & Winds); Saint-Saëns (Tarantella for Flute, Clarinet & Piano); Schubert (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen); Schumann (Märchenerzählungen, for Clarinet, Viola & Piano); Spohr (Fantasy & Variations); Titl (Serenade for Violin, Clarinet & Piano); Zemlinsky (Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Cello) Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2100+ pages Published by: CD Sheet Music. $24.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Adagio and Rondo in C Minor, K. 617 [Score and Parts] Kalmus
Glass Harmonica (or Piano), Flute, Oboe, Viola, and Cello. Composed by Wolfgang ...(+)
Glass Harmonica (or Piano), Flute, Oboe, Viola, and Cello. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). 5 or More; Masterworks; Mixed Instruments - Miscellaneous Ensemble; Solo Small Ensembles. Kalmus Edition. Classical; Masterwork. Part(s); Score. 16 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K09672. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition
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| Simply Baroque Piano solo [Sheet music] - Easy Alfred Publishing
27 Well Known Masterpieces. Arranged by Bruce Nelson. For Piano. Piano Collectio...(+)
27 Well Known Masterpieces. Arranged by Bruce Nelson. For Piano. Piano Collection. Simply Series. Masterwork. Level: Easy Piano. Book. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in C Viola, Piano [Reduction] Theodore Presser Co.
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Gregor Piatigorsky. For Viola, Piano. Pu...(+)
For Viola and Piano. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Henri Elkan. Arranged by Gregor Piatigorsky. For Viola Solo, Piano. Solo part with piano reduction. 12 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company.
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| Album of Easy String Quartets, Volume II
String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello [Set of Parts] - Easy Kalmus
Pieces by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and others. Mas...(+)
Pieces by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and others. Masterworks; Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; String Quartet. Kalmus Edition. Baroque and Classical Period. Set of performance parts. 72 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K03426. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition
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| Concerto Alto Saxophone and Piano Sikorski
Alto Saxophone; Piano Accompaniment (Score and Solo Part) SKU: HL.50601598(+)
Alto Saxophone; Piano Accompaniment (Score and Solo Part) SKU: HL.50601598 Alto Saxophone and Piano Reduction Exempla Nova 680. Composed by Edison Denisov. Woodwind Solo. Classical. Softcover. 121 pages. Sikorski #SIK8880. Published by Sikorski (HL.50601598). 8.0x11.75 inches. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996.In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from thecomposer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development,recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with soniceffects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova). $64.00 - See more - Buy online | | |
| String Quartet String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello [Score] Chester
String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.14043597 Score. Composed by Brian E...(+)
String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.14043597 Score. Composed by Brian Elias. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Score. 46 pages. Chester Music #CH81103. Published by Chester Music (HL.14043597). 8.25x12.0x0.166 inches. String Quartet Was Composed By Mumbai-Born Brian Elias In 2012, And Was Commissioned By The Jerusalem String Quartet. Lasting Around 20 Minutes, This Is The Full Score Of The Work Arranged For Violin I, Violin Ii, Viola And Cello. The Work Has Been Laid Out In The Conventional Four Movements, Allegro, Adagio, Presto, Adagio-Allegro-Adagio, But It Is Essentially A Work In A Single Movement To Be Performed With No Breaks. A Set Of Double Variations Generates The Thematic And Harmonic Material For The Entire Piece In Its First Few Bars, With A Brilliant Viola Solo Afterwards. Throughout The Piece, Changes In Dynamics And Tempo Characterise The Different Movements, Before Finally EndingWith A Calming Return To The Slow Music.&Nbsp; You Can Purchase The Individual Instrument&Nbsp; Parts Here. $27.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Strygekvartet Nr. 21 Op.197 String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Music Sales
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031851 Composed by Vagn Holmboe. Music Sales Ame...(+)
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031851 Composed by Vagn Holmboe. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 24 pages. Music Sales #KP00797. Published by Music Sales (HL.14031851). ISBN 9788759880661. Danish. Holmboe's last quartet work, which is unofficially also String Quartet No. 21, was the last work he ever composed, and was unfinished on his death in 1996. His pupil Per Nørgård has finished the quartet, and himself characterizes his contribution by saying that the score existed “in an only partly completed form, which could however be written out with only a few cases of doubt”. With only two movements and a playing time of about nine minutes it is at its existing length the shortest of Holmboe's string quartets. The first movement takes the form of one long arch in a rocking triple time which constantly shiftsamong different tempo and pulse sensations. At the same time the rhythmic energy increases until the movement, in a faster Con moto tempo accelerates to a more flowing 12/8 time, coloured both rhythmically by cross-rhythms in duple time and timbrally by harmonics in the viola. In its middle section, Con fuoco, the movement culminates in both tempo and expression until it falls calm in brief recapitulations in reverse order of the first two sections. The rocking feeling continues in the second movement, but now at a more extroverted level from the outset, Allegro and pizzicato. The energy builds up further as the mood intensifies to Con fuoco, while all instruments go over to bowed playing, but like the first movement, this movement ends Adagio here however not as a gradual attenuation but through a sudden shift in tempo to a calm, imitative passage before the movement slowly thins out to the almost inaudible through a last, dense, open sounding chord with a brief violin solo above it. The quartet is dedicated to Holmboe's wife MeLa May Holmboe, and was given its first performance by the Kontra Quartet on 22nd March 1997 at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense, Denmark. $21.50 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Holmboe Quartetto Sereno Op 197 Sc Cham Book String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Music Sales
Chamber Ensemble SKU: HL.14015171 Composed by Vagn Holmboe. Music Sales A...(+)
Chamber Ensemble SKU: HL.14015171 Composed by Vagn Holmboe. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 12 pages. Music Sales #KP00796. Published by Music Sales (HL.14015171). ISBN 9788759878224. Danish. Quartetto Sereno - String Quartet No.21 Op.197 (op. posth.) by Vagn Holmboe. Holmboe's last quartet work, which is unofficially also String Quartet No. 21, was the last work he ever composed, and was unfinished on his death in 1996. His pupil Per Nørgård has finished the quartet, and himself characterizes his contribution by saying that the score existed “in an only partly completed form, which could however be written out with only a few cases of doubt”. With only two movements and a playing time of about nine minutes it is at its existing length the shortest of Holmboe's stringquartets. The first movement takes the form of one long arch in a rocking triple time which constantly shifts among different tempo and pulse sensations. At the same time the rhythmic energy increases until the movement, in a faster Con moto tempo accelerates to a more flowing 12/8 time, coloured both rhythmically by cross-rhythms in duple time and timbrally by harmonics in the viola. In its middle section, Con fuoco, the movement culminates in both tempo and expression until it falls calm in brief recapitulations in reverse order of the first two sections. The rocking feeling continues in the second movement, but now at a more extroverted level from the outset, Allegro and pizzicato. The energy builds up further as the mood intensifies to Con fuoco, while all instruments go over to bowed playing, but like the first movement, this movement ends Adagio here however not as a gradual attenuation but through a sudden shift in tempo to a calm, imitative passage before the movement slowly thins out to the almost inaudible through a last, dense, open sounding chord with a brief violin solo above it. The quartet is dedicated to Holmboe's wife MeLa May Holmboe, and was given its first performance by the Kontra Quartet on 22nd March 1997 at the Carl Nielsen Academy of. $15.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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