Chamber Ensemble (Full Score)
SKU: HL.48024916
For Trumpet, Trombone, Harp, Mandolin, Guitar and Vibraphone Scor. Composed by Elliott Carter. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 52 pages. Duration 900 seconds. Boosey & Hawkes #M051098415. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024916).
ISBN 9781705105788. UPC: 840126935295. 9.0x12.0x0.171 inches.
Note from the composer: For a number of years I had been thinking of writing a piece based on the sound of plucked Instruments like the mandolin, guitar and harp, so when the Dutch Nieuw Ensemble asked me for a piece I realised that this group had excellent players of these three Instruments to which I added trumpet, trombone and vibraphone and composed a one-movement Fantasy whose Dutch titles was chosen by the ensemble (meaning moods). The score opens with a fast movement that presents each Instrument in brief solos between moments for the entire group. This is followed by a slow movement during which the mandolin picks out a line of short notes. A guitar solo accompanied by the group follows and the work concludes with a coda for the sextet. The music was composed during the early summer of 1997 in Southbury, Connecticut. - Elliott Carter -.