SKU: RM.COSM05386
ISBN 9790231053869.
SKU: BT.DMP116094
SKU: HL.50560771
UPC: 073999840117. 8.5x11.25x0.011 inches.
SKU: HF.FH-2071
ISBN 9790203420712. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: HF.FH-2070
ISBN 9790203420705. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: CA.1605109
Language: all languages.
Score available separately - see item CA.1605100.
SKU: LM.C06589
ISBN 9790230365895.
SKU: HF.FH-1061
ISBN 9790203410614. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
1. Einfuhrung; 2. Theoretischer Teil; 3. Praktischer Teil; 4. Tagliche Ubungen.
SKU: PR.110406720
UPC: 680160001316.
I have always been fond of writing works for specific people or organizations. It has been my good fortune during most of my creative career to be asked to compose for many extraordinary performers. The Sonata for Harpsichord Solo is such a case in point: it was written in 1982 for Barbara Harbach, a superb performer, close friend, and collaborator on many musical projects. The Sonata was premiered on March 2, 1984, in a recital given by Dr. Harbach at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. During my formative years as a composer, one seldom heard of the harpsichord as a modern instrument, though while I attended undergraduate school at Boston University, some of us banded together to construct a small harpsichord from one of the first do-it-yourself kits which began to appear in the late '40s. It was also during this time that I heard the Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord by my teacher Walter Piston and consequently specified that the accompanying instrument for my second violin sonata could either be a piano or a harpsichord. It was not until recently, however, that my interest in the harpsichord as a solo instrument for new music was aroused. This was because of the emergence of so many young virtuosi, such as Barbara Harbach, who are interested in the performance of new music besides the great harpsichord music of the Classical, Baroque, and pre-Baroque eras. The keyboard music of Domenico Scarlatti has always intrigued and fascinated me. The brevity, excitement, and clarity of this sparkling music is charming as well as exhilarating. It is this type of Baroque sonata that inspired the conception and form of my harpsichord sonata. The entire work is loosely based on the musical translation of Barabara Harbach's name, especially the conflict of the B (B-flat) and H (B-natural in German notation). This secondo rub or dissonance especially pervades the first movement, which is in a modified sonata form, pitting jagged and tense melodic elements against most lyrical and smooth lines. This second movement is a song-like melody accompanied by rolled chords which may be played on the lute stop of the instrument if this sonata is performed on a two-manual harpsichord. The final movement is an ever-driving joyous toccata which brings the work to an exciting close with a coda made up of accelerating repeated chords. --Samuel Adler.
SKU: HF.FH-2069
ISBN 9790203420699. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: LM.P03024
SKU: UT.MAG-141
ISBN 9790215308961. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: LM.29643
ISBN 9790230996433. 9 x 12 inches. Francais.
Instrumental Music.
SKU: HF.FH-7039
ISBN 9790203470397. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
1. Der fliegende Hollander, romantische Oper; 2. Tannhauser, grosse romantische Oper; 3. Lohengrin, romantische Oper.
SKU: RM.RUBIN06287
ISBN 9790560146287.
SKU: BT.DMP114083
SKU: RM.RUBIN6348
ISBN 9790560146348.
SKU: CA.1605100
ISBN 9790007059637. Language: all languages.
SKU: LM.C06657
ISBN 9790230366571.
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