| You Can Teach Yourself Uke - Book/DVD Ukulele [DVD] - Easy Mel Bay
By William Bay. For Ukulele (Soprano). method. You Can Teach Yourself. All Style...(+)
By William Bay. For Ukulele (Soprano). method. You Can Teach Yourself. All Styles. Level: Beginning. Book DVD. Size 8.75x11.75. 96 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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| Sing Out! -- All Time and Old Time Favourites [Sheet music] Alfred Publishing | | |
| Sing Out! -- All Time and Old Time Favourites Voice [Sheet music] Alfred Publishing
(Book of Words). For Voice. This edition: Book of Words. P/V/C Mixed Folio. Book...(+)
(Book of Words). For Voice. This edition: Book of Words. P/V/C Mixed Folio. Book. 68 pages
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| Fingerstyle Guitar Gig Book Guitar notes and tablatures [Sheet music] - Intermediate Mel Bay
By Bill Piburn. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Bluegrass and Country. Level:...(+)
By Bill Piburn. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Bluegrass and Country. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 9.5x11.75. 384 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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| Alpinia. 3 Pieces for 5 Guitars or Guitar Ensemble (2011) Guitar Ut Orpheus
Guitar; Methods and Music for Children SKU: UT.CH-157 Composed by Giorgio...(+)
Guitar; Methods and Music for Children SKU: UT.CH-157 Composed by Giorgio Signorile. Saddle stitching. Classical. Score and Parts. 40 pages. Ut Orpheus #CH 157. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.CH-157). ISBN 9790215320369. 9 x 12 inches. Vals d'la Masca; Il racconto della Montagna; Sequenze sotterranee
The Alpinia Suite was commissioned and composed for the festival <> and is dedicated to my friend and colleague Elio Galvagno. It was performed for the first time on August 30, 2011, in the Church of San Giovanni in Saluzzo, by an ensemble of professional and student guitarists from all over Europe. This piece was written to commemorate the first ascent of mount Monviso, by William Mathews, Frederick Jacomb, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, exactly 150 years before, on August 30, 1861. The first movement is a small Waltz. I imagined a Masca (a sort of alpine pixie, a teasing sprite), dancing all around the house and playing tricks, mostly harmless and funny. The Masca is a legendary and very important character in the folklore of my valleys, and all rationally inexplicable events of everyday life are ascribed to her - such as objects that cannot be found anymore, holes in flour sacks, salt in sugar bowls... The next two movements are a homage to the Mountains. The Tale is a sort of journal, a bright and peaceful chronicle of a hike uphill, in which the beauty of the place is highlighted by an easy harmony and a sweet melody. After this, Underground sequences evokes that same world in a darker and nocturnal way; the faster pace and the choice of repeated and varying patterns are meant to show the transformation of the former environment into something more complex and tormented. Here mountains are a metaphor of human life, warts and all: their sundrenched slopes and their green pasture grasslands, but also their icy and dangerous northern sides, which demand calm, training and caution. (G. Signorile). $27.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Strutt Sonata Cello, Piano - Intermediate Faber Music Limited
For Cello and Piano. Composed by Carl Vine (1954-). Duet or Duo; Piano Supple...(+)
For Cello and Piano.
Composed by Carl Vine
(1954-). Duet or Duo; Piano
Supplemental; String - Cello
Solo and Piano. Faber
Edition. Form: Sonata. 20th
Century. Part(s); Score.
Faber Music #12-0571540635.
Published by Faber Music
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| You Can Teach Yourself Uke - Book/CD Ukulele [Sheet music + CD] - Beginner Mel Bay
by William Bay. For Ukulele (Soprano). method. You Can Teach Yourself. All style...(+)
by William Bay. For Ukulele (Soprano). method. You Can Teach Yourself. All styles. Level: Beginning. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 96 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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| Volume 100 - St. Louis Blues - Dixieland Classics
B Flat, E Flat, C and Bass clef Instruments [Book + CD] - Intermediate/advanced Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Book and accompaniment CD for singers, vocalists, drums, bass, guitar, flute, cl...(+)
Book and accompaniment CD for singers, vocalists, drums, bass, guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano, keyboard, organ, saxophone, trombone, trumpet harmonica. Celebrate the music of great innovaters who started in all with these Dixieland favorites. Level: Intermediate/Advanced. Series: Jamey Aebersold Standards Play-A-Long. Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz.
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| Barcarolles for a Sinking City Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabas...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabass, Contrabassoon, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Percussion 4, Piccolo and more. SKU: PR.11641139L Composed by Lowell Liebermann. Large Score. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-41139L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11641139L). UPC: 680160682126. Barcarolles for a Sinking City was inspired by the city of Venice, a place that has long held the fascination of artists, writers and composers, and which I have been lucky enough to visit on several occasions. Sadly it seems that future generations may not be so lucky: in addition to the city's slow sinking and recently discovered tilting, studies predict that if global warming and the resultant rise of ocean levels is unabated, the entire city (as well as many other coastal cities around the globe) will be under water by 2100. I. Funeral Gondola The late, cryptic piano works of Franz Liszt made a profound impression on me as a young composer, among them two works he entitled La Lugubre Gondola (usually translated as The Funeral Gondola ) which were said to be a premonition of Wagner's death in Venice, his coffin transported through the canals in a black gondola. These late pieces of Liszt acquired even greater significance to me after I spent two summers in Bayreuth under the patronage of Friedelind Wagner, the granddaughter of Wagner and great-granddaughter of Liszt. This movement is a meditation on Wagner, Liszt, Venice and its own evanescence. II. Barcarolle/Quodlibet The Quodlibet (Latin for what pleases) is a musical form dating back to the 15th century where many disparate melodies are juxtaposed. Popular in the Renaissance, sacred and secular melodies were combined, often to comical effect due to the resultant incongruity of the words. The form was considered the ultimate test of a composer's mastery of counterpoint. The most famous Quodlibet is without doubt the final Variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. As a form the Quodlibet is less common in more recent music, although examples can be found in the works of Kurt Weill and David Del Tredici. My own Barcarolle/Quodlibet was inspired by the (perhaps apocryphal) story of the funeral where musicians were asked to play a Bach Choral, but due to miscommunication played instead the Bacarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. Here, the Bach Choral Allen Menschen mussen sterben (All Men Must Die) is heard in the strings pizzicato, with a tempo indication In slow motion. The alto line of the Bach suggests a phrase from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Alle Menchen werden Bruder) heard in the muted trombone. Before long, the famous tune from Offenbach's opera is heard, followed by quotations from iconic Barcarolles by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Faure, as well as two Venetian popular songs and more Beethoven. III. Barcarola/Ostinato/Carillon An ostinato is a repeated musical figure, and carillon is Italian for music box. This movement references the obsolete genre of salon pieces that imitated music boxes: such works by composers like Liadov and Gretchaninov used to be a mainstay of pianists' encore repertoire. This movement is however much darker in conception than those pleasant trifles. Utilizing the full battery of percussion, the carefully notated temporal slowing of the ostinato becomes overwhelmed by a poignant chorale melody before this box is snapped shut. IV. Barcarolle Oubliee (Forgotten Barcarolle) Marked limpido (still) the final movement begins with the sound of rain produced by a percussion instrument called (appropriately) a rain stick. Halting phrases in the harp coalesce into the accompaniment for a plangent melody heard in the clarinet. The central Adagio of this movement leads to a shattering climax, before the opening phrases return and dissipate into nothingness. $90.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Library Of Piano Favorites Piano Accompaniment [Sheet music] Music Sales
Composed by Various. Arranged by Amy Appleby. Music Sales America. Classical. So...(+)
Composed by Various. Arranged by Amy Appleby. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 242 pages. Music Sales #AM943195. Published by Music Sales
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| World's Best Piano Arrangements
Piano solo [Sheet music] - Intermediate Alfred Publishing | | |
| Fingerstyle Ukulele Ukulele [Sheet music + Audio access] Hal Leonard
A Method and Songbook for Fingerpicking Backup and Solos. Ukulele. Instruction, ...(+)
A Method and Songbook for Fingerpicking Backup and Solos. Ukulele. Instruction, Fingerstyle. Softcover Audio Online. With guitar tablature. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Merion Music
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabas...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabass, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion, Piano, Timpani, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Tuba and more. SKU: PR.44641341L Composed by Michael Boyman. Large Score. With Standard notation. Duration 30 minutes. Merion Music #446-41341L. Published by Merion Music (PR.44641341L). UPC: 680160667437. 11 x 17 inches. I wrote this piece with a darker sonority and an emphasis on lyricism, qualities that I associate with the viola. In the first movement, titled Fantasia, the viola begins with a quiet and free cadenza, becoming more passionate until the woodwinds join in dialogue with the soloist. Gradually the rest of the orchestra enters, exploring ideas from the solo cadenza while introducing a new theme that reappears in the last movement. The second movement is a scherzo, mischievous in mood with the orchestra and viola trading barbed jokes. The antics are interrupted by a brass chorale with embellishment from the viola. The scherzo then resumes with prominent contributions from the bassoons. The last movement, titled Nocturne, plays with different kinds of music associated with the night. A sensual and romantic atmosphere gives way to something more menacing and ultimately violent. After a climax from the full orchestra, soft strings and solo viola lead us into the coda, taking an ambiguous idea from the first movement and transforming it into a lyrical and heartfelt prayer. The concerto ends with the solo viola ascending on the crest of an orchestral wave of sound. $180.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| E-Z Play Today #17. Fireside Singalong Easy Piano [Sheet music] - Easy Hal Leonard
E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and...(+)
E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Beaivi Wilhelm Hansen
Score (Study Score) SKU: HL.260593 For Flute, Cello, Guitar, and Piano...(+)
Score (Study Score) SKU: HL.260593 For Flute, Cello, Guitar, and Piano Study Score. Composed by Outi Tarkiainen. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 14 pages. Duration 540 seconds. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH32985. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.260593). ISBN 9788759839713. 8.0x11.0x0.08 inches. Beaivi is inspired by the Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa's poem When that time approaches. where the first encounter with light after the lengthy polar night is described with exceptional significance. The word beaivi comes from the northern Sami language meaning sun or day. The play of light - its dawn, a brief shimmering before darkening again - are characterized throughout the textures and timbres of the piece. Beaivi is dedicated to the Danish chamber music ensemble Lydenskab, who also commissioned the work. When that time approaches I notice how frequently I ski higher than necessary and when I finally see the peaks turn red I am not ashamed to admit that I go to a high place in order to see the sun -Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa English translation by Ralph Salisbury Parts are available: WH32985A. $28.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Retrospektive String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Edition HH
String quartet SKU: HH.HH462-FSP Composed by Ming Wang. String Quartet. F...(+)
String quartet SKU: HH.HH462-FSP Composed by Ming Wang. String Quartet. Full score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH462-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH462-FSP). ISBN 9790708146711. Cicada larvae live underground for years, creeping about slowly and peacefully in the darkness until that sudden, beautiful brief moment when, one warm, damp summer’s eve, they emerge, metamorphosed into a highly mobile life form. Gaily they dance in the sunshine, singing ardently to the trees in all their greenery --- but only for a short while, for, just as suddenly, they are gone. The same process repeats year upon year. The life cycle of this string quartet resembles that of the cicada. Initially, two embryonic cells remain hidden within dense, gloomy note-clusters; over time they evolve into buds, grow and then blossom. They appear for the first time in their adult form in the fast middle section, where they assume the shape of two very popular Chinese folk melodies, Jasmine and Old Six Blows, albeit in wholly chromaticized and defamiliarized variants. After their grand efflorescence, these forms gradually dissolve into transparent wisps of sound. $31.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Twilight Express (Full Score) - Beginner Kendor Music Inc.
String Orchestra string orchestra (88555) with opt. 3rd Violin/Viola TC 3 and pi...(+)
String Orchestra string orchestra (88555) with opt. 3rd Violin/Viola TC 3 and piano - Grade 1.5 SKU: KN.08755S Composed by Deborah Baker Monday. Solo or Ensemble. Accent String Orchestra. Kendor Music Inc #08755S. Published by Kendor Music Inc (KN.08755S). UPC: 822795087550. Picture the Twilight Express as it leaves the station sometime after sunset and speeds off into the darkness. Then when a bell sounds, the train slows, the skies clear, the stars are shimmering and the moon is as bright as day. Let your students' imagination finish the story as they play this original using one simple rhythm pattern and just two finger patterns. Duration 3:20. $7.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Shrouded in Light and Fog Violin and Piano SSA - Advanced Schott
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Score and Solo Part) - advanced SKU: HL.49045598...(+)
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Score and Solo Part) - advanced SKU: HL.49045598 Poem for Violin and Piano. Composed by Tatjana Komarova. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Solo. Musiker sind auf der Buhne von Rampenlicht und Ruhm, und nach der Auffuhrung von einem seltsamen Nebel in Einsamkeit umhullt.Licht verknupft sich mit Auf- und Untergang, es fuhrt in die Helligkeit, aber auch in die Finsternis. Licht kann erleuchten oder b. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2014. 36 pages. Duration 14'. Schott Music #VLB193. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045598). ISBN 9790001165709. 0.196 inches. Musicians onstage stand in the limelight and enjoy their fame whereas after performance they become shrouded in a strange fog of isolation. Light is associated with ascent and descent: it can lead into brightness, but equally into darkness. Light can illuminate and yet bedazzling; fog stands for insecurity, uncertainty and anxiety ... but also for mysticism and wafting dreams. Somehow time stands still... $22.99 - See more - Buy online | | |
| Barberpole Cat Songbook Choral TTBB TTBB A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Society
(Volume 2). Arranged by Various. For Choral (TTBB A Cappella). Close Harmony for...(+)
(Volume 2). Arranged by Various. For Choral (TTBB A Cappella). Close Harmony for Men. Softcover. 64 pages. Published by Barbershop Harmony Society
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| Bobby Owsinski's Deconstructed Hits -- Modern Rock and Country [Book + DVD] Alfred Publishing
(Uncover the Stories and Techniques Behind 20 Iconic Songs). By Bobby Owsinski. ...(+)
(Uncover the Stories and Techniques Behind 20 Iconic Songs). By Bobby Owsinski. Book; Books and DVDs; Method/Instruction; Pro Audio; Pro Audio Textbook; Reference Textbooks. Country; Pop; Pop/Rock; Rock. 136 pages. Published by Alfred Music
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| The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 3 - (CD) Baritone voice [Accompaniment CD] Hal Leonard
Baritone/Bass Accompaniment CDs. By Various Composers. (Baritone/Bass). Vocal C...(+)
Baritone/Bass Accompaniment CDs. By Various Composers. (Baritone/Bass). Vocal Collection. CD only. Size 9x12 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 3 Baritone voice [Sheet music + Audio access] Hal Leonard
Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Piece for the NFMC Vocal event with...(+)
Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Piece for the NFMC Vocal event with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Festivals Bulletin 2008-2009-2010. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 288 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Ruders, P Corona Orchestra Full Score Copy Book Orchestra Wilhelm Hansen
Orchestra SKU: HL.14027979 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra SKU: HL.14027979 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. Score. 111 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP00695. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14027979). ISBN 9788759888780. English. Corona - The Solar Trilogy No. 3 for Orchestra was composed by Poul Ruders in 1995. Programme note: CORONA makes the final part of the SOLAR-TRILOGY, a huge symphonic triptych about the life and behavior of the Sun. The first'panel' GONG depicts the birth, life and final collapse of our nearest star, the second ZENITH describes in its ultra-slow tempo the patient rise of the Sun toward midday ferocity and its subsequent setting. CORONA, then, is a symphonic 'portrait' of the phenomenally hot whispy brim encircling and radiating from the Sun, a sizzling halo of electrons and photons visible only during a total eclipse. Formally CORONA follows the process of such totalityin progress:the gradual eclipsing by the Moon - total darkness with thefierce, sparkling outer corona - the gradual 'rebirth' of the light toward the full gl.ory and warmth of the Sun.Besides the obvious astronomical narrative of the SOLAR-TRILOGY there's a metaphysical angle too, underlying each of the three compositions: GONG, in spite of its apparent energy, may be the most pessimistic of them all, epitomizing the death and ultimate annihilation of the prime source of Life itself. ZENITH is a hommage to human aspiration and spiritual endurance and CORONA ends with Hope and Glory after a journey from depression throughtotal despair. Super-structurally, the zenith of ZENITH makes the zenith of the entire trilogy, i.e. when the E- flat of the unisone horns in ZENITH is heard, we are exactly halfway through the collected work. Poul Ruders. $113.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Foaming Sea Concert band - Intermediate/advanced Hal Leonard
Concert Band (Score) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.4005562 2nd Movement of The Sea...(+)
Concert Band (Score) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.4005562 2nd Movement of The Seas of the the Moon. Composed by Robert Buckley. MusicWorks Grade 4. Concert. Softcover. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4005562). UPC: 888680753375. 9.0x12.0x0.079 inches. From Robert Buckley's grandly cinematic suite describing impressions of the seas of the moon, the second movement, Foaming Sea, was inspired by the composer watching the ocean during a violent storm with waves exploding and crashing. The sense of excitement and exhilaration eventually leads to the calm after the storm, as turbulent darkness gives way to light. Dur: 4:40. $7.50 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Could This Be the Day? (from Canticle of Joy) Shawnee Press
Choral (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.35004811 Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Orc...(+)
Choral (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.35004811 Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Orchestration. Shawnee Press. Print on demand - publisher prints this title after order is received. Advent. Shawnee Press #LB5650. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.35004811). UPC: 747510049128. 8.5x11 inches. For generations, the people of the world walked in darkness, unable to find their way. They yearned for a king who would lead them. Could This Be the Day? is one of the most memorable moments from Joseph and Pamela Martin's cantata, Canticle of Joy, and is available here as a separate octavo. Orchestrated by Brant Adams and incorporating “O Come, O Come. Emmanuel,” this hauntingly beautiful Advent choral expresses the world's deep longing and emotional prayers of hope that the Messiah will come. $50.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Turandot K 273 Breitkopf & Härtel
Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: 2S2Mez6TBar7B - choir: SSAATB - 2(picc)...(+)
Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: 2S2Mez6TBar7B - choir: SSAATB - 2(picc).2(cor ang).2(Bb-clar).2(dble bsn) - 4.2.3.0 - timp.perc(3) - hp - cel - str - stage music: trp.2tbne.perc) SKU: BR.EB-9429 A Chinese Fable in 2 Acts after Carlo Gozzi. Composed by Ferruccio Busoni. Choir. Edition Breitkopf. Opera; Music theatre; Early modern. Piano/Vocal Score. Duration 85'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9429. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9429). ISBN 9790004189061. 0 x 0 inches. German / Italian. Text by the composer based on a drama by Carlo GozziTranslation: engl. (L. Salter), ital. (O. Previtali)Place: Im aussersten Orient. Vor dem Stadttor Pekings, Thronsaal im Kaiserpalast, das Frauengemach TurandotsCharacters: Altoum, Kaiser (bass) - Turandot, seine Tochter (soprano) - Adelma, ihre Vertraute (mezzo-soprano) - Kalaf, Sohn des Timur, ein Prinz (tenor) - Barak, sein Getreuer (baritone) - Die Koniginmutter von Samarkand, eine Mohrin (soprano) - Truffaldino, Haupt der Eunuchen (tenor) - Pantalone, Minister (bass) - Tartaglia, Minister (bass) - Acht Doktoren (4 tenors, 4 basses) - Eine Vorsangerin (mezzo-soprano) - Der Scharfrichter (stumme Rolle)Busoni's work, which antedates Puccini's famous setting by a few years, seems rather cool in com-parison to the later piece. Busoni tones down the colors of his orientalisms and totally eschews sentimental lyricism. His strengths lie especially in the scintillating, unfathomable characters and in a music that hovers in an ambivalent manner between brightness and darkness, sadness and humor, danger and harmlessness. This work of art makes its references clear: Gozzi's play about the murderous princess is peopled with familiar commedia dell'arte figures, and one is not quite sure whether this mixture of fun and danger gives a more relaxed feeling to the activity on the stage or whether it does not do precisely the opposite, adding the irreconcilable perspective of a gondola trip on the edge of a bottomless gulf. Busoni is more faithful to Gozzi than Puccini and thus to the gracious levity that hovers over the excesses of the action. His mild chinoiseries repeatedly lead to a Neo-Classicism inspired by Venetian folklore. (Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich, 1985) Turandot was premiered with Arlecchino in Zurich on 11 May 1917. $92.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
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