Violin 1 (solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-5534-15
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Here you will find the
version for voice and
piano.
Awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Part. 8 pages.
Duration 16'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5534-15.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5534-15).
ISBN
9790004341766. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Double bass (solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-5534-27
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Here you will find the
version for voice and
piano.
Awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Part. 4 pages.
Duration 16'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5534-27.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5534-27).
ISBN
9790004341803. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Viola (solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-5534-19
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Here you will find the
version for voice and
piano.
Awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Part. 8 pages.
Duration 16'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5534-19.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5534-19).
ISBN
9790004341780. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Voice(s) and orchestra
(solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5567-07
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Here you
will find the version for
voice and piano. Awarded
the German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Study Score. 60
pages. Duration 16'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5567-07. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5567-07).
ISBN
9790004213773. 6.5 x 9
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Violin 2 (solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-5534-16
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Here you will find the
version for voice and
piano.
Awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Part. 8 pages.
Duration 16'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5534-16.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5534-16).
ISBN
9790004341773. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Woodwinds (solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-5534-30
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
Folder.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Here you will find the
version for voice and
piano.
Awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Set of parts. 78
pages. Duration 16'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
5534-30. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-5534-30).
ISBN
9790004341810. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Violoncello (solo: vce -
2(picc).2(cor
ang).2.B-clar.2.dble bsn
- 4.1.2.0 - timp.perc -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-5534-23
For
Voice and Orchestra -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Voice;
stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Here you will find the
version for voice and
piano.
Awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize 2016. Song; Early
modern. Part. 8 pages.
Duration 16'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5534-23.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5534-23).
ISBN
9790004341797. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Written
early, orchestrated
lateThe cycle Seven Early
Songs on texts by Lenau,
Rilke, Storm and other
poets was put together in
1928, more than 20 years
after the composition of
the individual songs.
From the large amount of
songs for voice and piano
that he had written in
his early years, Alban
Berg selected seven of
them which he then
orchestrated. After
serious consideration, he
laid down a definitive
sequence in which the
tempo constantly
alternates while the
orchestral instruments
symmetrically recede
before picking up again.
Once the piano and
orchestral editions were
printed, the Seven Early
Songs quickly conquered
concert halls in both
scorings. They are still
at home on the concert
stages of the world today
which is reason enough to
present this work by
Alban Berg in an Urtext
edition following the
Violin Concerto. The
orchestral material can
now be purchased for the
first
time.
Orchestra; Violin (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046240 Violin and Orchestra ...(+)
Orchestra; Violin (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.49046240
Violin
and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Douglas Jarman. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 1935.
92 pages. Duration 1740
seconds. Eulenburg
Edition #ETP1906.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition (HL.49046240).
ISBN 9783795714536.
UPC: 888680964696.
6.0x9.0x0.237
inches.
The violin
concerto from 1935 is
probably the best-known
and most frequently
performed instrumental
work by Alban Berg.
Written on behalf of the
violinist Louis Krasner,
it is his last completed
composition. Krasner
played the solo part at
the world premiere at the
Palau de la Música
Catalana in Barcelona on
19 April 1936 after
Berg's death. The concert
is dedicated to
“The Memory of an
Angel.†Berg
processed the death of
18-year-old Manon
Gropius, who had
contracted polio, and his
daughter Alma
Mahler-Werfel's marriage
to architect Walter
Gropius. His intention
was “to translate
the traits of the young
girl into musical
charactersâ€. With
more than 1,200 titles
from orchestral and
choral literature,
chamber music and music
theater, Edition
Eulenburg is the largest
score series in the
world. It covers a large
part of music history
from the baroque to
classical modernism and
looks back on a long
tradition.
Clarinet and Piano SKU: AP.36-60440001 Composed by Alban Berg. Clarinet. ...(+)
Clarinet and Piano
SKU:
AP.36-60440001
Composed by Alban Berg.
Clarinet. Master Woodwind
Series. Score.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-60440001. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-60440001).
ISBN
9798888521748. UPC:
676737684600.
English.
Alban
Berg's (1885-1935) Vier
Stücke für Klarinette
und Klavier (Four Pieces
for Clarinet and Piano),
Op. 5, was composed in
1913. They are his only
true miniatures as,
shortly after he wrote
them, a fateful and
somewhat traumatic lesson
with his tutor Arnold
Schoenberg drove the
young Berg to abandon
small-scale works
altogether, turning
towards large extended
orchestral works at his
teacher's heavily
critical insistence. Each
of the four movements (1.
Mäßig; 2. Sehr langsam;
3. Sehr rasch; 4.
Langsam) constantly
changes in tempo,
articulation, timbral
effects, and dynamics
throughout. Despite
Schoenberg's criticism in
1913, the work did
finally premiere on
October 17, 1919,
ironically at
Schoenberg's own Society
for Private Musical
Performances in Vienna.
Reprint edition.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
In
Memory of an Angel -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag. Solo concerto;
Early modern. Part. 8
pages. Duration 25'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
15113-27. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-15113-27).
ISBN
9790004340226. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The tragic
circumstances surrounding
the origin of the
concerto are well known:
Manon Gropius, the
daughter of Berg's friend
Alma Mahler, died of
polio after the composer
had written the first
sketches to his violin
concerto. In remembrance
of her, he dedicated the
work to the memory of an
angel. Later, Berg
decided to incorporate
into the score the Bach
chorale Es ist genug as a
quote. He also worked on
the solo part directly
and intensely with the
American violinist Louis
Krasner, who had
commissioned the work.
Berg was no longer able
to witness the first
performance and the first
edition of the concerto
since he passed away in
late 1935. This new
edition is the first
Urtext version of Berg's
work, which was created
in the midst of a spate
of epoch-making violin
concertos by Stravinsky
(1931), Schoenberg
(1936), Prokofiev (1937),
Bartok (1938), Hindemith
(1939) a. o. Errors from
the first edition were
corrected after an
in-depth comparison with
the autograph score, the
short score and, in some
cases, with the
twelve-tone row
structure.The entire
performance material can
be purchased; however,
due to copyright reasons,
the score and orchestral
parts are not available
the United States.Werden
die Urtextausgaben von
Breitkopf & Hartel
aufgrund ihres hellblauen
Umschlags augenzwinkernd
die Himmlischen genannt,
so ist dies in Bezug auf
die neu vorgelegte
Partitur Programm.
(Florian Henri Besthorn,
neue
musikzeitung)
In
Memory of an Angel -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Folder.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag. Solo concerto;
Early modern. Set of
parts. 176 pages.
Duration 25'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 15113-30.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-15113-30).
ISBN
9790004340233. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The tragic
circumstances surrounding
the origin of the
concerto are well known:
Manon Gropius, the
daughter of Berg's friend
Alma Mahler, died of
polio after the composer
had written the first
sketches to his violin
concerto. In remembrance
of her, he dedicated the
work to the memory of an
angel. Later, Berg
decided to incorporate
into the score the Bach
chorale Es ist genug as a
quote. He also worked on
the solo part directly
and intensely with the
American violinist Louis
Krasner, who had
commissioned the work.
Berg was no longer able
to witness the first
performance and the first
edition of the concerto
since he passed away in
late 1935. This new
edition is the first
Urtext version of Berg's
work, which was created
in the midst of a spate
of epoch-making violin
concertos by Stravinsky
(1931), Schoenberg
(1936), Prokofiev (1937),
Bartok (1938), Hindemith
(1939) a. o. Errors from
the first edition were
corrected after an
in-depth comparison with
the autograph score, the
short score and, in some
cases, with the
twelve-tone row
structure.The entire
performance material can
be purchased; however,
due to copyright reasons,
the score and orchestral
parts are not available
the United States.Werden
die Urtextausgaben von
Breitkopf & Hartel
aufgrund ihres hellblauen
Umschlags augenzwinkernd
die Himmlischen genannt,
so ist dies in Bezug auf
die neu vorgelegte
Partitur Programm.
(Florian Henri Besthorn,
neue
musikzeitung)
Violin and orchestra
(solo: vl - 2.2.cor
ang.2.B-clar.A-sax.2.dbl
bsn - 4.2.2.1 -
timp.perc(2) - hp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-15122
In Memory of an Angel
- Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Solo
concerto; Early modern.
Study Score. Duration
25'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 15122.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-15122).
ISBN
9790004212721. 6.5 x 9
inches.
The tragic
circumstances surrounding
the origin of the
concerto are well known:
Manon Gropius, the
daughter of Berg's friend
Alma Mahler, died of
polio after the composer
had written the first
sketches to his violin
concerto. In remembrance
of her, he dedicated the
work to the memory of an
angel. Later, Berg
decided to incorporate
into the score the Bach
chorale Es ist genug as a
quote. He also worked on
the solo part directly
and intensely with the
American violinist Louis
Krasner, who had
commissioned the work.
Berg was no longer able
to witness the first
performance and the first
edition of the concerto
since he passed away in
late 1935. This new
edition is the first
Urtext version of Berg's
work, which was created
in the midst of a spate
of epoch-making violin
concertos by Stravinsky
(1931), Schoenberg
(1936), Prokofiev (1937),
Bartok (1938), Hindemith
(1939) a. o. Errors from
the first edition were
corrected after an
in-depth comparison with
the autograph score, the
short score and, in some
cases, with the
twelve-tone row
structure.The entire
performance material can
be purchased; however,
due to copyright reasons,
the score and orchestral
parts are not available
the United States.Werden
die Urtextausgaben von
Breitkopf & Hartel
aufgrund ihres hellblauen
Umschlags augenzwinkernd
die Himmlischen genannt,
so ist dies in Bezug auf
die neu vorgelegte
Partitur Programm.
(Florian Henri Besthorn,
neue musikzeitung).
In
Memory of an Angel -
Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag. Solo concerto;
Early modern. Part. 8
pages. Duration 25'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
15113-19. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-15113-19).
ISBN
9790004340202. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The tragic
circumstances surrounding
the origin of the
concerto are well known:
Manon Gropius, the
daughter of Berg's friend
Alma Mahler, died of
polio after the composer
had written the first
sketches to his violin
concerto. In remembrance
of her, he dedicated the
work to the memory of an
angel. Later, Berg
decided to incorporate
into the score the Bach
chorale Es ist genug as a
quote. He also worked on
the solo part directly
and intensely with the
American violinist Louis
Krasner, who had
commissioned the work.
Berg was no longer able
to witness the first
performance and the first
edition of the concerto
since he passed away in
late 1935. This new
edition is the first
Urtext version of Berg's
work, which was created
in the midst of a spate
of epoch-making violin
concertos by Stravinsky
(1931), Schoenberg
(1936), Prokofiev (1937),
Bartok (1938), Hindemith
(1939) a. o. Errors from
the first edition were
corrected after an
in-depth comparison with
the autograph score, the
short score and, in some
cases, with the
twelve-tone row
structure.The entire
performance material can
be purchased; however,
due to copyright reasons,
the score and orchestral
parts are not available
the United States.Werden
die Urtextausgaben von
Breitkopf & Hartel
aufgrund ihres hellblauen
Umschlags augenzwinkernd
die Himmlischen genannt,
so ist dies in Bezug auf
die neu vorgelegte
Partitur Programm.
(Florian Henri Besthorn,
neue
musikzeitung)
Violin, piano (solo: vl -
2.2.cor
ang.2.B-clar.A-sax.2.dbl
bsn - 4.2.2.1 -
timp.perc(2) - hp - str)
SKU: BR.EB-10821
In Memory of an Angel
- Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Arranged by
Jan Philip Schulze. Solo
instruments; Softbound.
Edition Breitkopf.
In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag
Solo concerto;
Early modern. Piano
reduction. 120 pages.
Duration 25'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 10821.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EB-10821).
ISBN
9790201808215. 9.5 x 12
inches.
The tragic
circumstances surrounding
the origin of the
concerto are well known:
Manon Gropius, the
daughter of Berg's friend
Alma Mahler, died of
polio after the composer
had written the first
sketches to his violin
concerto. In remembrance
of her, he dedicated the
work to the memory of an
angel. Later, Berg
decided to incorporate
into the score the Bach
chorale Es ist genug as a
quote. He also worked on
the solo part directly
and intensely with the
American violinist Louis
Krasner, who had
commissioned the work.
Berg was no longer able
to witness the first
performance and the first
edition of the concerto
since he passed away in
late 1935. This new
edition is the first
Urtext version of Berg's
work, which was created
in the midst of a spate
of epoch-making violin
concertos by Stravinsky
(1931), Schoenberg
(1936), Prokofiev (1937),
Bartok (1938), Hindemith
(1939) a. o. Errors from
the first edition were
corrected after an
in-depth comparison with
the autograph score, the
short score and, in some
cases, with the
twelve-tone row
structure.The entire
performance material can
be purchased; however,
due to copyright reasons,
the score and orchestral
parts are not available
the United States.Werden
die Urtextausgaben von
Breitkopf & Hartel
aufgrund ihres hellblauen
Umschlags augenzwinkernd
die Himmlischen genannt,
so ist dies in Bezug auf
die neu vorgelegte
Partitur Programm.
(Florian Henri Besthorn,
neue musikzeitung).
Composed by Esa-Pekka
Salonen. Arranged by
Gregory Barrett. Score
and parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-305-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-305-3).
ISBN
9790550113053.
Nach
tlieder (Night Songs) is
Salonen's early work
dating from 1978. It is
in fact a sort of
descendant of Alban
Berg's Vier Stucke fur
Klarinette und Klavier
op. 5 (1913). Like Berg,
Salonen has condensed his
Expressionist night songs
into concise,
miniature-like
proportions. The
four-movement work is
dominated by a meditative
mood and the expressive
melodies of the clarinet.
This arrangement for
ensemble by prof. Gregory
Barrett is scored for
flute, tenor saxophone,
percussion, violin,
viola, violoncello,
double bass and the solo
clarinet.
Concert band - Grade 4 SKU: MH.1-59913-072-6 Composed by Timothy Broege. ...(+)
Concert band - Grade 4
SKU:
MH.1-59913-072-6
Composed by Timothy
Broege. Suitable for high
school, community, and
college bands. Conductor
score and set of parts.
Duration 7:00. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-072-6).
ISBN
9781599130729.
Prog
ram Notes: It was a happy
coincidence that the
commission for SINFONIA
XVI: TRANSCENDENTAL
VIENNA came from the
Henry David Thoreau
School located in Vienna,
Virginia. Thoreau is one
of the magic names in
American culture: Henry
David Thoreau, one of the
leading figures of the
Transcendentalist
movement, centered in
19th-century New England,
left us a body of unique
philosophical and
poetical writings. To
utter the words, Walden
Pond, is to invoke an
America long past in
physical actuality, but
still present in the
minds and hearts of many
American citizens. The
name, Vienna, of course,
summons thoughts of the
Old World: culture, fine
food, wine, civilized
cities. While
contemplating the form
that SINFONIA XVI should
take, I found myself
thinking of two pillars
of Viennese culture:
expressionism and the
waltz. Musically
speaking, expressionism
reached a zenith in the
works of Arnold
Schoenberg and Alban
Berg. It was Berg, in
particular, that I wanted
to invoke in the outer
movements of my
composition. I knew I
would also have to
include a waltz, and an
invocation of the
mysterious forces that
are contained in both
expressionism and
transcendentalism. Thus
was the structure of the
work generated. The outer
movements with their
vision of the night sky
and the stars, Aldebaran
and Sirius, frame the
central movements, which
are essentially two
versions of the same
material, and are quieter
and less dramatic. The
outer movements are
symmetrical, and share
both pitch and rhythmic
materials. Accordingly, I
see the work as a ternary
form, with the central
movements forming a unit
within the outer frame: A
(Movement 1) B (Movements
2 & 3) A' (Movement 4).
Harmonically, the work
can be summarized by the
two pitch-series which
occur in the opening bars
of Movement 1: the
initial 12-note row, with
a tonal center on F-sharp
(measures 1-6), and the
subsequent D-minor Dorian
7-note row (beginning in
measure 14). Aspects of
these materials occur in
all four movements, but
they are most strongly
present in Movements 1
and 4. Note that the
12-note row is not
subjected to the usual
serial procedures, but
instead is treated as a
signifier and is left
unchanged. Since the
fourth movement takes up
where the first movement
leaves off, I can
conceive of one
interpretation of
SINFONIA XVI as an
evocation of Thoreau
himself contemplating two
of the brightest stars on
a clear, cold night.
Aldebaran is an orange,
first-magnitude star,
located in the
constellation Taurus;
Sirius, the Dog Star, is
the brightest star in the
sky, and is located in
the constellation Canis
Major. Thoreau interrupts
his star-gazing to
entertain some inward
thoughts, waking dreams,
as it were, then returns
his gaze to the splendid
night sky and all its
treasures. Although many
other interpretations of
the material are
possible, it is important
to remember that the
abstract materials of the
piece -- pitch, rhythm,
structure -- are what
count the most. Ensemble
instrumentation: 1
Piccolo, 4 Flute 1, 4
Flute 2, 3 Oboe, 1 Eb
Clarinet (opt.), 4 Bb
Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet
2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 3
Bass Clarinet, 3 Bassoon,
3 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 3
Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb
Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb
Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb
Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet
2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 Horn
1, 2 Horn 2, 3 Trombone
1, 3 Trombone 2, 3
Euphonium B.C., 2
Euphonium T.C., 5 Tuba, 2
Timpani, 3 Percussion 1,
3 Percussion 2, 3
Percussion 3, 3
Percussion 4.
(Nach Ansichtskartentexten Von Peter Altenberg). By Alban Berg (1885-1935). Edit...(+)
(Nach
Ansichtskartentexten Von
Peter Altenberg). By
Alban Berg (1885-1935).
Edited by Mark Devoto.
For Medium Voice,
Orchestra. The New Study
Score Series. Study
score. Composed 1912.
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