A Klezmer Wedding Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Advance Music
SKU: AP.1-ADV6401 For String Quartet. Composed by Mike Curtis. Qua...(+)
SKU: AP.1-ADV6401
For String
Quartet. Composed by
Mike Curtis. Quartet;
Solo Small Ensembles;
String Quartet. Advance
Music. Form: Dance.
Jewish Heritage; Wedding.
Score and Part(s).
Advance Music
#01-ADV6401. Published by
Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV6401).
UPC:
805095064018.
English.
A Klezmer
Wedding is a set of four
dances, newly-composed
but based on traditional
models. The Doina is an
expressive chant for
three successive
soloists; it twists and
turns with the wailing
lament of a shepherd's
pipe. Next follows the
Hora, a slow Rumanian
dance in three with a
mood that reflects the
wedding's solemn vows. A
Chusidl, with a moderate
speed and bouncy rhythms,
gets the party to the
dance floor. The
concluding Freylach
(happy, but still in a
minor key!) takes the
bride, groom, and guests
to the edge of
frenzy.
Im Freygish Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Edition HH
String quartet SKU: HH.HH477-FSP Composed by Jeremy Arden. String Quartet...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
HH.HH477-FSP
Composed
by Jeremy Arden. String
Quartet. Full score and
parts. Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH477-FSP.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH477-FSP).
ISBN
9790708146889.
The
term
‘freygish’
is typically found in
klezmer music but derives
from a much older
cantorial mode, also
known under several other
titles including the
Ahava Rabbah mode, the
Mode of Supplication, and
Altered Phrygian mode. It
is used for the setting
of ‘Ahava
Rabbah’, or
‘abounding
love’, the
Ashkenazi prayer and
blessing sung during the
synagogue morning
services. When performed,
either in synagogue or in
a klezmer setting, the
mode can be developed
into a variety of short
phrases and melodic
forms. Jeremy Arden has
taken this beautiful
irregular scale and
filtered its melodic
forms through my own
musical sensibilities to
create a dialogue between
Jewish musical traditions
and the western musical
canon, expressed here
through the rigorous
crucible of the string
quartet.