Judith Clurman - Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit Series. Composed by Ben...(+)
Judith Clurman - Rejoice:
Honoring the Jewish
Spirit
Series. Composed by Ben
Yomen. Arranged by Steve
Cohen. Rejoice Honoring
Jewish Spirit. Concert,
Festival, Jewish. Octavo.
8
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Choral SATB Choir SKU: CF.CM9654 Composed by Mark Burrows. Fold. Performa...(+)
Choral SATB Choir
SKU:
CF.CM9654
Composed by
Mark Burrows. Fold.
Performance Score. 12
pages. Duration 4:15.
Carl Fischer Music
#CM9654. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9654).
ISBN
9781491157268. UPC:
680160915828. 6.875 x
10.5 inches. Key: Ab
major. English, English.
Julian of Norwich
(1342-1416).
Burrow
s's setting of words of
assurance from the
English mystic Julian of
Norwich (1342-1416) is as
relevant today as ever.
For the advanced mixed
ensemble, the powerful
lyrics coupled with
gorgeous harmonies make
this an optimistic song
of hope appropriate
throughout the
year. All shall be
well, And all shall be
well, And all manner of
thing shall be well.
These words of assurance
from the English mystic
Julian of Norwich
(1342-1416) are as
relevant today as ever.
During her life, Julian
saw her community
devastated by the Great
Plague as well as deep
civil unrest. Yet through
all the turmoil came a
vision of hope that has
given the world this
profound text. One of the
most striking features is
how this short text
incorporates so much
repetition. It's as if
the writer knew she must
be gently persistent in
order for her optimistic
message to truly sink in.
The opening section tries
to capture musically some
of that persistent
optimism. Then there is a
departure from this
optimistic tone (measure
26) The feel becomes more
desperate, building to an
anguished cry (measure
38), acknowledging the
reality that, while all
shall be well, things are
very much NOT well right
now. Eventually the
anguish subsides (measure
52) as the music turns
back hopeward with the
calm assurance, again and
again, that all shall be
well. All shall be
well,And all shall be
well,And all manner of
thing shall be well.These
words of assurance from
the English mystic Julian
of Norwich (1342-1416)
are as relevant today as
ever. During her life,
Julian saw her community
devastated by the Great
Plague as well as deep
civil unrest. Yet through
all the turmoil came a
vision of hope that has
given the world this
profound text.One of the
most striking features is
how this short text
incorporates so much
repetition. It’s
as if the writer knew she
must be gently persistent
in order for her
optimistic message to
truly sink in.The opening
section tries to capture
musically some of that
persistent optimism.Then
there is a departure from
this optimistic tone
(measure 26) The feel
becomes more desperate,
building to an anguished
cry (measure 38),
acknowledging the reality
that, while all shall be
well, things are very
much NOT well right
now.Eventually the
anguish subsides (measure
52) as the music turns
back hopeward with the
calm assurance, again and
again, that all shall be
well.
Songs without Words Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440652S For String Quartet....(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440652S
For
String Quartet.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Arranged by Paul Salerni.
Romantic. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2014. 12 pages.
Duration 10 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40652S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.14440652S).
UPC:
680160634002. 9 x 12
inches.
Salerni,
whose recent works
include two one-act
operas (Tony Caruso's
Final Broadcast and The
Life and Love of Joe
Coogan), turns to the
piano works of
Mendelssohn and fashions
four beautiful string
quartet arrangements.
While Consolations is
lush and languid,
Hunting-Song and Unrest
will require a tight
rhythmic control.
Includes Consolation, Op.
30, No. 3; Hunting-Song,
Op. 19, No. 3; Venetian
Boat-Song No. 1, Op. 19,
No. 6; Unrest, Op. 30,
No. 2.
Chamber Music Bassoon, Piano SKU: PR.114423350 Composed by Amanda Harberg...(+)
Chamber Music Bassoon,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114423350
Composed
by Amanda Harberg. Set of
Score and Parts. 32+12
pages. Duration 16
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42335.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423350).
ISBN
9781491135112. UPC:
680160686339.
This
stunning addition to the
bassoon repertory
features dramatic outer
movements framing a slow
and plaintive aria.
Harberg’s program
notes put the drama and
its crying-out high notes
in the context of writing
in 2021: “The
composition was deeply
influenced by disruptive
forces unfolding around
us. While this unrest
made writing difficult at
times and brought me to
uncomfortable places
within myself, the
process was also full of
unexpected discoveries
and musical solutions I
never would have found in
less troubled
times.â€. Connect
ions are all around us. I
first met bassoonist
Adrian Morejon while
writing my Suite for Wind
Quintet for the Dorian
Wind Quintet in 2017. He
and I quickly became fast
friends and decided to
collaborate on a new
piece. Over the next two
years, Adrian assembled a
phenomenal group of 28
bassoonists from around
the world to be
co-commissioners. Adrian
and I premiered the
resulting sonata at the
International Double Reed
Society’s 2021
Virtual Symposium.The
SONATA was composed
between January and June
2021. In composing it, my
goal was to offer
bassoonists a substantial
work that would show off
the instrument’s
remarkable strengths
including its athletic
agility, gorgeous singing
qualities, and enormous
range. While I generally
avoid being programmatic,
this composition was
deeply influenced by the
disruptive forces
unfolding around us.
While this unrest made
writing difficult at
times and often brought
me to uncomfortable
places within myself, the
process was also full of
unexpected discoveries
and musical solutions I
never would have found in
less troubled times.I am
deeply grateful to Adrian
for our collaboration,
and to everyone in the
consortium for making the
SONATA possible.
Songs without Words Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144406520 For String Quartet....(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144406520
For
String Quartet.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Arranged by Paul Salerni.
Romantic. Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation. Composed 2014.
12+8+8+8+8 pages.
Duration 10 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40652. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.144406520).
UPC:
680160633982. 9 x 12
inches.
Salerni,
whose recent works
include two one-act
operas (Tony Caruso's
Final Broadcast and The
Life and Love of Joe
Coogan), turns to the
piano works of
Mendelssohn and fashions
four beautiful string
quartet arrangements.
While Consolations is
lush and languid,
Hunting-Song and Unrest
will require a tight
rhythmic control.
Includes Consolation, Op.
30, No. 3; Hunting-Song,
Op. 19, No. 3; Venetian
Boat-Song No. 1, Op. 19,
No. 6; Unrest, Op. 30,
No. 2.
Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.144407530 Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. 12 p...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: PR.144407530
Composed by Lauren
Bernofsky. 12 pages.
Duration 10 minutes, 30
seconds. Merion Music
#144-40753. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.144407530).
ISBN
9781491136614. UPC:
680160687992.
A
violinist herself, Lauren
Bernofsky has described
SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN as
drawn from
autobiographical
inspiration, including
gestures from Bachâ??s
beloved Partita in E
Major. Bernofsky opens
with a Preludio movement
whose references to Bach
may be disguised, but
they are surely lurking.
The second movement is
lusciously contrapuntal
with the idiomatic
finesse of a violinist
composing for her own
instrument, while
musically journaling the
emotional pain of living
through 2020. The third
and final movement is
aptly marked
â??white-hot,â? and
the music certainly
is. My SONATA FOR SOLO
VIOLIN was commissioned
by violinist Megan Healy
as part of The Maud
Powell Project, which
celebrated the 100th
anniversary of the
ratification of the 19th
Amendment. The project
included the creation of
five new works for solo
violin inspired by and
dedicated to the memory
of pioneering American
violinist Maud Powell
(1867-1920). Healy
premiered the sonata on
May 8, 2021 at PianoForte
Studios in Chicago.Among
the works Powell most
frequently performed in
her recitals was the
â??Preludioâ?
movement from Bachâ??s E
major Partita, and I
decided to refer to that
music in my own first
movement, also titled
â??Preludio.â? The
beginning subtly reflects
Bachâ??s opening
three-note motive,
wherein the music dips
down a semitone and then
comes back up. This
melodic material returns
throughout the movement
in various forms. I also
refer to Bachâ??s
sixteenth-note dominated
texture, and the gesture
in the third measure,
which outlines a perfect
fifth and then fills it
in with notes that
alternate between a scale
and a pedal tone. The
corresponding passage in
my piece occurs in the
same place, measure 3.
Apart from these
references to Bach, my
sonata is much more
modern sounding,
especially in its
chromatic character.I was
still thinking of
Bachâ??s solo violin
writing while composing
the second movement,
particularly the
polyphonic nature of the
slow movements, where the
melodic interest moves
around between the
voices. Emotionally, I
wanted my movement to
reflect the acute sadness
I had been experiencing
over the political and
social situation in the
United States as I wrote
the piece. I realized
that this is a
historically noteworthy
time in U.S. history,
marked not only by
political unrest, but
also by a challenge to
the very values that I
consider essential to
what makes a person
fundamentally human. I
wanted to create a record
of that pain in my
music.The final movement
is marked
â??White-hot.â? It is
imbued with a relentless,
passionate intensity.
Wanting again to reflect
aspects of our own time,
I included glissandi that
refer to rock music,
specifically the
â??fall-offsâ? I
frequently hear played by
electric guitarists. I
borrowed from another
(completely different)
musical tradition as
well, one that is
near-and-dear to my
heart: Klezmer. Klezmer
(Eastern European Jewish
folk music) is
characterized in part by
scales colored by
augmented seconds, and is
often performed by solo
instrumentalists who
improvise embellishments
like quick grace notes.
The second, more lyrical
theme in this movement is
my nod to Klezmer
style.While this piece is
an homage to Maud Powell,
I also think of it as my
own musical
autobiography, as it
combines some of my
favorite aspects of
music, and is played on
my own instrument.
SKU: HL.49044482 Eine Biografie. Composed by Christoph Schwandt. T...(+)
SKU: HL.49044482
Eine Biografie.
Composed by Christoph
Schwandt. This edition:
hard-coverbinding with
book jacket. Book.
Edition Schott.
Freischutz und Oberon
sind die wohl
bekanntesten Werke des
Komponisten. Carl Maria
von Weber war ausserdem
als Dirigent,
Opernmanager und Kritiker
tatig. Nach mehreren
Jahrzehnten liegt nun die
erste umfassende
Biografie vor. Sie
zeichnet ein plastisches.
Softcover. 608 pages.
Schott Music #ED21540.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49044482).
ISBN
9783795708207.
5.5x8.75x1.628 inches.
German.
'Freischutz
' and 'Oberon' are the
words that come to the
minds of many
music-loving people when
thinking of the composer
Carl Maria von Weber, and
perhaps even his
brilliant piano work 'Die
Aufforderung zum Tanz'.
However, there also are
four other operas, two
symphonies, numerous
instrumental concertos,
overtures, stage works,
and many more.Carl Maria
von Weber was also an
important conductor and
opera manager as well as
a brilliant critic, and
he even planned a great
artist novel parts of
which are still extant.
His writings on art and
even cultural and
educational policy,
however, were often
removed from their
context later and
interpreted in biased
ways. The result was an
image of Weber that is
still present today,
albeit influenced by the
zeitgeist of the late
19th century, although
this musician died in
London in 1826
already.This first
comprehensive biography
after several decades now
presents a vivid image of
Weber as contemporary of
Beethoven in an epoch of
political and social
unrest from a present-day
perspective. The only
biography of current
interest Composer,
critic, author Weber's
time from a present-day
perspective.
String Quartet No.9 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Music Sales
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031827 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales Amer...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14031827
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 48 pages. Music
Sales #KP01084. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14031827).
ISBN
9788759871089.
Danish-English.
Pre
face The three movements
of the quartet may be
perceived as three
different expressions of
an unstable core: an
inherent unrest leads to
frequent changes of
direction. The first
movement is full of
dramatic contrasts: it is
followed by a second
movement, whose basic
mood of meditative rest
is challenged by
occasional centrifugal
utbursts, while the third
movement takes the
inherent conflicts to a
higher level, contrasting
material of introspective
lyricism with excessively
pathetic moods. The final
way out is a retrograde
one, (back) into the
source: through a
constant
accelerando-diminuendo
the piece disappears into
a vanishing point. The
into the source of the
titlemay be visualized as
a reversed
fountain-action: the
broad fan-like spread of
the first movement, a
more coherent-solid
second movement, and
finally - in the third
movement - a return-run,
ever more vehemently,
like a suction into the
spring itself ... The
musical motifs are
varied: there are
traffic-situations (which
I heard!) with stomping
and machine-like rhythms
in different, but
simultaneous tempi, and
there are more abstract
upwards and downwards
half-tone-scales, with
changing accents,
creating glimpses of
melodies. INTO THE
SOURCE, String Quartet
No. 9, was composed on a
double-commission from
the Orion Quartet and the
Vertavo Quartet. The
premiere performances
took places in Santa Fe
in 2002 and in Oslo in
2003. Per Norgard.
Piano - advanced SKU: HL.49044170 Piano Solo. Composed by Ulvi Cem...(+)
Piano - advanced
SKU:
HL.49044170
Piano
Solo. Composed by
Ulvi Cemal Erkin. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Piano Solo. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 1946. 26 pages.
Duration 15'. Schott
Music #ED 21700.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49044170).
ISBN
9790001194846.
9.0x12.0x0.123
inches.
The Sonata
is one of Erkin's works
which the casual listener
may fail to attribute to
a particular geography at
a first hearing. He will
however become absorbed
by a unique sense of
identity, surprising
harmonies and rhythms
which integrate with such
sincerity and
authenticity in the
flowof the music. At a
more attentive hearing,
one can discover features
of ancient Anatolian
music which Erkin always
transforms with
extraordinary
inspiration, enfolding
audiences unfamiliar with
this culture in a music
which is often profoundly
spiritual with an
admirably woven
polyphonic texture in
which not one bar seems
superfluous or out of
place.The first movement
Allegro is woven from two
contrasting themes. The
first is a vigorous
progression in the middle
register with
contrapuntal elements
quasi as counterpoint. A
luminous second theme
evoking folk tunes
connects back to the
first theme and the
movement ends in a brisk
tone.In the second
movement Adagio molto
sostenuto a profound,
introspective first theme
is developed in
variations of exquisite
lyricism. The imposing
middle section which
forms a rondo suggests
latent unrest.Imbued with
energy and determination,
the final Allegro
consists of abstracted
elements of Anatolian
folk music bearing the
creative stamp of Erkin.
The movement ends with an
impressive crescendo.
Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: CF.CM9787 Composed by Coty Raven Morris....(+)
Choral SATB Choir and
Piano
SKU:
CF.CM9787
Composed by
Coty Raven Morris.
Arranged by Saleel Menon.
Duration 3:45. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9787.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9787).
ISBN 9781491164587.
UPC: 680160923496. Key: D
major. English.
Original.
The text
for the first voicing
(SSA) of this piece came
to me in the fall of 2020
while teaching at Crosby
High School in Crosby,
Texas. My students,
though enthusiastic to be
back in Choir, were
struggling to cope with
the civil unrest around
them, in addition to the
pandemic. When
considering how I could
help them navigate this
time, I realized that
they were in need of some
sort of consistency, of
feeling grounded in
themselves. As weÂ
focused on building of
community and
citizenship, this text
and tune came to mind,
each phrase highlighting
an element of personal
and community wellness.I
lead with my
spirit keeping love in
the circle around me.
(Social)Expressing my
spirit
(Occupational)Loving what
I can see and cannot see,
I'll take care of the
vessel I am in
(Physical)I love with me
that's under the skin
(Emotional)Taking care of
my mind
(Intellectual)Envisioning
the me I want to be
(Spiritual)I had the
honor of collaborating
with composer/educator
Saleel Menon to create
the beautiful piano
accompaniment and SATB
setting.Who I Want To Be
opens with a solo
functioning as a mantra
throughout the tune. As
the piece continues,
voices join in unison and
harmony to emphasize the
intent.When the repeats
in mm. 48–51
occur, invite students to
share some of their own
mantras and affirmations,
or feel free to borrow
from the words my
students in the Crosby HS
choir inspired me to
write:Allow yourself
graceI am persistentI am
fragile, not brokenYou
are worthyI am worthyI
know that your success is
not my demise!The only
validation I need is my
ownI believe in myselfI
see youIt’s okay
to not be okayBreatheI
love and I am
lovedPrepare yourself for
not only a powerful
performance, but a
rewarding experience and
conversations with your
students.THIS is the
piece you want stuck in
your students’
heads!~CRM.
Red Thunder Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Carl Fischer
By Larry Clark. Concert Band. For Flute, Oboe, Flute II, Clarinet I, Clarinet II...(+)
By Larry Clark. Concert
Band. For Flute, Oboe,
Flute II, Clarinet I,
Clarinet II, Bass
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone,
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone
Saxophone, Trumpet I,
Trumpet II, Horn, Tenor,
Baritone (Bass Clef),
Bassoon, Baritone (Treble
Clef in Bb), Tuba, Bells,
Xylophone, Timpani, Snare
Dru. Carl Fischer First
Plus Performance Series.
Grade 1.5. Score and Set
of Parts. Standard
notation. 16 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer
String Quartet SKU: HL.14025352 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales Amer...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14025352
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Set of Parts. 104 pages.
Music Sales #KP01337.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14025352).
ISBN
9788759885420.
English-Danish.
Pre
face The three movements
of the quartet may be
perceived as three
different expressions of
an unstable core: an
inherent unrest leads to
frequent changes of
direction. The first
movement is full of
dramatic contrasts: it is
followed by a second
movement, whose basic
mood of meditative rest
is challenged by
occasional centrifugal
utbursts, while the third
movement takes the
inherent conflicts to a
higher level, contrasting
material of introspective
lyricism with excessively
pathetic moods. The final
way out is a retrograde
one, (back) into the
source: through a
constant
accelerando-diminuendo
the piece disappears into
a vanishing point. The
into the source of the
titlemay be visualized as
a reversed
fountain-action: the
broad fan-like spread of
the first movement, a
more coherent-solid
second movement, and
finally - in the third
movement - a return-run,
ever more vehemently,
like a suction into the
spring itself ... The
musical motifs are
varied: there are
traffic-situations (which
I heard!) with stomping
and machine-like rhythms
in different, but
simultaneous tempi, and
there are more abstract
upwards and downwards
half-tone-scales, with
changing accents,
creating glimpses of
melodies. INTO THE
SOURCE, String Quartet
No. 9, was composed on a
double-commission from
the Orion Quartet and the
Vertavo Quartet. The
premiere performances
took places in Santa Fe
in 2002 and in Oslo in
2003. Per Norgard.
(Vier Marsche, Op. 76). By Robert Schumann. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. For piano...(+)
(Vier Marsche, Op. 76).
By Robert Schumann.
Edited by Ernst
Herttrich. For piano
solo. This edition:
Urtext edition. Henle
Music Folios. Solo book,
paperbound. 34 pages
Score and Parts Clarinet; Piano; Viola (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49045889 <...(+)
Score and Parts Clarinet;
Piano; Viola (Score &
Parts)
SKU:
HL.49045889
Five
pieces in fairy-tale
style for Clarinet, Viola
and Piano Score and
Parts. Composed by
Joerg Widmann. Ensemble.
Classical. Softcover. 120
pages. Duration 1740
seconds. Schott Music
#ED22487. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045889).
9.0x12.0x0.33
inches.
As far back
as I can remember, I have
always been fascinated
with fairy tales: with
their archetypal
characters and set
phrases like'Once upon a
time...'and'...they all
lived happily ever
after'. Fairy tales were
however also a source of
unrest for me as a
seismograph of mankinds
underlying primal fears
and desires. So as a
performer and composer I
have always felt that
Robert Schumann's
Marchenerzahlungen [Fairy
Tales] (scored for the
same instrumentation as
my own composition) was a
disjointed, complex
contemporary work -
despite the innocence and
naivety of its initial
appearance. I therefore
do not intend my own Es
war einmal (Once upon a
time...)to be a mere
sentimental, nostalgic
flight into the distant
past, but as a naive and
fantastical alternative
concept to our genuine
world with all its
upheavals. Jorg
Widmann.
Orchestra violin, piano SKU: CF.B3470 Composed by Julia Perry. Set of Sco...(+)
Orchestra violin, piano
SKU: CF.B3470
Composed by Julia Perry.
Set of Score and Parts.
26+13 pages. Duration 17
minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #B3470. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.B3470).
ISBN
9781491159460. UPC:
680160918058.
The
awardee of two Guggenheim
fellowships, Julia Perry
studied composition with
Luigi Dallapiccola and
Nadia Boulanger, and
conducted her works on a
tour throughout Europe
with the Vienna
Philharmonic and the BBC
Orchestra. She would
become one of the first
African-American female
composers to have an
orchestral work performed
by the New York
Philharmonic. Although
she had an auspicious and
promising career in her
early life, it was
tragically cut short by a
series of strokes leading
to partial paralysis and
eventually, her death, at
age 55 in
1979.Perry’s
catalog is widely varied,
featuring thirteen
symphonies, numerous
chamber and solo works,
pieces for band, choral
and vocal music, and four
operas. Her Violin
Concerto, completed in
1968, shows the influence
of Dallapiccola’s
teachings: sharp harmonic
dissonances organized
around specific pitch
centers, short repetitive
patterns that establish
significant musical
materials, and
contrapuntal textures.
Her fastidious
performance markings in
the solo violin part
indicate her profound
understanding of the
instrument. Angular,
muscled, and sparkling by
turns, this piece is a
sophisticated entry to
the serious violinist's
concert repertoire.There
is no evidence or
documentation that the
Violin Concerto was ever
premiered or performed
during her lifetime,
despite the fact that the
composer prepared a full
score, piano reduction
and orchestral parts.
Regrettably, this is the
case with the majority of
her works composed in the
final decade of her
life. What is
extraordinary about Julia
Perry’s musical
career was the
astonishing success she
attained in her early
years. In her youth she
studied piano, voice,
violin and cello. She
began to compose in her
teenage years, her first
publication being a
choral work in 1947 by
Carl Fischer. Her Stabat
Mater was published in
1951 and would become one
of her most often
performed pieces, with
performances in Europe
and the United States. In
1953 she was awarded a
Guggenheim fellowship to
study with the Italian
composer Luigi
Dallapiccola, first at
the Berkshire Music
Center in Tanglewood,
later in Florence, Italy.
During this time, she
also pursued studies with
Nadia Boulanger in Paris
and was awarded a second
Guggenheim fellowship.
She studied conducting at
this time, touring Europe
in 1957 to conduct her
own works with the Vienna
Philharmonic and the BBC
Orchestra. During her
European sojourns, she
learned and mastered
French, German and
Italian. She would become
one of the first
African-American female
composers to have an
orchestral work performed
by the New York
Philharmonic.Perryâ€
s circumstances would
change dramatically once
she reached forty years
of age, having returned
permanently to the United
States. At some point in
the spring of 1970, she
suffered the first of two
strokes that would
paralyze her right side
and confine her to a
wheelchair for the rest
of her life. Nonetheless,
she continued to compose
and to promote her works
with publishers and
conductors. A second
stroke contributed to her
death in 1979 at age 55.
She likely endured harsh
ethnic and gender
discrimination in the
course of her career, and
her later years would
witness a period of
extreme civil unrest.
These matters and the
significance of music in
her life are undoubtedly
what led her to say,
“Music has a great
role to play in
establishing the
brotherhood of
man.â€Perry’s
catalog is widely varied,
featuring thirteen
symphonies, numerous
chamber and solo works,
pieces for band, choral
and vocal music, and four
operas. Her Violin
Concerto, completed in
1968, is indicative of
the influence of
Dallapiccola’s
teachings: sharp harmonic
dissonances organized
around specific pitch
centers, short repetitive
patterns that establish
significant musical
materials, and
contrapuntal textures.
The work is a single
movement of 392 measures
organized around three
alternating tempos: Slow
(Å’ = 60), Moderate
(Å’ = 84) and Fast
(Å’ = 120). The
opening thirty-measure
cadenza for the solo
violin introduces most of
the thematic material for
the piece. The
orchestration commonly
features antiphonal
writing between
orchestral groups, for
example, strings
alternating with brass,
or strings alternating
with winds. The harp and
piano generally appear as
solo instruments, rather
than as members of the
orchestra. Her fastidious
performance markings in
the solo violin part
indicate her profound
understanding of the
instrument.There is no
evidence or documentation
that the Violin Concerto
was ever premiered or
performed during her
lifetime, despite the
fact that the composer
prepared a full score,
piano reduction and
orchestral parts.
Regrettably, this is the
case with the majority of
her works composed in the
final decade of her
life.
Allegretto Flûte traversière et Piano PWM (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)
Flute; Piano Accompaniment (Score and Solo Part) SKU: HL.253939 Flute ...(+)
Flute; Piano
Accompaniment (Score and
Solo Part)
SKU:
HL.253939
Flute
and Piano. Composed
by Jó and zef
Swider. PWM. Classical.
Softcover. 22 pages.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #12021010.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(HL.253939).
9.0x12.0
inches.
Allegretto
for flute and piano by
Jozef Swider is a work of
a great artistic value
that comprises a perfect
didactic material,
filling a gap in the
Polish flute literature.
Allegretto for flute and
piano is a one-part
composition of an ABA1
structure with a cadenza.
A four-bar piano
introduction developsinto
the flute part intoning a
dance and folk-style
melody, which becomes
fragmented in terms of
rhythm and densified in
its facture. The dialogue
between the flute and the
piano involves mutual
motif complementation.
The melody gathers
momentum (numerous
ascending and descending
progressions,
undulations, typical
ties, trills), a dynamic
gradation develops into
the middle, more peaceful
and cantilena-style,
part. The culmination,
initially outlined by the
flute and continued by
the piano, leads to the
cadenza characterised by
considerable performative
freedom across motifs in
parts A and B, exhibiting
the colour and sound
values ofthe instrument.
The link A1 comprises a
quasi-variation
development of the first
passage of the work; it
is the most
dynamic,energetic and
diversified in terms of
the applied sound
registers (characteristic
alloctava marking),
articulation and agogics.
Themarking piu vivo in
bar 136, combined with
irregular metric
divisions and shifts in
accents, intensified
dynamics and expression
adds spontaneity,
ultimately leading to the
work's finale. The
application of the minor
mode, the economy of
expressive means and a
changeable course of
narration reflect
introvert characteristics
of the composer a man of
outstanding humbleness
and modesty, at the same
time full of unrest,
self-criticism and little
faith towards himself,
which is confirmed by
recently found notes of
his.