Cello and Piano
SKU:
HL.14023628
Composed
by Michael Nyman. Music
Sales America. Exam
Material. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 24 pages. Chester
Music #CH61478. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14023628).
ISBN
9780711975729.
12.0x9.0x0.095
inches.
On The
Fiddle consists of three
pieces derived from
scores to three Peter
Greenaway films. The
first piece Full Fathom
Five, is a version of the
Shakespeare song setting
made for Prospero's Books
(1990). The second
Angelfish Decay, is an
arrangement of an
arrangement: the music
for the speeded up time
lapse decaying animal
sequences in A Zed And
Two Noughts (1985) was
written for two violins
and a harpsichord. This
was subsequently
'reduced' to a violin
solo for Zoo Caprices
(1986). For On The Fiddle
a piano part has been
added. The final piece
Miserere Paraphrase, was
written for use in The
Cook, The Thief, His Wife
And Her Lover (1989), and
is a transcription of
Nyman's setting of the
'Miserere' text (Psalm
51) sung in the film by a
boy soprano and mixed
chorus. This version for
cello and piano written
in 1997. Duration c.15
mins.
