Durkle Bandrydge Suite Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Débutant Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 1.5 SKU: BT.GOB-000726-130 Composed by Bruce Fraser. S...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 1.5
SKU:
BT.GOB-000726-130
Composed by Bruce Fraser.
Score Only. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000726-130. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000726-130).
Durkle
Bandrydge is the name of
the composers imaginary
world, but it could very
well be anyones invisible
dream world with a
different name. In this
very versatile suite by
Bruce Fraser, 8
characters are featured,
each with its
ownpeculiarities, making
Durkle Bandrydge such a
colourful place. Do these
characters differ that
much from us? That is for
you to find out! In the
last part, all characters
come together in a
special
way.
Durkle
Bandrydge exists at the
end ofyour street. It is
invisible to humans, but
Durkle Bandrygators can
watch us with great
interest. The music
will introduce you to
some of the characters
who live in this unusual
place.
The
parts: Somnanbulyss,
who is a giant
trollguarding the
entrance to Durkle
Bandryde. At least, he is
supposed to, but he tends
to sleep most of the
time. His music is
therefore very slow
moving and
sleepy.
Long
Gwysteen is a tall,
mysterious, and somehow
sophisticated
character,who walls
around with a shell on
his back. His music
glides along rather
gracefully.
Squelfitch is a rather
unpleasant and smelly
character who lives in a
bog, which is why his
music sounds rather slimy
and a bit like trying to
walkthrough
quicksand.
Perfydlia is a meddling
old woman, who gossips
about everybody and
squeals with sudden
delight at the small
exciting bits of
tittletattle about others
in the village. In the
music you can hear her
sudden little squealsof
delight.
Maryann
Lovely is a beautiful
young lady, graceful,
gorgeous, absolutely
devine, and her music is
obviously just the
same.
Thistledoo
Nicely is a lively
character who spends and
spends and spends with
her credit card,buying
the latest fashion and
never worries about
having to pay the bills.
Her music reflects her
excitement when shopping
and het ‘happy go
lucky’ approach to
life.
Marsyn
Edginton is the Lord of
the manor, the richest
man in town, the‘big
cheese’, the man with
all the power and, of
course, the biggest
house. He is very grand
and his music like he
could be a king.
Jimmy McScotsmyn is a red
haired scotsman wearing
tartan cap. He misses his
home country terribly and
eatslots of shortbread,
oatcakes, scotch eggs,
porridge and drinks an
enormous amount of Scotch
Wisky, which helps him to
have fond memories of the
kind of music he would
like to dance to when he
was a younger man. His
favourite dance is a Jig
andthis is the music he
remembers.
Grand
March of the Durkle
Bandrydgators. We hope
that you have enjoyed
meeting these characters
from Drukle Bandrydge and
would invite you to
listen to all the
villagers now march along
in a grand parade -it is
a pity that you can not
see them, what is a
wonderful sight. If
you listen carefully, you
will hear the melodies
which belong to the
characters as they march
past. Oh what a grand
spectacle!
Durkle
Bandrydge is de
schijnwereld van de
componist maar eigenlijk
de onzichtbare
droomwereld in elk van
ons en die wereld zou
elke naam kunnen
dragen. In de
bijzonder kleurrijke
suite van Bruce Fraser
komen 8 personages
(karakters)naar voren
ieder met hun
eigenaardigheden die van
Durkle Bandrydge zo'n
kleurrijke wereld
maken. Verschillen
die personages nu zo erg
van ons? Aan u het
oordeel! Het laaste deel
brengt alle personages op
een wonderbaarlijkewijze
samen. In de score
zijn de karakters
uitgebreid en nader
omschreven.
Performance note:
Elk deel heeft een aantal
leerinhouden die de
moeite waard zijn om uit
te lichten. Articulatie,
dynamiek, stijlen,
zuiverheid,balans, tempo
en maatsoorten - het komt
allemaal voorbij.
Tip: Maak de
personages zichtbaar in
een compleet
theatergebeuren. Gebruik
een spreekstem!
De delen van deze suite
zijn:
1.
Somnambulyss 2.Long
Gwysteen 3.
Squelfitch 4.
Perfydlia 5. Maryann
Lovely 6. Thistledoo
Nicely 7. Marsyn
Edginton 8. Jimmy
McScotsmyn 9. Grand
March of the Durkle
Bandrydgators.
Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838). Edit...(+)
Clarinet and
Piano. Composed by
Bernhard Henrik Crusell
(1775-1838). Edited by
Nicolai Pfeffer. Henle
Music Folios. Softcover.
50 pages. G. Henle
#HN1208. Published by G.
Henle (HL.51481208).
(14 Jazzy Pieces With a CD of Performances and Accompaniments 1 Piano, 4 Hands)....(+)
(14 Jazzy Pieces With a
CD of Performances and
Accompaniments 1 Piano, 4
Hands). By Anton Diabelli
(1781-1858). Arranged by
Uwe Korn. Piano.
Softcover with CD. 40
pages. Schott Music
#ED20718. Published by
Schott Music
Ye Jaliya-o Chorale 3 parties SSA divisi, A Cappella [Octavo] - Intermédiaire Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Composed by Joan Szymko (1957-). For SSA choir (divisi), Hand Drum. Choral octav...(+)
Composed by Joan Szymko
(1957-). For SSA choir
(divisi), Hand Drum.
Choral octavo only.
Instrumental
accompaniment sold
separately (SBMP-734.1).
Medium. Octavo. Published
by Santa Barbara Music
Publishing
Arranged by Peggy Bettcher. For handbell choir (3-5 octaves). This edition: Comp...(+)
Arranged by Peggy
Bettcher. For handbell
choir (3-5 octaves). This
edition: Complete.
Collection. Easy to Ring
Series. Contemporary,
General, Sacred. Grade 1
. Collection. 44 pages.
Published by Hope
Publishing Company
Arranged by Peggy Bettcher. For 2-3 octave handbells or handchimes. This edition...(+)
Arranged by Peggy
Bettcher. For 2-3 octave
handbells or handchimes.
This edition: Complete.
Collection. Easy to Ring
Series. Contemporary,
General, Sacred. Grade 1
. Handbell score. 44
pages. Published by Hope
Publishing Company
Instruments en Sib [Fake Book] - Intermédiaire Sher Music Company
Composed by Various. Edited by Chuck Sher. This edition: spiral-bound. New Real ...(+)
Composed by Various.
Edited by Chuck Sher.
This edition:
spiral-bound. New Real
Books series. Jazz
classics, choice
standards, pop-fusion
classics. Jazz and Pop.
Fakebook (spiral bound).
With melody, chord names,
introductory text and
black and white photos.
438 pages. Published by
Sher Music Company
13 Well-Known Original Pieces in Progressive Order. Composed by Felix Bartho...(+)
13 Well-Known Original
Pieces in Progressive
Order.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy
Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
Edited by Sylvia Hewig-
Tröscher. At
the Piano.
Softcover. 54 pages. G.
Henle #HN1813. Published
by
G. Henle
Percussion and
Orchestra Score.
Composed by Per Nø,
Per Norgard, rd, and
rgå. Music Sales
America. Classical. Set.
134 pages. Duration 1200
seconds. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00615.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14003062).
ISBN
9788759870075.
12.0x16.5x0.7 inches.
Danish.
Per Norgard
BACH TO THE FUTUREFor
many years I have been
specially fascinated by
three of the preludes of
Bach's Well-tempered
Piano, and I wish with
this concerto-version for
percussion-duo and
orchestra to highlight
some of the structural
aspects of these pieces:
It is my belief that
there is a tradition in
the music history, that
makes it possible to let
certain germs in an
earlier period unfold
into new, but not
heterogenious, dimensions
of a perhaps several
hundred years later phase
of the tradition.This
concerto is a result of
several years
collaboration with Uffe
Savery and Morten Friis
(Safri-Duo), as well in
original compositions -
(Resonances,
Repercussion, Resume in
EchoZone I-III) as in
arrangements of the 3
Bach preludes, preparing
for the enormous
stylistic challenges of
this work.A few
introductory comments to
each movement:I Movement:
The archetypal sequence
of broken chords within
C-major has established
itself as almost a
cultural code, allowing
the composer of 1996 to
tell his tale-in-tones
only by stressing and
colouring the tones in
the original piece
without changing the
pitches or (relative)
durations as a
'palimpsest' containing
as well the old as the
new musical tale
simultaneously. Later in
the movement, this
singleline is multiplied
by the, till then
discrete, but permanently
pervading, proportion -
throughout the piece -
very close to the 'Golden
Section'(= 3:5:8.t.i:8
before repetition, 5
before starting anew from
the deepest tone, 3 as
the rest etc. unchanged).
The 3 tonal levels as
well as the 3 relative
speeds are treated
according to these
proportions for certain
passages, but even in
those the main focal
point is directed at the
freely invented melody
(by me) incarnating
itself solely by the
unpermutad sequels of the
original prelude.II
Movement: One feature of
the F sharp-prelude
pervades all the six
minutes-long second
movement: A 4 times
identical rhythmic
pattern = 6:4:3:2:3:4:6 -
as an hourglass-shaped
timeshape - inspired me
by the closeness of this
pattern to a shape within
the infinity-drumming of
my invention, called
Wide-Fan and Narrow-Fan ,
referring to pattern
consisting of
8:4:2:1:2:4:8, the
familiarity with the
above - quoted one being
obvious. New and old
elaborations of this
pattern-pair permeates
the movement, especially
since the Safri-Duo by
their performance of my
Repercussion had
augmented my appetite for
including this idiom in a
wider context:III
Movement: Without the
existence of the
d-minor-prelude I doubt
that I would have dared
to write a work like
this, since it is the
inexhaustible, rare
quality and pecularity of
this piece, which has
stimulated my feeling of
wonder and 'modernity'
(or: eternity!) of this
piece, of which I know of
no equal in its special
respect: the perpetual
ambiguity of melodic
foothold in the rhythmic
ostinato of a broken
descending triad, co.
Composed
by Lauren Bernofsky.
Concert String Orchestra
(CAS). Full score. With
Standard notation. 8
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#CAS117F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CAS117F).
ISBN
9781491153307. UPC:
680160910809. 9 x 12
inches.
Abendstern,
composed by Lauren
Bernofsky,?evokes an
image of a sunset over
the tree-covered hills of
the Bavarian countryside
with the Abendstern, or
evening star, shining
brightly over the scene.
A hauntingly beautiful
theme in falling
thirds?evokes the
treetops as they become
darker and murkier. This
piece is a wonderful
addition to any concert
program and can be used
as a touching?tribute at
a memorial
service. One summer night
during a visit to Bavaria
in southern Germany, I
stood outside on a
balcony overlooking the
hills of the Bavarian
forest, watching the
beautiful early-evening
sky. It was still light
out, but I could make out
one solitary star in the
sky. As the sun slowly
went down, the landscape
became more and more dark
and indistinct, and the
star shone brighter and
brighter. My
mother-in-law stood there
with me. I asked her the
name of the star, and she
answered, Abendstern (or
Evening Star.) I was so
moved by what I saw, I
went inside and took out
my manuscript paper and
started to write down
this piece. The
tree-covered hills and
tranquility of the
evening are evoked by the
theme, whose contour
(with little bumps)
mirrors the contour of
the treetops on the
hills. The star is
represented by the
sustained note E; at the
beginning of the piece,
it can be heard in a low
register in the violas,
and over the course of
the piece, it is heard in
higher and higher
octaves, as the star
shines ever more
brightly. By the end, the
landscape has disappeared
into the darkness, and
now all we see is the
star, shining its
brightest, and played by
the upper strings, now
harmonized to convey its
brilliant
light.. One summer night
during a visit to Bavaria
in southern Germany, I
stood outside on a
balcony overlooking the
hills of the Bavarian
forest, watching the
beautiful early-evening
sky. It was still light
out, but I could make out
one solitary star in the
sky. As the sun slowly
went down, the landscape
became more and more dark
and indistinct, and the
star shone brighter and
brighter. My
mother-in-law stood there
with me. I asked her the
name of the star, and she
answered, Abendstern (or
Evening Star.) I was so
moved by what I saw, I
went inside and took out
my manuscript paper and
started to write down
this piece. The
tree-covered hills and
tranquility of the
evening are evoked by the
theme, whose contour
(with little bumps)
mirrors the contour of
the treetops on the
hills. The star is
represented by the
sustained note E; at the
beginning of the piece,
it can be heard in a low
register in the violas,
and over the course of
the piece, it is heard in
higher and higher
octaves, as the star
shines ever more
brightly. By the end, the
landscape has disappeared
into the darkness, and
now all we see is the
star, shining its
brightest, and played by
the upper strings, now
harmonized to convey its
brilliant
light.. One
summer night during a
visit to Bavaria in
southern Germany, I stood
outside on a balcony
overlooking the hills of
the Bavarian forest,
watching the beautiful
early-evening sky. It was
still light out, but I
could make out one
solitary star in the sky.
As the sun slowly went
down, the landscape
became more and more dark
and indistinct, and the
star shone brighter and
brighter. My
mother-in-law stood there
with me. I asked her the
name of the star, and she
answered, Abendstern (or
Evening Star.) I was so
moved by what I saw, I
went inside and took out
my manuscript paper and
started to write down
this piece. The
tree-covered hills and
tranquility of the
evening are evoked by the
theme, whose contour
(with little bumps)
mirrors the contour of
the treetops on the
hills. The star is
represented by the
sustained note E; at the
beginning of the piece,
it can be heard in a low
register in the violas,
and over the course of
the piece, it is heard in
higher and higher
octaves, as the star
shines ever more
brightly. By the end, the
landscape has disappeared
into the darkness, and
now all we see is the
star, shining its
brightest, and played by
the upper strings, now
harmonized to convey its
brilliant light.
About Carl
Fischer Concert String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of pieces (Grade
3 and higher) is designed
for advancing ensembles.
The pieces in this series
are characterized
by:
Expanded use
of rhythms, ranges and
keys but technical
demands are still
carefully
considered
More
comprehensive bowing
techniques
Viola
T.C.
included
Careful
selection of keys and
degree of difficulty for
advancing
musicians
Isthmus Chorale SATB [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
SATB Choir SKU: BT.MUSM570368679 For choir and fixed media. Compos...(+)
SATB Choir
SKU:
BT.MUSM570368679
For choir and fixed
media. Composed by
Evis Sammoutis. Score
Only. Composed 2019. 14
pages. University of York
Music Press
#MUSM570368679. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570368679).
Isthmus denotes
a narrow strip of land
with sea on either side,
forming a link between
two larger ars of land.
The title is a metaphor
for an effort to bond
artistically my
experiences of living in
Cyprus, my birthplace,
and in the USA, my
recently adopted
homeland. Having lived in
a small, partitioned
island for my formative
years and in England for
eleven years, water has
always had a double
meaning: it has at once
served as a gateway to
other cultures but also
as a border, a violent
and absolute interruption
of a continuum. While in
the USA, or indeed in a
now connected Europe, it
is possible to travel on
land for days without
having to encounter a
border, in the countries
where I lived for most of
my life, that was not
possible. As an artist,
this notion of
establishing boundaries
and consciously trying to
break them is very close
to me, as my music deals
both with modernity but
also with tradition and,
similarly, with metaphor
and reality. As a
Cypriot, the sea, the
world of antiquity, the
mysteries of the oracles,
the notion of borders and
the pastoral are all very
central to my way of
thinking. In Cyprus,
different layers of
history are frequently
superimposed on a single
building that might still
preserve its Roman,
Byzantine, Venetian and
Ottoman features in its
layers of stone and
architecture. Similarly,
ancient ruins or the
barbed wire of modern
conflict often interrupt
placid fields. An
isthmus, therefore, can
be seen to symbolize my
artistic struggle to join
strikingly different
experiences and notions
in a cohesive way.
Similar to an isthmus, in
this short piece, I
connect these experiences
with the purpose of
creating a distinct and
unique sonic context,
connecting technology and
tradition, the pastoral
with the urban, the
musical with the
extra-musical and the
abstract with the
concrete. For example,
the choir does not always
sing in the traditional
sense, but the singers
imitate various natural
sounds, such as water,
air, crickets or birds,
to create a vivid visual
impression for the work.
Scandinavian herding
calls blend with field
recordings from the seas
of Cyprus and the lakes
of Upstate New York,
communicated within
clearly defined, singular
acoustic sources and
spaces through wireless
speakers. The text used
is both onomatopoeic,
articulating an imaginary
language, but also
literal, with a setting
of the poem, “To make a
prairie” by the iconic
American poet Emily
Dickinson and a tiny
fragment from
Callimachus’ “Hymn to
Demeter.” Technology is
used sparsely and very
intentionally to
articulate the expressive
qualities of pastoral
imagery, creating one
unified synthetic timbre
with the choristers’
sounds. This piece is
dedicated to the
wonderful singers of the
Georgia Institute of
Technology Chamber Choir
with special thanks to
Professors Hsu and
Ulrich, without whose
support this composition
would not have been
possible. Practical
notes: A choir of no
less than 24 singers is
sought with 4 additional
soloists (2 Sopranos and
2 Altos). Each singer
must have their own
wireless speaker, secured
either in the music
folder or as a strap
inside their shirts. All
sounds must match in
volume the sound from the
speakers, creating one
unified timbre. The
speakers should not be
noticeable to the public.
The four soloists are
placed offstage at the
beginning of the work.
From 1:35’ onwards they
enter the hall and take
their positions, ideally
at the four corners of
the hall. If the hall is
too large, the singers
can find alternate
positions, but these
should always be
antiphonal. The four
soloists sing
predominantly in the
“kulning” style and
the antiphonal aspect is
very important to the
work. There are two sound
files for each section
(SATB) that are triggered
by each singer’s mobile
device. The first occurs
at the start of the
piece, and the second,
about a minute before the
end. The sound files are
able to be purchased
separately, on CD, or are
available directly from
UYMP.
Piano Accompaniment, Soprano SKU: HL.329321 Soprano Edition. Compo...(+)
Piano Accompaniment,
Soprano
SKU:
HL.329321
Soprano
Edition. Composed by
Various. Edited by
Richard Walters. Vocal
Collection. Broadway,
Musicals. Softcover. 200
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.329321).
ISBN 9781540083432.
UPC: 840126905694. 9x12
inches.
134 songs
particularly good for
auditions have been
selected from Volumes 1-7
of the Singer's Musical
Theatre Anthology and
professionally edited for
a 30-40 second ?16-bar?
version, retaining the
original
key.
Contents: Ah!
Sweet Mystery of Life ?
All That Matters ? Almost
Real ? Another Suitcase
in Another Hall ? Another
Winter in a Summer Town ?
Art Is Calling for Me ?
The Beauty Is ? Bewitched
? Beyond My Wildest
Dreams ? A Call from the
Vatican ? Can't Help
Lovin' Dat Man ? Children
of the Wind ? Children
Will Listen ? Come to My
Garden ? Cry like the
Wind ? Daddy's Girl ?
Dear Friend ? Falling in
Love with Love ? Feelings
? Follow Your Heart ? For
the First Time in Forever
(Broadway Version) ? From
Chopin to Country ? The
Glamorous Life ? Glitter
and Be Gay ? The Golden
Ram ? Gooch's Song ?
Green Finch and Linnet
Bird ? Hello, Young
Lovers ? Home ? Home ?
How Lovely to Be a Woman
? I Could Have Danced All
Night ? I Don't Know His
Name ? I Don't Know What
I'd Do Without You ? I
Feel Pretty ? I Have a
Love ? I Have Confidence
? I Have Dreamed ? I Have
to Tell You ? I Know It's
Today ? I Wonder What
Became of Me ? I'll Know
? I'm Leaving You ? I've
Decided to Marry You ? If
I Loved You ? If I Were a
Bell ? In His Eyes ? In
My Life ? Inside Out ? Is
It Really Me? ? It Never
Was You ? Let Us Be Glad
? Like a Woman Loves a
Man ? Listen to Your
Heart ? Love, Look Away ?
Love Makes Such Fools of
Us All ? Lovely ? Make
Believe ? Matchmaker ?
Migratory V ? Mister Snow
? Moonfall ? Morning
Person ? Mr. Right ? Much
More ? My Favorite Things
? My Funny Valentine ? My
Lord and Master ? My Ship
? My True Love ? My White
Knight ? Nelson ? Never ?
No One Is Alone - Part I
? No Other Love ? Not a
Day Goes By ? Nothing Is
Too Wonderful to Be True
? Nothing Stops Another
Day ? Old Maid ? On the
Steps of the Palace ?
Once You Lose Your Heart
? One Boy (Girl) ? One
More Kiss ? Only Love ?
Out of My Dreams ? People
Will Say We're in Love ?
Practically Perfect ?
Raining ? Raunchy ?
Ribbons down My Back ?
Rosa's Confession ? The
Saga of Jenny ? The
Secret Service ? Show Me
? The Simple Joys of
Maidenhood ? So in Love ?
So Many People ? Some
Things Are Meant to Be ?
Somebody, Somewhere ? The
Song That Goes like This
? Sons of (Fils De) ?
Soon ? Speak Low ? Take
Me to the World ? Ten
Minutes Ago ? Thank
Goodness ? That Dirty Old
Man ? That'll Show Him ?
There's a Small Hotel ?
There's Music in You ?
Think of Me ? This Is All
Very New to Me ? This
Place Is Mine ? Till
There Was You ? To Build
a Home ? Too Much in Love
to Care ? Tour de France
? Unexpected Song ?
Unusual Way ? Vanilla Ice
Cream ? Waiting ? Waitin'
for My Dearie ? What More
Do I Need? ? When Did I
Fall in Love ? When He
Sees Me ? When There's No
One ? Where or When ?
When Was I Born? ? Will
He Like Me? ? Will You? ?
Wishing You Were Somehow
Here Again ? With You ?
Without You ? The Wo.
Piano Duet - Easy SKU: FP.FCW16 Composed by Walter Carroll. Sheet Music a...(+)
Piano Duet - Easy
SKU:
FP.FCW16
Composed by
Walter Carroll. Sheet
Music and Books. The
Lonely Shepherd is a
wonderful compilation of
duets by master
children's composer for
the piano, Walter
Carroll. Classical.
Collection. Forsyths
Publications #FCW16.
Published by Forsyths
Publications (FP.FCW16).
ISBN
9790570504305.
The
Lonely Shepherd is a
wonderful compilation of
duets by master
children's composer for
the piano, Walter
Carroll. Featuring works
from Scenes at a Farm and
The Countryside amongst
others, this is fantastic
material for the teacher
or parent to play with a
young beginner or
learner. Published as a
high quality archive copy
of the original sheet
music.
Piano (Piano Solo) SKU: HL.51481637 Piano Solo. Composed by Franz ...(+)
Piano (Piano Solo)
SKU: HL.51481637
Piano Solo.
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Edited by Peter Jost.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. 20
pages. G. Henle #HN1637.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51481637).
error-free, reliable
musical texts based on
meticulous musicological
research - fingerings and
bowings by famous artists
and pedagogues
preface in 3
languages with
information on the
genesis and history of
the workÂ
Critical Commentary
in 1 â 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisionsÂ
most beautiful music
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Composed by Tim Attride. The antiphon for use with the Seven Penitential Psalms ...(+)
Composed by Tim Attride.
The antiphon for use with
the Seven Penitential
Psalms and the Lenten
chant Parce Domine are
presented here in chant
with Latin text, followed
by SAB polyphony with
English text. This is an
accessible and
wonderfully appropriate
anthem for your choir
this. Lent, General.
Published by CanticaNOVA
Publications (C5.5042).
Requiem. Composed
by Andre Campra. Edited
by Jean-Paul Montagnier.
Choir; stapled. Eulenburg
Orchestral Series. Mass;
Requiem; Baroque. Part.
12 pages. Duration 55'.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#EOS 8047-19. Published
by Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EOS-8047-19).
ISBN
9790004789742. 8.5 x 11.5
inches.
Among
Campra's Latin works, the
,Messe de mort' is
perhaps one of the more
successful and today it
is one of the more
frequently performed. It
is also the most
enigmatic score of his
entire output. Despite
extensive researches, no
evidence of any sort has
yet been brought to light
to document its origin,
purpose, date of
composition, first
performance or reception.
A stylistic analysis
indubitably supports the
contention that the
,Messe de mort' is a late
work, composed perhaps
between 1722 and 1729.
The present edition
is based on the
manuscript from the
Bibliotheque Nationale de
France (Paris). It it the
oldest known source of
the work. The very few
errors have been
corrected. (Jean-Paul
Montagnier) Vokalensemble
Stuttgart und den
Kammerchor des
Kopernikus-Gymnasiums
Wasseralfingen. Fur diese
beiden ganz
unterschiedlichen
Chorformationen hat
Martin Smolka 2012 auch
gezielt seine Partitur
angelegt. Biografisch ist
das Agnus Dei eine Art
kleines Requiem fur
seinen kurz zuvor
verstorbenen Vater. Das
liturgische Agnus Dei
rahmt den deutschen Text
Eh das Madchen entschlief
... der bei Auffuhrungen
in anderen Landern durch
eine Ubersetzung ersetzt
werden soll.
Der
SWR-Redakteur Hans-Peter
Jahn schreibt dazu im
Programmheft: Die fur
Smolka typischen
minimalistischen
Taktzellen schaffen eine
archaische Sinnlichkeit.
Eine einfache und
zugleich streng gebaute
Vokalmusik mit
Tiefenwirkung.
Nac
h der Urauffuhrung war
die Esslinger Zeitung
hellauf begeistert:
Smolka ist ein Meister
der Stimmbehandlung und
der chorischen
Klanggestaltung. Im
Zentrum des Stucks gerat
die Musik zum Stillstand:
im leisen gleichmassigen
Summen uber dem plotzlich
fortissimo ein
tschechisches Kinderlied
erklingt eines das der
Vater seinen Kindern
haufig vorgesungen hat.
Das alles war sehr
beruhrend. Und eigentlich
noch mehr als das. My
father PhDr. Jaroslav
Smolka (1933-2011) was a
leading Czech
musicologist author of
books Czech Cantata and
Oratorium Fuga in Czech
Music Smetana's Orchestra
Music Smetana's Vocal
Music monography of Jan
Dismas Zelenka and many
others. He was a
legendary teacher of
Music History at Prague
Music Academy critic
recording producer
composer; for almost 50
years he was an important
and highly respected
personality of Prague
musical life. My
father devoted a lot of
time and energy to
musical education and
activities of my sister
and me using often quite
original methods such as
teaching of intervals and
counterpoint through
Bartok's Microcosmos ear
training filling all
imaginable moments of
everyday life or lessons
of harmony analysis
starting with Overture to
Tristan and Musorgsky's
Catacombs. The Martinu
song Wondering Maiden was
his solo number in our
home vocal productions
which he used to sing
with amazing devotion
while his huge voice was
audible in several
neighboring
streets. My Agnus Dei
is closely bound to all
this history e.g. by
using canon and
preferring beauty of
dissonant seconds like
Bartok or quoting Martinu
and his refined
neoclassical harmony.
Father would be probably
a bit critical about the
minimalistic monotony of
the main body of the
piece. Nevertheless
firstly he would
improvise a short lecture
of history of Agnus Dei
in Requiem in Czech Music
naming by heart many
dates and all examples of
changes of order of the
traditional text by
composers. Examples would
be sung
probably. (Martin
Smolka).
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.