By Scott Bihlman. For Drumset. Book; CD; Method/Instruction; Percussion - Drum S...(+)
By Scott Bihlman. For
Drumset. Book; CD;
Method/Instruction;
Percussion - Drum Set
Method or Collection. The
Total Drummer. Blues. 128
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
By Chuck Sher . For Bass. A complete method book, over 200 pages, filled with in...(+)
By Chuck Sher . For Bass.
A complete method book,
over 200 pages, filled
with information and
exercises on all aspects
of bass playing, for both
acoustic and electric
bass. Method. Published
by Sher Music Company.
An Essential Study of Blues Drums for the Beginning-Advanced Player. By Kevin Co...(+)
An Essential Study of
Blues Drums for the
Beginning-Advanced
Player. By Kevin Coggins
and David Barrett. For
Drum Set. Methods. School
of Blues. Blues. Level:
Multiple Levels. Book/CD
Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 56
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc.
Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
By David R. Gillingham. Percussion Ensemble. For Marimba (4-mallet) (marimba (5-...(+)
By David R. Gillingham.
Percussion Ensemble. For
Marimba (4-mallet)
(marimba (5-octave)).
Medium to difficult.
Duration 20:00. Published
by C. Alan Publications
Beautiful Music For Two String Instruments, Volume I (2 Violins). Edited by Thom...(+)
Beautiful Music For Two
String Instruments,
Volume I (2 Violins).
Edited by Thom Proctor.
For 2 string instruments.
Duet or Duo; String
Orchestra
Method/Supplement. String
method/supplement
(Violin). Classical.
Difficulty: easy-medium
to medium. Collection.
Chord names. 36 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
By Various. For voice and C instrument. Hal Leonard Paperback Songs. Folk. Diffi...(+)
By Various. For voice and
C instrument. Hal Leonard
Paperback Songs. Folk.
Difficulty: easy-medium.
Fakebook (leadsheet
notation). Vocal melody,
lyrics, leadsheet
notation and chord names.
255 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard fakebook
(leadsheet notation) Folk
An Essential Study of Blues Drums for the Beginning to Advanced. Composed...(+)
An Essential Study of
Blues Drums for the
Beginning to
Advanced. Composed by
Kevin Coggins and David
Barrett. School of Blues.
Book and online audio. 56
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.21066M).
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Nursery Rhymes for Primary Music Students. C...(+)
Folk Tales, Fairy
Tales, and Nursery Rhymes
for Primary Music
Students. Composed by
Greg Foreman and Valeaira
Luppens. This edition:
Primary Book and Enhanced
CD. Book;
Classroom/Pre-School;
Enhanced CD; General
Music and Classroom
Publications;
Reproducible. Folk. 68
pages. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.45332).
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Nursery Rhymes for Intermediate Music Students(+)
Folk Tales, Fairy
Tales, and Nursery Rhymes
for Intermediate Music
Students. Composed by
Greg Foreman and Valeaira
Luppens. This edition:
Intermediate Book and
Enhanced CD. Book;
Classroom/Pre-School;
Enhanced CD; General
Music and Classroom
Publications;
Reproducible. Folk. 84
pages. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.45329).
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1043728-010 Arranged by Loren...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1043728-010
Arranged by Lorenzo
Bocci. De Haske Pop
Collection. Pop & Rock.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2004. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1043728-010. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1043728-010).
Everything
started when two
Frenchmen, Jacques Morali
and Henri Belolo, after
having sold over ten
records with their band,
the Ritchie Family,
decided to try out
something new. The basic
idea was to form a new
group inspired by the
American male myths of
the seventies: cowboys,
Indians, men in leather
clothes, soldiers and
policemen. This is how
the Village People were
born.Their secret was
their energy,
cheerfulness and tongue
in cheek humour combined
with strong disco beat
and an arresting visual
presence. Even now a
Village People song is
guaranteed to fill the
dance floor in any club
or disco. The Best of
Village People is a
medley including the
following pieces: In
theNavy,Y.M.C.A. and
Macho Man.
Het
begon allemaal toen twee
Fransen, Jacques Morali
en Henry Belolo, besloten
iets nieuws te proberen,
nadat zij meer dan tien
miljoen platen hadden
verkocht met hun groep
The Ritchie Family. Het
idee was een nieuwe groep
te vormendie was ge
nspireerd op de
Amerikaanse machomythen
van de jaren zeventig:
cowboys, indianen, mannen
in leer, soldaten en
politieagenten. Zo kwamen
de Village People in het
leven. Hun geheim lag in
het feit dat ze een
pakkende
discobeatcombineerden met
een energiek, kleurrijk
en humoristisch optreden.
The Best of Village
People is een medley die
de volgende nummers
bevat: In the
Navy,Y.M.C.A. en Macho
Man.
Village
People, die amerikanische
Gruppe aus den 70-er
Jahren haben längst
Kultstatus erlangt. Ihr
Erfolgsrezept bestand aus
farbenfrohen Auftritten
in Kostümen, die
Cowboys, Indianer,
Männer in Leder und
Polizisten - die
männlichen Mythen
Amerikas -
widerspiegelten und vor
allem aber
mitreißenden,
fröhlichen Partyhits,
die bis heute aus keiner
Disco und von keinem Fest
wegzudenken sind. Lorenzo
Bocci schuf ein Medley
für Blasorchester aus
den drei größten
Hits von Village People,
das seine Wirkung
garantiert nicht
verfehlen
wird.
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1043728-140 Arranged by Loren...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1043728-140
Arranged by Lorenzo
Bocci. De Haske Pop
Collection. Original
Light Music. Score Only.
Composed 2004. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1043728-140. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1043728-140).
Everything
started when two
Frenchmen, Jacques Morali
and Henri Belolo, after
having sold over ten
records with their band,
the Ritchie Family,
decided to try out
something new. The basic
idea was to form a new
group inspired by the
American male myths of
the seventies: cowboys,
Indians, men in leather
clothes, soldiers and
policemen. This is how
the Village People were
born.Their secret was
their energy,
cheerfulness and tongue
in cheek humour combined
with strong disco beat
and an arresting visual
presence. Even now a
Village People song is
guaranteed to fill the
dance floor in any club
or disco. The Best of
Village People is a
medley including the
following pieces: In
theNavy,Y.M.C.A. and
Macho Man.
Het
begon allemaal toen twee
Fransen, Jacques Morali
en Henry Belolo, besloten
iets nieuws te proberen,
nadat zij meer dan tien
miljoen platen hadden
verkocht met hun groep
The Ritchie Family. Het
idee was een nieuwe groep
te vormendie was ge
nspireerd op de
Amerikaanse machomythen
van de jaren zeventig:
cowboys, indianen, mannen
in leer, soldaten en
politieagenten. Zo kwamen
de Village People in het
leven. Hun geheim lag in
het feit dat ze een
pakkende
discobeatcombineerden met
een energiek, kleurrijk
en humoristisch optreden.
The Best of Village
People is een medley die
de volgende nummers
bevat: In the
Navy,Y.M.C.A. en Macho
Man.
Village
People, die amerikanische
Gruppe aus den 70-er
Jahren haben längst
Kultstatus erlangt. Ihr
Erfolgsrezept bestand aus
farbenfrohen Auftritten
in Kostümen, die
Cowboys, Indianer,
Männer in Leder und
Polizisten - die
männlichen Mythen
Amerikas -
widerspiegelten und vor
allem aber
mitreiÃ?enden,
fröhlichen Partyhits,
die bis heute aus keiner
Disco und von keinem Fest
wegzudenken sind. Lorenzo
Bocci schuf ein Medley
für Blasorchester aus
den drei grö�ten
Hits von Village People,
das seine Wirkung
garantiert nicht
verfehlen
wird.
by Mizzy McCaskill and Dona Gilliam. For Flute. technique. Building Excellence. ...(+)
by Mizzy McCaskill and
Dona Gilliam. For Flute.
technique. Building
Excellence. All Styles.
Level: Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size
8.75x11.75. 56 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc.
Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: TTB - choir: SST(A)TBB - 2.0.0.0. - 0.0...(+)
Chorus (with soloists)
and piano (solos: TTB -
choir: SST(A)TBB -
2.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.0. -
vl.2va.vc/db)
SKU:
BR.ED-12658
Requiem. Composed
by Andre Campra. Edited
by Jean-Paul Montagnier.
Choir; Softbound. Mass;
Requiem; Baroque.
Piano/Vocal Score. 70
pages. Duration 55'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #ED
12658. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.ED-12658).
ISBN
9790220121760. 7.5 x 11
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).
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 8047-20. Published
by Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EOS-8047-20).
ISBN
9790004789759. 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).
Requiem. Composed
by Andre Campra. Edited
by Jean-Paul Montagnier.
Choir; Softcover.
Eulenburg Orchestral
Series. Mass; Requiem;
Baroque. Part. 24 pages.
Duration 55'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EOS 8047-15.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EOS-8047-15).
ISBN
9790004789735. 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).