| Contextures: Riots - Decade '60 Orchestre Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
PR.11641867L Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L). UPC:
680160683215. Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death. $105.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Contextures: Riots - Decade '60 Orchestre [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
PR.11641867S Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S). UPC:
680160683208. Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death. $43.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Mladi (Youth) - Suite for Wind Instruments Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] G. Henle
(Study Score - Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Bass). Composed by ...(+)
(Study Score -
Flute/Piccolo, Oboe,
Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon,
Bass). Composed by Leos
Jan�¡cek. Edited by
JirÃ?Â
Zahr�¡dka. For Mixed
Woodwind Ensemble,
Woodwind Ensemble (Study
Score). Henle Study
Scores. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN7093. Published
by G. Henle
$25.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Haroun and the Sea of Stories Orchestre [Conducteur] Peters
Orchestra soloists, chorus, orchestra SKU: PE.EP67890 An Opera in Two ...(+)
Orchestra soloists,
chorus, orchestra SKU:
PE.EP67890 An
Opera in Two Acts Based
on the Novel by Salman
Rushdie. Composed by
Charles Wuorinen. Full
Orchestra; Single Titles.
Edition Peters. 20th
Century. Full score. 782
pages. Duration 02:00:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP67890. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP67890). ISBN
9790300747613. 297 x
420mm inches.
English. Librett
o by James Fenton In a
make-believe world, based
loosely on Bombay and
Kashmir, the story of
Haroun is a tale of a
fight between the free
imagination and the
powers that oppose it.
Haroun's father, Rashid,
the Shah of Blah, is a
professional and gifted
story-teller, a popular
figure much in demand at
public events. Feeling
neglected, his wife is
persuaded to leave him
and run away with a
neighbor. After this,
Rashid loses confidence
in his powers of
story-tellling, haunted
by his son's question:
'What's the use of
stories that aren't even
there?' Rashid is due to
speak at a political
rally to be held by the
sinister politician,
Snooty Buttoo. He is told
that if he does not come
up with his usual fund of
tales, his tongue will be
cut out. As Rashid
despairs, Haroun
determines to rescue his
father's talent - a
project in which he
learns that the Ocean of
the Sea of Stories, the
source of all stories, is
being polluted by the
enemy of all stories, the
evil Khattam Shud. In a
series of brilliant
imagined adventures,
Haroun succeeds in
defeating the powers of
darkness, and restoring
happiness to his family,
and to the city where he
lives. Salman
Ruishdie's children's
book, written in the
aftermath of the fatwa,
has an effervescent style
which is full of rhymes
and wordplay. The
libretto stays very close
to the spirit of the
original, conjuring up a
fantasy world in which,
nonetheless, one never
loses sight of harsh
political reality and the
great issues of freedom
of speech and
imagination. -- James
Fenton, 1998 $650.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] G. Henle
French Horn; Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51487253 Hornkonzert Nr. ...(+)
French Horn; Orchestra
(Study Score) SKU:
HL.51487253
Hornkonzert Nr. 1
Es-Dur Opus 11 Study
Score. Composed by
Richard Strauss. Edited
by Peter Damm. Henle
Study Scores. Classical.
Softcover. 83 pages. G.
Henle #HN7253. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51487253). UPC:
840126933048.
6.75x9.5x0.245
inches. With his
first horn concerto, the
merely eighteen-year-old
Richard Strauss succeeded
in producing a
captivating masterstroke.
To this day, the concerto
is beloved throughout the
world (not only) by horn
players, and together
with Mozart's
masterworks, numbers
among the essential
pieces in the
instrument's repertoire.
Peter Damm, former
principal horn for the
Staatskapelle Dresden and
world-class soloist, has
not only performed the
concerto publicly over
170 times himself, but
has also presented
pivotal research findings
and publications on its
genesis. Prepared after
reviewing all surviving
sources, the Urtext
edition he has edited may
thus been regarded as the
edition of reference. The
orchestral score,
available in a practical
study edition, eliminates
innumerable errors from
the first edition.
About Henle
Urtext
What I can expect from
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and pedagogues
- preface in 3
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information on the
genesis and history of
the work
- Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisions
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pages, and cues where you
need them
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exclusively for Urtext
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| Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] G. Henle
Harpsichord; Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51487380 [Cembalokonzert ...(+)
Harpsichord; Orchestra
(Study Score) SKU:
HL.51487380
[Cembalokonzert Nr. 1
D-Moll BWV 1052] Study
Score. Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Henle Study Scores.
Classical. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN7380. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51487380). UPC:
840126932881.
6.75x9.5x0.251
inches. Bach's
harpsichord concerti,
extremely popular among
pianists, are presumably
reworkings of pieces
originally written for
the violin. Bach,
however, succeeded in
transferring the diverse
idiosyncrasies of violin
technique to the keyboard
with such ingenuity that
most of today's pianists
also include these
concerti in their
standard repertoire. The
first concerto in D minor
is perhaps the most
popular - not least
because of its jaunty
outer movements and the
eminently forceful solo
part. Now, as a prelude
to a series of all of
Bach's harpsichord
concerti, G. Henle
Publishers presents a
piano reduction and study
edition (score) of the
D-minor concerto. None
other than András
Schiff, the outstanding
Bach expert, has provided
fingering
suggestions.
About Henle
Urtext
What I can expect from
Henle Urtext
editions:
- 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 work
- Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisions
- most beautiful music
engraving
- page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them
- excellent print
quality and
binding
- largest Urtext
catalogue
world-wide
- longest Urtext
experience (founded 1948
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editions)
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| Symphony No. 17 in C minor Op. posth. Orchestre [Conducteur] Breitkopf & Härtel
Orchestra SKU: BR.PB-32030 Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
BR.PB-32030
Urtext. Composed
by Friedrich Schneider.
Orchestra.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Symphony; Romantic. Full
score. 80 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
32030. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-32030). ISBN
9790004215159. 0 x 0
inches. Promising
Discovery When a
recording of this
Symphony No. 17 by
Friedrich Schneider
appeared in 2002, it
attracted some attention.
Now, Breitkopf & Hartel
presents the work that,
like all Schneider's
symphonies, had remained
unpublished, for the
first time in a modern
edition. The composer
does not use a
pathetic-heroic tone as
suggested by the key, but
follows the urgent,
roving, and cantabile
character that the key
has possessed, especially
in early Romanticism
since the Sturm und
Drang. It is reminiscent
of Franz Schubert who
ventured a very similar
reinterpretation of the
classical symphony. With
this work Schneider
succeeds in designing a
remarkably coherent and
carefully developed
composition. A gain for
the repertoire, since the
symphony, composed in
1822 and premiered that
year in the Leipzig
Gewandhaus, shows so much
merit. $56.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Concerti Grossi Op. 1, Nos. 1-4 Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Eulenburg
Study Score. By Pietro Antonio Locatelli. Study Score. 104 pages. Published by E...(+)
Study Score. By Pietro
Antonio Locatelli. Study
Score. 104 pages.
Published by Eulenburg
Germany (Schott).
$20.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Concerti Grossi Op. 1, Nos. 5-8 Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Eulenburg
Study Score. By Pietro Antonio Locatelli. Study Score. 106 pages. Published by E...(+)
Study Score. By Pietro
Antonio Locatelli. Study
Score. 106 pages.
Published by Eulenburg
Germany (Schott).
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| Concerti Grossi Op. 1, Nos. 9-12 Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Eulenburg
Study Score. By Pietro Antonio Locatelli. Misc. 92 pages. Published by Eulenburg...(+)
Study Score. By Pietro
Antonio Locatelli. Misc.
92 pages. Published by
Eulenburg Germany
(Schott).
$20.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
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