(E-Z Play Today #199). Composed by Various. For Organ, Piano/Keyboard, Electroni...(+)
(E-Z Play Today #199).
Composed by Various. For
Organ, Piano/Keyboard,
Electronic Keyboard. E-Z
Play Today. Softcover.
528 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard
For organ. General, Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Sacred. Level: 3-...(+)
For organ. General,
Thanksgiving, Advent,
Christmas, Epiphany,
Sacred. Level: 3-staff.
Sacred organ. Published
by Lorenz Publishing
Company. (70/1657L)
Organ SKU: SU.80101422 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101422
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101422.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101422).
Suite
circulaire (2018) for
organ is dedicated to
Elisa Williams Bickers.
The music takes a free,
contemporary approach to
the historical genre of
circulating (or
modulating) compositions,
where the basic material
moves through a variety
of keys before returning
home again. The goal is
not simply to play a
modulation game, but
rather to construct a
true musical discourse
where the varied keys are
an essential part of the
concept. The first
movement, Praeludium, is
bright in character.
Besides moving through
varied keys, the movement
is also animated with
various looping patterns
that provide another link
to the circulating
concept. The second
movement, Ricercare,
takes its content very
literally from the title,
which means to search
out. Instead of being a
proto-fugue, like many
ricercares from the late
Renaissance or early
Baroque, the music
searches through the keys
by means of a wandering
melody and a modulating
accompaniment. The third
movement, Toccata, is
slightly manic in
character. The syncopated
theme heard at the start
animates the movement as
it moves through both
tonal, modal, and
bitonal/modal harmonies
before reaching an
excited conclusion. (When
the suite is performed on
an organ tuned in an
unequal, circulating
temperament, there is an
additional circular
effect provided by the
quite varied key colors
that are heard as the
material moves through
them.)Organ Duration:
14’ Composed: 2018
Published by: Zimbel
Press.
Organ SKU: SU.80101410 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101410
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101410.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101410).
Fantasy-Variati
ons on Two Themes (2017)
for organ was written for
Heinrich Christensen in
celebration of his
significant 2017
birthday. The musical
material for the work
comprises two different
themes. The first is a
short melody by the
Danish composer Carl
Nielsen (1865-1931). (It
was a sketch originally
intended for inclusion
in, but ultimately left
out of, Nielsen's late
organ work 29 Little
Preludes.) This theme
represents Heinrich's
native Denmark. The
second theme is the
American folk-gospel hymn
Angel Band. This theme
represents Heinrich's
adopted American
homeland. It serves also
as a remembrance of our
dear mutual friend Harry
Lyn Huff (1952-2016), for
whom the tune was a
particular favorite. Both
these themes are
developed freely in a set
of alternating
fantasy-variations. The
opening variation begins
with a dramatic pedal
solo before quoting both
themes. The second
variation is a lyric
setting based on the
Nielsen melody. The third
is a jubilant hornpipe on
Angel Band. The fourth is
an aria on a
transformation of the
Nielsen melody. The fifth
is a gigue-toccata on
Angel Band. The sixth is
an atmospheric
contemplation: lush
chords in the manuals
move slowly and hint at
Angel Band while the
Nielsen melody is heard
for the first time in its
complete original form on
a high pedal stop. The
seventh and final
variation begins with a
brief evocation of the
harmonies of the late
Daniel Pinkham (a mentor
to both Heinrich and me)
before going on to return
dramatically and
jubilantly to the opening
music, bringing together
both themes again in a
bold conclusion.
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: 15' Composed:
2017 Published by: Zimbel
Press.