Guitar - Beginning SKU: MB.31103M Third Edition. Bluegrass, Wire b...(+)
Guitar - Beginning
SKU: MB.31103M
Third Edition.
Bluegrass, Wire bound.
World. Book and online
audio. 236 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#31103M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.31103M).
ISBN
9781513468792. 8.75x11.75
inches.
Adam Granger
self-published the first
edition of
Grangerâ??s Fiddle
Tunes for Guitar in
1979. A second edition
was published in 1994.
Now Mel Bay Publications
presents the third
edition of the
book.
This 236-page book
is the most extensive and
best-documented
collection of fiddle
tunes for the flatpicking
guitar player in
existence, and includes
reels, hoedowns,
hornpipes, rags,
breakdowns, jigs and
slip-jigs, presented in
Southern, Northern,
Irish, Canadian, Texas
and Old-time
styles.
There are 508
fiddle tunes referenced
under 2500 titles and
alternate titles. The
titles are fully indexed,
making the book doubly
valuable as a reference
book and a source
book.
In this new
edition, all tunes are
typeset, instead of being
handwritten as they were
in the previous editions,
making the tabs easier to
read.
The tunes in
Grangerâ??s Fiddle
Tunes for Guitar are
presented in Easytab, a
streamlined tablature
notation system designed
by Adam specifically for
fiddle
tunes.
The book comes
with a link which gives
access to mp3 recordings
by Adam of all 508 tunes,
each played once at a
moderate tempo, with
rhythm on one channel and
lead on the
other.
Also included in
Grangerâ??s Fiddle
Tunes for Guitar are
instructions for reading
Easytab, descriptions of
tune types presented in
the book, and primers on
traditional flatpicking
and rhythm guitar.
Additionally, there are
sections on timing,
ornamentation, technique,
and fingering, as well as
information on tune
sources and a history of
the
collection.
Mel Bay also
offers The Granger
Collection, by Bill
Nicholson, the same 508
tunes in standard music
notation.
By Nicolas Horvath. By Robert Orledge and Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Redi...(+)
By Nicolas Horvath. By
Robert Orledge and Claude
Debussy (1862-1918).
Rediscoverd Debussy.
Christmas. Score. Musik
Fabrik #MFCD017A.
Published
by Musik Fabrik
Piano - Grade 5 SKU: FA.MFCD017B By Nicolas Horvath. By Claude Debussy an...(+)
Piano - Grade 5
SKU:
FA.MFCD017B
By
Nicolas Horvath. By
Claude Debussy and Robert
Orledge. Rediscoverd
Debussy. Christmas.
Score. Musik Fabrik
#MFCD017B. Published by
Musik Fabrik
(FA.MFCD017B).
8.27 x
11.69
inches.
Contains Le
Roi Lear:
Prelude,Premiere Fanfare,
and La Mort de
Cordelia,Toomai des
elephants, Rodrigue et
Chimene: Prelude a l'acte
1p. Le Martyre de Saint
Sebastien: La Passion ,
and No-ja-li ou Le Palais
du Silence
From
Robert Orledge's
notes:
My interest
in the wonderful music of
Claude Debussy began in
the 1980s when I
researched and published
a book with Cambridge
University Press entitled
Debussy and the Theatre.
During the course of my
studies in Paris, I was
amazed to discover that
Debussy planned over 50
theatrical works but only
finished two of these
entirely by himself (the
opera Pelleas et
Melisande in 1893-1902
and the ballet Jeux for
Diaghilev's Ballets
Russes in 1912-13). Of
the rest, many were never
started musically (like
Siddartha and Orphee-roi
with the Oriental scholar
Victor Segalen, 1907);
some had a few
tantalising sketches
(like the Edgar Allan Poe
opera Le Diable dans le
beffroi, 1902-03); some
were half-finished (like
his other Poe opera La
Chute de la Maison Usher,
1908-17); while others
were musically complete
but had their
orchestrations completed
by other composers (like
Khamma, by Charles
Koechlin, 1912-13; or Le
Martyre de Saint
Sebastien and La Boite a
joujoux by his 'angel of
corrections' ['l'ange des
Corrections'] Andre
Caplet in 1911 and 1919
respectively).
For
it has to be admitted
that what some scholars
call Debussy's
'compulsive achievement'
could equally well be
viewed as laziness,
especially as far as the
minute detail required
for calligraphing his
orchestral scores was
concerned. It was as if
creating the music itself
was of greater importance
than controlling its
final sound, even if
Debussy was an
imaginative orchestrator
when he found the time
and energy to do it. It
also seems true that
Debussy also preferred
inventing ideas to
turning them into
complete pieces. However,
despite the lack of
detail in many of his
sketches (missing clefs,
key signatures, dynamics,
phrasing, etc.) the notes
themselves are
surprisingly accurate,
whether or not they can
be compared with a later
draft. Thus, a large
number of sketches exist
for his Chinese ballet
No-ja-li ou Le Palais du
Silence and it is not too
difficult to see which
parts of Georges de
Feure's 1913 scenario
(see below) inspired
which ideas. But Debussy
hardly made any attempt
to join them together
after the first few
bars.
It was
usually up to his
publisher, Jacques
Durand, to find solutions
when Debussy risked a
breach of contract.
Debussy was supposed to
supervise the
orchestrations completed
by others, but this
supervision was usually
very light and restricted
to quiet, sensitive
moments in which problems
were easier to spot. Far
from jealously guarding
every one of his created
notes, as Ravel did,
Debussy once even went as
far as to ask Koechlin to
'write a ballet for him
that he would sign' on 26
March 1914 when he was
hard-pressed to fulfil
his lucrative contract
for No-ja-li with Andre
Charlot at the Alhambra
Theatre in London. In the
end, Debussy (through
Durand) sent Charlot the
symphonic suite Printemps
instead, whose
orchestration had been
completed by Henri Busser
in the Spring of
1912.
So, when I
was offered early
retirement as Professor
of Music at Liverpool
University in 2004, I
seized the opportunity it
would give me to spend
time trying to
reconstruct some of
Debussy's lost potential
masterpieces from his
existing sketches and
drafts--then
orchestrating them in
Debussy's style when this
was appropriate. I had
begun this mission in
2001 with the most
promising project, the
missing parts of Scene 2
of La Chute de la Maison
Usher and the sheer joy
it gave me at every stage
persuaded me to tackle
other projects,
especially when Debussy
experts were unable to
identify exactly where I
took over from Debussy
(and vice versa) in
Usher.
Composed
by Zachary Cairns. Sws.
Yps. Full score. 24
pages. Duration 4
minutes, 48 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #YPS217F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YPS217F).
ISBN 9781491156551.
UPC: 680160915095. 9 x 12
inches.
Hope
Remains Within was
commissioned by and
composed for the Mount
Nittany Middle School 7th
and 8th Grade Concert
Bands. Having heard the
students of Mount Nittany
perform another work of
mine, I was very excited
when their director,
Johanna Steinbacher,
approached me about
writing a piece
specifically for them. I
knew right away that I
wanted to write something
that would tie in with
their non-music
curriculum in some way,
but I wasn't exactly sure
how, or what. Johanna
talked to some of her
students and learned
that, in 7th grade, the
students spend a good
deal of time studying
mythology in their
English class. In
particular, two clarinet
students mentioned how
much they enjoyed the
story of Pandora. As
such, I decided to use
that story as the basis
of this composition. Hope
Remains Within doesn't
attempt to re-tell the
story, event by event, in
musical terms. Instead,
my goal was to address
what seems to be one of
the central issues of the
Pandora myth. Though
there are some
variations, we probably
all know the basics as
told by the ancient Greek
poet Hesiod. Zeus decides
to punish Prometheus for
stealing fire from heaven
and giving it to humans.
He and the other gods
create Pandora, a
beautiful and deceitful
woman, and they give her
to Prometheus's brother
Epimetheus as a bride.
Pandora is herself given
a jar (according to many
sources, jar seems to be
a more accurate
translation for what we
commonly call Pandora's
box) which contained
numerous evils, diseases,
and other pains. Out of
curiosity, Pandora opens
the jar and releases all
of these evils into the
world. But one thing
remains in the jar: hope.
The issue of hope seems
to be one of the big
interpretive questions of
the Pandora myth. Why
does hope remain within
the jar? Why doesn't it
come out of the jar to
help humanity? Is hope
being held on a pedestal
of some sort? Is hope
deliberately withheld
from humanity? Why was
hope in the jar with all
those evils in the first
place? I'm not enough of
a mythological scholar to
claim to have definitive
answers to those
questions, but these are
the questions that I've
tried to engage from a
musical perspective in
Hope Remains Within. I
encourage the students
and listeners to consider
their own ideas of what
hope is, and where you
can find your own hope
when needed. Musically,
Hope Remains Within draws
one of its main themes
from the Prometheus
Symphony by Alexander
Skryabin (Scriabin). The
note sequence F-D-Gb -F,
heard near Hope's
beginning played by alto
saxophones and chimes,
comes from the opening
measures of Skyrabin's
work. Given the important
role that Prometheus
plays in the Pandora
myth, this seemed like an
appropriate musical
gesture to quote. This
Prometheus motive is
varied throughout the
course of the piece, and
even provides closure at
the end, recast in a
major key. Additionally,
I have tried to involve a
manageable amount of
chromaticism in this
piece. I have worked from
the key of Bb major, no
doubt familiar to every
student who has ever
played an instrument in a
band. But I have added
three extra notes: Db,
Gb, and Ab, which are
drawn from the key of Bb
minor. During the piece's
slow opening, I have
allowed these minor key
pitches to mingle freely
within the Bb major
tonality, adding extra
color and (I hope!)
beauty. As the piece
progresses, though, the
tempo increases, and we
lose sense of the Bb
major key entirely, and
these extra notes play a
more important role. But
finally, Bb major returns
triumphantly and all the
extra notes are gone,
except for a brief memory
near the very end. (Ok,
there are a couple of
E-naturals that sneak in
there along the way. I
couldn't
resist.). Hope Remains
Within was commissioned
by and composed for the
Mount Nittany Middle
School 7th and 8th Grade
Concert Bands. Having
heard the students of
Mount Nittany perform
another work of mine, I
was very excited when
their director, Johanna
Steinbacher, approached
me about writing a piece
specifically for them. I
knew right away that I
wanted to write something
that would tie in with
their non-music
curriculum in some way,
but I wasn’t
exactly sure how, or
what. Johanna talked to
some of her students and
learned that, in 7th
grade, the students spend
a good deal of time
studying mythology in
their English class. In
particular, two clarinet
students mentioned how
much they enjoyed the
story of Pandora.As such,
I decided to use that
story as the basis of
this composition. Hope
Remains Within
doesn’t attempt to
re-tell the story, event
by event, in musical
terms. Instead, my goal
was to address what seems
to be one of the central
issues of the Pandora
myth. Though there are
some variations, we
probably all know the
basics as told by the
ancient Greek poet
Hesiod. Zeus decides to
punish Prometheus for
stealing fire from heaven
and giving it to humans.
He and the other gods
create Pandora, a
beautiful and deceitful
woman, and they give her
to Prometheus’s
brother Epimetheus as a
bride. Pandora is herself
given a jar (according to
many sources,
“jar†seems
to be a more accurate
translation for what we
commonly call
“Pandora’s
boxâ€) which
contained numerous evils,
diseases, and other
pains. Out of curiosity,
Pandora opens the jar and
releases all of these
evils into the world. But
one thing remains in the
jar: hope.The issue of
hope seems to be one of
the big interpretive
questions of the Pandora
myth. Why does hope
remain within the jar?
Why doesn’t it
come out of the jar to
help humanity? Is hope
being held on a pedestal
of some sort? Is hope
deliberately withheld
from humanity? Why was
hope in the jar with all
those evils in the first
place?I’m not
enough of a mythological
scholar to claim to have
definitive answers to
those questions, but
these are the questions
that I’ve tried to
engage from a musical
perspective in Hope
Remains Within. I
encourage the students
and listeners to consider
their own ideas of what
hope is, and where you
can find your own hope
when needed.Musically,
Hope Remains Within draws
one of its main themes
from the Prometheus
Symphony by Alexander
Skryabin (Scriabin). The
note sequence F-D-Gb -F,
heard near Hope’s
beginning played by alto
saxophones and chimes,
comes from the opening
measures of
Skyrabin’s work.
Given the important role
that Prometheus plays in
the Pandora myth, this
seemed like an
appropriate musical
gesture to quote. This
Prometheus motive is
varied throughout the
course of the piece, and
even provides closure at
the end, recast in a
major key.Additionally, I
have tried to involve a
manageable amount of
chromaticism in this
piece. I have worked from
the key of Bb major, no
doubt familiar to every
student who has ever
played an instrument in a
band. But I have added
three extra notes: Db,
Gb, and Ab, which are
drawn from the key of Bb
minor. During the
piece’s slow
opening, I have allowed
these minor key pitches
to mingle freely within
the Bb major tonality,
adding extra color and (I
hope!) beauty. As the
piece progresses, though,
the tempo increases, and
we lose sense of the Bb
major key entirely, and
these extra notes play a
more important role. But
finally, Bb major returns
triumphantly and all the
extra notes are gone,
except for a brief memory
near the very end. (Ok,
there are a couple of
E-naturals that sneak in
there along the way. I
couldn’t
resist.).
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Piano (Solo). Hard Cover Premiu...(+)
Composed by Johann
Sebastian
Bach (1685-1750). Piano
(Solo). Hard Cover
Premium
Edition. 184 pages.
Edition
Peters #EP11500.
Published
by Edition Peters
Chamber Music Piano, Trumpet SKU: CF.W2682 For Trumpet in E and Piano,...(+)
Chamber Music Piano,
Trumpet
SKU:
CF.W2682
For
Trumpet in E and Piano,
S.49. Composed by
Johann Hummel. Edited by
Elisa Koehler. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 36+8
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#W2682. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.W2682).
ISBN 9781491144954.
UPC: 680160902453. 9 x 12
inches. Key: E
major.
3 Etudes pour la Methode des Methodes. Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)...(+)
3 Etudes pour la Methode
des
Methodes. Composed by
Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849).
Piano (Solo). The
Complete
Chopin - A New Critical
Edition. Score. Edition
Peters #EP73229.
Published
by Edition Peters
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.312418710 A Brief Meditation On The D...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312418710
A Brief Meditation On
The Devil's Verse.
Composed by Richard
Wernick. -. Secular
choral. Performance
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2011.
8 pages. Duration 4
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41871.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312418710).
ISBN
9781598066265. UPC:
680160618743. Octavo
inches. The Devil's
Verse.
To celebrate
25 years of excellence
and promotion of new
concert works, the New
York Virtuoso Singers
commissioned 25
contemporary composers
for 25 new choral works,
all of which now appear
on their recording, 25 X
25: Twenty-Five Premieres
for Twenty-Five Years.
Among the 25 is Richard
Wernick's The Devil's
Game. Here, Wernick uses
The Devil's Verse, a
Latin palindrome that
still puzzles us today as
to its meaning, and
appropriately embraces
repetitive use of the
verse in a musical
palindrome of his
own. The text is a
palindrome (in girum imus
nocte et consumimur
igni), a rather
mysterious one called The
Devil’s Verse. Its
origin is vague (probably
Roman, but possibly
Medieval) and it does not
surrender its meaning
easily; many scholars
have fussed over it. It
is a riddle as well as a
palindrome, in other
words a puzzle within a
puzzle. My preferred
translation, without
going into the niceties
of Latin grammar, is
“We enter the
circle at night and are
consumed by
fire.â€This music is
also a palindrome, the
outer parts of which are
homophonic, while the
turning around point in
the center (where the
basses enter for the
first time) is a brief
double canon.
Santorella Publications' proudly boasts our connection to some of the best studi...(+)
Santorella Publications'
proudly boasts our
connection to some of the
best studio players in
the Los Angeles studio
circuit. Each one of
these great musicians,
when they are not in a
session or performing on
a new movie soundtrack,
are giving lessons to
horn players of all ages.
Santorella Publications
is setting a new trend in
the industry by making it
possible for you to study
with these talented
professionals in a
virtual world with Learn
From A Pro. Mark
Hollingsworth will walk
you through all 23
lessons as if you're
sitting in a studio by
his side. If you went to
Los Angeles and took 23
lessons, it would cost
over $1,000.00. Now you
can Learn "Clarinet" From
A Pro for only $12.95 and
in the privacy of your
own home. Whether you are
an early beginner or an
adult, here is your
chance to fulfill that
dream. Do something for
yourself and learn to
play today with
Santorella's Learn From A
Pro series. About your
private instructor, Mark
Hollingsworth Mark
Hollingsworth began
studying music at five
years of age. His
background includes both
classical and jazz
training. After high
school Mark won a
scholarship from Berklee
College of Music in
Boston and graduated
Magna Cum Laude, with a
major in woodwind
performance. Mark has
over fifteen years
experience as a studio
musician in Los Angeles
recording for movies,
albums, television
broadcasts and numerous
"jingles" as well as
cartoons for Warner
Brothers and Walt Disney.
He has also performed in
concerts with a wide
range of artists
including Quincy Jones,
Natalie Cole, Celine
Dion, Whitney Houston,
Donna Summer and
Manhattan Transfer to
name a few. Some of
Mark's most significant
accomplishments include
memorable television
appearances with Stevie
Wonder, Ray Charles,
Michael Bolton and
Michael McDonald . He has
worked on numerous
recordings with Tom
Petty, Luther Vandross,
U2, the Library of
Congress and soundtracks
for the Ren and Stimpy
show. Mark's musical
breadth also includes
skills on an extensive
collection of flutes from
around the world. For
more information about
Mark Hollingsworth visit:
www.windshoremusic.com.
Santorella Publications' proudly boasts our connection to some of the best studi...(+)
Santorella Publications'
proudly boasts our
connection to some of the
best studio players in
the Los Angeles studio
circuit. Each one of
these great musicians,
when they are not in a
session or performing on
a new movie soundtrack,
are giving lessons to
horn players of all ages.
Santorella Publications
is setting a new trend in
the industry by making it
possible for you to study
with these talented
professionals in a
virtual world with Learn
From A Pro. Mark
Hollingsworth will walk
you through all 23
lessons as if you're
sitting in a studio by
his side. If you went to
Los Angeles and took 23
lessons, it would cost
over $1,000.00. Now you
can Learn "Flute" From A
Pro for only $12.95 and
in the privacy of your
own home. Whether you are
an early beginner or an
adult, here is your
chance to fulfill that
dream. Do something for
yourself and learn to
play today with
Santorella's Learn From A
Pro series. About your
private instructor, Mark
Hollingsworth Mark
Hollingsworth began
studying music at five
years of age. His
background includes both
classical and jazz
training. After high
school Mark won a
scholarship from Berklee
College of Music in
Boston and graduated
Magna Cum Laude, with a
major in woodwind
performance. Mark has
over fifteen years
experience as a studio
musician in Los Angeles
recording for movies,
albums, television
broadcasts and numerous
"jingles" as well as
cartoons for Warner
Brothers and Walt Disney.
He has also performed in
concerts with a wide
range of artists
including Quincy Jones,
Natalie Cole, Celine
Dion, Whitney Houston,
Donna Summer and
Manhattan Transfer to
name a few. Some of
Mark's most significant
accomplishments include
memorable television
appearances with Stevie
Wonder, Ray Charles,
Michael Bolton and
Michael McDonald . He has
worked on numerous
recordings with Tom
Petty, Luther Vandross,
U2, the Library of
Congress and soundtracks
for the Ren and Stimpy
show. Mark's musical
breadth also includes
skills on an extensive
collection of flutes from
around the world. For
more information about
Mark Hollingsworth visit:
www.windshoremusic.com.
Piano SKU: M7.RMP-3003 Critical Edition of the Complete Works. Com...(+)
Piano
SKU:
M7.RMP-3003
Critical Edition of
the Complete Works.
Composed by Sergej
Wassiljewitsch
Rachmaninow. Edited by
Valentin Antipov. This
edition:
Slipcase/Cassette. Sheet
music. Score and critical
commentary, complete
edition. Op. 3, op. 10,
op. 16. 320 pages.
Russian Music Publishing
#RMP 3003. Published by
Russian Music Publishing
(M7.RMP-3003).
ISBN
9783795716615. English
Russian.
Sergei
Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
was a pianist and
composer of international
stature and one of the
towering figures of early
20th century music. He
left behind an ouvre
consisting of some 170
works, many of which
await discovery or are
known only in forms far
removed from the
composer's intentions.
Sergei Rachmaninoff :
Critical Edition of the
Complete Works (RCW), a
project issued by Russian
Music Publishing, is the
first complete edition of
Rachmaninoff 's music
prepared in accordance
with scholarly criteria
while meeting the demands
of performers. It
catalogues, explores, and
annotates every available
musical, literary, and
iconographic source on
Rachmaninoff 's music.
The RCW is published
under the scholarly
auspices of Dr. Valentin
Antipov. The editorial
standards of the RCW
satisfy the most
discerning criteria and
are safeguarded by an
Editorial Board of
internationally
acknowledged authorities
in Rachmaninoff
scholarship. Alexandre
Rachmaninoff (1933-2012),
the composer's grandson,
has been retained as a
special advisor. The RCW
is furthermore realized
in close cooperation with
the Glinka State Central
Museum of Musical
Culture, which houses one
of the most extensive
collections of
Rachmaninoff autographs
worldwide. All sources
are consulted for the
first time and all
compositions are
presented in their
authentic form with all
existing versions from
the composer.
(A Chamber Opera in One Act). By Gustav Holst (1874-1934). For Voice. Masterwork...(+)
(A Chamber Opera in One
Act). By Gustav Holst
(1874-1934). For Voice.
Masterworks; Score; Vocal
(Opera) Score. Faber
Edition. 20th Century;
Masterwork; Romantic.
Published by Faber Music
Early Vocal Music - 1899-1909. By Anton Von Webern; Ferdinand Avenarius. Edited ...(+)
Early Vocal Music -
1899-1909. By Anton Von
Webern; Ferdinand
Avenarius. Edited by
Matthew R. Shaftel.
Arranged by Matthew R.
Shaftel. Text: Detlev Von
Liliencron; Ferdinand
Avenarius; Freidrich
Nietzche; Gustav Falke;
Hans Bohm; J.W. Von
Goethe; Martin Greif;
Matthew R. Shaftel;
Matthias Claudius;
Richard Dehmel; Stefan
George; Wilhelm Weigand.
For Piano Solo, Voice.
Masters Collection.
Piano/Vocal Score. 92
pages. Published by Carl
Fischer.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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