Quartet in E flat major Quatuor de Flûtes : Flûte, Violon, Alto, Violoncelle [Conducteur] Edition HH
By Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824). Edited by Jennifer Caesar. For Flute, v...(+)
By Giovanni Battista
Viotti (1755-1824).
Edited by Jennifer
Caesar. For Flute,
violin, viola and
violoncello. Full score
and parts. 71 pages.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
Quartet in C minor Quatuor de Flûtes : Flûte, Violon, Alto, Violoncelle [Conducteur] Edition HH
By Viotti/ Giovanni Battista. Edited by Jennifer Caesar. For Flute, violin, viol...(+)
By Viotti/ Giovanni
Battista. Edited by
Jennifer Caesar. For
Flute, violin, viola and
violoncello. Full score
and parts. 67 pages.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
By Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824). Edited by Jennifer Caesar. For Flute, v...(+)
By Giovanni Battista
Viotti (1755-1824).
Edited by Jennifer
Caesar. For Flute,
violin, viola and
violoncello. Full score
and parts. 55 pages.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
Composed by Haflidi
Hallgrimsson. Music Sales
America. Post-1900. Sheet
Music, Instrumental Work.
With Text language:
English. Chester Music
#CH55853. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14014073).
UPC:
884088808891.
8.5x11.0x0.108
inches.
'Verse 1'
marks the beginning of a
more ambitious and
intense style of
composition. The ideas
are relatively simple and
develop gradually in a
cyclic fashion within a
one movement, sectional
design. Progressively
faster tempi lead to the
main climax of the work
near the end of the
piece. Then a short coda
leads to a very quiet
ending and a return to
the original tonal centre
of C. Quoting
composer:'In April 1975 I
occupied a flat in
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, near
the seafront. As a member
of the English Chamber
Orchestra, I had come to
work for a week on a
recording of Britten's
opera 'Death in Venice',
so the real and suggested
sound of the sea was in
my ears, so to speak, for
days on end. A few weeks
later, when I started
work on 'Verse 1', it
became clear in the first
few bars that I was
recalling and suggesting
the sea and the beach at
Aldeburgh. I am not aware
of any direct influence
from Britten's music, but
I do, however, quote a
small fragment from a
theme to be found in a
piano quartet by Mahler,
played early in the piece
by the flute (bars 6
& 7). This work was
awarded the First Prize
in the Viotti
International Competition
for composers, in Italy
in 1975.