| String Quartet No. 9 - Shiva Dances Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Chester
String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.14037707 Parts. Composed by Kevin V...(+)
String Quartet (Parts)
SKU: HL.14037707
Parts. Composed by
Kevin Volans. Music Sales
America. Contemporary.
Softcover. Composed 2010.
80 pages. Chester Music
#CH7452501. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14037707). ISBN
9781849385916. UPC:
884088578626.
8.25x11.75x0.262
inches. Kevin
Volans' String Quartet
No. 9: Shiva Dances was
commissioned by BBC Radio
3 and first performed by
the Smith Quartet at the
2004 Huddersfield
Contemporary Music
Festival.
Kevin
Volans (the composer)
notes on the
piece: In the past
I have been interested in
trying to go beyond
historicism (1970s),
beyond style(1980s) and
beyond form (1990s) in my
work. Looking back over
the music of the
twentiethcentury I was
struck by the fact the
nearlyall of it is
extremely 'busy', almost
cluttered. Italmost
seemed that composers
felt compelled to look
industrious. In the new
millennium Ithought it
would be interesting to
try and eliminate
content. I also aspired
to movingfrommusic (sound
as art) to art (art as
sound). This, of course,
has already been done by
a numberof composers
(many from New York -
Phil Niblock and La Monte
Young, to name but two),
butit was something I had
never tried.AlthoughI
found it annoying that
the label 'minimalist'
was given to my
African-based work,and
fearing this would make
the label stick, I set
out to write a piece
which reflected my loveof
minimal painting and
architecture. The
Japanesehave a term
'wabi' meaning
'voluntarypoverty' or
'emptiness' to describe
their restrained minimal
aesthetic, an aesthetic
which,however, pays
greatest attention to the
quality of material and
fine detail. I like to
think thatthelack of
excessive pitch material
in this piece reflects a
kind of voluntary
poverty.When Shiva is
portrayed dancing (as
Nataraj) He is depicted
in a circle of flames
crushing asmall figure -
the ego - underfoot.You
get theimpression He
dances on the spot, not
movingaround at all. I
like that. The piece
is dedicated to Pablo
Pascual
Cilleruelo. $28.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| A Family Likeness For Recorder Sextett (tr Tr T T B B) Score [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Schott
6 recorders (AATTBB) (2 treble recorders.2 tenor recorders.2 bass recorders) - i...(+)
6 recorders (AATTBB) (2
treble recorders.2 tenor
recorders.2 bass
recorders) - intermediate
to advanced SKU:
HL.49017840 For
recorder sextet.
Composed by Gavin Bryars.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Woodwind Ensemble. Score.
Composed 2008. 24 pages.
Duration 8'. Schott Music
#ED13240. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49017840). ISBN
9790220131370. UPC:
884088576875.
9.0x12.0x0.092
inches. 'A Family
Likeness' was written for
The Society of Recorder
Players in the UK and was
a great success at its
premiere in 2008. The
music is
characteristically that
of Gavin Bryars and would
be an ideal introduction
to his unique sound world
of slow moving pure
harmonies and melodic
ostinati that evoke
expansive landscapes.
This significant addition
to modern recorder
repertoire is a fantastic
concert piece which is
both accessible and
musically rewarding, it
can be performed by
either six individual
players or a larger group
with multiple players per
part. $21.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Looking Up Moving On Sc/pts Full Score Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Anglo Music
Concert Band/Harmonie (Score) - Grade 5 SKU: HL.44012271 Composed by Phil...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie
(Score) - Grade 5 SKU:
HL.44012271 Composed
by Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2013.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP358140. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44012271). UPC:
888680057664.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. Looking Up,
Moving On was
commissioned by the Tokyo
Kosei Wind Orchestra and
was part of a tour
programme they gave in
May 2012, a tour which
included many areas that
had been devastated by
the 2011 earthquake and
tsunami.The theme of the
piece is the powerful
ability of mankind to
overcome such disasters
and look forward to a
positive future; it opens
in an appropriately
optimistic mood,
featuring bright
orchestral colours and
extensive syncopation. A
chorale-like fanfare is
soon introduced on horns
and euphonium, answered
by chirpy woodwinds. The
mood subsides until an
alto saxophone introduces
a brief quotation from
the composer's The Sun
Will RiseAgain, which
was written to raise
funds for victims of the
2011 disaster. The mood
soon changes and the
horns introduce a noble
theme under woodwind
flourishes. This leads to
the main Vivo
section of the piece
which is characterised
again by strong
syncopations as part of a
florid theme in the low
woodwinds. This melody
undergoes varied
development by all
sections of the band
until the horn fanfare
returns triumphally on
the brass. This is
extended and leads to a
faster coda which brings
together previous
material in counterpoint
to close the work in
optimistic mood.
Looking Up,
Moving On is
gecomponeerd in opdracht
van het Tokyo Kosei Wind
Orchestra. Het werk
maakte deel uit van een
programma uit mei 2012,
dat werd uitgevoerd
tijdens een tournee
waarbij veel regio's
werden bezocht die waren
verwoest door de
aardbeving en tsunami van
2011.Het thema van het
werk is het buitengewone
vermogen van de mens om
dergelijke rampen te
boven te komen en vooruit
te kijken naar een
positieve toekomst. De
opening is dan ook
optimistisch van
karakter, met heldere
orkestrale kleuren en een
rijkelijke syncopering.
Al snel wordt er een
koraalachtige fanfare
geintroduceerd door de
hoorns en het euphonium,
waarop een levendig
antwoord volgt in
dehoutblazerssectie. De
sfeer wordt dan steeds
kalmer totdat een
altsaxofoon een kort
citaat laat horen uit een
eerder werk van de
componist, The Sun
Will Rise Again, dat
werd geschreven om geld
in te zamelen voor de
slachtoffers van de ramp
uit 2011. De stemming
slaat vlug weer om: de
hoorns introduceren een
nobel thema, dat
weerklinkt onder
versieringen in het hout.
Dit leidt naar het Vivo,
het hoofdgedeelte, dat
eveneens wordt gekenmerkt
door sterke
syncoperingen, als
onderdeel van een
sierlijk thema in het
lage hout. De melodie
ondergaat een gevarieerde
ontwikkeling binnen alle
secties van het orkest,
totdat de hoornfanfare op
triomfantelijke wijze
terugkeert in het koper.
De fanfare wordt
vervolgens verder
uitgewerkt en voert ons
mee naar een snellere
coda, die voorafgaand
materiaal in contrapunt
samenbrengt en de
compositie in
optimistische stemming
afsluit.
Looking Up,
Moving Down wurde vom
Tokyo Kosei Wind
Orchestra in Auftrag
gegeben und war Teil des
Konzertprogramms einer
Tour im Mai 2012, welche
viele Gebiete einschloss,
die vom Erdbeben und
Tsunami im Jahr 2011
zerstort worden waren.
Thema dieses Stuckes ist
die gewaltige Fahigkeit
der Menschheit, uber
solche Katastrophen
hinwegzukommen und voll
Optimismus in die Zukunft
zu blicken; es beginnt
dementsprechend in einer
positiven Stimmung mit
strahlenden
Orchesterfarben und einer
ausgepragten
Synkopierung. Schon bald
wird eine choralartige
Fanfare auf den Hornern
und im Euphonium
vorgestellt, die von
munteren Holzblasern
beantwortet wird. Die
Stimmung flaut ab, bis
einAltsaxophon ein kurzes
Zitat aus The Sun Will
Rise Again anspielt,
das der Komponist zur
Spendenbeschaffung fur
die Opfer des Unglucks
2011 geschrieben hatte.
Kurz darauf folgt ein
Stimmungswechsel und die
Horner prasentieren ein
stattliches Thema,
begleitet von Fanfaren in
den Holzblasern. Dies
fuhrt zum mit Vivo
uberschriebenen Hauptteil
des Stuckes, der wiederum
von starken
Synkopierungen gepragt
ist, die Teil eines
bluhenden Themas in den
tiefen Holzblasern sind.
Diese Melodie durchlauft
eine vielgestaltige
Entwicklung durch alle
Instrumentengruppen des
Blasorchesters, bis das
Blech mit der Hornfanfare
triumphal zuruckkehrt.
Dies wird erweitert und
fuhrt zu einer
schnelleren Coda, in dem
verschiedenes zuvor
gehortes Material
kontrapunktisch
zusammenkommt, um das
Werk in einer
optimistischen Stimmung
zu beenden.
Looking Up,
Moving On est une
commande du Tokyo Kosei
Wind Orchestra. Cette
piece faisait partie du
programme de la tournee
effectuee par l'orchestre
en mai 2012, qui s'est
produit dans de
nombreuses regions
devastees par le
tremblement de terre et
le tsunami de 2011.La
composition a pour theme
l'immense capacite
humaine a surmonter de
telles catastrophes et
envisager l'avenir de
facon positive. Elle
debute justement dans un
climat optimiste
comportant de vives
couleurs orchestrales et
des passages syncopes.
Les cors et les euphonium
introduisent bientot une
fanfare en forme de
choral a laquelle
repondent des bois
petillants. L'ambiance
s'apaise jusqu'a ce
qu'unsaxophone alto
introduise un court
extrait de The Sun
Will Rise Again, du
meme compositeur, une
piece ecrite pour
collecter des fonds en
faveur des victimes du
desastre de 2011. Le
climat change hativement
lorsque les cors
introduisent un theme
noble par-dessus des
fioritures executees par
les bois. Vient ensuite
la principale section
vivo de la piece, qui se
caracterise, encore une
fois, par des syncopes
tres marquees dans le
cadre d'un theme fleuri
assure dans le registre
grave des bois. Cette
melodie fait l'objet de
divers developpements par
tous les pupitres de
l'orchestre jusqu'au
retour triomphant de la
fanfare soutenue par les
cuivres. Celle-ci se
prolonge pour mener a une
coda plus rapide qui
rassemble les elements
precedents en contrepoint
pour clore la piece dans
un climat optimiste. $30.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| One Silent Night - CD with Printable Parts Chorale [CD-ROM] Lorenz Publishing Company
Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Larry Shackley. Choral, cantatas. Christ...(+)
Composed by Pepper
Choplin. Arranged by
Larry Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Christmas. CD
with printable parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/3244L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
$249.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| One Silent Night - Score and Parts plus CD with Printable Parts Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Lorenz Publishing Company
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-3245L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Larry ...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
LO.30-3245L Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Arranged by Larry
Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Christmas.
Score and parts, plus CD
with printable parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/3245L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3245L). UPC:
000308142471. One
Silent Night long ago, a
birth story began that
forever changed the
world. Lying in a crude
manger was a new-born
babe, who would become
the Source of our
Christian faith and our
abiding hope. Using the
power and simplicity of
the event itself,
composer and creator
Pepper Choplin presents
each of the familiar
elements of that story
through ballad-like
recitatives of scripture,
surrounded by anthems
ranging from outbursts of
unbridled joy to moving
moments of introspection
and gentleness. Weaving
familiar carols and songs
throughout original
music, this timeless tale
emerges in a deeply
moving presentation that
will lift one’s
faith and deepen
one’s
understanding of the
profound significance of
that One Silent Night.
Orchestration by Larry
Shackley for 2 Fl, Ob, 2
Cl, Bsn (sub Bass Cl), 2
Hn (sub 2 A Sax), 3 Tpt,
2 Tbn (sub 2 T Sax),
Tuba, 2 Perc, Timp, Harp,
Pno, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello,
Bass, Digital
Strings. $399.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| One Silent Night - Set of Parts Orchestre Lorenz Publishing Company
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-3243L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Larry ...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
LO.30-3243L Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Arranged by Larry
Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Christmas.
Instrumental parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/3243L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3243L). UPC:
000308142457. One
Silent Night long ago, a
birth story began that
forever changed the
world. Lying in a crude
manger was a new-born
babe, who would become
the Source of our
Christian faith and our
abiding hope. Using the
power and simplicity of
the event itself,
composer and creator
Pepper Choplin presents
each of the familiar
elements of that story
through ballad-like
recitatives of scripture,
surrounded by anthems
ranging from outbursts of
unbridled joy to moving
moments of introspection
and gentleness. Weaving
familiar carols and songs
throughout original
music, this timeless tale
emerges in a deeply
moving presentation that
will lift one’s
faith and deepen
one’s
understanding of the
profound significance of
that One Silent Night.
Orchestration by Larry
Shackley for 2 Fl, Ob, 2
Cl, Bsn (sub Bass Cl), 2
Hn (sub 2 A Sax), 3 Tpt,
2 Tbn (sub 2 T Sax),
Tuba, 2 Perc, Timp, Harp,
Pno, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello,
Bass, Digital
Strings. $249.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| One Silent Night - Full Score [Conducteur] Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.30-3242L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Larry Shackley. ...(+)
SKU: LO.30-3242L
Composed by Pepper
Choplin. Arranged by
Larry Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Christmas. Full
score. Lorenz Publishing
Company #30/3242L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.30-3242L). UPC:
000308142440. One
Silent Night long ago, a
birth story began that
forever changed the
world. Lying in a crude
manger was a new-born
babe, who would become
the Source of our
Christian faith and our
abiding hope. Using the
power and simplicity of
the event itself,
composer and creator
Pepper Choplin presents
each of the familiar
elements of that story
through ballad-like
recitatives of scripture,
surrounded by anthems
ranging from outbursts of
unbridled joy to moving
moments of introspection
and gentleness. Weaving
familiar carols and songs
throughout original
music, this timeless tale
emerges in a deeply
moving presentation that
will lift one’s
faith and deepen
one’s
understanding of the
profound significance of
that One Silent Night.
Orchestration by Larry
Shackley for 2 Fl, Ob, 2
Cl, Bsn (sub Bass Cl), 2
Hn (sub 2 A Sax), 3 Tpt,
2 Tbn (sub 2 T Sax),
Tuba, 2 Perc, Timp, Harp,
Pno, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello,
Bass, Digital
Strings. $99.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Like the Snow Chorale 3 parties SAB Shawnee Press
By Herb Frombach and Vicki Tucker Courtney. For Choral (SAB). Shawnee Press. Cho...(+)
By Herb Frombach and
Vicki Tucker Courtney.
For Choral (SAB). Shawnee
Press. Choral. 12 pages.
Shawnee Press #D0750.
Published by Shawnee
Press
$2.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Shine Like Stars SATB Chorale SATB SATB - Facile Pinkzebra
Choral SATB chorus - early intermediate SKU: XC.2004011 Composed by Pinkz...(+)
Choral SATB chorus -
early intermediate
SKU: XC.2004011
Composed by Pinkzebra.
Arranged by Pinkzebra.
Octavo. Pinkzebra
#2004011. Published by
Pinkzebra (XC.2004011).
9 x 12
inches. This
celebratory song is
bursting with positive
energy and uplifting
lyrics that are perfect
for year-end concerts,
graduation and moving-up
ceremonies, or any kind
of award or celebratory
occasion. Simple body
percussion accentuates
the rhythmic melody, and
the pop-style harmonies
are so fun to sing!
Perform with piano
accompaniment and drums,
or use the accompaniment
MP3. Help your students
rehearse with the
part-dominant MP3
practice tracks,
available in a multi-user
bundle to share with your
whole choir. $2.65 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Shine Like Stars SSA Chorale 3 parties SSA - Facile Pinkzebra
Choral SSA chorus - early intermediate SKU: XC.2004013 Composed by Pinkze...(+)
Choral SSA chorus - early
intermediate SKU:
XC.2004013 Composed
by Pinkzebra. Arranged by
Pinkzebra. Octavo.
Pinkzebra #2004013.
Published by Pinkzebra
(XC.2004013). 9 x 12
inches. This
celebratory song is
bursting with positive
energy and uplifting
lyrics that are perfect
for year-end concerts,
graduation and moving-up
ceremonies, or any kind
of award or celebratory
occasion. Simple body
percussion accentuates
the rhythmic melody, and
the pop-style harmonies
are so fun to sing!
Perform with piano
accompaniment and drums,
or use the accompaniment
MP3. Help your students
rehearse with the
part-dominant MP3
practice tracks,
available in a multi-user
bundle to share with your
whole choir. $2.65 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Best of Studio Ghibli for Solo Guitar (Japanese/English/Chinese) Guitare notes et tablatures [Conducteur] Yamaha
Guitar Solo SKU: YM.GTL01101984 Studio Ghibli, Anime. Score. Yamaha Music...(+)
Guitar Solo SKU:
YM.GTL01101984 Studio
Ghibli, Anime. Score.
Yamaha Music Media
#GTL01101984. Published
by Yamaha Music Media
(YM.GTL01101984). ISBN
9784636116366. 12 x 9
inches. This book
is a collection of sheet
music for solo guitar
performances of Music of
Studio Ghibli Films.A
total of 26 popular songs
from Studio Ghibli films,
including âMy
Neighbour Totoro,â
âPrincess
Mononokeâ and
âHowl's Moving
Castle,â in both
musical notation and
tablature. Each song is
beautifully and
tastefully arranged for
solo guitar, both melody
and accompaniment played
by one person. Some of
the songs are a little
difficult to arrange, but
we are sure that you will
have fun with them! $16.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Shine Like Stars TTB Chorale 3 parties TTB/TBB - Facile Pinkzebra
Choral TTB chorus - early intermediate SKU: XC.2004017 Composed by Pinkze...(+)
Choral TTB chorus - early
intermediate SKU:
XC.2004017 Composed
by Pinkzebra. Arranged by
Pinkzebra. Octavo.
Pinkzebra #2004017.
Published by Pinkzebra
(XC.2004017). 9 x 12
inches. This
celebratory song is
bursting with positive
energy and uplifting
lyrics that are perfect
for year-end concerts,
graduation and moving-up
ceremonies, or any kind
of award or celebratory
occasion. Simple body
percussion accentuates
the rhythmic melody, and
the pop-style harmonies
are so fun to sing!
Perform with piano
accompaniment and drums,
or use the accompaniment
MP3. Help your students
rehearse with the
part-dominant MP3
practice tracks,
available in a multi-user
bundle to share with your
whole choir. $2.65 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Was Ever Love Like Thine? Chorale SATB Paraclete Press
SATB choir, a cappella - moderate/difficult SKU: PL.1629 Composed by Paul...(+)
SATB choir, a cappella -
moderate/difficult
SKU: PL.1629
Composed by Paul Aitken.
Lent. Octavo. Paraclete
Press #1629. Published by
Paraclete Press
(PL.1629). A
moving text by Samuel
Wesley is the basis for
this Lenten/Holy Week
anthem. Scored for SATB a
cappella, there is mostly
homophonic writing with
some mild dissonance that
underscores the depth of
the text. $2.20 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Shine Like Stars SAB Chorale 3 parties SAB - Facile Pinkzebra
Choral SAB chorus - early intermediate SKU: XC.2004012 Composed by Pinkze...(+)
Choral SAB chorus - early
intermediate SKU:
XC.2004012 Composed
by Pinkzebra. Arranged by
Pinkzebra. Octavo.
Pinkzebra #2004012.
Published by Pinkzebra
(XC.2004012). 9 x 12
inches. This
celebratory song is
bursting with positive
energy and uplifting
lyrics that are perfect
for year-end concerts,
graduation and moving-up
ceremonies, or any kind
of award or celebratory
occasion. Simple body
percussion accentuates
the rhythmic melody, and
the pop-style harmonies
are so fun to sing!
Perform with piano
accompaniment and drums,
or use the accompaniment
MP3. Help your students
rehearse with the
part-dominant MP3
practice tracks,
available in a multi-user
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whole choir. $2.65 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Bette Midler Songbook - Original Keys for Singers Piano, Voix [Partition] Hal Leonard
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| Gustave Vogt's Musical Album of Autographs Cor anglais, Piano Carl Fischer
Chamber Music English Horn, Oboe SKU: CF.WF229 15 Pieces for Oboe and ...(+)
Chamber Music English
Horn, Oboe SKU:
CF.WF229 15 Pieces
for Oboe and English
Horn. Composed by
Gustave Vogt. Edited by
Kristin Jean Leitterman.
Collection - Performance.
32+8 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #WF229. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.WF229). ISBN
9781491153789. UPC:
680160911288. Intro
duction Gustave Vogt's
Musical Paris Gustave
Vogt (1781-1870) was born
into the Age of
Enlightenment, at the
apex of the
Enlightenment's outreach.
During his lifetime he
would observe its effect
on the world. Over the
course of his life he
lived through many
changes in musical style.
When he was born,
composers such as Mozart
and Haydn were still
writing masterworks
revered today, and
eighty-nine years later,
as he departed the world,
the new realm of
Romanticism was beginning
to emerge with Mahler,
Richard Strauss and
Debussy, who were soon to
make their respective
marks on the musical
world. Vogt himself left
a huge mark on the
musical world, with
critics referring to him
as the grandfather of the
modern oboe and the
premier oboist of Europe.
Through his eighty-nine
years, Vogt would live
through what was perhaps
the most turbulent period
of French history. He
witnessed the French
Revolution of 1789,
followed by the many
newly established
governments, only to die
just months before the
establishment of the
Third Republic in 1870,
which would be the
longest lasting
government since the
beginning of the
revolution. He also
witnessed the
transformation of the
French musical world from
one in which opera
reigned supreme, to one
in which virtuosi,
chamber music, and
symphonic music ruled.
Additionally, he
experienced the
development of the oboe
right before his eyes.
When he began playing in
the late eighteenth
century, the standard
oboe had two keys (E and
Eb) and at the time of
his death in 1870, the
System Six Triebert oboe
(the instrument adopted
by Conservatoire
professor, Georges
Gillet, in 1882) was only
five years from being
developed. Vogt was born
March 18, 1781 in the
ancient town of
Strasbourg, part of the
Alsace region along the
German border. At the
time of his birth,
Strasbourg had been
annexed by Louis XIV, and
while heavily influenced
by Germanic culture, had
been loosely governed by
the French for a hundred
years. Although it is
unclear when Vogt began
studying the oboe and
when his family made its
move to the French
capital, the Vogts may
have fled Strasbourg in
1792 after much of the
city was destroyed during
the French Revolution. He
was without question
living in Paris by 1798,
as he enrolled on June 8
at the newly established
Conservatoire national de
Musique to study oboe
with the school's first
oboe professor,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin (1775-1830).
Vogt's relationship with
the Conservatoire would
span over half a century,
moving seamlessly from
the role of student to
professor. In 1799, just
a year after enrolling,
he was awarded the
premier prix, becoming
the fourth oboist to
achieve this award. By
1802 he had been
appointed repetiteur,
which involved teaching
the younger students and
filling in for Sallantin
in exchange for a free
education. He maintained
this rank until 1809,
when he was promoted to
professor adjoint and
finally to professor
titulaire in 1816 when
Sallantin retired. This
was a position he held
for thirty-seven years,
retiring in 1853, making
him the longest serving
oboe professor in the
school's history. During
his tenure, he became the
most influential oboist
in France, teaching
eighty-nine students,
plus sixteen he taught
while he was professor
adjoint and professor
titulaire. Many of these
students went on to be
famous in their own
right, such as Henri Brod
(1799-1839), Apollon
Marie-Rose Barret
(1804-1879), Charles
Triebert (1810-1867),
Stanislas Verroust
(1814-1863), and Charles
Colin (1832-1881). His
influence stretches from
French to American oboe
playing in a direct line
from Charles Colin to
Georges Gillet
(1854-1920), and then to
Marcel Tabuteau
(1887-1966), the oboist
Americans lovingly
describe as the father of
American oboe playing.
Opera was an important
part of Vogt's life. His
first performing position
was with the
Theatre-Montansier while
he was still studying at
the Conservatoire.
Shortly after, he moved
to the Ambigu-Comique
and, in 1801 was
appointed as first oboist
with the Theatre-Italien
in Paris. He had been in
this position for only a
year, when he began
playing first oboe at the
Opera-Comique. He
remained there until
1814, when he succeeded
his teacher,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin, as soloist
with the Paris Opera, the
top orchestra in Paris at
the time. He played with
the Paris Opera until
1834, all the while
bringing in his current
and past students to fill
out the section. In this
position, he began to
make a name for himself;
so much so that specific
performances were
immortalized in memoirs
and letters. One comes
from a young Hector
Berlioz (1803-1865) after
having just arrived in
Paris in 1822 and
attended the Paris
Opera's performance of
Mehul's Stratonice and
Persuis' ballet Nina. It
was in response to the
song Quand le bien-amie
reviendra that Berlioz
wrote: I find it
difficult to believe that
that song as sung by her
could ever have made as
true and touching an
effect as the combination
of Vogt's instrument...
Shortly after this,
Berlioz gave up studying
medicine and focused on
music. Vogt frequently
made solo and chamber
appearances throughout
Europe. His busiest
period of solo work was
during the 1820s. In 1825
and 1828 he went to
London to perform as a
soloist with the London
Philharmonic Society.
Vogt also traveled to
Northern France in 1826
for concerts, and then in
1830 traveled to Munich
and Stuttgart, visiting
his hometown of
Strasbourg on the way.
While on tour, Vogt
performed Luigi
Cherubini's (1760-1842)
Ave Maria, with soprano
Anna (Nanette) Schechner
(1806-1860), and a
Concertino, presumably
written by himself. As a
virtuoso performer in
pursuit of repertoire to
play, Vogt found himself
writing much of his own
music. His catalog
includes chamber music,
variation sets, vocal
music, concerted works,
religious music, wind
band arrangements, and
pedagogical material. He
most frequently performed
his variation sets, which
were largely based on
themes from popular
operas he had, presumably
played while he was at
the Opera. He made his
final tour in 1839,
traveling to Tours and
Bordeaux. During this
tour he appeared with the
singer Caroline Naldi,
Countess de Sparre, and
the violinist Joseph
Artot (1815-1845). This
ended his active career
as a soloist. His
performance was described
in the Revue et gazette
musicale de Paris as
having lost none of his
superiority over the
oboe.... It's always the
same grace, the same
sweetness. We made a trip
to Switzerland, just by
closing your eyes and
listening to Vogt's oboe.
Vogt was also active
performing in Paris as a
chamber and orchestral
musician. He was one of
the founding members of
the Societe des Concerts
du Conservatoire, a group
established in 1828 by
violinist and conductor
Francois-Antoine Habeneck
(1781-1849). The group
featured faculty and
students performing
alongside each other and
works such as Beethoven
symphonies, which had
never been heard in
France. He also premiered
the groundbreaking
woodwind quintets of
Antonin Reicha
(1770-1836). After his
retirement from the Opera
in 1834 and from the
Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire in 1842,
Vogt began to slow down.
His final known
performance was of
Cherubini's Ave Maria on
English horn with tenor
Alexis Dupont (1796-1874)
in 1843. He then began to
reflect on his life and
the people he had known.
When he reached his 60s,
he began gathering
entries for his Musical
Album of Autographs.
Autograph Albums Vogt's
Musical Album of
Autographs is part of a
larger practice of
keeping autograph albums,
also commonly known as
Stammbuch or Album
Amicorum (meaning book of
friendship or friendship
book), which date back to
the time of the
Reformation and the
University of Wittenberg.
It was during the
mid-sixteenth century
that students at the
University of Wittenberg
began passing around
bibles for their fellow
students and professors
to sign, leaving messages
to remember them by as
they moved on to the next
part of their lives. The
things people wrote were
mottos, quotes, and even
drawings of their family
coat of arms or some
other scene that meant
something to the owner.
These albums became the
way these young students
remembered their school
family once they had
moved on to another
school or town. It was
also common for the
entrants to comment on
other entries and for the
owner to amend entries
when they learned of
important life details
such as marriage or
death. As the practice
continued, bibles were
set aside for emblem
books, which was a
popular book genre that
featured allegorical
illustrations (emblems)
in a tripartite form:
image, motto, epigram.
The first emblem book
used for autographs was
published in 1531 by
Andrea Alciato
(1492-1550), a collection
of 212 Latin emblem
poems. In 1558, the first
book conceived for the
purpose of the album
amicorum was published by
Lyon de Tournes
(1504-1564) called the
Thesaurus Amicorum. These
books continued to
evolve, and spread to
wider circles away from
universities. Albums
could be found being kept
by noblemen, physicians,
lawyers, teachers,
painters, musicians, and
artisans. The albums
eventually became more
specialized, leading to
Musical Autograph Albums
(or Notestammbucher).
Before this
specialization, musicians
contributed in one form
or another, but our
knowledge of them in
these albums is mostly
limited to individual
people or events. Some
would simply sign their
name while others would
insert a fragment of
music, usually a canon
(titled fuga) with text
in Latin. Canons were
popular because they
displayed the
craftsmanship of the
composer in a limited
space. Composers
well-known today,
including J. S. Bach,
Telemann, Mozart,
Beethoven, Dowland, and
Brahms, all participated
in the practice, with
Beethoven being the first
to indicate an interest
in creating an album only
of music. This interest
came around 1815. In an
1845 letter from Johann
Friedrich Naue to
Heinrich Carl
Breidenstein, Naue
recalled an 1813 visit
with Beethoven, who
presented a book
suggesting Naue to
collect entries from
celebrated musicians as
he traveled. Shortly
after we find Louis Spohr
speaking about leaving on
his grand tour through
Europe in 1815 and of his
desire to carry an album
with entries from the
many artists he would
come across. He wrote in
his autobiography that
his most valuable
contribution came from
Beethoven in 1815.
Spohr's Notenstammbuch,
comprised only of musical
entries, is
groundbreaking because it
was coupled with a
concert tour, allowing
him to reach beyond the
Germanic world, where the
creation of these books
had been nearly
exclusive. Spohr brought
the practice of
Notenstammbucher to
France, and in turn
indirectly inspired Vogt
to create a book of his
own some fifteen years
later. Vogt's Musical
Album of Autographs
Vogt's Musical Album of
Autographs acts as a form
of a memoir, displaying
mementos of musicians who
held special meaning in
his life as well as
showing those with whom
he was enamored from the
younger generation. The
anonymous Pie Jesu
submitted to Vogt in 1831
marks the beginning of an
album that would span
nearly three decades by
the time the final entry,
an excerpt from Charles
Gounod's (1818-1893)
Faust, which premiered in
1859, was submitted.
Within this album we find
sixty-two entries from
musicians whom he must
have known very well
because they were
colleagues at the
Conservatoire, or
composers of opera whose
works he was performing
with the Paris Opera.
Other entries came from
performers with whom he
had performed and some
who were simply passing
through Paris, such as
Joseph Joachim
(1831-1907). Of the
sixty-three total
entries, some are
original, unpublished
works, while others came
from well-known existing
works. Nineteen of these
works are for solo piano,
sixteen utilize the oboe
or English horn, thirteen
feature the voice (in
many different
combinations, including
vocal solos with piano,
and small choral settings
up to one with double
choir), two feature
violin as a solo
instrument, and one even
features the now obscure
ophicleide. The
connections among the
sixty-two contributors to
Vogt's album are
virtually never-ending.
All were acquainted with
Vogt in some capacity,
from long-time
friendships to
relationships that were
created when Vogt
requested their entry.
Thus, while Vogt is the
person who is central to
each of these musicians,
the web can be greatly
expanded. In general, the
connections are centered
around the Conservatoire,
teacher lineages, the
Opera, and performing
circles. The
relationships between all
the contributors in the
album parallel the
current musical world, as
many of these kinds of
relationships still
exist, and permit us to
fantasize who might be
found in an album created
today by a musician of
the same standing. Also
important, is what sort
of entries the
contributors chose to
pen. The sixty-three
entries are varied, but
can be divided into
published and unpublished
works. Within the
published works, we find
opera excerpts, symphony
excerpts, mass excerpts,
and canons, while the
unpublished works include
music for solo piano,
oboe or English horn,
string instruments
(violin and cello), and
voice (voice with piano
and choral). The music
for oboe and English horn
works largely belong in
the unpublished works of
the album. These entries
were most likely written
to honor Vogt. Seven are
for oboe and piano and
were contributed by
Joseph Joachim, Pauline
Garcia Viardot
(1821-1910), Joseph
Artot, Anton Bohrer
(1783-1852), Georges
Onslow (1784-1853),
Desire Beaulieu
(1791-1863), and Narcisse
Girard (1797-1860). The
common thread between
these entries is the
simplicity of the melody
and structure. Many are
repetitive, especially
Beaulieu's entry, which
features a two-note
ostinato throughout the
work, which he even
included in his
signature. Two composers
contributed pieces for
English horn and piano,
and like the previous
oboe entries, are simple
and repetitive. These
were written by Michele
Carafa (1787-1872) and
Louis Clapisson
(1808-1866). There are
two other entries that
were unpublished works
and are chamber music.
One is an oboe trio by
Jacques Halevy
(1799-1862) and the other
is for oboe and strings
(string trio) by J. B.
Cramer (1771-1858). There
are five published works
in the album for oboe and
English horn. There are
three from operas and the
other two from symphonic
works. Ambroise Thomas
(1811-1896) contributed
an excerpt from the
Entr'acte of his opera La
Guerillero, and was
likely chosen because the
oboe was featured at this
moment. Hippolyte Chelard
(1789-1861) also chose to
honor Vogt by writing for
English horn. His entry,
for English horn and
piano, is taken from his
biggest success, Macbeth.
The English horn part was
actually taken from Lady
Macbeth's solo in the
sleepwalking scene.
Vogt's own entry also
falls into this category,
as he entered an excerpt
from Donizetti's Maria di
Rohan. The excerpt he
chose is a duet between
soprano and English horn.
There are two entries
featuring oboe that are
excerpted from symphonic
repertoire. One is a
familiar oboe melody from
Beethoven's Pastoral
Symphony entered by his
first biographer, Anton
Schindler (1796-1864).
The other is an excerpt
from Berlioz's choral
symphony, Romeo et
Juliette. He entered an
oboe solo from the Grand
Fete section of the
piece. Pedagogical
benefit All of these
works are lovely, and fit
within the album
wonderfully, but these
works also are great oboe
and English horn music
for young students. The
common thread between
these entries is the
simplicity of the melody
and structure. Many are
repetitive, especially
Beaulieu's entry, which
features a two-note
ostinato throughout the
work in the piano. This
repetitive structure is
beneficial for young
students for searching
for a short solo to
present at a studio
recital, or simply to
learn. They also work
many technical issues a
young player may
encounter, such as
mastering the rolling
finger to uncover and
recover the half hole.
This is true of Bealieu's
Pensee as well as
Onslow's Andantino.
Berlioz's entry from
Romeo et Juliette
features very long
phrases, which helps with
endurance and helps keep
the air spinning through
the oboe. Some of the
pieces also use various
levels of ornamentation,
from trills to grace
notes, and short
cadenzas. This allows the
student to learn
appropriate ways to
phrase with these added
notes. The chamber music
is a valuable way to
start younger students
with chamber music,
especially the short
quartet by Cramer for
oboe and string trio. All
of these pieces will not
tax the student to learn
a work that is more
advanced, as well as give
them a full piece that
they can work on from
beginning to end in a
couple weeks, instead of
months. Editorial Policy
The works found in this
edition are based on the
manuscript housed at the
Morgan Library in New
York City (call number
Cary 348, V886. A3). When
possible, published
scores were consulted and
compared to clarify pitch
and text. The general
difficulties in creating
an edition of these works
stem from entries that
appear to be hastily
written, and thus omit
complete articulations
and dynamic indications
for all passages and
parts. The manuscript has
been modernized into a
performance edition. The
score order from the
manuscript has been
retained. If an entry
also exists in a
published work, and this
was not indicated on the
manuscript, appropriate
titles and subtitles have
been added tacitly. For
entries that were
untitled, the beginning
tempo marking or
expressive directive has
been added as its title
tacitly. Part names have
been changed from the
original language to
English. If no part name
was present, it was added
tacitly. All scores are
transposing where
applicable. Measure
numbers have been added
at the beginning of every
system. Written
directives have been
retained in the original
language and are placed
relative to where they
appear in the manuscript.
Tempo markings from the
manuscript have been
retained, even if they
were abbreviated, i.e.,
Andte. The barlines,
braces, brackets, and
clefs are modernized. The
beaming and stem
direction has been
modernized. Key
signatures have been
modernized as some of the
flats/sharps do not
appear on the correct
lines or spaces. Time
signatures have been
modernized. In a few
cases, when a time
signature was missing in
the manuscript, it has
been added tacitly.
Triplet and rhythmic
groupings have been
modernized. Slurs, ties,
and articulations
(staccato and accent)
have been modernized.
Slurs, ties, and
articulations have been
added to parallel
passages tacitly.
Courtesy accidentals
found in the manuscript
have been removed, unless
it appeared to be helpful
to the performer. Dynamic
indications from the
manuscript have been
retained, except where
noted. --Kristin
Leitterman. Introducti
onGustave Vogt’s
Musical ParisGustave Vogt
(1781–1870) was
born into the “Age
of Enlightenment,â€
at the apex of the
Enlightenment’s
outreach. During his
lifetime he would observe
its effect on the world.
Over the course of his
life he lived through
many changes in musical
style. When he was born,
composers such as Mozart
and Haydn were still
writing masterworks
revered today, and
eighty-nine years later,
as he departed the world,
the new realm of
Romanticism was beginning
to emerge with Mahler,
Richard Strauss and
Debussy, who were soon to
make their respective
marks on the musical
world. Vogt himself left
a huge mark on the
musical world, with
critics referring to him
as the “grandfather
of the modern oboeâ€
and the “premier
oboist of
Europe.â€Through his
eighty-nine years, Vogt
would live through what
was perhaps the most
turbulent period of
French history. He
witnessed the French
Revolution of 1789,
followed by the many
newly established
governments, only to die
just months before the
establishment of the
Third Republic in 1870,
which would be the
longest lasting
government since the
beginning of the
revolution. He also
witnessed the
transformation of the
French musical world from
one in which opera
reigned supreme, to one
in which virtuosi,
chamber music, and
symphonic music ruled.
Additionally, he
experienced the
development of the oboe
right before his eyes.
When he began playing in
the late eighteenth
century, the standard
oboe had two keys (E and
Eb) and at the time of
his death in 1870, the
“System Sixâ€
Triébert oboe (the
instrument adopted by
Conservatoire professor,
Georges Gillet, in 1882)
was only five years from
being developed.Vogt was
born March 18, 1781 in
the ancient town of
Strasbourg, part of the
Alsace region along the
German border. At the
time of his birth,
Strasbourg had been
annexed by Louis XIV, and
while heavily influenced
by Germanic culture, had
been loosely governed by
the French for a hundred
years. Although it is
unclear when Vogt began
studying the oboe and
when his family made its
move to the French
capital, the Vogts may
have fled Strasbourg in
1792 after much of the
city was destroyed during
the French Revolution. He
was without question
living in Paris by 1798,
as he enrolled on June 8
at the newly established
Conservatoire national de
Musique to study oboe
with the school’s
first oboe professor,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin
(1775–1830).Vogtâ
€™s relationship with
the Conservatoire would
span over half a century,
moving seamlessly from
the role of student to
professor. In 1799, just
a year after enrolling,
he was awarded the
premier prix, becoming
the fourth oboist to
achieve this award. By
1802 he had been
appointed
répétiteur, which
involved teaching the
younger students and
filling in for Sallantin
in exchange for a free
education. He maintained
this rank until 1809,
when he was promoted to
professor adjoint and
finally to professor
titulaire in 1816 when
Sallantin retired. This
was a position he held
for thirty-seven years,
retiring in 1853, making
him the longest serving
oboe professor in the
school’s history.
During his tenure, he
became the most
influential oboist in
France, teaching
eighty-nine students,
plus sixteen he taught
while he was professor
adjoint and professor
titulaire. Many of these
students went on to be
famous in their own
right, such as Henri Brod
(1799–1839),
Apollon Marie-Rose Barret
(1804–1879),
Charles Triebert
(1810–1867),
Stanislas Verroust
(1814–1863), and
Charles Colin
(1832–1881). His
influence stretches from
French to American oboe
playing in a direct line
from Charles Colin to
Georges Gillet
(1854–1920), and
then to Marcel Tabuteau
(1887–1966), the
oboist Americans lovingly
describe as the
“father of American
oboe playing.â€Opera
was an important part of
Vogt’s life. His
first performing position
was with the
Théâtre-Montansier
while he was still
studying at the
Conservatoire. Shortly
after, he moved to the
Ambigu-Comique and, in
1801 was appointed as
first oboist with the
Théâtre-Italien in
Paris. He had been in
this position for only a
year, when he began
playing first oboe at the
Opéra-Comique. He
remained there until
1814, when he succeeded
his teacher,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin, as soloist
with the Paris Opéra,
the top orchestra in
Paris at the time. He
played with the Paris
Opéra until 1834, all
the while bringing in his
current and past students
to fill out the section.
In this position, he
began to make a name for
himself; so much so that
specific performances
were immortalized in
memoirs and letters. One
comes from a young Hector
Berlioz
(1803–1865) after
having just arrived in
Paris in 1822 and
attended the Paris
Opéra’s
performance of
Mehul’s Stratonice
and Persuis’
ballet Nina. It was in
response to the song
Quand le bien-amié
reviendra that Berlioz
wrote: “I find it
difficult to believe that
that song as sung by her
could ever have made as
true and touching an
effect as the combination
of Vogt’s
instrument…â€
Shortly after this,
Berlioz gave up studying
medicine and focused on
music.Vogt frequently
made solo and chamber
appearances throughout
Europe. His busiest
period of solo work was
during the 1820s. In 1825
and 1828 he went to
London to perform as a
soloist with the London
Philharmonic Society.
Vogt also traveled to
Northern France in 1826
for concerts, and then in
1830 traveled to Munich
and Stuttgart, visiting
his hometown of
Strasbourg on the way.
While on tour, Vogt
performed Luigi
Cherubini’s
(1760–1842) Ave
Maria, with soprano Anna
(Nanette) Schechner
(1806–1860), and a
Concertino, presumably
written by himself. As a
virtuoso performer in
pursuit of repertoire to
play, Vogt found himself
writing much of his own
music. His catalog
includes chamber music,
variation sets, vocal
music, concerted works,
religious music, wind
band arrangements, and
pedagogical material. He
most frequently performed
his variation sets, which
were largely based on
themes from popular
operas he had, presumably
played while he was at
the Opéra.He made his
final tour in 1839,
traveling to Tours and
Bordeaux. During this
tour he appeared with the
singer Caroline Naldi,
Countess de Sparre, and
the violinist Joseph
Artôt
(1815–1845). This
ended his active career
as a soloist. His
performance was described
in the Revue et gazette
musicale de Paris as
having “lost none
of his superiority over
the oboe….
It’s always the
same grace, the same
sweetness. We made a trip
to Switzerland, just by
closing your eyes and
listening to
Vogt’s
oboe.â€Vogt was also
active performing in
Paris as a chamber and
orchestral musician. He
was one of the founding
members of the
Société des
Concerts du
Conservatoire, a group
established in 1828 by
violinist and conductor
François-Antoine
Habeneck
(1781–1849). The
group featured faculty
and students performing
alongside each other and
works such as Beethoven
symphonies, which had
never been heard in
France. He also premiered
the groundbreaking
woodwind quintets of
Antonin Reicha
(1770–1836).After
his retirement from the
Opéra in 1834 and from
the Société des
Concerts du Conservatoire
in 1842, Vogt began to
slow down. His final
known performance was of
Cherubini’s Ave
Maria on English horn
with tenor Alexis Dupont
(1796–1874) in
1843. He then began to
reflect on his life and
the people he had known.
When he reached his 60s,
he began gathering
entries for his Musical
Album of
Autographs.Autograph
AlbumsVogt’s
Musical Album of
Autographs is part of a
larger practice of
keeping autograph albums,
also commonly known as
Stammbuch or Album
Amicorum (meaning book of
friendship or friendship
book), which date back to
the time of the
Reformation and the
University of Wittenberg.
It was during the
mid-sixteenth century
that students at the
University of Wittenberg
began passing around
bibles for their fellow
students and professors
to sign, leaving messages
to remember them by as
they moved on to the next
part of their lives. The
things people wrote were
mottos, quotes, and even
drawings of their family
coat of arms or some
other scene that meant
something to the owner.
These albums became the
way these young students
remembered their school
family once they had
moved on to another
school or town. It was
also common for the
entrants to comment on
other entries and for the
owner to amend entries
when they learned of
important life details
such as marriage or
death.As the practice
continued, bibles were
set aside for emblem
books, which was a
popular book genre that
featured allegorical
illustrations (emblems)
in a tripartite form:
image, motto, epigram.
The first emblem book
used for autographs was
published in 1531 by
Andrea Alciato
(1492–1550), a
collection of 212 Latin
emblem poems. In 1558,
the first book conceived
for the purpose of the
album amicorum was
published by Lyon de
Tournes
(1504–1564) called
the Thesaurus Amicorum.
These books continued to
evolve, and spread to
wider circles away from
universities. Albums
could be found being kept
by noblemen, physicians,
lawyers, teachers,
painters, musicians, and
artisans.The albums
eventually became more
specialized, leading to
Musical Autograph Albums
(or Notestammbücher).
Before this
specialization, musicians
contributed in one form
or another, but our
knowledge of them in
these albums is mostly
limited to individual
people or events. Some
would simply sign their
name while others would
insert a fragment of
music, usually a canon
(titled fuga) with text
in Latin. Canons were
popular because they
displayed the
craftsmanship of the
composer in a limited
space. Composers
well-known today,
including J. S. Bach,
Telemann, Mozart,
Beethoven, Dowland, and
Brahms, all participated
in the practice, with
Beethoven being the first
to indicate an interest
in creating an album only
of music.This interest
came around 1815. In an
1845 letter from Johann
Friedrich Naue to
Heinrich Carl
Breidenstein, Naue
recalled an 1813 visit
with Beethoven, who
presented a book
suggesting Naue to
collect entries from
celebrated musicians as
he traveled. Shortly
after we find Louis Spohr
speaking about leaving on
his “grand
tour†through
Europe in 1815 and of his
desire to carry an album
with entries from the
many artists he would
come across. He wrote in
his autobiography that
his “most valuable
contribution†came
from Beethoven in 1815.
Spohr’s
Notenstammbuch, comprised
only of musical entries,
is groundbreaking because
it was coupled with a
concert tour, allowing
him to reach beyond the
Germanic world, where the
creation of these books
had been nearly
exclusive. Spohr brought
the practice of
Notenstammbücher to
France, and in turn
indirectly inspired Vogt
to create a book of his
own some fifteen years
later.Vogt’s
Musical Album of
AutographsVogt’s
Musical Album of
Autographs acts as a form
of a memoir, displaying
mementos of musicians who
held special meaning in
his life as well as
showing those with whom
he was enamored from the
younger generation. The
anonymous Pie Jesu
submitted to Vogt in 1831
marks the beginning of an
album that would span
nearly three decades by
the time the final entry,
an excerpt from Charles
Gounod’s
(1818–1893) Faust,
which premiered in 1859,
was submitted.Within this
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| Rise Up Singing
Paroles et Accords [Partition] Hal Leonard
The Group Singing Songbook. By Various. Vocal. Size 9.5x12 inches. 281 pages. Pu...(+)
The Group Singing
Songbook. By Various.
Vocal. Size 9.5x12
inches. 281 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Rise Up Singing Paroles et Accords [Partition] Hal Leonard
Arranged by Peter Blood, Annie Patterson. Vocal. Size 7.5x10.5 inches. 283 pages...(+)
Arranged by Peter Blood,
Annie Patterson. Vocal.
Size 7.5x10.5 inches. 283
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
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| Crossing the Bar Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Carl Fischer
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9608 Composed by Jamey Ray. Fold. Perf...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: CF.CM9608
Composed by Jamey Ray.
Fold. Performance. 12
pages. Duration 3
minutes, 33 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9608.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9608).
ISBN 9781491154304.
UPC: 680160912803. 6.875
x 10.5 inches. Key: E
major. English. Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
(1809-1892). The
beauty in Alfred, Lord
Tennysons poem is
reflected by the music
with the use of text
painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m. 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word deep in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word dark in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word embark, which
is to be an ascent to
Heaven. The melody moves
between voice parts, even
as early as m. 14 where
the altos have the melody
for only a single
measure; it is then
handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 5764,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word when. Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing
Crossing the Bar
as much as I enjoyed
writing it. ~Jamey
Ray. The beauty in
Alfred, Lord Tennysonas
poem is reflected by the
music with the use of
text painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m.A 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word adeepa in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word adarka in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word aembark,a
which is to be an ascent
to Heaven. The melody
moves between voice
parts, even as early as
m. 14 where the altos
have the melody for only
a single measure; it is
then handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 57a64,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word awhen.a Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing
Crossing the Bar
as much as I enjoyed
writing it. ~Jamey
Ray. The beauty in
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
poem is reflected by the
music with the use of
text painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m. 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word deep in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word dark in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word embark, which
is to be an ascent to
Heaven. The melody moves
between voice parts, even
as early as m. 14 where
the altos have the melody
for only a single
measure; it is then
handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 57-64,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word when. Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing
Crossing the Bar
as much as I enjoyed
writing it. ~Jamey
Ray. The beauty in
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
poem is reflected by the
music with the use of
text painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m. 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word deep in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word dark in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word embark, which
is to be an ascent to
Heaven. The melody moves
between voice parts, even
as early as m. 14 where
the altos have the melody
for only a single
measure; it is then
handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 57-64,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word when. Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing Crossing
the Bar as much as I
enjoyed writing it.
~Jamey Ray. The beauty
in Alfred, Lord
Tennyson’s poem is
reflected by the music
with the use of text
painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m.Â
19, providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word
“deep†in m.
27 gives another instance
of text painting.Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word “darkâ€
in m. 38 in order to
achieve a feeling of
suspense. The entrance at
m. 41 is full, and while
still minor, the text
gives us hope for a
change. The change comes
in m. 45 with the
staggered entrances
creating a sense of
building and ascent until
the climax of this moment
at m. 47 on the word
“embark,â€
which is to be an ascent
to Heaven.The melody
moves between voice
parts, even as early as
m. 14 where the altos
have the melody for only
a single measure; it is
then handed back to the
sopranos. From mm.
57–64, the altos
trade the melody back and
forth with the sopranos.
Take note that the alto
melody should be brought
out, but the line does
not actually begin until
the word
“when.â€Lastly
, be intentional with
syllabic stress (no two
eighth notes or quarter
notes alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter.I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing Crossing
the Bar as much as I
enjoyed writing it.~Jamey
Ray. $2.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Marcel Tournier: Intermediate Pieces for Solo Harp, Volume II Harpe Carl Fischer
Chamber Music harp SKU: CF.H84 Composed by Marcel Tournier. Edited by Car...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: CF.H84
Composed by Marcel
Tournier. Edited by Carl
Swanson. Collection -
Score. Carl Fischer Music
#H84. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.H84).
ISBN 9781491165539.
UPC:
680160924530. Marce
l Tournier
(1879–1951) was
one of the most important
harpist/composers in the
history of the harp. Over
his long career, he added
a significant catalogue
of very beautiful works
to the harp repertoire.
Many of his solo works,
almost one hundred, have
been consistently in
print since they were
first published. But in
recent years harpist Carl
Swanson has discovered a
treasure trove of pieces
by Tournier heretofore
unknown and unpublished.
These include the
Déchiffrages in this
edition, as well as songs
set for voice, harp, and
string quartet, and
ensemble arrangements of
some of his most beloved
works.All of the works
that Carl Swanson found
were in manuscript only.
With the help of the
great harpist Catherine
Michel, he has put these
pieces into playable
form, and they are being
published for the very
first time. He and
Catherine often had to
re-notate passages to
show clearly how they
could be played, adding
fingerings and musical
nuances, tempos, pedals,
and pedal
diagrams.Tournier wrote
these pieces when he was
in his 20s, and before he
became the
impressionistic composer
those familiar with his
work know so well. They
are written in the late
nineteenth-century
romantic style that was
being taught at that time
at the Paris
Conservatory. They are
beautiful short,
intermediate level pieces
by a first rate composer,
and add much needed
repertoire to that level
of playing. Marcel
Tournier
(1879–1951) was
one of the most important
harpist/composers in the
history of the harp. He
graduated from the Paris
Conservatory with a first
prize in harp in 1899. He
also studied composition
there and won a second
prize in the prestigious
Prix de Rome competition,
as well as a first prize
in the Rossini
competition, another
major composition
competition of the day.
From 1912 to 1948 he
taught the harp class at
the Paris Conservatory.
But composition, and
almost entirely,
composition for the harp,
was the main focus of his
life. His published
works, including many
works for solo harp, a
few for harp and other
instruments, and several
songs, number around one
hundred pieces.In 2019,
while researching
Tournier for my edition
MARCEL TOURNIER: 10
Pieces for Solo Harp, I
discovered that there was
a significant list of
pieces by this composer
that had never been
published and were not
included on any inventory
of his music. Principal
on this list were his
déchiffrages
(pronounced
day-she-frahge, like the
second syllable in the
word garage).The word
déchiffrage means
sight-reading exercise,
and that was their
original purpose.
Tournier numbered and
dated these pieces, with
dates ranging from 1900
to 1910, indicating that
they were in all
likelihood written for
Alphonse
Hasselmans’ class
at the Paris
Conservatory. Tournier
was probably told how
long to make each one,
and how difficult. They
range in length from two
to four pages, with only
one in the whole series
extending to five, and
from thirty to fifty-five
measures, with only one
extending to eight-five.
The level of difficulty
for the whole series is
intermediate, with some
at the easier end, and
others at the middle or
upper end.We don’t
know if they were
intended to test students
trying to enter the harp
class, or if they were
used to test students in
the class as they played
their exams. The fact
that they were never
published means that
students had to not only
sight read them, but
sight read them in
manuscript form!I worked
from digital images of
the original manuscripts,
which are in the private
music library of a
harpist in France. She
had twenty-seven of these
pieces, and this edition
is the second in a series
of three that will
publish, for the first
time, all of the ones
that I have found thus
far. The manuscripts
themselves consist of
little more than notes on
the page: no pedals
written in, no
fingerings, few if any
musical nuances and tempo
markings, and no clear
indication as to which
hand plays which notes.
These would have been
difficult to sight read
indeed! My collaborator
Catherine Michel and I
added musical nuances,
fingerings, pedals and
pedal diagrams, and tempo
indications to put them
into their current
condition.At the time
these were written,
Tournier would have been
in his twenties, having
just graduated from the
harp class himself
(1899), and might still
have been in the
composition class. These
are the earliest known
pieces that he wrote, and
they were written at the
very beginning of a
cultural revolution and
upheaval in Paris that
was to completely and
profoundly alter musical
composition. Tournier
himself would eventually
be caught up in this new
way of composing. But not
yet.All of the
déchiffrages are
written in the late
romantic style that was
being taught at that time
at the Paris
Conservatory. Each one is
built on a clear musical
idea, and the variety
over the whole series
makes them wonderful to
listen to as well as to
learn. They are also
great technical lessons
for intermediate level
players.The obvious
question is: Why
didn’t Tournier
publish these pieces, and
why didn’t he list
them on his own inventory
of his music? Actually,
four of them were
published, with small
changes, as his
collection Four Preludes,
Op. 16. These came from
the ones that will be in
volume three of this
series from Carl Fischer.
His first large piece,
Theme and Variations, was
published in 1908, and
his two best known and
frequently played pieces,
Féerie and Au Matin,
followed in 1912 and 1913
respectively. We can only
speculate because there
is so much still unknown
about Tournier and about
these unpublished pieces.
He may have looked at
them, fresh out of school
as he was, as simply a
way to make some quick
money. The first several
pieces that he did
publish are much longer
than any of the
déchiffrages. So it
could be that, because of
their shorter length, as
well as the earlier
musical style that he was
moving away from, he
chose not to publish any
more of them. We may
never know the full
story. But all these
years later, more than a
century after they were
composed, we can listen
to them for their own
merits, and not measured
against whatever else was
going on at the time. The
numbers on these pieces
are the ones that
Tournier assigned to
them, and the gaps
between some of the
numbers suggest that
there are perhaps thirty
or more of these pieces
still to be found, if
they still exist. They
will, in all likelihood,
be found, as these were,
in private collections of
harp music, not in
institutional libraries.
We can only hope that
more of them will be
located in years to
come.—Carl
SwansonGlossary of French
Musical TermsTournier was
very precise about how he
wanted his pieces played,
and carefully
communicated this with
many musical indications.
He used standard Italian
words, but also used
French words and phrases,
and occasionally mixed
both together. It is
extremely important to
observe and understand
everything that he put on
the page.Here is a list
of the French words and
phrases found in the
pieces in this edition,
with their
translation.bien
chanté well sung,
melodiousdécidé
firm, resolutediminu peu
à peu becoming softer
little by littleen
diminuant becoming
softeren riten. slowing
downen se perdant dying
awayGaiement gayly,
lightlygracieusement
gracefully,
elegantlyLéger light,
quickLent slowmarquez le
chant emphasize the
melodyModéré at a
moderate tempopeu Ã
peu animé more lively,
little by littleplus lent
slowerRetenu held
backsans lenteur without
slownesssans retinir
without slowing downsec
drily, abruptlysoutenu
sustained, heldtrès
arpegé very
arpeggiatedTrès
Modéré Very
moderate tempoTrès peu
retenu slightly held
backTrès soutenu very
sustainedun peu retenu
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| Scapulis Suis Carl Fischer
Choral SSAA choir SKU: CF.CM9717 Composed by Mark Burrows. 8 pages. Durat...(+)
Choral SSAA choir SKU:
CF.CM9717 Composed by
Mark Burrows. 8 pages.
Duration 3 minutes, 7
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9717. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9717). ISBN
9781491160961. UPC:
680160919567. Psalm
91:4-5. The Lord
will overshadow you with
his pinions, and you will
find refuge under his
wings. His faithfulness
will encompass you with a
shield. Psalm 91:4-5 To
feel safe and to feel
cared for, these are two
of the great yearnings of
the human heart. What a
blessing it is,
especially during times
of distress or
uncertainty, to know that
we aren't alone, that
someone is reaching out
to help us and even hold
us. It could be a family
member or a friend. It
could be a still small
voice whispering, It's
okay. I've got you. It
could even be a loving
community, like a choir,
assuring us that we are
known, that we are loved,
that we belong. The first
word - scapulis - is
translated as pinions. On
a bird, a pinion is the
outer part of the wing,
including the flight
feathers. The opening
measures, with a
one-measure phrase
followed be a
three-measure phrase, are
meant to evoke the image
of wings unfurling to
welcome in. All through
this section - mm. 1-20 -
encourage phrasing that
is never hurried but
moves with intention to
the last stressed
syllable of each phrase,
before ebbing slightly.
This section is all about
reassurance and comfort.
In mm. 21-30 we have a
new section where
uncertainty grows. At
this point the text - and
you will find refuge
under his wings - is more
aspirational than
definitive. Leaning into
non-chord tones will help
make this feeling of
uncertainty more
palpable. Places where
this occurs: Alto I -
Measure 22 the Ab in
pennis, m. 26 the Bb in
sperabis Soprano II -
Measure 23 the A natural
in pennis, m. 29 the C in
sperabis Soprano I -
Measure 24 the C in
pennis, m. 28 the D in
sperabis The apex of the
piece is at m. 30 where
the yearning for comfort
and assurance reaches its
height, finding that
comfort in the arrival
back at Eb major in m.
39. The phrase veritas
ejus (his faithfulness),
with its triplet figure
should flow gently, like
a musical carress. The
final reassurance occurs
at m. 51 as we return to
the melody, and the
homophonic texture, of
the opening. Even as the
piece gets softer and
softer, encourage the
singers to keep energy
moving through each
phrase. The structure and
feel of this piece was
inspired by one of the
all-time great settings
of yet another Psalm of
assurance - Felix
Mendelssohn's Lift Thine
Eyes. The Lord will
overshadow you with his
pinions,and you will find
refuge under his
wings.His faithfulness
will encompass you with a
shield. Psalm
91:4-5Â To feel safe
and to feel cared for,
these are two of the
great yearnings of the
human heart.What a
blessing it is,
especially during times
of distress or
uncertainty, to know that
we aren’t alone,
that someone is reaching
out to help us and even
hold us. It could be a
family member or a
friend. It could be a
still small voice
whispering,
“It’s okay.
I’ve got
you.†It could even
be a loving community,
like a choir, assuring us
that we are known, that
we are loved, that we
belong.The first word
– scapulis
– is translated as
“pinions.†On
a bird, a pinion is the
outer part of the wing,
including the flight
feathers. The opening
measures, with a
one-measure phrase
followed be a
three-measure phrase, are
meant to evoke the image
of wings unfurling to
welcome in. All through
this section – mm.
1-20 – encourage
phrasing that is never
hurried but moves with
intention to the last
stressed syllable of each
phrase, before ebbing
slightly. This section is
all about reassurance and
comfort.In mm. 21-30 we
have a new section where
uncertainty grows. At
this point the text
– and you will
find refuge under his
wings – is more
aspirational than
definitive. Leaning into
non-chord tones will help
make this feeling of
uncertainty more
palpable. Places where
this occurs:Alto I
– Measure 22 the
Ab in pennis, m. 26 the
Bb in sperabisSoprano II
– Measure 23 the A
natural in pennis, m. 29
the C in sperabisSoprano
I – Measure 24 the
C in pennis, m. 28 the D
in sperabis The apex
of the piece is at m. 30
where the yearning for
comfort and assurance
reaches its height,
finding that comfort in
the arrival back at Eb
major in m. 39. The
phrase veritas ejus (his
faithfulness), with its
triplet figure should
flow gently, like a
musical carress.The final
reassurance occurs at m.
51 as we return to the
melody, and the
homophonic texture, of
the opening. Even as the
piece gets softer and
softer, encourage the
singers to keep energy
moving through each
phrase.The structure and
feel of this piece was
inspired by one of the
all-time great settings
of yet another Psalm of
assurance – Felix
Mendelssohn’s Lift
Thine Eyes. $2.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Chorale SATB [Vocal Score] Theodore Presser Co.
Opera Vocal Soloists, SATB Chorus, Orchestra SKU: PR.411411640 An Oper...(+)
Opera Vocal Soloists,
SATB Chorus, Orchestra
SKU: PR.411411640
An Opera in Two
Acts. Composed by
Ricky Ian Gordon. Vocal
score. Duration 2
minutes, 30 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#411-41164. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.411411640). ISBN
9781491137642. UPC:
680160691098. The Garden
of the Finzi-Continis
novel by Giorgio
Bassani. Based on
Bassani’s 1962 novel,
THE GARDEN OF THE
FINZI-CONTINIS dramatizes
the true story of a
prosperous Jewish
family’s disruptions
and consequences from
state-mandated
antisemitism in Italy
during World War II.
Gordon describes the
opera as “romantic,
sun-drenched, and
cataclysmic, all at the
same time.” This
dramatically topical and
personal grand opera
premiered at New York
City Opera and National
Yiddish Theatre
Folksbiene to rave
reviews in 2022. Chris
Ruel wrote in OperaWire,
“I have chosen Ricky
Ian Gordon and Michael
Korie’s THE GARDEN OF
THE FINZI-CONTINIS as my
favorite opera of
2022.”. At one
point, in 2008, I was
walking down 72nd Street,
and I passed the video
store, (this is when
there were video stores)
and I thought to myself,
I wonder if Kevin (my
partner) has ever seen
The Garden of the
Finzi-Continis? which was
always one of my favorite
movies. My reaction when
we watched it that night
was unlike any other time
I had seen it. I was
wrenched, sobbing,
inconsolable. My heart
felt like the autumn
leaves we see blowing
through the garden at the
end of the movie. It
seemed immediately that
this had to be my next
opera. I called Michael
Korie, and we both bought
the Bassani novel and
read it. We settled on
it. It felt clear that we
both had a collective
story to tell through
it.Because this opera is
so close to both of our
hearts, it is dedicated
to our fathers.It is not
only that The Garden of
the Finzi-Continis is a
Holocaust story that
makes it so resonant for
me, though obviously this
is no small matter, but
the tragedy of people
trying to live their
lives, or actually living
them, their petty
disappointments, their
heartbreaks, against the
backdrop of total
catastrophe… that makes
it so moving. They cannot
possibly imagine what
will befall them, but we
know… and this makes
their every move
fascinating and
devastating… like
watching moths under a
glass. It is romantic,
sun-drenched and
cataclysmic, all at the
same time.This is why I
had to write it. $125.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Spring in Dresden [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Bass Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabass, F...(+)
Orchestra Bass Drum,
Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Contrabass, Flute 1,
Flute 2, Harp, Horn 1,
Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4,
Marimba, Oboe 1, Oboe 2,
Percussion 1, Percussion
2, Percussion 3, Snare
Drum, Suspended Cymbal,
Tam-tam, Trombone 1 and
more. SKU:
PR.11641963S Composed
by Chen Yi. Full score.
58 pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41963S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641963S). UPC:
680160684472. The
violin concerto is
commissioned by Friends
of Dresden Music
Foundation for American
soloist Mira Wang and the
New York Philharmonic and
Staatskapelle Dresden as
an American commemoration
of the reconstruction of
the Dresden Frauenkirche,
60 years after its
destruction in World War
II by American and
British Forces. The world
premiere is given at the
Semperoper in Dresden,
Germany, on October 9, 10
& 11, 2005, conducted
by Ivan Fischer. Full of
excitement and inner
power, the musical image
is vivid, energetic,
sometimes lyrical and
sometimes dramatic. The
major angular thematic
material (a three note
motive) consists of big
leaps in interval (a
perfect fourth downward
and then a minor seventh
upward, first introduced
by the violin solo in
measures 27-29). Except
for the cadenzas which
stand at the middle
(Rehearsal E, measure
127) and the two ends of
the piece as a frame, the
virtuosic violin solo
line is always
accompanied by the ever
moving and growing
textures in the
background. The rests
between long and short
phrases symbolize the
space in Chinese
paintings. The Beijing
Opera reciting tune, and
the fingerings to produce
sliding tones in the
performance of the
Chinese fiddle erhu are
also borrowed in the
writing and the
performing of the western
instruments. The musical
imagination of the violin
concerto came from an
ancient Chinese poem with
the same title, written
by Du Fu (712-770) in
Tang Dynasty. Happy Rain
on a Spring Night by Du
Fu (712-770 in Tang
Dynasty) Happy rain comes
in time, When spring is
in its prime. With night
breeze it will fall, And
quietly moisten all.
Clouds darken wild roads,
Light brightens a little
boat. Saturated at dawn,
With flowers blooming the
town. (English
translation by Chen Yi
from the original poem in
Chinese) The following is
the poem in its original
Chinese form, and the
detailed introduction on
the structural plan of
the violin concerto
Spring in Dresden. It's
like the welcome rain on
a quiet spring night that
nurtures the budding
seeds, our new society is
pushing us forward to the
new future. The music
reflects the scenes and
the expression according
to the meaning of the
poem when it's being
unfolded line by line.
Although the tempo is set
63 quarter notes per
minute throughout (played
vividly, never slow
down), the tension is
being built up from the
quiet background in the
beginning, to the
sustained climax towards
the end. The musical
image in Rehearsal A and
B (measures 39-80)
represents the first four
lines of the poem. The
wind instruments response
to the rustling of fast
moving notes on muted
string triplets,
decorated by occasional
strokes produced by
metallic string sound and
high woodwind gestures.
The music in Rehearsal C
and D (measures 81-126)
represents the next two
lines of the poem. It's
so dark, a little light
in the boat is shimmering
on the lake... The
breathy sound and key
slaps on the flutes
create a mysterious
atmosphere, in a dialogue
with other instruments.
The cello glissandi
recite the poem in the
tone of Mandarin, echoed
by the string harmonics.
The music in Rehearsal F,
G and H (m 129-202) is a
toccata, starting in the
orchestra (led by the
marimba), which builds up
a big shape, to reach the
climax in m. 157
(Rehearsal G, the
location of the Golden
Section, according to the
length of the music
without cadenzas), and
keeps the vivid scene
towards the coda (from
Rehearsal I, m. 203),
which stands on the
energetic peak until the
clear cutoff on measure
239, followed by the
short, yet powerful solo
conclusion with the
lingering echo produced
by the high string
harmonics. On the top,
there is a recall of the
three note motive in the
sound of wonderland,
touched by the motor-on
vibraphone meaningfully.
The music is written for
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2
clarinets (in Bb), 2
bassoons, 4 French horns
(in F), 2 trumpets (in
Bb), 3 trombones, tuba,
harp, 3 percussion
players (Perc. 1:
xylophone; Perc. 2:
suspended cymbal,
Japanese high woodblock,
snare drum, bass drum and
vibraphone; Perc. 3:
marimba and tam-tam),
solo violin, and strings.
Duration is about 20
minutes. The violin
concerto is commissioned
by Friends of Dresden
Music Foundation for
American soloist Mira
Wang and the New York
Philharmonic and
Staatskapelle Dresden as
an American commemoration
of the reconstruction of
the Dresden Frauenkirche,
60 years after its
destruction in World War
II by American and
British Forces. The world
premiere is given at the
Semperoper in Dresden,
Germany, on October 9, 10
& 11, 2005, conducted by
Ivan Fischer.Full of
excitement and inner
power, the musical image
is vivid, energetic,
sometimeslyrical and
sometimes dramatic. The
major angular thematic
material (a three
notemotive) consists of
big leaps in interval (a
perfect fourth downward
and then a minorseventh
upward, first introduced
by the violin solo in
measures 27-29). Except
for thecadenzas which
stand at the middle
(Rehearsal E, measure
127) and the two ends of
the piece as a frame, the
virtuosic violin solo
line is always
accompanied by the ever
moving and growing
textures in the
background. The rests
between long and short
phrases symbolize the
space in Chinese
paintings. The Beijing
Opera reciting tune, and
the fingerings to produce
sliding tones in the
performance of the
Chinese fiddle erhu are
also borrowed in the
writing and the
performing of the western
instruments.The musical
imagination of the violin
concerto came from an
ancient Chinese poem with
the same title, written
by Du Fu (712-770) in
Tang Dynasty.Happy Rain
on a Spring Nightby Du Fu
(712-770 in Tang
Dynasty)Happy rain comes
in time,When spring is in
its prime.With night
breeze it will fall,And
quietly moisten
all.Clouds darken wild
roads,Light brightens a
little boat.Saturated at
dawn,With flowers
blooming the
town.(English translation
by Chen Yi from the
original poem in
Chinese)The following is
the poem in its original
Chinese form, and the
detailed introduction
onthe structural plan of
the violin concerto
Spring in
Dresden.It’s like
the welcome rain on a
quiet spring night that
nurtures the budding
seeds, our newsociety is
pushing us forward to the
new future. The music
reflects the scenes and
theexpression according
to the meaning of the
poem when it’s
being unfolded line by
line.Although the tempo
is set 63 quarter notes
per minute throughout
(played vividly,
neverslow down), the
tension is being built up
from the quiet background
in the beginning, tothe
sustained climax towards
the end. The musical
image in Rehearsal A and
B (measures39-80)
represents the first four
lines of the poem. The
wind instruments response
to therustling of fast
moving notes on muted
string triplets,
decorated by occasional
strokesproduced by
metallic string sound and
high woodwind gestures.
The music in RehearsalC
and D (measures 81-126)
represents the next two
lines of the poem. It's
so dark, a littlelight in
the boat is shimmering on
the lake... The breathy
sound and key slaps on
theflutes create a
mysterious atmosphere, in
a dialogue with other
instruments. The
celloglissandi recite the
poem in the tone of
Mandarin, echoed by the
string harmonics.
Themusic in Rehearsal F,
G and H (m 129-202) is a
toccata, starting in the
orchestra (led bythe
marimba), which builds up
a big shape, to reach the
climax in m. 157
(Rehearsal G,the location
of the Golden Section,
according to the length
of the music
withoutcadenzas), and
keeps the vivid scene
towards the coda (from
Rehearsal I, m. 203),
whichstands on the
energetic peak until the
clear cutoff on measure
239, followed by the
short,yet powerful solo
conclusion with the
lingering echo produced
by the high
stringharmonics. On the
top, there is a recall of
the three note motive in
the sound ofwonderland,
touched by the motor-on
vibraphone
meaningfully.The music is
written for 2 flutes, 2
oboes, 2 clarinets (in
Bb), 2 bassoons, 4 French
horns (in F), 2 trumpets
(in Bb), 3 trombones,
tuba, harp, 3 percussion
players (Perc.
1:xylophone; Perc. 2:
suspended cymbal,
Japanese high woodblock,
snare drum, bass drum and
vibraphone; Perc. 3:
marimba and tam-tam),
solo violin, and
strings.Duration is about
20 minutes. $35.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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