F Horn; Orchestra (Score)
- Grade 4-5
SKU:
HL.4008328
For
Solo Horn and Orchestra,
Grade 4 / Solo 5
Score. Composed by
Otto M. Schwarz.
Symphonic Dimensions.
Concert. Softcover. 40
pages. Duration 500
seconds. Hal Leonard
#SDP156-22-401. Published
by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008328).
ISBN
9781705198056. UPC:
196288148401.
Cape
Horn is situated at the
southern point of South
America, on the Chilean
island “Isla
Hornosâ€. For
centuries, sailing around
thehorn was said to be
one of he most dangerous
passages for ships that
wanted to sail from the
Atlantic Ocean westwards
to the PacificOcean.
Tradition has it that Sir
Francis Drake discovered
Cape Horn in 1578 and the
Dutch voyager Willem
Cornelisz Schouten was
the first to round it in
1616. It was the latter
who named the promontory
after his Dutch hometown
Hoorn. It is estimated
that over 800 ships and
10,000 men in total sank
into the icy waters
during attempts to
circumnavigate the cape.
The work Cape Horn
– a solo for Horn
and concert band –
attempts to reflect the
beauty, but also the
peril of this region. It
is a matter of great
importance to thecomposer
Otto M. Schwarz to write
new repertoire in the
wind band solo works
genre. The tonal language
of his main genre
– film music
– is as
unmistakable as the
experimental parts and
catchy tunes.