Flute; Piano Accompaniment (FLUTE/PIANO) - easy to intermediate SKU: HL.49045...(+)
Flute; Piano
Accompaniment
(FLUTE/PIANO) - easy to
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49045817
Flute
and Piano. Composed
by Wilhelm Popp. Edited
by Edmund Waechter and
Elisabeth Weinzierl. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Woodwind Solo. Classical.
Softcover. 60 pages.
Schott Music #ED22775.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49045817).
ISBN
9790001165587. UPC:
841886032019.
9.0x12.0x0.158
inches.
In the 19th
century nationalist
themes came into fashion.
Composers drew on songs
and dances from their
native lands, working
them into paraphrased
adaptations, potpourri
arrangements and sets of
variations or
incorporating folk
elements from various
cultures in their
compositions. Flautist
Wilhelm Popp (1828-1902),
who wrote music for his
instrument at every level
of difficulty, also took
up this popular trend. In
this collection seven of
his easily
playablecompositions have
been chosen with musical
links to different
European countries. Here
again Popp shows his
ability to distil the
essence from musical
styles and fashions of
his time, setting lyrical
and virtuoso passages so
well for the instrument
that their effectiveness
far outweighs any
difficulties. The
popularity of his pieces
for tuition purposes,
school concerts or youth
music competitions
remains undiminished to
this day. This edition is
essentially based on the
first printed versions of
these pieces - with just
a small number of
printing errors and
inconsistencies corrected
without comment.
Piano SKU: HL.14012211 Composed by Patrick Gowers. Music Sales America. T...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.14012211
Composed
by Patrick Gowers. Music
Sales America.
TV-Film-Musical-Show.
Book [Softcover]. 4
pages. Music Sales
#NOV100336. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14012211).
8.25x11.75x0.042
inches.
The Forever
Green theme has a
flowing, pastoral quality
perfectly suited to the
move-to-the-country theme
of the television show.
The sheet music includes
two endings, a short one
to match the music of the
opening credits, and a
longer, more elaborate
one -- which the producer
referred to as 'the weird
bit'.British composer
Patrick Gowers is widely
known for his film and
television scores, having
created memorable music
for Smiley's People,
Therese Raquin, and Comic
Act as well as the Jeremy
Brett series of
television adaptations of
the cases of Sherlock
Holmes. His Choral and
Organ works are also
celebrated.
Andantino Flûte traversière, Orgue (duo) Music Distribution Services
Flute and organ SKU: M7.DOHR-16452 By gracious powers wonderfully shel...(+)
Flute and organ
SKU:
M7.DOHR-16452
By
gracious powers
wonderfully
sheltered. Composed
by Kurt Grahl. Sheet
music. Score and part. 6
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#DOHR 16452. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services)
(M7.DOHR-16452).
ISBN
9790202034521.
Das
Andantino Von guten
Mächten wunderbar
geborgen entstand als
gottesdienstliche
Gebrauchsmusik, als
Zwischenmusik, nach
Lesungen oder Predigten,
als Instrumentalmusik
während der
Kommunionausteilung bzw.
des Abendmahls. Aber auch
als Konzertstück ist
es schon erklungen. Das
Andantino besteht im
eigentlichen aus zwei
Thesen (Themen), die die
Musik in der durch die
Liturgie vorgegebenen
gebotenen Kürze
aufzuarbeiten versucht:
Von guten Mächten treu
und still umgeben und
Gott ist bei uns. Diese
beiden Themen,
musikalisch vereint,
ergeben dann das dritte:
Von guten Mächten
wunderbar geborgen. Die
Grundlage für diese
Expositionen und
Metamorphosen bildet
dabei die Melodie des
Liedes, die Aufnahme in
das Neue Gotteslob
gefunden hat.
Andantino Violon, Orgue Music Distribution Services
Violin and organ SKU: M7.DOHR-16451 By gracious powers wonderfully she...(+)
Violin and organ
SKU:
M7.DOHR-16451
By
gracious powers
wonderfully
sheltered. Composed
by Kurt Grahl. Sheet
music. Score and part. 6
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#DOHR 16451. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services)
(M7.DOHR-16451).
ISBN
9790202034514.
Das
Andantino Von guten
Mächten wunderbar
geborgen entstand als
gottesdienstliche
Gebrauchsmusik, als
Zwischenmusik, nach
Lesungen oder Predigten,
als Instrumentalmusik
während der
Kommunionausteilung bzw.
des Abendmahls. Aber auch
als Konzertstück ist
es schon erklungen. Das
Andantino besteht im
eigentlichen aus zwei
Thesen (Themen), die die
Musik in der durch die
Liturgie vorgegebenen
gebotenen Kürze
aufzuarbeiten versucht:
Von guten Mächten treu
und still umgeben und
Gott ist bei uns. Diese
beiden Themen,
musikalisch vereint,
ergeben dann das dritte:
Von guten Mächten
wunderbar geborgen. Die
Grundlage für diese
Expositionen und
Metamorphosen bildet
dabei die Melodie des
Liedes, die Aufnahme in
das Neue Gotteslob
gefunden hat.
Guitar - intermediate SKU: M7.VOGG-816 Composed by Gernot Roedder. This e...(+)
Guitar - intermediate
SKU: M7.VOGG-816
Composed by Gernot
Roedder. This edition:
Ring/Spiral binding.
Sheet music with 2 CDs.
152 pages. Voggenreiter
#VOGG 816. Published by
Voggenreiter
(M7.VOGG-816).
ISBN
9783802408168.
German.
Für
Gitarristen der
Mittelstufe Ãœber 60
der bekanntesten und
wichtigsten Stücke
für die Konzertgitarre
(Solo und Duo) aus drei
Jahrhunderten in
traditioneller Notation -
die unentbehrliche
Stückesammlung, die in
keinem gutsortierten
Notenregal fehlen darf!
Endlich alle Stücke,
die man sich bisher in
Einzelausgaben anschaffen
oder aus Dutzenden von
Sammlungen
zusammenstellen musste,
in einem einzigen Band!
Von Aguado und Bach bis
zu Sor und Tárrega,
hier findet sich für
jeden
Gitarristengeschmack das
Richtige. Alle Stücke
spielfertig eingerichtet
mit Fingersätzen und
Lagenangaben. Die beiden
aufwendig produzierten
Begleit-CDs sind nicht
nur ein idealer Begleiter
beim Ãœben, sondern
auch ein absoluter
Hörgenuss für jeden
Liebhaber klassischer
Gitarrenmusik.
Violin, piano - Easy - moderately difficult SKU: HF.FH-3380 Neue Stuck...(+)
Violin, piano - Easy -
moderately difficult
SKU: HF.FH-3380
Neue Stucke fur
Musikschulen. Edited
by Landesverband der
Musikschulen Brandenburg
e.V. Arranged by
Landesverband der
Musikschule Brandenburg
e.V. Sheet music.
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag #FH 3380.
Published by Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
(HF.FH-3380).
ISBN
9790203433804. 8.3 x 11.7
inches.
1. Gisbert
Nather: Miniaturen (Immer
in Bewegung; Ausser Atem;
Weiter geht's...) 2.
Niels Templin: Die Grille
und die Nachtigall; 3.
Niels Templin: Die
Vorzeichenfalle; 4.
Angelika und Wolfgang
Thiel: Kleiner Tanz; 5.
Angelika und Wolfgang
Thiel: Leichte
Variationen fur Geige und
Klavier; 6. C. Rene
Hirschfeld:
PhantasieSpiele (Das
Geheimnis; Katzenmusik;
Lied aus der Ferne); 7.
Matthias Holz,
Wiegenlied; 8. Stefan
Lienenkamper: Robin Hood
in New York (... klettert
auf die Freiheitsstatur;
....traumt von Sherwood
Forest; .... Central Park
in der
Morgendammerung).
Piano (Piano) - intermediate to difficult SKU: HL.49019205 Composed by Ge...(+)
Piano (Piano) -
intermediate to difficult
SKU: HL.49019205
Composed by Georg
Kreisler. Edited by
Sherri Jones. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Softcover. Composed 1947.
18 pages. Duration 10'.
Schott Music #ED21097.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019205).
ISBN
9790001177214. UPC:
884088907594.
9.0x12.0x0.087
inches.
At the age
of 16, Georg Kreisler was
forced to leave his home
country and set off to an
uncertain future. 'Then I
was in exile in New York,
had little money and much
hunger and tried to cheer
myself up with these
piano pieces. I do not
remember if they cheered
me up, but on the other
hand they have become a
testimony to that time.
Anyone who has been
through a difficult
childhood will understand
the pieces soon.'.
Soprano, baritone, spoken
voice, mixed choir
(SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB, and 9
boys' voices, S/A) and
orchestra (Score) -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49006187
(The
Raft of the Medusa).
Composed by Hans Werner
Henze. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. Composed
1968/1990. 168 pages.
Duration 70'. Schott
Music #ED6326. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49006187).
ISBN
9790001067270. UPC:
884088099282.
8.25x11.75x0.41 inches.
German - English.
Soli SA, Coro SATB (teils geteilt), Pfte SKU: CA.2380204 4th and 5th m...(+)
Soli SA, Coro SATB (teils
geteilt), Pfte
SKU:
CA.2380204
4th and
5th movement.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Nicholas Kok. Arranged by
Nicholas Kok. Carus sheet
music series: Vocal
scores XL. XL in large
print. Innovative
practice aids, Secular
choral music. Vocal
score. Carus Verlag #CV
23.802/04. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2380204).
ISBN
M-007-24442-2.
German.
Nicholas
Kok's newly-created vocal
score of the 4th and 5th
movements of Mahler's 2nd
Symphony is aimed
particularly at vocal
soloists and choral
singers who wish to
practice the two vocal
movements in this work;
it is available on sale,
as is the chorus score.
To ensure a secure entry
at the attacca beginning
of the 4th movement, the
vocal score begins
earlier in the 3rd
movement. The rehearsal
letters in the
prevalently used
orchestral materials have
been taken into
consideration so that the
vocal score and chorus
score are compatible with
all the available music
editions. In his 2nd
Symphony, premiered in
1895 after a seven-year
gestation period, Gustav
Mahler combined different
work concepts which he
had previously tried out
in various independent
compositions: the 1st
movement with the
original title
Todtenfeier was conceived
as a symphonic poem, the
3rd movement is based on
the original song for
voice and piano St
Anthony of Padua's Sermon
to the Fishes, the 4th
movement is the
orchestral song Urlicht
for alto, with text, like
the 3rd movement, from
Des Knaben Wunderhorn,
and the 5th is a setting
and elaboration of the
Klopstock Ode Die
Auferstehung for soprano
and alto solo with mixed
chorus. Mahler created a
work in the
vocal-symphonic tradition
founded by Beethoven and,
despite its challenges in
extent and scoring, it
remains one of his most
popular compositions.
Violin and piano SKU: HL.49044153 Composed by Stefan Heucke. This edition...(+)
Violin and piano
SKU:
HL.49044153
Composed
by Stefan Heucke. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Softcover.
Composed 2000. Op. 38. 70
pages. Duration 21'.
Schott Music #VLB188.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49044153).
ISBN
9790001197748.
Die
Sonate op. 38 entstand im
November und Dezember
2000 und ist das einzige
unmittelbar
autobiographische Stuck,
das ich bisher komponiert
habe. Es ist dem Gedenken
eines toten Freundes
gewidmet, den ich 17
Jahre lang aus den Augen
verloren und im Sommer
2000 auf dem Friedhof
wiedergefunden habe. Ein
wahrend der Zeit unserer
Freundschaft im Herbst
1983 entstandener Plan
fur eine Violinsonate
konnte nun verwirklicht
werden. Die Initialen des
Widmungstragers - A.F. -
beherrschen die gesamte
Struktur des Werkes. Der
erste, in unaufhaltsamer,
wilder Bewegung
voransturmende Satz
speist sich aus zwei
ausladenden gesanglichen
Themen, das erste aus dem
Intervall A - F, das
zweite aus dem Intervall
(E)S - H gewonnen, die
von unaufhorlichen
Sechzehntelbewegungen des
Klaviers vorangetrieben
werden. Der zweite Satz
schweisst drei Formteile
in einen grossen
Variationssatz zusammen:
Zunachst Thema und funf
Variationen uber Brahms'
Volkslied Da unten im
Tale, dann ein variierter
Scherzosatz uber eben
dieses Thema und
schliesslich eine
gedrangte Passacaglia,
die auf der Basis des
Klanges A - F die
vergangenen musikalischen
Ereignisse
zusammenpresst. Zum
Schluss erscheint noch
einmal das Brahms-Lied in
entruckter Klanggestalt
in der entfernten Tonart
E-Dur. Der Text dieses
Liedes lautet: Da unten
im Tale laufts Wasser so
trub,Und i kann dirs net
sagen, i hab di so lieb.
Sprichst allweil von
Lieb, sprichst allweil
von Treu,und a bissele
Falschheit is au wohl
dabei. Und wenn i dirs
zehnmal sag, dass i di
lieb,und du willst nit
verstehen, muss i halt
weiterziehen. Fur die
Zeit, wo du g'liebt mi
hast, dank i dir
schon,und i wunsch, das
dirs anderswo besser mag
gehen. - Stefan
Heucke.
Entry SKU: YM.GTP01092527 Composed by Johann Friedrich Burgmuller. Piano ...(+)
Entry
SKU:
YM.GTP01092527
Composed by Johann
Friedrich Burgmuller.
Piano Educational. Piano
Literature. Sheet music.
Yamaha Music Media
#GTP01092527. Published
by Yamaha Music Media
(YM.GTP01092527).
ISBN
9784636925272.
Thro
ugh the analysis of
Burgmuller's 25 Etudes,
piano teachers will learn
the easiest way to grasp
the genius of the
technique for playing the
works composed in
Romantic era. A music
score for 25 small pieces
on 72 pages with a
supplement books for
their analysis on 100
pages. Tong Guo Fen
Xi Bu Ge Mou Le De 25Shou
Lian Xi Qu ,Gang Qin Jiao
Shi Jiang Neng Gou Geng
Shen Ke Li Jie Lang Man
Pai Gang Qin Dan Zou De
Nei He Yu Ji Qiao .
25Shou Lian Xi Qu De 72Ye
Le Pu . Fu Bu Chong Jie
Shuo Bie Ce .
Accordion (AKK) - very easy to easy SKU: HL.49035306 Steps. Compos...(+)
Accordion (AKK) - very
easy to easy
SKU:
HL.49035306
Steps. Composed by
Eisenmann. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott. 24
pages. Schott Music #MH
130082. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49035306).
German.
Diese
Erganzungshefte zum
jeweiligen Grundband fur
Kinder ab 8 Jahren,
Jugendlichen oder
Erwachsene beinhalten
erganzende
Spielstucke.
Flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet - difficult SKU: HL.49017715 ...(+)
Flute, clarinet, harp and
string quartet -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49017715
For
flute, clarinet, harp and
string quartet.
Composed by Huw Watkins.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Score and parts.
Composed 2007. 22 pages.
Duration 3'. Schott Music
#ED13241. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49017715).
ISBN
9790220131301. UPC:
841886013506.
9.25x12.0x0.072
inches.
'Postlude'
was one of 10 birthday
candles written for
Mobius' 10th anniversary
and is scored for flute,
clarinet, harp and string
quartet. At just 3
minutes in length and
with a lento tempo
marking, 'Postlude' could
be programmed perfectly
as an intelligent
alternative to the
stereotypically flashy
encore or even as an
unusual concert opener.
The music begins with
some beautiful
choral-like chords from
the string quartet before
a number of virtuosic
flashes are injected by a
flute line which gains
prominence throughout the
work.
Soli SA, Coro SATB (teils geteilt), Pfte SKU: CA.2380205 4th and 5th m...(+)
Soli SA, Coro SATB (teils
geteilt), Pfte
SKU:
CA.2380205
4th and
5th movement.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Nicholas Kok. Arranged by
Nicholas Kok. Carus sheet
music series: Vocal
scores XL. Innovative
practice aids, Secular
choral music. Choral
Score. Carus Verlag #CV
23.802/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2380205).
ISBN
M-007-24973-1.
German.
Nicholas
Kok's newly-created vocal
score of the 4th and 5th
movements of Mahler's 2nd
Symphony is aimed
particularly at vocal
soloists and choral
singers who wish to
practice the two vocal
movements in this work;
it is available on sale,
as is the chorus score.
To ensure a secure entry
at the attacca beginning
of the 4th movement, the
vocal score begins
earlier in the 3rd
movement. The rehearsal
letters in the
prevalently used
orchestral materials have
been taken into
consideration so that the
vocal score and chorus
score are compatible with
all the available music
editions. In his 2nd
Symphony, premiered in
1895 after a seven-year
gestation period, Gustav
Mahler combined different
work concepts which he
had previously tried out
in various independent
compositions: the 1st
movement with the
original title
Todtenfeier was conceived
as a symphonic poem, the
3rd movement is based on
the original song for
voice and piano St
Anthony of Padua's Sermon
to the Fishes, the 4th
movement is the
orchestral song Urlicht
for alto, with text, like
the 3rd movement, from
Des Knaben Wunderhorn,
and the 5th is a setting
and elaboration of the
Klopstock Ode Die
Auferstehung for soprano
and alto solo with mixed
chorus. Mahler created a
work in the
vocal-symphonic tradition
founded by Beethoven and,
despite its challenges in
extent and scoring, it
remains one of his most
popular compositions.
String Quartet SKU: BR.EB-9271 Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
BR.EB-9271
Composed
by Christian Mason.
Chamber music. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000); Music
post-1945. Sheet Music.
Composed 2018. Duration
21'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 9271.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9271).
ISBN 9790004185711. 0
x 0 inches.
I fell
in love with the
remarkable singing of the
Tenores di Bitti on
hearing their recordings
as a student. Their
uniquely intense vocal
timbre, their harmony,
which seemed pure and
rough at once, and the
sense that this music
was, at root, not so much
about performance as
simply being together in
the world, in a community
of spirit. At the time, I
had no intention of using
this music to my own
creative ends, but now,
here we are: Sardinian
Songbook is the second in
a cycle of works for the
Ligeti Quartet, all based
on transcriptions of
music from different
throat-singing
traditions. Like string
quartets, the tenores
usually sing in groups of
four voices, but being
free from instruments
they stand very close
together enabling the
resonances of their
voices to blend and
interact in a special
way. The quartet, of
course, can only sit so
close before their bows
clash, so I have chosen
instead to reflect this
physical closeness
inversely, by getting the
players to stand
increasingly far from one
another as the piece
progresses. In so doing,
the initial state of
sonic blend gives way to
hocketing lines, opening
up the sense of
space.Christian Mason,
2018 The four movements
may be played separately
or as a collection. If
played together the
following order should be
observed (see table of
contents).
World
premiere: Sheffield/UK,
Firth Hall, April 14,
2018, Commissioned by
Ligeti Quartet.
1-3 horns - intermediate SKU: HL.49032449 30 Play pieces. Composed...(+)
1-3 horns - intermediate
SKU: HL.49032449
30 Play pieces.
Composed by Kurt
Hessenberg. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Choral Score. 12 pages.
Schott Music #ED 7701.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49032449).
ISBN
9790001080231.
Dies
es Heft ist als Erganzung
zum 2. Band der
Hornschule (ED 7320)
gedacht, wobei die bisher
erarbeitete Technik in
mannigfacher Weise
musikalisch zum Ausdruck
gebracht werden kann.
Daruber hinaus soll diese
hoffentlich vergnugliche
Sammlung stilistisch
verschiedenartiger Stucke
nicht nur zum eigenen
Arbeiten, sondern auch
zum anspruchsvollen
Zusammenspielen
anregen.
SKU: CA.218000 Edited by Kay Johannsen, Richard Mailander. Awards / Prize...(+)
SKU: CA.218000
Edited by Kay Johannsen,
Richard Mailander. Awards
/ Prizes: Deutscher
Musikeditionspreis Best
Edition. Awards / Prizes:
Deutscher
Musikeditionspreis Best
Edition; Carus sheet
music series: Choral
collections. Chorbuch Zum
Eg. Sacred vocal music,
Hymn settings, Whole
church year / Omni
tempore. Package. Carus
Verlag #CV 02.180/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.218000).
ISBN
9790007171629.
Flex
ible music-making in
church worship - with
choirs, organ,
congregation, brass
ensemble, and other
instruments The new
Chorbuch zum
Evangelischen Gesangbuch
has been published for
the Reformation
anniversary year 2017. It
features an innovative
modular principle which
offers new ideas for
group music-making with
different church music
groups in parishes. Over
60 hymns are arranged in
the form of modular
settings. Each
arrangement can be
performed by different
forces: by a 4-part mixed
choir (SATB), a 3-part
mixed choir (Soprano,
Alto, Mezzo) or a 2- to
3-part children's choir
(mainly melody and
descant), each with a
common organ part. The
arrangements of each hymn
are compatible with each
other, so they can be
performed separately or
together to accompany the
congregation, or they can
be sung alternately.
There are also one or two
ad lib upper instrumental
parts which fit with all
the versions. The organ
part can alternately be
played by the brass
ensemble.
Piano - Easy SKU: YM.GXF01094754 Piano Educational. Method for Children. ...(+)
Piano - Easy
SKU:
YM.GXF01094754
Piano
Educational. Method for
Children. Sheet music.
Yamaha Music Media
#GXF01094754. Published
by Yamaha Music Media
(YM.GXF01094754).
ISBN
9784636947540.
Stud
ents are able to
understand the tone on
the 5 lines and keyboard!
Xue Sheng Ke Yi Tong
Guo Jian Pan Tu Geng Zhi
Guan De Xue Xi He Gan
Shou Yin He Wu Xian Pu De
Guan Xi .
Composed by Barry Greene. For guitar. Perfect binding. Mel Bay's Private Lesso...(+)
Composed by Barry Greene.
For guitar. Perfect
binding.
Mel Bay's Private
Lessons.
Guitar: Jazz
Improvisation.
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book
and Online Audio. 32
pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
String quartet SKU: HL.49045639 Chaconne. Composed by Fred Lerdahl...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
HL.49045639
Chaconne. Composed
by Fred Lerdahl. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Ensemble.
Softcover. Composed 2016.
108 pages. Duration 990
seconds. Schott Music #ED
30174. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045639).
ISBN
9781540004796. UPC:
888680710774.
9.5x12.0x0.37
inches.
Chaconne
(2016), for string
quartet, was commissioned
by the Daedalus Quartet
to celebrate its 15th
anniversary. The
commission was supported
by New Music USA, made
possible by annual
program support and/or
endowment gifts from
Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts, Helen F.
Whitaker Fund, and Aaron
Copland Fund for Music.My
music has a substantial
history with Daedalus. I
composed the Third String
Quartet (2008) for them,
and subsequently they
performed my three string
quartets on several
occasions and recorded
them brilliantly on
Bridge Records (Bridge
9352: Music of Fred
Lerdahl, vol. 3).
Chaconne is in one
movement lasting 19
minutes. It is
effectively my fourth
string quartet. Quartets
1-3 form a unified cycle
lasting 70 minutes. When
I finished the cycle, I
thought I would never
write again for the
medium; yet I could not
resist the opportunity of
working again with
Daedalus. The issue was
how to compose another
string quartet unrelated
to the earlier cycle. The
solution came from my
solo cello piece There
and Back Again (2010),
which was based on a
four-bar variation
pattern from a
17th-century chaconne.
Unlike the asymmetrical
phrases and expanding
variations of much of my
music, the chaconne form
requires symmetrical
phrases and strictly
periodic variations. I
wished to work again with
these symmetries but on a
larger scale. Chaconne
also differs in character
and expression from the
three-quartet cycle. The
cycle is inward and
intense, a kind of
psychological excavation.
Chaconne is, for the most
part, transparent and
playful. Many of its
textures emerge from
little canons, not
completely unlike the
rounds that children
sing. Any composer who
writes in chaconne form
(one thinks above all of
the last movement of
Bach's D minor violin
partita and the finale of
Brahms's Fourth Symphony)
is confronted with the
challenge of how to
create a larger form out
of a constantly repeating
pattern.My Chaconne grows
from paired
antecedent-consequent
phrases, each variation
lasting eight bars. The
50 variations group into
three large rotations,
forming three arcs of
tension and relaxation,
with subtle parallel
connections across the
rotations.
Notwithstanding my
attraction to chaconne
form, I purposefully
disguised its symmetries
and periodicities in
order to build an overall
dramatic shape. Fred
Lerdahl.
String Quartet SKU: BR.EB-9270 Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
BR.EB-9270
Composed
by Christian Mason.
Chamber music. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000); Music
post-1945. Sheet Music.
Composed 2018. 28 pages.
Duration 21'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9270.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9270).
ISBN 9790004185704. 9
x 12 inches.
I fell
in love with the
remarkable singing of the
Tenores di Bitti on
hearing their recordings
as a student. Their
uniquely intense vocal
timbre, their harmony,
which seemed pure and
rough at once, and the
sense that this music
was, at root, not so much
about performance as
simply being together in
the world, in a community
of spirit. At the time, I
had no intention of using
this music to my own
creative ends, but now,
here we are: Sardinian
Songbook is the second in
a cycle of works for the
Ligeti Quartet, all based
on transcriptions of
music from different
throat-singing
traditions. Like string
quartets, the tenores
usually sing in groups of
four voices, but being
free from instruments
they stand very close
together enabling the
resonances of their
voices to blend and
interact in a special
way. The quartet, of
course, can only sit so
close before their bows
clash, so I have chosen
instead to reflect this
physical closeness
inversely, by getting the
players to stand
increasingly far from one
another as the piece
progresses. In so doing,
the initial state of
sonic blend gives way to
hocketing lines, opening
up the sense of
space.Christian Mason,
2018 The four movements
may be played separately
or as a collection. If
played together the
following order should be
observed (see table of
contents).
World
premiere: Sheffield/UK,
Firth Hall, April 14,
2018, Commissioned by
Ligeti Quartet.