Violin, cello, piano SKU: HL.49045318 Score and Parts. Composed by...(+)
Violin, cello, piano
SKU: HL.49045318
Score and Parts.
Composed by Fred Lerdahl.
This edition: Folder.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Softcover.
Composed 2012. 172 pages.
Duration 20'. Schott
Music #ED31156. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49045318).
ISBN
9781495082535. UPC:
888680656669.
9.5x12.0x0.515
inches.
The title
refers to three
instruments, three
movements, and three ways
of treating musical time.
The tone of the work is
serious yet as playful as
the title suggests.The
first movement, Ratios,
opens with a series of
seemingly unrelated ideas
in tempo ratios of 3:2
and 4:3. As the movement
proceeds, the ideas
develop, transform, and
superimpose in
increasingly wide
spirals. The slower
second movement, Cycles,
is a fantasy built on the
strict scaffolding of an
omnipresent, diatonic
cantus firmus set in
symmetrically expanding
and contracting cycles.
The quick finale, Phases,
is a moto perpetuo
tarantella in which the
instruments move in and
out of phase as they
chase one another. The
flowing eighth notes
merge and finally unify
ideas from the previous
movements.
Bassoon and Piano SKU: IS.BP4659BEM Composed by Theo Van Doren. Woodwinds...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
IS.BP4659BEM
Composed
by Theo Van Doren.
Woodwinds - Bassoon.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #BP4659BEM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.BP4659BEM).
ISBN
9790365046591.
Belg
ian composer Theo Van
Doren (1898 - 1974) was a
Belgian composer, teacher
and violinist. He was a
teacher at the Music
Academy of Borgerhout and
was also a soloist in the
orchestra of the Royal
Flemish Opera in Antwerp.
This edition of his
Andante and Allegro for
bassoon and piano was
first published by
Metropolis Music
Publishers in 1967. The
opening Andante is a
chance for the soloist to
demonstrate the lyrical
and expressive qualities
of the bassoon. Following
this is the Allegro,
which is a scherzo in 3/8
time, allowing the the
soloist to show the
technical capabilities
and utilize the whole
range of the instrument.
The work is dedicated to
Leo Van de Velde, teacher
at the Royal Flemish
Conservatory of Music in
Antwerp.
Bassoon, piano SKU: FG.55011-524-8 Composed by Kirmo Lintinen. Score and ...(+)
Bassoon, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-524-8
Composed by Kirmo
Lintinen. Score and part.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-524-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-524-8).
ISBN
9790550115248.
In
Kirmo Lintinen's Rondo
burlesque (2007-2008) for
bassoon and piano , the
qualitative elements of
the bar, with their
upbeats, accents and GPs,
create a refined musical
rhetoric and are very
much to the fore. At the
premiere, Lintinen's
manner of playing, with
its sparing use of the
pedal obscuring the first
beat but not the sense of
time, underlined the
inherent character of the
piece. The roguish poetic
metres gambolled jerkily
along, and although at
surface level the music
may appear guileless,
Lintinen knows his
polyphony, judging by the
capital roving of his
voices even in the
homophonic textures.
Kirmo Lintinen (b. 1967)
is a man of many musical
talents: composer,
pianist and conductor.
His catalogue encompasses
almost all gen-res and
categories of
composition, from solo
work to opera, and he
operates with ease from
one to another without
being a crossover artist;
in his case, the
versatility is both
internalised and innate.
He often finds
inspiration in French
music of the 1920s and
its intrinsic musicality.
Humour and playfulness
are characteristic
elements of his music, as
are a natural, musicianly
approach and an
enchantingly
effervescent, even
tongue-in-cheek
texture.
Bassoon and Piano SKU: ST.C130 Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass musi...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
ST.C130
Composed by
Mark Tanner. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C130. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C130).
ISBN
9790570811304.
As I
sit myself down to write
this brief foreword, I
ask myself can there be
music more stirring than
these old Cornish folk
melodies? Though not
Cornish myself (I confess
to being born a little
further up the road, in
Bristol), I feel I have
spent sufficient time in
these 'ere parts to
resonate with the sturdy
brass band tradition that
continues to permeate
this incomparably
beautiful, rugged county.
One can almost detect a
French 'accent' when
listening to the piano
music of Debussy, and
likewise, speaking as a
lapsed brass player,
there is undoubtedly
something of the Cornish
twang about Trelawny when
played on a cornet or
euphonium. Then again,
one gets a different, yet
entirely convincing
effect upon hearing these
melodies rendered on
woodwind instruments;
hence, with a little
gamesmanship on my part,
I am pleased to see my
collection of these
fifteen delectable
ditties come to fruition
in the form of
arrangements for treble
clef brass instruments
(in B flat and E flat),
trombone and tuba (bass
clef), horn in F, flute,
clarinet and bassoon.
While many will find
themselves humming the
likes of Going up
Camborne Hill, Lamorna or
The Helston Furry Dance
even before they have
turned to the first page
- for these are indelibly
intertwined with Cornish
culture – I wonder if I
might draw your attention
to The Cornish Squire,
The Pool of Pilate and
Cold Blows the Wind Today
Sweetheart, which are
quite simply sublime
melodies, perhaps needing
that extra bit of help in
bringing them to mind
nowadays. In the best
tradition of musical
hand-me-downs, Cornish
folk music works equally
ideally sung and played,
and only by doing so on a
regular basis can such
traditions hope to
continue forward with
vigour and authority. A
legitimate way of
achieving this is to
revitalise the harmonic
scheme of these ancient
tunes and bring them up
to date for a modern
audience; after all, it
was such an approach that
fuelled the imagination
of Benjamin Britten and
Ralph Vaughan Williams in
decades past, while
skilfully paying homage
to the underlying charm
and, for want of a better
word, simplicity, of the
original music. But this
is only a start – for
without an energetic
response from younger
generations, Cornish folk
music is destined to
wither on the vine in
much the same way as is
happening with the
Cornish dialect. So, put
your instrument to your
lips and proceed, not
with caution, but with
enthusiasm and a smile,
for your great
grandparents (and perhaps
even their grandparents)
would surely raise a
glass if they could hear
you doing your bit to
ensure the survival of
this splendid
heritage. Timeless
Cornish melodies, cooked
up for hungry clarinet
players Grades
1–4 Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.:
SP1219.