Choir
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BT.ALHE31660
Composed
by Darius Milhaud.
Classical. Book Only. 20
pages. Heugel & Cie
#ALHE31660. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE31660).
French.
French
composer and teacher,
Darius Milhaud
(1892-1974) was a
prolific composer of the
20th century as a member
of 'Les Six'. His
compositions remain
highly regarded, Jacob's
Dreams being no
exception. Milhaud's
compositions
areinfluenced by jazz and
polytonality, as
exemplified in Jacob's
Dreams. Composed in 1949,
Jacob's Dreams is a dance
suite, written for Oboe,
Violin, Viola, Cello and
Double Bass. It is an
alternative, exciting
suite, based on thedreams
of Jacob in the Bible and
made up of five movements
- 1) Jacob's Pillow, 2)
The first dream (the
angel's ladder), 3)
Prophecy, 4) Second dream
(fight with the dark
angel and benediction),
and 5) Israel (Hymn).
Milhaud makesuse of
variation in
articulation, complex
rhythms, chromaticism,
accidentals, harmonics,
altering tempos,
variation in dynamics and
a wide tessitura, amongst
other aspects. Milhaud's
Jacob's Dream is
essential to all
advancedensembles seeking
modern and exciting
repertoire.
