Double Bass SKU: HL.14021087 Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.14021087
Composed
by John McCabe. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 8
pages. Music Sales
#NOV955163. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14021087).
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inches.
John
McCabe's
Pueblo
for solo Double
Bass. Duration: approx. 7
minutes.
Pueblo
is an off-shoot of a
series of compositions
inspired by desert
country, and it was
commissioned by Leon
Bosch with the aid of
funds provided by North
West Arts. The piece is
continous, falling into
several sections, and is
largeley based on the
high circling motif heard
at the start and referred
to again in the harmonics
at the close.
It is
prefaced by the following
quotation from Scenes in
American Deserta by
Reyner Banham, published
by Thames and
Hudson:
'Clouds, high and
flat, were now building
up in thesky, the wind
was settling to silent
calm, the weather was
very cold, and the stream
through the center of the
pueblo was almost frozen
across, the Indians
chipping out ice to melt
down for water.'
The aim in writing
the piece was to express
in musical terms a
response to the vivid
picture of a scene
relating to life in the
American desert conveyed
by Reyner Banham's text.
Although not numbered
among other Desert works,
this belongs to this
family of compositions,
along with another Banham
setting, written for the
King's Singers, Scenes In
America Deserta. -
John
McCabe <
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Double Bass SKU: HL.51483307 For String Orchestra Double Bass Part...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.51483307
For
String Orchestra Double
Bass Part. Composed
by Antonin Dvorá,
Antonin Dvorak, and k.
Edited by Peter Jost.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. G. Henle #HN3307.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51483307).
UPC:
196288206828.
9.25x12.0x0.062
inches.
The
serenade flourished in
Mozart's era, but with
Brahms the genre
experienced a new surge
in popularity in the 19th
century. Dvorák's
cheerful and relaxed op.
22 came into being in
1875, during a very happy
time for him both
professionally and
privately. Heput his
personal stamp on the
five-movement composition
by incorporating stylized
Slavonic dances. The
spirited finale
captivates by restating
themes from the previous
movements. Since its
premiere in 1876 the
work, with its melodic
richness and particular
harmonic modulations, has
enjoyed great acclaim
from audiences and
critics alike. Today it
is among Dvorák's most
popular and most
frequently performed
compositions. As well as
the autograph and printed
editions, the composer's
copy of the printed score
with autograph
corrections and additions
has been consulted for
Henle's Urtext
edition.
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