Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
Romantic opera in
three acts. Composed
by Franz Schubert. Edited
by Walther Durr. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. New Schubert
Edition (Neue Ausgabe
samtlicher Werke) Series
II, Volume 6. 3 part
volumes. Opern, dt.
(German Opera). Complete
edition, Score. D 732.
Duration 2 hours, 30
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA05540_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA05540).
ISBN 9790006497126. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text:
Franz von
Schober.
In late
September or early
October 1821 Schubert and
his close friend, Franz
von Schober, vacationed
in the countryside of
Lower Austria. Their
first stopover was at
Ochsenburg Castle, which
belonged to the Bishop of
St. Pölten (a close
relative of
Schober’s), after
which they moved on to
St. Pölten itself.
Roughly a year earlier,
two stage works by
Schubert had been
performed in Vienna: the
one-act singspiel Die
Zwillingsbrüder and
the melodrama Die
Zauberharfe. The
librettos were both
written by the seasoned
Viennese playwright Georg
von Hofmann, who blamed
the press for the
indifferent reception the
two works were given by
the audience. Schubert
and Schober now decided,
it would seem, to write a
grand romantic opera
uninfluenced by the
workaday world of the
theatre and beholden
solely to their own ideas
of what an opera should
be.
Not until 24
June 1854 was the opera
finally performed in
Weimar, under the baton
of Franz Liszt. It only
achieved success,
however, in an
arrangement by Johann
Nepomuk Fuchs that was
staged on many German and
Austrian stages in
1881–2, allegedly
with brilliant
acclaim.
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Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
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Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
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Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Rhenish Symphony - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim...(+)
Rhenish Symphony -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Violoncello
part. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 5263-23.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5263-23).
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Rhenish Symphony - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim...(+)
Rhenish Symphony -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Violin 2 part.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
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Version of 1851 - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim ...(+)
Version of 1851 -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4 th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Double bass
part. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 5264-27.
Published by Breitkopf
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Full Orchestra SKU: SU.32040110 For Full Orchestra. Composed by Am...(+)
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SKU:
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For
Full Orchestra.
Composed by Amy Riebs
Mills. Orchestra. Full
Score. Subito Music
Corporation #32040110.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.32040110).
2,1 2,1 2,1 2;
4331; timp, 2perc, cel;
stgs Duration: 8'
Composed: 2012 Published
by: Amy Mills Music, LLC
Creative setting of 3
carols: O Come O Come
Emanuel intertwined with
Ma Navu Ding Dong Merrily
on High with bells,
glock, chimes Angels We
Have Heard on High with
charming mixed meter
Majestic recap of Rejoice
section of O Come O Come
Emanuel Maestro Harvey
Felder, after the
premiere with the Tacoma
Symphony: The thing that
I really appreciated
about your Christmas
Angels and Bells was the
skillful and artistic
writing. As you know,
holiday music typically
offers little or no
musical depth, which
leads to a less than
enthusiastic reaction
from the orchestra. Your
piece offered a level of
musical sophistication
worthy of a professional
symphony while still
creating a festive
holiday spirit. The
orchestra and I enjoyed
having the opportunity to
dig into something
substantive yet fun on
our holiday concert. See
composer website for
audio sample. Performance
materials available on
rental only:.
Orchestra SKU: SU.94010400 For Orchestra. Composed by James Lee II...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.94010400
For
Orchestra. Composed
by James Lee III.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#94010400. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010400).
2,1 2,1 2,1
2,1; 4331; timp, perc(3),
cel, hp; stgs Duration:
11' Composed: 2013
Published by: Subito
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Performance materials
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Alas! Babylon’s
Final Sunset is
another installment in my
series of works that
musically comment on the
biblical books of Daniel
and Revelation. The
principal source of
inspiration for this
works comes from the 18th
chapter of the book of
Revelation. This chapter
states that the career of
Babylon the Great is
finally coming to an end.
The music begins with a
mysterious pianissimo
tremolo accompanied by
tam-tam and bass drum.
The initial flourishes in
the oboes and English
horn serve as the
principal motive of
warning. As the music
continues, there are
varying degrees of
agitation among the
strings and woodwinds.
Throughout the work there
are rhythmic motives in
the brass, percussion,
and various woodwind
instruments that sing and
speak Babylon is Fallen
in triple meter. As the
tutti ensemble arrives at
a climax, the orchestral
texture becomes thinner
and slightly transparent.
As the music continues,
the opening motive
returns in the oboes,
however the counterpoint
produces a series of solo
laments. These passages
are intended to provide
picturesque images of
these words: And the
voice of harpers, and
musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be
heard no more at all in
thee; and no craftsman,
of whatsoever craft he
be, shall be found any
more in thee; and the
sound of a millstone
shall be heard no more at
all in thee; And the
light of a candle shall
shine no more at all in
thee. and the voice of
the bridegroom and of the
bride shall be heard no
more at all in thee: for
thy merchants were the
great men of the earth;
for by thy sorceries were
all nations deceived. And
in her was found the
blood of prophets, and of
saints, and of all that
were slain upon the
earth. Rev. 18:22-24 The
following passages
musically comment on the
historical career of
Babylon with a sense of
her impending
destruction. The series
of laments transforms
into the more emphatic
rhythmic motive Babylon
is Fallen. The orchestral
texture begins to become
more condense, once
again, with the initial
flourishes of, but with
notable variations.
Finally, the celesta,
harp, oboes, English
horn, and strings sing
profundities that are
finally transformed into
a minor mode tonality
that fades away with the
ringing of the tam-tam.
Babylon has finally seen
her last sunset.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.14042350 Full Score. Composed by S&...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.14042350
Full Score.
Composed by Sø and
ren Nils Eichberg. Music
Sales America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2013. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #WH31627.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14042350).
ISBN
9788759826164.
S
øren Nils
Eichberg's
Morpheus -
Concerto for
Orchestra
(2013). Commissioned by
The Danish National
Symphony Orchestra /
DR.
Parts are
available on hire:
hire@ewh.dk
Programme
note
Morpheus in the Greek
mythology is the most
powerful of the Oneroi,
the gods of dreams. He is
the one who sends us our
dreams and he may appear
to us within the dreams
in disguise.
Analogous to the logic
of dreams, in
Morpheus
everything is interwoven,
as chains of associations
appear to logically lead
us from one line of
thought to another.
Everything seems
strangelyfamiliar. But
the logic is treacherous
and we already feel, it
may only be valid within
the dream. Nothing that
appears similar is
actually ever really the
same.
Half
awakening, we struggle to
hold on to a vanishing
world we felt we were on
the verge of
understanding, but which
we already know will
eventually escape us when
we fully awake.
Study score.
Composed by Manuel
Hidalgo. Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Donaueschingen
(Donaueschinger
Musiktage), October 16,
1983
Music post-1945;
New music (post-2000).
Study Score. Composed
1982. 64 pages. Duration
22'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 5119-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5119-07).
ISBN
9790004208670. 9 x 12
inches.
Jeder
Kultur wohnt eine Moral
inne, welche die
menschlichen Handlungen
bewertet und in zwei
Kategorien einteilt:
gut/schlecht,
positiv/negativ usw. Der
Titel HARTO - zu deutsch:
satt, uberdrussig -
bezieht sich auf das
Unbehagen, das diese
dichotomische Auffassung
hervorruft: eine
Auffassung, die
gleichwohl in uns
verwurzelt ist und gerade
darum den Prozess
Wahrnehmung Ausserung
Kenntnis beeinflusst, ihm
zugehort. Tatsachlich
wird das musikalische
Phanomen dualistisch
konzipiert: Klang =
Ton/Gerausch;
Tonhohenanordnung =
Konsonanz/Dissonanz,
tonal/atonal; Struktur =
symmetrischer Bau
(Vordersatz/Nachsatz),
das scholastische Ideal
des Gleichgewichts, das
seinerseits eine
Symmetrieachse zur
Voraussetzung hat. Diese
Strukturierung des
Materials ergibt sich aus
dem fast
ausschliesslichen
Interesse des Komponisten
an den expressiven
Moglichkeiten des
musikalischen Apparats.
Die Motivation des
Komponierens aus dem
Drang, etwas Inneres
ausdrucken zu mussen,
erscheint mir jedoch
heute der Grundlage zu
entbehren und folglich
auch unnotig. Die
letztliche
Daseinsberechtigung
dieser Motivation liegt
in der dualistischen
Vorstellung, die beim
Menschen zwischen Leib
und Seele unterscheidet.
Ein Bluff, Produkt
kleinlicher
Disputiersucht. Eine
Analyse auf der Basis
empirischer Logik stellt
fest, dass es keine Seele
gibt, sondern ein
Nervensystem mit
bestimmten Fahigkeiten,
und dass nichts
auszudrucken ist, weil
Musik die Empfindungen
des Komponisten nicht
wiedergeben kann. sondern
lediglich unbestimmte
Eindrucke im Horer
erzeugt. Da aber jede
bewusste Wahrnehmung
Erkenntnis ist, ware es
nun die Aufgabe des
Komponisten, Musik mit
diesem Ziel, das heisst:
Musik als
Erkenntnismittel zu
schaffen. Dies alles ist
der Versuch, die
Erkenntnistheorie von
David Hume und anderen,
spateren Epistemologen
auf Musik anzuwenden. Der
Beitrag des Empirismus
zur Erkenntnistheorie
wurde zwar in der
wissenschaftlichen
Forschung genutzt, fand
jedoch in der Kunst kaum,
in der Musik keinerlei
Beachtung. Warum?
Vielleicht, weil in der
Musik noch immer der
naive, >>expressive<<
Komponist vorherrscht,
den das elitar-bourgeoise
Publikum verlangt und dem
es applaudiert. Der
Einwand, dass Kunst immer
bourgeois war und es
weiterhin ist, gibt zwar
keine Losung, sollte aber
auch nicht unterschatzt
werden. Ich habe HARTO in
zwei Teilen konzipiert,
wobei jeder Teil im
Verhaltnis zum anderen
sowohl irgendwie das
gleiche als auch das
Gegenteil darstellt. Der
Grund fur diese
Zweiteilung des Werkes
ist leicht aus dem vorhin
Gesagten abzuleiten. Als
Vorarbeit zur Komposition
habe ich versucht, die
historische dichotomische
Gestaltung des Materials
besonders hervorzuheben,
und zwar durch eine
Potenzierung jener
Aspekte, die diesen
-zweigeteilten<<
Charakter in sich tragen.
Ich habe also den
Zeitverlauf lediglich als
eine Folge von Spannungs-
und
Entspannungs-Einheiten
betrachtet; ich habe
Tonhohen-Anordnungen
verwendet, die
ausschliesslich auf
Symmetrie beruhen; ich
habe zweiteilige
Strukturen aufgebaut,
deren Halften durch eine
Pause mit konstantem Wert
geteilt sind; ich habe -
je nach den Moglichkeiten
des Orchesters - den
Gerausch- oder Tonanteil
des Klanges ubertrieben.
Dieser Gedankengang wurde
im Hinblick darauf
realisiert, neue
Anwendungsmoglichkeiten
zu finden, die fur das
Ziel einer Musik als
Erkenntnismittel von
Nutzen sein
konnen.(Manuel
Hidalgo).
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.
New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/17/20. 48
pages. Duration 8'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5432. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5432).
ISBN
9790004212790. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Marche
fatale is an incautiously
daring escapade that may
annoy the fans of my
compositions more than my
earlier works, many of
which have prevailed only
after scandals at their
world premieres. My
Marche fatale has,
though, little
stylistically to do with
my previous compositional
path; it presents itself
without restraint, if not
as a regression, then
still as a recourse to
those empty phrases to
which modern civilization
still clings in its daily
utility music, whereas
music in the 20th and
21st centuries has long
since advanced to new,
unfamiliar soundscapes
and expressive
possibilities. The key
term is banality. As
creators we despise it,
we try to avoid it -
though we are not safe
from the cheap banal even
within new aesthetic
achievements.Many
composers have
incidentally accepted the
banal. Mozart wrote Ein
musikalischer Spass [A
Musical Jape], a
deliberately amateurishly
miscarried sextet.
Beethoven's Bagatellen
op. 119 were rejected by
the publisher on the
grounds that few will
believe that this minor
work is by the famous
Beethoven. Mauricio Kagel
wrote, tongue in cheek,
so to speak, Marsche, um
den Sieg zu verfehlen
[Marches for being
Unvictorious], Ligeti
wrote Hungarian Rock; in
his Circus Polka
Stravinsky quoted and
distorted the famous, all
too popular Schubert
military march, composed
at the time for piano
duet. I myself do not
know, though, whether I
ought to rank my Marche
fatale alongside these
examples: I accept the
humor in daily life, the
more so as this daily
life for some of us is
not otherwise to be
borne. In music, I
mistrust it, considering
myself all the closer to
the profounder idea of
cheerfulness having
little to do with humor.
However: Isn't a march
with its compelling claim
to a collectively martial
or festive mood absurd, a
priori? Is it even music
at all? Can one march and
at the same time listen?
Eventually, I resolved to
take the absurd seriously
- perhaps bitterly
seriously - as a
debunking emblem of our
civilization that is
standing on the brink.
The way - seemingly
unstoppable - into the
black hole of all
debilitating demons: that
can become serene. My old
request of myself and my
music-creating
surroundings is to write
a non-music, whence the
familiar concept of music
is repeatedly re-defined
anew and differently, so
that derailed here -
perhaps? - in a
treacherous way, the
concert hall becomes the
place of mind-opening
adventures instead of a
refuge in illusory
security. How could that
happen? The rest is -
thinking.(Helmut
Lachenmann, 2017)CD
(Version for
Piano):Nicolas Hodges CD
Wergo WER 7393 2
Bibliography:Ich bin
nicht ,,pietistisch
verformt. Ein Gesprach
[von Jan Brachmann] mit
dem Komponisten Helmut
Lachenmann, in: FAZ vom
7. Juni 2018, p.
15.
World premiere
of the piano version:
Mito/Japan, June 17,
2017, World premiere of
the orchestral version:
Stuttgart, January 1,
2018, World premiere of
the ensemble version:
Frankfurt, December 9,
2020.
Orchestra SKU: CA.4076707 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart; Kl...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CA.4076707
Composed
by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Mozart; Kleinere
Kirchenwerke, Exsultate
Jub. Hymns, Praise and
thanks, Tantum ergo.
Study score. Composed
1773. Carus Verlag #CV
40.767/07. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.4076707).
ISBN
9790007087395.
Scor
e available separately -
see item CA.4076700.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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(As performed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra). Composed by Paul O'Neill and Robert ...(+)
(As performed by
Trans-Siberian
Orchestra). Composed by
Paul O'Neill and Robert
Kinkel [Trans-Siberian
Orchestra]. Arranged by
Bob Phillips. Orchestra.
Full Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Christmas;
Light Concert; Rock;
Winter. Grade 3. 220
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Melodious Ups and
Downs. Composed by
Steven H. Brook.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Novelty. Score
and Part(s). 72 pages.
Duration 2:00. Belwin
Music #00-44796.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.44796).
UPC:
038081517254.
English.
The
perfect technical piece
for developing tone,
listening skills, string
crossings, smooth bow
changes, and
independence; as well as
celebrating beautiful
days at a park as
melodies and dynamics
move up and down between
sections, as on a seesaw.
The lines of
music that the various
instruments have weave up
and down across each
other as friendships
weave throughout our
lives. Imagine a
leisurely day at the
park, perhaps on a
seesaw, and ponder this
poem by the composer,
Steven H. Brook.
While pleasant
breezes grace the sky,
and clouds of joy drift
gently by, our friendship
bonds, we learn to
play---and now, with you,
we share today.
(2:00).
Melodious Ups and
Downs. Composed by
Steven H. Brook.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Novelty.
Score. 8 pages. Duration
2:00. Belwin Music
#00-44796S. Published by
Belwin Music (AP.44796S).
UPC: 038081517261.
English.
The
perfect technical piece
for developing tone,
listening skills, string
crossings, smooth bow
changes, and
independence; as well as
celebrating beautiful
days at a park as
melodies and dynamics
move up and down between
sections, as on a seesaw.
The lines of
music that the various
instruments have weave up
and down across each
other as friendships
weave throughout our
lives. Imagine a
leisurely day at the
park, perhaps on a
seesaw, and ponder this
poem by the composer,
Steven H. Brook.
While pleasant
breezes grace the sky,
and clouds of joy drift
gently by, our friendship
bonds, we learn to
play---and now, with you,
we share today.
(2:00).
Orchestra SKU: SU.32040140 For Orchestra. Composed by Amy Riebs Mi...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.32040140
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Amy Riebs Mills.
Orchestra. Full Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#32040140. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.32040140).
2222; 4331;
timp, 2 perc, pno; stgs
Duration: 13'30 Composed:
2016 Published by: Amy
Mills Music, LLC Like a
modern Pictures at an
Exhibition…. Ha
Shamayim is an original
piece for orchestra that
was inspired by
photographs taken by the
Hubble space telescope.
Each section is inspired
by one photo; the title
of each section is the
title that NASA gave to
the photograph. The words
Ha Shamayim are Hebrew
for The Heavens. They are
written in Genesis 1:1,
In the beginning God
created the heavens and
the earth. The words are
also seen in Psalm 19.
Section I: Warped Edge-On
Galaxy ESO 510-G13
The piece begins in outer
space with its glistening
stars. Glissandi are used
to depict the strange but
beautiful warp seen in
the photograph. Section
II: Galaxy Fires at
Neighboring Galaxy
Suddenly the piece erupts
as one galaxy fires blue
gas at its neighbor. They
engage in a cosmic
battle. Section III:
Youthful-looking Galaxy
May Be an Adult The
adolescent galaxy is
personified by a
humorous, gawky melody
reminiscent of teenage
boys who walk on feet
that are still too big.
Occasionally there is an
argument with an
authority figure, but the
joy of exploring the
universe quickly returns.
Section IV: Star Birth in
Galaxy M83 The
dramatic photograph looks
like a womb with veins.
The music begins on one
note, then it begins to
explore the initial
swelling and stretching.
It morphs into an
energetic fast theme,
still growing. Ultimately
it becomes glorious and
expansive, like the new
star. Section V: String
of ‘Cosmic
Pearls’ Surrounds
an Exploding Star The
first theme is a happy
circle dance inspired by
the circle of white dots
in the photograph. The
second theme is noble and
joyful. It is reminiscent
of the melody in the
famous chorus in
Haydn’s The
Creation with the words
from Psalm 19, The
heavens are telling the
glory of God. The music
then has flashbacks to
the earlier sections, and
ends in triumph. The five
sections in Ha Shamayim
are continuous with no
breaks. Difficulty Level:
5 (Advanced/Professional)
See composer website for
audio sample. Performance
materials available on
rental only:.
An English Carol, "Humility," for String Orchestra. Composed by Edward Caswal...(+)
An English Carol,
"Humility," for String
Orchestra. Composed by
Edward Caswall. Score;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Concert String Orchestra.
Christmas; Light Concert;
Winter. 12 pages.
Published
by Belwin Music
As Performed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Composed by Paul O'Neill and Ro...(+)
As Performed by
Trans-Siberian
Orchestra. Composed
by Paul O'Neill and
Robert Kinkel
[Trans-Siberian
Orchestra]. Arranged by
Bob Phillips. Full
Orchestra; Score.
Professional Orchestra
Series. Christmas; Rock;
Winter. 24 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.43811S).
(As performed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra). Composed by Paul O'Neill and Robert ...(+)
(As performed by
Trans-Siberian
Orchestra). Composed by
Paul O'Neill and Robert
Kinkel [Trans-Siberian
Orchestra]. Arranged by
Bob Phillips. Orchestra.
Full Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Professional
Orchestra Series.
Christmas; Rock; Winter.
6 . 208 pages. Published
by Alfred Music
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.42079 Featuring: What Is Hip? / You're Sti...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.42079
Featuring: What Is
Hip? / You're Still a
Young Man / Down to the
Nightclub. Composed
by David Garibaldi,
Emilio Castillo, and
Stephen Kupka. Arranged
by Victor Lopez. Full
Orchestra; MakeMusic
Cloud; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Form: Medley.
Blues; Funk; Jazz; Light
Concert. Score and
Part(s). 248 pages.
Duration 5:30. Alfred
Music #00-42079.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.42079).
UPC:
038081480930.
English.
Want to
know what's hip? Well,
this is it! Give your
students and audiences a
taste of some real funky
music and don't be
surprised if you see
grandma getting down
during the performance.
Includes What Is Hip?,
You're Still a Young Man,
and Down to the
Nightclub. (5:30) This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49044525 Opera in One Act - Study Scor...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49044525
Opera in One Act -
Study Score. Composed
by Huw Watkins. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Wenn wir den
Ausgangspunkt von Thomas
Hardy Geschichte
betrachten, fuhlen wir
uns in die Gegenwart, zu
einem heutigen Blick auf
die Novelle
transportiert. Diese
Sicht verdeutlicht,
welche Macht der
menschliche Geist uber
die Handlungen einer
Person hat. E. Classical,
Contemporary, Opera.
Softcover. Composed
2011-2012. 156 pages.
Duration 45'. Schott
Music #ED13780. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49044525).
ISBN
9790220135569. UPC:
888680080495.
8.25x11.75x0.388 inches.
English.
Taking
Thomas Hardy's short
story as its starting
point, we are transported
to the present for a
contemporary take on the
novella which explores
the power the mind can
have over that person's
actions. A closed door
sparks an obsession so
strong that the
boundaries between
reality and fantasy begin
to blur.Ella and her
high-finance husband
Stephen rent a room in a
holiday home on the
coast, owned by Susan.
Ella discovers that a
locked room in the house
is rented by a poet - Ben
Pascoe - whose work holds
a deep fascination for
her. The room is held for
Pascoe, though he visits
rarely.Ella's obsession
with Pascoe grows in
parallel with the
progress of Stephen's
biggest City deal. She
begins by imagining the
poet's voice as she reads
his work, but this
quickly grows to
fantasised encounters
with Pascoe in his locked
room. Stephen returns
from the City and makes
love to Ella, but it is
not him she wishes for.
We see the real Pascoe
only once, with Susan.As
Stephen's financial
dreams are realised and
Ella's fantasy consumes
her, she learns of
Pascoe's death. Despite
her changed
circumstances, Ella
chooses to stay in her
new world.
Orchestral Score. Composed by John Powell. This edition: Paperback/Softcover...(+)
Orchestral Score.
Composed by
John Powell. This
edition:
Paperback/Softcover.
Sheet
music. Study score.
Composed
2010. 412 pages. Omni
Music
Publishers #OMNI 50792.
Published by Omni Music
Publishers
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.14008392 Caroline Mathilde Act I (Concert Su...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.14008392
Caroline Mathilde Act
I (Concert Suite).
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 74 pages. Chester
Music #CH60949. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008392).
ISBN
9780711936942.
The
story centres on the
English princess Caroline
Mathilde (1751-1775),
sister of George III, who
at the age of 15 was sent
to Denmark to marry the
17-year-old eccentric and
schizophrenic Danish
King, Christian VII. The
ballet portrays her
unhappy marriage, the
King's growing madness
and her fatal love-affair
with Struensee, the
King's influential
physician, which leads to
their arrest, his
execution and her exile,
at the age of 20,
separated from her two
young children. In
keeping with the period,
and perhaps also with the
traditions of Romantic
ballet, the music is
relatively simple in
harmony and form, and
most of the action is
conveyed in set-piece
dances. The suite, which
consists essentially of
the second half of Act I,
begins with one of these,
a bristling interplay of
wind and string ensembles
in D major, portraying in
the ballet a curious
nuptial game with the
king and princess on
movable pedestals. The
slow music that follows
has to do with the king's
healing by Dr. Struensee
and the new queen's
unquiet reverie (oboe and
cor anglais solos). Then
the suite, like the act,
is capped by a pair of
pas-de-deux, the first
savage and bizarre for
the royal couple, the
second rich and
passionate for the queen
and the miracle-working
doctor. Score
(miniature). Duration c.
25mins.