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Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
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With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
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The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
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Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
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With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
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The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
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.
(A Christmas Worship Experience of the Christ-Light). By Mary Mcdonald. Arranged...(+)
(A Christmas Worship
Experience of the
Christ-Light). By Mary
Mcdonald. Arranged by
Laura Kathryn Rosser. For
full orchestra. Cantatas.
Christmas. Orchestral
score and parts.
Published by Monarch
Music
(Note-for-Note Transcriptions of the Brass, Woodwind, Strings and More). By The ...(+)
(Note-for-Note
Transcriptions of the
Brass, Woodwind, Strings
and More). By The
Beatles. For Orchestra.
Transcribed. Softcover.
192 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard
Concert
Band, Grade 4, 13:30
Score. Composed by
Gauthier Dupertuis. FC
Music Publishing. Concert
Band. Softcover. Duration
810 seconds. Hal Leonard
#FCMP002-SC. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.4008703).
UPC:
196288190837.
Strat
oscape, by Swiss composer
Gauthier Dupertuis, is a
colorful and contrasting
work for wind orchestra,
depicting the view of our
earth as seen from the
stratosphere. This voyage
into the sky is pictural,
but also metaphorical, as
it is also about
distancing from our
world. The work is
divided into five
sections: I Ignition!, II
Broadness & The Big
Blue, III Stars Shining
from Down to Above, IV
Destructive Forces, V One
and Only Home Five
contrasting movements,
starting with Ignition in
which Gauthier Dupertuis
tries to musically convey
the majesty of our planet
seeing if from the
atmosphere, ending with
One and Only Hope, as the
title say, a message of
hope. In between three
movements that depict the
broadness of the
landscapes of our planet
(second movement), the
fragility of our earth at
night with only the stars
shining (third movement).
But also sheer reality in
the fourth movement when
the composer translates
into music the damage
caused toour planet by us
human beings.
Stratoscape: a fantastic
view of Planet Earth!
Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Edited by Ulrich Mahlert. This edition: u...(+)
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Edited by
Ulrich Mahlert. This
edition: urtext.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Study
score. 116 pages.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5564-07).
(Violoncello/Double Bass Part Edited By Donald Burrows). By George Frideric Hand...(+)
(Violoncello/Double Bass
Part Edited By Donald
Burrows). By George
Frideric Handel
(1685-1759). Edited by
Donald Burrows. For
Orchestra. Music Sales
America. Softcover. 148
pages. Novello and Co
Ltd. #NOV09092605.
Published by Novello and
Co Ltd. (HL.14041819
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489064 Study Score. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489064
Study Score.
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Edited by Gernot
Gruber. Henle Music
Folios. Classical.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN9064. Published by G.
Henle (HL.51489064).
UPC: 840126937640.
6.75x9.5x0.214
inches.
The twelve
“London
Symphoniesâ€
comprise the sublime
final statement of
Haydn's symphonic oeuvre.
They were written for the
London impresario Johann
Peter Salomon, and Haydn
himself conducted their
premieres during his
lengthy stays in the
English metropolis in
1791/92 and 1794/95.
Hailing from 1791, the
Symphony in D major no.
96 numbers among the
first symphonies written
in and for London. The
epithet given to it by
posterity, “The
Miracleâ€, was
bestowed erroneously, for
the miracle - that no one
was injured when a
chandelier fell during a
concert - took place
during a performance of a
different Haydn symphony.
And yet it is a miracle
of musical esprit
nonetheless; from the
subtle relations between
the motives consisting of
broken triads that open
all four movements, to
the virtuosic shifts in
mood owing to surprising
harmonies, Haydn here
submits a prime example
of how he develops
musical ideas. This study
edition adopts the
musical text of the Haydn
Complete Edition, thereby
guaranteeing the highest
scholarly quality. An
informative preface and a
brief Critical Report
make the handy score an
ideal companion for all
current and soon-to-be
Haydn fans.
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& Transfiguration)
Clothbound Score,
Complete Edition in
G. Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Schott Music #RSW306.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047172).
UPC:
196288143406.
When
the 24-year-old Richard
Strauss, assistant
conductor in Munich,
began the composition of
his third tone poem in
the summer of 1888, he
saw himself close to the
aspiration prescribed by
his mentor Alexander
Ritter: to become the
successor of Richard
Wagner as a musical
dramatist. Strauss had
already been working on
the text of his first
opera Guntram for a year
and additionally devoted
himself to programmatic
orchestral works oriented
to the musical language
of Liszt and Wagner in
order to prepare himself
compositionally for his
new task. With the aid of
Strauss and other
musicians including
Ludwig Thuille and
Friedrich Rösch who
had been gathering for
“Ritter's round
table†in Munich
between 1886 and 1889,
RitterÂ’s intention
was to achieve success on
a broad front with the
New German School
following the death of
its two protagonists
Wagner and Liszt. We do
not know whether Ritter
and his supporters
jointly planned Strauss's
compositional path
towards opera, determined
the subjectsof his
prospective tone poems
and considered various
strategies of their
musical realization, but
the influence of this
group shouldnot be
underestimated. It cannot
be ruled out that the
number of three tone
poems was fixed, as was
their sequence of
composition, which would
progressively achieve its
zenith in an increasing
orientation to Liszt and
Wagner. The circle could
possibly have also
discussed initial links
to literary subjects
(Macbeth and Don Juan)
and ultimately the
abstention from this
practice in the third and
final tone poem. The
subject of the work, or
rather in StraussÂ’s
formulation its
“poetic
modelâ€, has
occasionally been
interpreted from an
autobiographical aspect.
Strauss however did not
experience serious
illness until May 1891
and once more in June
1892, long after Tod und
Verklärung had been
composed. Even without an
external reason, the
material would have been
only too attractive for
an admirer of Wagner and
Liszt like Strauss, not
to mention for his mentor
Alexander Ritter. The
concept of 'death and
transfiguration' had
already played a central
role in LisztÂ’s
symphonic poems Tasso and
Prometheus.
Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-506 Kammersymphonie op.69. Composed by Hanns...(+)
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SKU:
BR.SON-506
Kammersymphonie
op.69. Composed by
Hanns Eisler. Edited by
Tobias Fasshauer.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
post-1945. Complete
Works. 148 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 506. Published by
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ISBN
9790004802779. 10 x 12.5
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Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
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SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
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StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
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2007.
The major
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transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
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Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-511 Orchestermusik. Composed by Hanns Eisler...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-511
Orchestermusik.
Composed by Hanns Eisler.
Edited by Knud Breyer.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
post-1945. Complete
Works. 248 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 511. Published by
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ISBN
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Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
Kluttig, Giselher
SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-508 Filmmusik zu The Grapes of Wrath/Hangmen Als...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-508
Filmmusik zu The
Grapes of Wrath/Hangmen
Also Die. Composed by
Hanns Eisler. Edited by
Johannes C. Gall.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
post-1945. Complete
Works. 156 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 508. Published by
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ISBN
9790004803301. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
Kluttig, Giselher
SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-509 Filmmusik zu Nuit et brouillard. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-509
Filmmusik zu Nuit et
brouillard. Composed
by Hanns Eisler. Edited
by Knud Breyer and Oliver
Dahin. Hardback. Complete
Works. Early modern;
Music post-1945. Complete
Works. 156 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 509. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-509).
ISBN
9790004803318. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
Kluttig, Giselher
SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
Score Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.132241 Chopin National Edition(+)
Score Orchestra (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.132241
Chopin
National Edition.
Composed by Frederic
Chopin. Edited by Jan
Ekier and Pawel Kaminski.
PWM. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600013. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132241).
ISBN 9788392036517.
UPC: 884088970758.
9.25x12.0x0.257 inches.
Chopin National Edition
(ed. Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski).
Called
Concerto No. 2, it was
written before what is
known as Concerto No. 1
(Op. 11). The piece is
also available in other
Urtext National Editions.
00132292 is the version
for one piano. 00132242
is the two piano
reduction. 00132289 is a
historical version of the
full score. The National
Edition of the Works of
Fryderyk Chopin Published
by PWM Exclusively
Distributed by Hal
Leonard Corporation
Co-Editors Jan Ekier and
Pawel Kaminski The
objective of the National
Edition is to present
Chopin's complete output
in its authentic form,
based on the entire body
of available sources.
Sources were analyzed
with up-to-date
scientific and
musicological
methodology. The National
Edition was based on
sources originated from
the composer, mainly
autographs, copies of
autographs and first
editions with the
composer's corrections,
and pupils' copies with
Chopin's annotations. In
cases when original
sources were lacking, the
closest possible
materials were used.
Collecting the source
materials was a laborious
task which took years of
effort. The
characteristics of
sources, the links and
discrepancies between
them as well as the
reasons for particular
editorial decisions are
discussed in the Source
Commentary in each
volume. The Performance
Commentary appended to
each volume includes: the
realization of ornaments,
comments on pedal
markings (the original
markings sometimes are
inadequate, due to the
difference in sound
between pianos used in
Chopin`s times and modern
pianos), suggestions as
to the harmonic legato (a
performance technique
often used by Chopin and
now forgotten). About the
National Edition Full
Introduction to the
Polish National Edition
of the Works of Fryderyk
Chopin.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14027979 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14027979
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Score. 111
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00695.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14027979).
ISBN
9788759888780.
English.
Corona -
The Solar Trilogy No. 3
for Orchestra was
composed by Poul Ruders
in 1995. Programme note:
CORONA makes the final
part of the
SOLAR-TRILOGY, a huge
symphonic triptych about
the life and behavior of
the Sun. The first'panel'
GONG depicts the birth,
life and final collapse
of our nearest star, the
second ZENITH describes
in its ultra-slow tempo
the patient rise of the
Sun toward midday
ferocity and its
subsequent setting.
CORONA, then, is a
symphonic 'portrait' of
the phenomenally hot
whispy brim encircling
and radiating from the
Sun, a sizzling halo of
electrons and photons
visible only during a
total eclipse. Formally
CORONA follows the
process of such
totalityin progress:the
gradual eclipsing by the
Moon - total darkness
with thefierce, sparkling
outer corona - the
gradual 'rebirth' of the
light toward the full
gl.ory and warmth of the
Sun.Besides the obvious
astronomical narrative of
the SOLAR-TRILOGY there's
a metaphysical angle too,
underlying each of the
three compositions: GONG,
in spite of its apparent
energy, may be the most
pessimistic of them all,
epitomizing the death and
ultimate annihilation of
the prime source of Life
itself. ZENITH is a
hommage to human
aspiration and spiritual
endurance and CORONA ends
with Hope and Glory after
a journey from depression
throughtotal despair.
Super-structurally, the
zenith of ZENITH makes
the zenith of the entire
trilogy, i.e. when the E-
flat of the unisone horns
in ZENITH is heard, we
are exactly halfway
through the collected
work. Poul Ruders.
By Charlie Parker. Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof. Arranged by Joe Lippman. For stud...(+)
By Charlie Parker. Edited
by Jeffrey Sultanof.
Arranged by Joe Lippman.
For studio ensemble with
alto saxophone soloist
(Solo Alto Saxophone,
Oboe, French Horn, 4
Violins, 2 Violas, Cello,
Harp, Guitar (Optional),
Piano, Bass, Drums).
Ballad. Difficult.
Published by Jazz Lines
Publications
Orchestra SKU: HL.14020998 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sa...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14020998
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 8 pages. Chester
Music #CH60356. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14020998).
ISBN
9780711930766. UPC:
884088435059. 5.5x7.5
inches.
A short
piece for small
orchestra, written in
1989 when the composer
heard of Michael Vyner's
death. Premiered in
October 1989 at
Glyndebourne Sussex, by
the London Sinfonietta
and conducted by the
composer just six days
after Vyman's death.
Approximately six minutes
in duration, it is based
on the plainsong 'Cor
meum et caro mea
exultaverunt in Deum
vivum' and is scored for
two oboes, two bassoons,
two horns, two trumpets,
timpani and strings.
(Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun). By Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Edited by D...(+)
(Prelude to the Afternoon
of a Faun). By Claude
Debussy (1862-1918).
Edited by Douglas
Woodfull-Harris. For
orchestra (3 flutes/2
oboes/english horn/2
clarinets/2 bassoons/4
horns/cymbal/2 harps/2
violins/viola/cello/doubl
e bass). This edition:
Stapled, Urtext edition.
Score. Text Language:
English/French/German. 44
pages. Duration 10'.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
Orchestra; Score (Study Score) Overture. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-...(+)
Orchestra; Score (Study
Score)
Overture. Composed by
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827). Edited by
Max Unger. Arranged by
Max Unger. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Eulenburg
Taschenpartituren (Pocket
Scores). Classical. Study
Score. Op. 124. 84 pages.
Eulenburg Edition
#ETP627. Published by
Eulenburg Edition
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.132289 Chopin National Edition Vol. XVe....(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.132289
Chopin
National Edition Vol.
XVe. Composed by
Frederic Chopin. Edited
by Jan Ekier. PWM.
Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600012. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132289).
ISBN 9788392036524.
UPC: 884088971236.
9.25x12.0x0.277
inches.
The
historical version of the
score is what Chopin
agreed to have published,
for various reasons, but
it is contaminated by
involvement of foreign
editorial input. The
performance full score
00132241 or its 2 piano
reduction 00132132242 are
practical editions that
are considered more
authoritative for
performance. The National
Edition of the Works of
Fryderyk Chopin Published
by PWM Exclusively
Distributed by Hal
Leonard Corporation
Co-Editors Jan Ekier and
Pawel Kaminski The
objective of the National
Edition is to present
Chopin's complete output
in its authentic form,
based on the entire body
of available sources.
Sources were analyzed
with up-to-date
scientific and
musicological
methodology. The National
Edition was based on
sources originated from
the composer, mainly
autographs, copies of
autographs and first
editions with the
composer's corrections,
and pupils' copies with
Chopin's annotations. In
cases when original
sources were lacking, the
closest possible
materials were used.
Collecting the source
materials was a laborious
task which took years of
effort. The
characteristics of
sources, the links and
discrepancies between
them as well as the
reasons for particular
editorial decisions are
discussed in the Source
Commentary in each
volume. The Performance
Commentary appended to
each volume includes: the
realization of ornaments,
comments on pedal
markings (the original
markings sometimes are
inadequate, due to the
difference in sound
between pianos used in
Chopin`s times and modern
pianos), suggestions as
to the harmonic legato (a
performance technique
often used by Chopin and
now forgotten). About the
National Edition Full
Introduction to the
Polish National Edition
of the Works of Fryderyk
Chopin.
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49001811 Full Score. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49001811
Full Score.
Composed by Georg Philipp
Telemann. Edited by
Guenter Kehr. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Score. TWV 55:C6. 46
pages. Duration 23'.
Schott Music #CON 154.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49001811).
ISBN
9790001024136. UPC:
073999276060.
9.0x12.0x0.129
inches.
Right at
the beginning of the
overture, Telemann comes
up with a surprising
idea. After the -'bare'
entry of the wind
section, the string tutti
do not join in the
playing until the third
bar. The 'harlequinade'
often appearing in
Telemann's overture
suites obtains its
attraction not least from
syncopes and from a
permanent change of tone
colour. The 'Espagniol'
whose title prom-ises a
bit of urbanity turns out
to be a saraband, the
'Bourree en Trompette'
justifies its name by the
tone repetitions typical
of trumpet music.In the
context of the whole, the
'Sommeille', a
harmonically unusual
movement in C minor, is
almost a piece across the
border. Even in this
gently rocking piece,
Telemann is not at a loss
for unobtrusive wit when
he lets the upper parts
die down shortly before
the end, only a single
bass tone represents the
last chord.
Orchestra (FULL SCORE) SKU: HL.263038 For Orchestra. Composed by J...(+)
Orchestra (FULL SCORE)
SKU: HL.263038
For Orchestra.
Composed by John Luther
Adams. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
162 pages. Chester Music
#CH87131. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.263038).
UPC:
888680952907.
12.0x16.5x0.565
inches.
“Over
the years my orchestral
music has become simpler
and more expansive.
Clouds of Forgetting,
Clouds of Unknowing
(1991-95) contains four
different musical
textures. In the White
Silence (1998) has three.
For Lou Harrison (2002)
reduces this to just two.
In Dark Waves (2007), I
finally got to one. When
I first heard that piece
I began to wonder if I
could sustain a similar
sound for a longer span
of time. The result is
Become Ocean, a
meditation on the vast,
deep and mysterious tides
of existence. The title
is borrowed from a
mesostic verse that John
Cage wrote in honor of
Lou Harrison's birthday.
Likening Harrison's music
to a river in delta, Cage
writes: Listening to it
we become ocean. Life on
this earth first emerged
from the sea. And as the
polar ice melts and sea
level rises, we humans
find ourselves facing the
prospect that once again
we may quite literally
become ocean.†John
Luther Adams.
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49001813 Set of Supplementary Parts(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49001813
Set of Supplementary
Parts. Composed by
Georg Philipp Telemann.
Edited by Guenter Kehr.
Sheet music. Concertino
(Chamber Orchestra).
Classical. Set of
supplemental string
parts. 78 pages. Duration
23'. Schott Music #CON
154-60. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49001813).
ISBN
9790001024150.
9.0x12.0x0.28
inches.
Right at
the beginning of the
overture, Telemann comes
up with a surprising
idea. After the -'bare'
entry of the wind
section, the string tutti
do not join in the
playing until the third
bar. The 'harlequinade'
often appearing in
Telemann's overture
suites obtains its
attraction not least from
syncopes and from a
permanent change of tone
colour. The 'Espagniol'
whose title prom-ises a
bit of urbanity turns out
to be a saraband, the
'Bourree en Trompette'
justifies its name by the
tone repetitions typical
of trumpet music.In the
context of the whole, the
'Sommeille', a
harmonically unusual
movement in C minor, is
almost a piece across the
border. Even in this
gently rocking piece,
Telemann is not at a loss
for unobtrusive wit when
he lets the upper parts
die down shortly before
the end, only a single
bass tone represents the
last chord.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.14043216 Orchestra Full Score. Comp...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.14043216
Orchestra Full
Score. Composed by
Michael Nyman. Music
Sales America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
160 pages. Chester Music
#CH60952. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14043216).
ISBN
9781783056200.
English.
Mic
hael Nyman's
Musique A Grande
Vitesse
(MGV)
translates as ‘high
speed music’ and
was commissioned by the
Festival de Lille for the
inauguration of the TGV
North EuropeanParis-Lille
line in 1993.
This
piece of sheet music runs
continuously, but was
conceived as an abstract,
imaginary journey; or
rather five
inter-connected journeys,
each ending with a slow,
mainly stepwise melody
which isonly heard in its
'genuine' form when the
piece reaches its
destination.
Thematic
'transformation' is a key
to MGV
as a whole. Throughout
the piece ideas -
rhythmic, melodic,
harmonic, motivic,
textural -constantly
change their identity as
they pass through
different musical
'environments'.
The opening bars
establish both a
recurrent rhythmic
principle - 9, 11, or
13-beat rhythmic cycles
heard against a regular 8
- and aharmonic process -
chord sequences (mainly
over C and E) which have
the note E in common.
(Coincidentally,
MGV
begins in C and ends in
E). A later scalic,
syncopated figure (again
first heard over C, E and
A)begins the second
section, featuring Brass,
in D flat.
The
topography of
MGV
should be experienced
without reference to
planning, description or
timetables. Its tempo
changes and unpredictable
slowings downbear no
logical relation to the
high speed of the
Paris-Lille journey,
while the temptation to
treat
MGV as a
concerto grosso, with the
Michael Nyman
band as the ripeno, was
resisted: more suitably
theband (amplified in
live performance) lays
down the tracks on which
MGV
runs.