Full Orchestra (Print) Choir (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.35032262 C...(+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choir (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.35032262
Composed
by Heather Sorenson and
Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee
Sacred. Advent, Cantata,
Christmas,
Christmas/Advent Sacred,
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 3360
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35032262).
ISBN
9781540027139. UPC:
888680746728.
9.0x13.5x2.261 inches.
Joseph M. Martin/Heather
Sorenson.
The
Christmas story is told
with fresh perspective in
this collaborative
cantata from Joseph
Martin and Heather
Sorenson. Throughout
time, God has touched and
motivated hearts through
dreams and visions.
Christmas Dreams visits
these moments in
scripture and connects
the experiences of
ancient times with our
modern journey of faith,
pointing to Christ, in
whose birth the hopes,
yearnings and dreams of
all the world are
fulfilled. Using
traditional carols, newly
composed seasonal
selections and thoughtful
narration, this rich work
delivers a tapestry of
sound and emotion. Share
this cantata with your
people and help them
discover God's graceful
touch in their lives!
Songs include: Christmas
Dreams Overture; Advent
Dreams; The Promise and
the Prayer; A New Morning
of Promise; Zechariah's
Song; Mary's Dream; All
Through the Night; Hark!
The Herald Angels Sing;
The Magi's Epiphany;
Christmas Dreams; A
Gentle Christmas
Blessing.
By Lloyd Larson. Arranged by Victor C Johnson. For orchestration (2 flutes, oboe...(+)
By Lloyd Larson. Arranged
by Victor C Johnson. For
orchestration (2 flutes,
oboe, 2 clarinets,
bassoon, 2 horns, 3
trumpets, 2 trombones,
tuba, 2 percussion, harp,
piano, 2 violins, viola,
cello, bass). Cantatas.
Christmas, Sacred. Full
score, set of part
Soprano voice and orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.49007945 Composed by Joaqu&ia...(+)
Soprano voice and
orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.49007945
Composed
by Joaquí and n
Rodrigo. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Ediciones Joaquin
Rodrigo. Classical.
Score. Composed 1946. 58
pages. Duration 12'.
Schott Music #ED 8358.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49007945).
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.49902 Composed by Michael Hopkins. MakeMusi...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.49902
Composed by Michael
Hopkins. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Programmatic.
Score and Part(s).
Duration 3:50. Belwin
Music #00-49902.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.49902).
ISBN
9781470657390. UPC:
038081575544.
English.
Volcano by
Michael Hopkins is a fast
and rhythmically
energetic original
concert work in E minor.
Written for intermediate
orchestra, this piece
features all orchestra
sections on melodic
material. This is an
excellent piece for
helping students learn
about bow speed,
articulation, string
crossings, syncopated
rhythms, phrasing, and
dynamic contrasts.
Violin, viola, and cello
parts are playable in
first position. Double
basses have a few shifts
to 2nd and 3rd position.
(3:50).
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.49902S Composed by Michael Hopkins. Perform...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.49902S
Composed by Michael
Hopkins. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Belwin Intermediate
String Orchestra. Score.
Duration 3:50. Belwin
Music #00-49902S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.49902S).
ISBN
9781470657406. UPC:
038081575551.
English.
Volcano by
Michael Hopkins is a fast
and rhythmically
energetic original
concert work in E minor.
Written for intermediate
orchestra, this piece
features all orchestra
sections on melodic
material. This is an
excellent piece for
helping students learn
about bow speed,
articulation, string
crossings, syncopated
rhythms, phrasing, and
dynamic contrasts.
Violin, viola, and cello
parts are playable in
first position. Double
basses have a few shifts
to 2nd and 3rd position.
(3:50).
Cantos Sagrados Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Boosey and Hawkes
Choral; Orchestra (STUDY SCORE) SKU: HL.48024524 SATB and Orchestra St...(+)
Choral; Orchestra (STUDY
SCORE)
SKU:
HL.48024524
SATB
and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
James Macmillan. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical. Softcover. 68
pages. Duration 1320
seconds. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060132964. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024524).
ISBN
9781784542566. UPC:
888680925741.
8.25x11.75x0.212
inches.
Composer's
Notes: “In writing
this work I wanted to
compose something which
was both timeless and
contemporary, both sacred
and secular. The title
(Sacred Songs) is
therefore slightly
misleading as the three
poems are concerned with
political repression in
Latin America and are
deliberately coupled with
traditional religious
texts to emphasise a
deeper solidarity with
the poor of that
sub-continent. It was my
interest in Liberation
Theology which made me
combine the poems of the
Mothers of the Plaza de
Mayo in Argentina with
the texts of the Latin
mass in Búsqueda (an
earlier music-theatre
work) and has now led me
to attempt a similar
synthesis of ideas in
Cantos Sagrados. The
voices in Ariel Dorfman's
poems belong to those who
suffer a particular type
of political repression:
the 'disappearance' of
political prisoners. Ana
Maria Mendoza's poem
about the Virgin of
Guadeloupe tackles the
same problem by asking a
more fundamental cultural
and historical
question.â€.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.1190014 For Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.1190014
For Orchestra.
Composed by Waldo de los
Rios. E.B. Marks.
Concert. Softcover.
Edward B. Marks Music
#MP077076. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
(HL.1190014).
Orchestra (Orchestra) SKU: HL.48010897 For String Orchestra. Compo...(+)
Orchestra (Orchestra)
SKU: HL.48010897
For String
Orchestra. Composed
by Tony Osborne. This
edition: M060074110.
Boosey & Hawkes
Orchestra. Classical,
Contemporary. Boosey &
Hawkes #M060074110.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48010897).
UPC:
073999916454.
Strin
gs Together Level 3
Contents: Madam Cole *
Wild-west Shaker *
Sarabande * Music from
Outer Space * Jamaican
Rumba.
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.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046988 Lyric Trilogy After Maurice M...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49046988
Lyric Trilogy After
Maurice Maeterlinck Study
Score, French.
Composed by Aribert
Reimann. Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 280
pages. Duration 5400
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23491. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046988).
ISBN
9781705174333. UPC:
842819115281.
8.25x11.75x0.695
inches.
SYNOPSIS
Aribert Reimann's
'Trilogie lyrique' is
based on three plays by
Maurice Maeterlinck: In
L'Intruse, a family is
sitting at the table with
their blind grandfather.
They are waiting for the
doctor to arrive and tend
to his daughter who is
lying ill in bed after
having given birth: her
new-born son has not yet
made a single sound. The
old man senses that
something is wrong due to
the uneasy atmosphere in
the room. Who is sitting
in our midst? he asks. He
is the only one who
cansee the presence of
death. Interieur: Once
again a family is
gathered round the table
in the evening, but this
time we observe the
action from outside,
looking through the
window with the
grandfather and a
stranger: no sound can be
heard. Outside the house,
the stranger reports that
the eldest daughter has
drowned and that he has
pulled her out of the
river. Although the
corpse is already being
carried through the
village to the family,
the grandfather cannot
bring himself to destroy
this idyll. La Mort de
Tintagiles: The young
Tintagiles is told a
story about a mysterious
castle and the aged queen
who has all potential
heirsto the throne
murdered. His siblings
sense that Tintagiles has
been summoned to the
castle to be murdered,
but nobody openly
expresses this fact. It
is the sinister
messengers of death from
the interludes, now
visible as the queens
servants, who ful?l her
demand and snatch the
sleeping boy from his
sisters'arms. Commentary
'In comparison with his
Medea for example with
its stormy outbreaks of
emotion and violence,
Reimann's score is worked
in an impressive
refinement of sound. It
begins with rumbling,
hesitating and expressive
music in the first
section, demanding highly
ingenious sound effects
from the lower strings
including tapping and
faltering glissandos in
its noisy expression of
mortal fear. Inthe second
part, the woodwind
formation plays at times
almost in chamber music
fashion and is then
suddenly painfully
shrill. The third part
luxuriates and rages in
its rich, full
orchestration. The manner
in which Reimann displays
his mastery in textural
shading, the invention of
sounds welling up and
fading away, the rhythmic
and melodic capacity of
suffering and the music's
inner violence are all
utterly
compelling.'(Wolfgang
Schreiber, Opernwelt,
November 2017).
Arranged by Vince Gassi.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Folk;
Traditional. Score and
Part(s). 124 pages.
Duration 2:45.
Highland/Etling
#00-41269. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.41269).
UPC:
038081480879. English.
Traditional Canadian Folk
Song.
For a special
touch at your next
concert, feature one of
Canada's most popular
folk songs. Often sung to
keep time while canoeing
or around campfires, the
lyrics are originally
from a 19th century poem
by First Nations poet
Pauline Johnson, making
this perfect for
cross-cultural study.
Although this work can
easily be performed with
strings alone, percussion
instruments, including
timpani and bells, expand
the palette of colors,
helping to create a rich
tapestry for your
listeners. (2:45) This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49002101 Set of String Parts. Com...(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49002101
Set of String
Parts. Composed by
Paul Hindemith. Arranged
by Franz Willms. Sheet
music. Concertino
(Chamber Orchestra).
Classical. Set of
supplemental string
parts. Composed 1925.
Duration 20'. Schott
Music #CON77-60.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49002101).
ISBN
9790001022484. UPC:
884088477974.
8.0x11.75x0.248
inches.
This suite
has been taken from the
music of the Christmas
tale of the same name.
The instrumentation can
be easily realized with
four woodwind
instruments, two brass
instruments, timpani and
strings. The 'Tanz der
Holzpuppen', a foxtrot,
is suitable as encore
showing the humorous
musician Hindemith who,
in 1920, wrote to the
Schott publishing house
with a wink: 'Can you
also make use of
foxtrots, Bos-tons, rags
and other kitsch?
Whenever I cannot think
of decent music, I write
such stuff.'.
Orchestra (Parts) - intermediate SKU: HL.49002100 Set of Parts. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Parts) -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49002100
Set of
Parts. Composed by
Paul Hindemith. Arranged
by Franz Willms. Sheet
music. Concertino
(Chamber Orchestra).
Classical. Set of Parts.
Composed 1925. 158 pages.
Duration 20'. Schott
Music #CON77-50.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49002100).
ISBN
9790001022477. UPC:
073999293265.
9.25x12.0x0.431
inches.
This suite
has been taken from the
music of the Christmas
tale of the same name.
The instrumentation can
be easily realized with
four woodwind
instruments, two brass
instruments, timpani and
strings. The 'Tanz der
Holzpuppen', a foxtrot,
is suitable as encore
showing the humorous
musician Hindemith who,
in 1920, wrote to the
Schott publishing house
with a wink: 'Can you
also make use of
foxtrots, Bos-tons, rags
and other kitsch?
Whenever I cannot think
of decent music, I write
such stuff.'.
Score. Composed by
Paul Hindemith. Arranged
by Franz Willms. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Score. Composed 1925. 62
pages. Duration 20'.
Schott Music #CON77.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49002099).
ISBN
9790001022460. UPC:
884088054267.
9.0x12.0x0.228
inches.
This suite
has been taken from the
music of the Christmas
tale of the same name.
The instrumentation can
be easily realized with
four woodwind
instruments, two brass
instruments, timpani and
strings. The 'Tanz der
Holzpuppen', a foxtrot,
is suitable as encore
showing the humorous
musician Hindemith who,
in 1920, wrote to the
Schott publishing house
with a wink: 'Can you
also make use of
foxtrots, Bos-tons, rags
and other kitsch?
Whenever I cannot think
of decent music, I write
such stuff.'.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.244904 For Orchestra. Composed by B...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.244904
For Orchestra.
Composed by Bryce
Dessner. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
64 pages. Duration 1020
seconds. Chester Music
#CH83985. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.244904).
8.25x12.0x0.508
inches.
Quilting,
co-commissioned by the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, is my first
stand alone work for
orchestraand is loosely
inspired by the American
tradition of quilt
making. I composed
Quilting while living
most of last year in
Paris.During my time
there, I thought a lot
about what it means to
compose symphonic music
as a young American in
the 21st century, when so
many of the many
masterworks which are
programmed year in and
out by orchestras across
the country are European.
I considered which
artistic traditions
defined the American
19th-century. I began to
think of the American
crafts-tradition of
quilting as a foilto the
high-art tradition of
European orchestral
composition. As the score
for my new work began to
take shape, I started
thinking about the
manuscript itself as an
object, its vertical and
horizontal planes create
a kind of patterned
geometry of their own.
Visually the way a
musical score is woven
together like patchwork
brought to mind quilts
and the great American
tradition of quilting. I
imagined about how
conducting an orchestra
can feellike stitching a
piece together, or sewing
together a large number
of musical ideas and
musicians into a coherent
and transcendent whole.
Quilting was an integral
part of American
vernacular in the 18th
and 19th centuries, the
African-American quilting
tradition is especially
fascinating, and the
quilts tell the stories
of the women and
communities who made
them. The names of the
quilt patterns themselves
can have their own sense
of narrative: 'jacobs
ladder', 'drunkards
path', 'solomon's
puzzle', and (my favorite
for its relevance to this
piece) 'the road to
California. - Bryce
Dessner.
Arizona Sun Orchestre - Débutant Alfred Publishing
Orchestra - Grade 1-2 SKU: AP.49072S Composed by Mark Wood. Performance M...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 1-2
SKU: AP.49072S
Composed by Mark Wood.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Mark
Wood Series. Pop/Rock;
Rock. Score. Duration
3:00. Alfred Music
#00-49072S. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.49072S).
ISBN 9781470647797.
UPC: 038081567013.
English.
This
multi-level piece
includes a full set of
parts for grade 1 as well
as a full set for grade 2
ensembles. Mix and match
the parts as you
need---perfect for
mixed-ability ensembles!
Representing one
of Mark Wood's favorite
places to visit, Arizona
Sun was inspired by the
sheer beauty and power of
the American southwest,
specifically that of the
Grand Canyon State. The
work is in the key of A
major, and based on a
traditional blues
progression that can be
found in early rock and
roll. Arizona Sun
features two sections
that allow the players to
improvise. For string
orchestra with optional
rock rhythm section
parts. (3:00)
Arizona Sun Orchestre - Débutant Alfred Publishing
Orchestra - Grade 1-2 SKU: AP.49072 Composed by Mark Wood. Performance Mu...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 1-2
SKU: AP.49072
Composed by Mark Wood.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Mark
Wood Series. Pop/Rock;
Rock. Score and Part(s).
Duration 3:00. Alfred
Music #00-49072.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49072).
ISBN
9781470647780. UPC:
038081567006.
English.
This
multi-level piece
includes a full set of
parts for grade 1 as well
as a full set for grade 2
ensembles. Mix and match
the parts as you
need---perfect for
mixed-ability ensembles!
Representing one
of Mark Wood's favorite
places to visit, Arizona
Sun was inspired by the
sheer beauty and power of
the American southwest,
specifically that of the
Grand Canyon State. The
work is in the key of A
major, and based on a
traditional blues
progression that can be
found in early rock and
roll. Arizona Sun
features two sections
that allow the players to
improvise. For string
orchestra with optional
rock rhythm section
parts. (3:00)
(Orchestra) SKU: BA.BA11902 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by J...(+)
(Orchestra)
SKU:
BA.BA11902
Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Edited by Jonathan Del
Mar. This edition: urtext
edition. Stapled. Score.
Opus 43. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA11902_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA11902).
ISBN 9790006573417.
32.5 x 25.5 cm
inches.
Beethoven
composed the ballet music
“Die Geschöpfe
des Prometheusâ€
during 1800–01,
commissioned by the
ballet master Salvatore
Viganò for
performances with his
Viennese company.
Although the ballet was
initially quite
successful, with almost
thirty continuous
performances, it did not
enjoy a sustained
performance tradition.
Its overture, however,
was a different matter:
considered almost a
symphonic movement in
terms of orchestration,
style and structure, it
was often performed on
its own even during
Beethoven’s
lifetime.
In
general, previous
editions of this overture
relied on the first print
as the main source.
However, the authenticity
of this source cannot be
convincingly proven. For
this new edition,
Beethoven specialist
Jonathan Del Mar
incorporates various
manuscript sources,
including a set of parts
from 1803/4 that has
never been considered
before. In this way,
numerous discrepancies
could be
clarified.
About
Barenreiter
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MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
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.