Five Folklike Organpieces. Composed by Erland Von Koch (1910-). Fantasi o...(+)
Five Folklike
Organpieces. Composed
by Erland Von Koch
(1910-). Fantasi over
Kristallen den fina,
Meditiation over Kvallen
stundar, Folklig marsch
nr 1, Folklig marsch nr
2, Till en
skargardskyrka. Published
by Gehrmans Musikforlag
(GH.P07999).
Organ - intermediate SKU: HL.49019304 Based on O Traurigkeit, o Herzel...(+)
Organ - intermediate
SKU: HL.49019304
Based on O
Traurigkeit, o
Herzeleid. Composed
by Peter Wittrich. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Softcover. Composed 2009.
16 pages. Duration 9'.
Schott Music #ED21366.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019304).
ISBN
9790001187374. UPC:
884088924256.
9.0x12.0x0.089
inches.
Schon bei
Ravel, Gershwin oder
Strawinsky findet man die
Verbindung des
schwermutigen
Blues-Charakter mit dem
melodischen und
klanglichen Duktus der
Kunstmusik. Auf der Basis
der bildhaften
Formulierung 'I feel
blue' (Ich fuhle mich
traurig), die der
weltlich-vokalen
Ausdrucksform der
Farbigen ihren Namen
gibt, lasst sich eine
direkte Brucke zum
popularen Passionslied 'O
Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid'
schlagen. Wittrichs
'Choral-Blues' spielt mit
jazz-typischen
Harmoniefolgen (changes),
triolisch gepragtem
Groove mit
charakteristischen
Bordun-Stutzen und einer
'Lamento'-Grundstimmung,
die sich melodisch in
chromatisch fallenden
Linien aussert. Das
stereotype 12-taktige
Blues-Schema bleibt dabei
ausgeklammert. Ein
wertvoller Beitrag zur
Erweiterung des
Orgelrepertoires, das
sich seit einigen
Jahrzehnten auch fur
populare Musikformen aus
Rock, Pop und Jazz in den
Kirchenraumen geoffnet
hat.
Organ - Advanced SKU: MN.12-128 Composed by Harold Stover. Non Hymn-Based...(+)
Organ - Advanced
SKU:
MN.12-128
Composed by
Harold Stover. Non
Hymn-Based, Recital
Music. General.
Instrumental part.
MorningStar Music
Publishers #12-128.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.12-128).
UPC:
688670121289.
The
three movements that make
up Nocturnes, Book I are
programmatic pieces that
take as their points of
departure a painting, the
rhythms of a great city,
and a poem. 1. The Starry
Night is a written down
improvisation based on
Vincent van Goghs famous
picture of the same name.
The tonal material is a
quite literal
transformation of the
visual elements of the
painting: the melismatic
cadenzas mirror van Goghs
swirling starlight, and
the powerful chords were
suggested by the sinister
trees that shoot upward
to puncture the skys
patterns. 2. Stovers Rag
is a product of the
ragtime revival of the
early 1970s, when many
composers tried their
hand at writing concert
rags. The New York night,
which was not without its
sinister element in those
days, is expressed in an
updating of the classic
ragtime format. The piece
looks backward as well,
with the old French
Baroque basse de
trompette making an
appearance in the trio
section. 3. The Song of
Shadows taps the
nostalgic mood typical of
the poetry of Walter de
la Mare. The poem of the
same name pictures a lone
musician on a winter
night, an dog sleeping
before a sinking fire,
and, at the end, the
spirits that are summoned
by music. The opening
melody, played on an 8
flute with tremulant,
suggests the blues-tinged
sound of an alto
saxophone, and throughout
the movement the organs
capacity for sustained
tone is used to suggest
and atmosphere of dreamy
timelessness. The pieces
were written in 1971 and
first performed on July
2, 1972 at the National
Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington,
DC, with the composer at
the console.