Percussion solo
SKU:
BR.EB-9405
Composed
by Nicolaus A. Huber.
Solo instruments; Folder.
Edition Breitkopf. World
premiere: Witten
(Wittener Tage fur neue
Kammermusik), April 22,
1978. Music post-1945;
New music (post-2000).
Score. Composed 1978. 16
pages. Duration 15'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9405. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9405).
ISBN
9790004188798. 16.5 x
11.5 inches.
My
composition for snare
drum forms a counter
piece to my series of
rhythmic pieces
(Darabukka for piano or
Morgenlied for large
orchestra). The dramatic
moment - tuned
instruments are treated
like rhythm instruments -
disappear entirely. The
inner contrast is
replaced by the tension
between the different
uses of the drum and a
relatively large number
of invariable performance
elements. Although the
snare drum was only
developed at the
beginning of the 19th
century, it has its roots
in an old and diverse
drum culture. The
technical aspects of this
composition are based on
various aspects of this
rich culture, both the
social customs as well as
the variety of different
performing techniques and
expressions. However, the
piece does not merely
quote - that would be
unhistorical - on the
contrary: The modern and
progressive, in so far as
I can observe this in our
social environment, is
quite evident, for as the
title of the piece tells
us the same is not the
same. (Nicolaus A. Huber,
1978 - translation:
Gabriele Hohmann) CDs:
Rainer Romer (percussion)
CD Ensemble Modern Medien
EMCD-012 Rainer Romer
(percussion) CD Coviello
COV 61003 LPs: Edith
Salmen LP Harmonia Mundi
DMR 1022-24 Martin Schulz
LP plane 88504
Bibliography: Schick ,
Tobias Eduard: Weltbezuge
in der Musik Mathias
Spahlingers (Beihefte zum
Archiv fur
Musikwissenschaft, Band
80), Stuttgart; Franz
Steiner 2018, here p.
102.
World
premiere: Witten
(Wittener Tage fur neue
Kammermusik), April 22,
1978.
