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By Asia Rodstein, for violin solo with playback. This ingenious album by Asia Ro...(+)
By Asia Rodstein, for
violin solo with
playback. This ingenious
album by Asia Rodstein
provides beginners with
the opportunity to play
in an ensemble and to
develop an ear for
playing together. For
each song, there is a
preparatory exercise, and
a first violin part.
Book/CD. Grade 1
Harbor Music Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.16400222S Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (stu...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
PR.16400222S
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score (study). With
Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00222S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400222S).
UPC:
680160037841.
This
work follows my Quartet
No. 1 by five years. In
terms of style and
aesthetic aim, however,
it seems light years
away. Where the first
work, a 28-minute,
four-movement piece, took
aim at cosmic conflicts
and heroic resolutions,
the present work is
intended as a kind of
divertissment. Harbor
Music lasts a mere eleven
minutes, is cast in a
single movement with six
sections, and should
leave both performers and
listeners with a feeling
of good humor and
affection. The
title comes from my
experience as a guest in
the magnificent city of
Sydney, Australia. One of
its most attractive
features is its unique
system of ferry boats:
the city is laid out
around a large,
multi-channeled harbor,
with destinations more
easily approached by
water than by land.
Consequently, inhabitants
of Sydney get around on
small, people-friendly
boats that come and go
from the central docks at
Circular Quay. During a
week's visit in 1991, I
must have boarded these
boats at least a dozen
times, always bound for a
new location - the resort
town of Manley, or the
Zoo at Taronga Park, or
the shopping district at
Darling Harbour.
In casting about for a
form for my second string
quartet, a kind of loose
rondo came to mind. Each
new destination would be
approached from the same
starting-out point
(although there are
subtle variations in the
repeating theme; it's
always in a new key, and
the texture is never the
same). The result, I
hope, is a sense of
constant new information
presented with
introductory frames of a
more familiar nature.
The embarkation
theme, which begins the
piece, is a sort of
bi-tonal fanfare in which
the violins are in G
major and the viola and
cello are in B-flat
major. It is bold, eager,
and forward-looking. The
first voyage maintains
this bi-tonality,
beginning as a 9/8 due
for second violin and
viola in a kind of
rocking motion -much as a
boat produces when
reaching the deeper water
in the harbor. A sweet,
nostalgic theme emerges
over this rocking
accompaniment. This music
is developed somewhat,
then transforms quickly
into a much faster and
lighter episode, filled
with rising and falling
scales (again, in
differing keys). A
scherzando interlude in
short notes and changing
meters provides contrast,
and the episode ends with
a reprise of the scales.
The second
embarkation follows, this
time in A major/C major.
It leads quickly into a
very warm and slow theme,
in wide-leaping intervals
for the viola. This
section is interrupted
twice by solo cadenzas
for the cello, suggesting
distant boat-horns in
major thirds. The end of
the episode becomes a
transition, with
boat-horns leading into
the final appearance of
the embarkation music,
this time in trills and
tremolos instead of
sharply accented chords.
The nostalgic theme of
the first episode makes a
final appearance, serving
now as a coda. The
rocking motion continues,
in a lullaby fashion,
leaving us drowsy and
satisfied on our homeward
journey. Harbor
Music was written for the
Cavani Quartet, and is
dedicated to Richard J.
Bogomolny. Commissioned
by his employees at First
National Supermarkets as
a gift, it represents a
thank you from many of
the people (including
this composer) who have
benefitted from his
vision and generosity. An
ardent advocate of
chamber music (and a
cellist himself), Mr.
Bogomolny has for many
years been Chairman of
the Board of Chamber
Music America. -- Dan
Welcher.
String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.4492994 Set of Parts. By Brods...(+)
String Quartet
(Parts)
SKU:
HL.4492994
Set of
Parts. By Brodsky
Quartet and Elvis
Costello. Edited by
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy. Music for
String Quartet.
Classical. Softcover.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4492994).
ISBN
9781705186466. UPC:
196288119203. 9.0x12.0
inches.
Elvis
Costello was inspired to
create this song sequence
for string quartet and
voice after discovering
that a Veronese academic
had been replying to
letters addressed to
â??Juliet Capulet.â?
The delicate and personal
nature of the
correspondence inspired a
wonderful and poignant
set of songs, written,
arranged and originally
performed by Elvis
Costello and the Brodsky
Quartet. Released in
1993, the album was met
with critical acclaim for
its creative mix of rock
and classical style
influences and
intelligent sense of
melody. Hal Leonard is
proud to publish this
30th Anniversary Edition
of the work, edited by
Brodsky Quartet members
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy.
30th
Anniversary Edition
Score. By Brodsky
Quartet and Elvis
Costello. Edited by
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy. Music for
String Quartet.
Classical. Softcover.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4492993).
ISBN
9781705186459. UPC:
196288119197. 9.0x12.0
inches.
Elvis
Costello was inspired to
create this song sequence
for string quartet and
voice after discovering
that a Veronese academic
had been replying to
letters addressed to
â??Juliet Capulet.â?
The delicate and personal
nature of the
correspondence inspired a
wonderful and poignant
set of songs, written,
arranged and originally
performed by Elvis
Costello and the Brodsky
Quartet. Released in
1993, the album was met
with critical acclaim for
its creative mix of rock
and classical style
influences and
intelligent sense of
melody. Hal Leonard is
proud to publish this
30th Anniversary Edition
of the work, edited by
Brodsky Quartet members
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy.
