Composers Dinner Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard
Score and Parts Saxophone Quartet (Score & Parts) - Grade 3-4 SKU: HL.4007906...(+)
Score and Parts Saxophone
Quartet (Score & Parts) -
Grade 3-4
SKU:
HL.4007906
Saxophone Quartet
Score and Parts, Grade
3.5 – 7:45.
Composed by Otto M.
Schwarz. Concert.
Softcover. Duration 465
seconds. Hal Leonard
#SDP002.20. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.4007906).
Three works
with quotations from
well-known composers are
contained in this
tongue-in-cheek
collection. Otto M.
Schwarz has produced an
outstanding recording of
these works with members
of the Slovak
Philharmonic, which is
available on all
streaming and download
platforms. 1. THE AMADEUS
WATCH: Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart's own watch - if
he had one - ticks away.
The ticking carries us
back in time with a piece
that stylistically
imitates the music of the
18th century in melody,
harmony and rhythm. 2.
COMPOSERS DINNER IN
HEAVEN: At the music
publisher De Haske, a
composers' dinner was an
integral part of trade
fairs or meetings. The
dinner was very popular
among anyone who sat at
it, not least of all
because it offered one
the opportunity to chat
informally. Based on such
a meeting, Otto M.
Schwarz has composed a
work that describes an
imaginary dinner of great
classical masters on a
cloud in the sky. Guess
which composers are
present by the references
in the form of musical
quotations and stylistic
devices! 3. SCHERZO FOR
WOOD QUARTET: The work,
in 12/8 time, moves in a
rapid furioso.
Underscored by a
continuous eighth note
rhythm, the work creates
in the listener the
sensation of a frantic
rollercoaster ride. The
theme moves throughout
all the parts, and
following a chromatically
moving chord sequence,
ends in a dramatic
crescendo.
By Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880). Arranged by David Marlatt. For Alto, Tenor and...(+)
By Jacques Offenbach
(1819-1880). Arranged by
David Marlatt. For Alto,
Tenor and Baritone
Saxophones (AATB).
Masterworks; Part(s);
Quartet; Score; Woodwind
- Saxophone Quartet.
Eighth Note Publications.
Masterwork Arrangement;
Romantic. 8 pages.
Published by Eighth Note
Publications
Ave Verum Corpus Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Alea Publishing
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). For saxophone quartet. Score an...(+)
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791). For
saxophone quartet. Score
and parts. 2 pages
(score); 1 page (each
part). Published by Alea
Publishing
Facing Death Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Boosey and Hawkes
Set of Parts Saxophone Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.48024645 Saxophone Quar...(+)
Set of Parts Saxophone
Quartet (Parts)
SKU:
HL.48024645
Saxophone Quartet Set
of Parts. Composed by
Louis Andriessen. Boosey
& Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 48
pages. Duration 780
seconds. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060134821. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024645).
ISBN
9781784544034. UPC:
888680949099.
In
1989 when Louis
Andriessen was teaching
at the State University
of New York at Buffalo,
Miles Davis Autobiography
was published.While
reading it, he suddenly
knew what the subject of
his piece for the Kronos
Quartet should be - early
be-bop licks and
especially the work of
Charlie Parker. He wanted
to do the impossible -
be-bop is not at all
idiomatic for string
instruments. But be-bop
had been an important
influence on his musical
development when he was
young, and he decided to
do something with this
music from his youth.
Basically the essence of
Charlie Parkers playing
is the extremely fast
tempo. This fast tempo is
really fast, because the
playing is based upon the
chord structure of
existing melodies which
are sometimes played two
or three times as fast as
normal. Parker needed
speed to express what he
musically felt: little
time was left for him.
This is the main
explanation of the title
of the work.In the
beginning of Facing
Death, Andriessen
literally quotes
fragments of Charlie
Parker improvisations. He
also quotes one original
melody: Ornithology
(which is based on How
High the Moon). The 7th
and 8th bars of
Ornithology become an
important motif inthe
piece. The whole
composition is one long
development in Parker's
fast tempo. This work was
composed in 1990 for
string quartet and later
arranged for saxophone
quartet.
Facing Death Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Boosey and Hawkes
For Saxophone Quartet. Composed by Louis Andriessen (1939-). Boosey and Hawkes...(+)
For Saxophone Quartet.
Composed by Louis
Andriessen
(1939-). Boosey and
Hawkes
Chamber Music. Classical.
Softcover. 48 pages.
Boosey
and Hawkes #M060129056.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes
Facing Death Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Boosey and Hawkes
Set or Parts String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.48024644 String Quartet Se...(+)
Set or Parts String
Quartet (Parts)
SKU:
HL.48024644
String
Quartet Set of Parts.
Composed by Louis
Andriessen. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 48
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060134791. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024644).
ISBN
9781784544010. UPC:
888680949082.
9.0x12.0x0.273
inches.
In 1989
when Louis Andriessen was
teaching at the State
University of New York at
Buffalo, Miles Davis
Autobiography was
published.While reading
it, he suddenly knew what
the subject of his piece
for the Kronos Quartet
should be - early be-bop
licks and especially the
work of Charlie Parker.
He wanted to do the
impossible - be-bop is
not at all idiomatic for
string instruments. But
be-bop had been an
important influence on
his musical development
when he was young, and he
decided to do something
with this music from his
youth. Basically the
essence of Charlie
Parker's playing is the
extremely fast tempo.
This fast tempo is really
fast, because the playing
is based upon the chord
structure of existing
melodies which are
sometimes played two or
three times as fast as
normal. Parker needed
speed to express what he
musically felt: little
time was left for him.
This is the main
explanation of the title
of the work.In the
beginning of Facing
Death, Andriessen
literally quotes
fragments of Charlie
Parker improvisations. He
also quotes one original
melody: Ornithology
(which is based on How
High the Moon). The 7th
and 8th bars of
Ornithology become an
important motif inthe
piece. The whole
composition is one long
development in Parker's
fast tempo. This work was
composed in 1990 for
string quartet and later
arranged for saxophone
quartet.