Full Score
SKU:
HL.359057
For
Violin and Small String
Orchestra Full Score.
Composed by William
Bolcom. E.B. Marks.
Softcover. 34 pages.
Edward B. Marks Music
#MP075008. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
(HL.359057).
ISBN
9781705120941. UPC:
840126945119.
11.0x13.0x0.404
inches.
Composed
during the summer of 1964
at the Aspen Music
Festival, performed by
students under the
direction of Leonard
Slatkin. The composer
writes: “The first
movement has much the
feel of a Mozart string
divertimento. The
'distant relative' of the
second movement was
Richard Wagner, and there
are hidden quotations of
his work throughout. The
short scherzo movement,
which leads to a solo
lament, eventually lands
upon a light-hearted
rondo, unashamedly in G
major, a compositional
ploy that drew criticism
in its time.â€.