Violin and piano SKU: HL.49045822 For violin and piano. Composed b...(+)
Violin and piano
SKU:
HL.49045822
For
violin and piano.
Composed by Vijay Iyer.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Solo. Softcover.
Composed 2015. 72 pages.
Duration 15'. Schott
Music #ED30264. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49045822).
ISBN
9781540024749. UPC:
888680737764.
9.25x12.0x0.29
inches.
The
Kreutzer Sonata was
originally dedicated not
to Rudolphe Kreutzer (who
never performed it) but
to George Bridgetower, a
famed 18th-century
Afro-European concert
violinist. In an early
draft, Beethoven jokingly
labeled the piece in
starkly racialized terms:
Sonata Mulattica composed
for the mulatto
Brischdauer, big wild
mulatto
composer.Beethoven and
Bridgetower performed the
premiere, which was by
all accounts a success,
and even featuring some
improvised embellishment
by the violinist. While
celebrating afterwards,
the two quarreled about
what Beethoven construed
as Bridgetower's insult
of a female acquaintance;
the composer then revoked
the original dedication,
adding Kreutzer's name
instead. The work gained
acclaim, while
Bridgetower's career
languished; he eventually
died in
poverty.Bridgetower has
been the subject of
considerable research and
speculation, most notably
in poet Rita Dove's book,
Sonata Mulattica. From
our 21st-century vantage,
considering Bridgetower's
unique circumstance, we
can only see him as an
ambiguous figure who, in
embodying difference,
provoked inspiration,
fantasy, desire, anger
and, finally, erasure.My
piece is a collection of
imaginings about George
Bridgetower. It is not
programmatic, but it
takes on an episodic
character, assembled from
contrasting fragments.
The dance rhythms,
recurring figures and
gestural contours are
intended to feature the
embodied expertise and
expressivity of the
performers, who at times
must access liminal
sounds and execute
complex synchronies. I am
grateful to Jenny Koh and
Shai Wosner for involving
me in their beautiful,
virtuosic
music-making.
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.114423360 Composed by Stacy Ga...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.114423360
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Set of
Score and Parts. 24+12+12
pages. Duration 8:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42336. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114423360).
UPC:
680160686285.
When
the Newport Music
Festival commissioned me
for a piano trio in honor
of their 2021 season, I
looked for a topic that
would celebrate an aspect
of the Newport community.
While researching the
area, I was struck by the
nine lighthouses situated
around the island. The
dual nature of
lighthouses was
particularly appealing to
me: not only do they
serve a vital role in the
navigation of ships
around rocks and land,
but they are also a
beautiful sight,
particularly at night
when their blinking
beacons are clearly
visible to the eye. It
occurred to me that
lighthouses link the past
with the present, and
will endure long into the
future, with their
beacons serving the same
purpose for every
generation.I became
fascinated with the
lighthouse on the
property of Castle Hill
Inn, located at the
opening of the East
Passage of the
Narragansett Bay. This
squat thirty-four foot
granite structure was
erected in 1890 on a very
picturesque spot, right
at the water’s
edge. Its
“characteristic,â
the nautical term
for each
lighthouse’s
unique light sequence
that allows ships to
identify the lighthouse,
is to alternate on for
three seconds, then off
for three seconds. The
lighthouse has also
served as the starting
and finish line for
numerous high profile
yacht races, as well as
survived a massive
hurricane in 1938, though
the lighthouse
keeper’s nearby
residence wasn’t
so lucky. American
novelist Thornton Wilder
wrote much of his 1973
novel Theophilus North
while staying at the
Castle Hill Inn; a
passage from the book
perfectly captures the
dual nature of
lighthouses:“At a
later visit I was able to
engage the pentagonal
room in a turret above
the house; from that
magical room I could see
at night the beacons of
six lighthouses and hear
the booming and chiming
of as many sea
buoys.â€In Beacon of
the Bay, we first hear
the lighthouse’s
characteristic as its
ruby light blinks on and
off. This is followed by
a simple theme that
represents the lighthouse
performing its solitary
duty. As the piece
progresses, we hear waves
playfully lapping around
its base, then yachts
gracefully floating by;
this is followed by a
violent storm that churns
the waves with so much
force that they crash
against the
lighthouse’s
granite body. But the
steadfast lighthouse
holds firm to the rocks,
grandly blinking its ruby
light. The music quiets
back down to its simple
theme, with yachts
sailing by once more as
the piece concludes.
8 Great Pieces Violon et Piano - Intermédiaire Digital Music Print
By Various. Edited by John Bowden. For Violin and Piano. Educational. Instrument...(+)
By Various. Edited by
John Bowden. For Violin
and Piano. Educational.
Instrumental Collection.
Classical. Level:
Intermediate. Book and
Solo Part. 40+16 pages.
Duration 28 minutes.
Published by Digital
Music Print (Belgian
import).