Composed by John Williams. For violin and piano. From the motion picture "The Wi...(+)
Composed by John
Williams. For violin and
piano. From the motion
picture "The Witches Of
Eastwick". Format: set of
performance parts
(includes separate
pull-out violin part).
With solo part and piano
accompaniment. Movies.
Series: Hal Leonard John
Williams Signature
Edition. 24 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by Hal
Leonard.
For Violin and Piano with Recorded Accompaniments. Composed by John Williams. ...(+)
For Violin and Piano with
Recorded Accompaniments.
Composed by John
Williams.
For Classical Players.
Classical, Movies.
Softcover
Audio Online. 72 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
Violon et Piano [Set de Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire/avancé
(Violin and Piano) Performed by Itzhak Perlman, composed by John Williams. For v...(+)
(Violin and Piano)
Performed by Itzhak
Perlman, composed by John
Williams. For violin solo
and piano accompaniment.
From the motion picture
"Schindler's List".
Format: set of
performance parts
(Includes separate
pull-out violin part).
With solo part and piano
accompaniment. Movies. 20
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by MCA.
Violon et Piano [Feuillet] - Intermédiaire/avancé Schirmer
Composed by Albert Hay Malotte, arranged by William Kroll. For violin solo and p...(+)
Composed by Albert Hay
Malotte, arranged by
William Kroll. For violin
solo and piano
accompaniment. Format:
violin solo single. With
standard notation, piano
accompaniment and
fingerings. Sacred and
Classical. A Major. 5
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by G. Schirmer,
Inc.
Violin and Piano - easy SKU: BT.DHP-1196083-404 16 easy 'swinging' pie...(+)
Violin and Piano - easy
SKU:
BT.DHP-1196083-404
16 easy 'swinging'
pieces for violin and
piano accompaniment.
Composed by Joachim
Johow. Contemporary
Music. Book with Part and
Audio-Online. Composed
2019. 57 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1196083-404. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1196083-404).
ISBN 9789043156837.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Swing-style
music for violin lessons?
A delightful idea in
itself, but suitable
literature is somewhat
thin on the ground. This
is where the Little
Swingies collection
comes in: sixteen new
pieces by Joachim
Johow—some
full-spirited and
passionate, others
gentler in
character—introduc
e the student step by
step to playing in the
swing style. In addition
to the violin part, this
edition includes an
easy-to-play piano
accompaniment: and on top
of this, MP3 recordings
of both demo performances
and backing tracks are
available online.
Little Swingies
will add new momentum to
violin lessons and
performances
alike.
Swingmuziek
voor de vioolles? Een
prachtig idee, maar het
materiaal daarvoor is dun
gezaaid. Little
Swingies biedt de
oplossing: zestien nieuwe
stukken van de hand van
Joachim Johow sommige
temperamentvol, andere
rustiger van karakter
laten de leerling stap
voor stap kennismaken met
het spelen in swingstijl.
Naast de vioolpartijen
bevat deze uitgave ook
eenvoudige
pianobegeleidingen:
bovendien zijn de
mp3-opnamen van zowel de
meespeel- als
begeleidingstracks online
te downloaden. Little
Swingies geeft
vioollessen en
toonmomenten een
verfrissende nieuwe
impuls.
Musik im
Swing-Stil für den
Geigenunterricht? An und
für sich eine
reizvolle Vorstellung,
jedoch ist
Spielliteratur, die
dafür geeignet
wäre, dünn
gesät. Hier setzt die
Sammlung Little
Swingies an: Sechzehn
neue Stücke von
Joachim Johow mal
temperamentvoll, mal eher
sanft im Charakter
führen die Schüler
Schritt für Schritt in
das Spiel im Swing-Stil
heran. Die Ausgabe
umfasst neben der
Violinstimme auch eine
gut spielbare
Klavierbegleitung:
zusätzlich stehen
sowohl Demo- als auch
Mitspielaufnahmen aller
Stücke im MP3-Format
online zur Verfügung.
Little Swingies
kann dem Geigenunterricht
wie auch dem Vorspiel
neue Impulse
geben.
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.1459743 For Violin ...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.1459743
For Violin and
Piano. Composed by
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Arranged by
Endre Granat. LKM Music.
Classical. Softcover.
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing #S511048.
Published by Lauren
Keiser Music Publishing
(HL.1459743).
ISBN
9798892703895. UPC:
196288210955.
9.0x12.0x0.183
inches.
The Scherzo
is a movement by Felix
Mendelssohn from the
incidental music to the
play by William
Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. The play
inspired Mendelssohn to
compose the music because
it was a childhood
favorite. There are two
works by Mendelssohn
called A Midsummer
Night's Dream; the
Overture composed in 1826
and the Incidental Music
added in 1842. The
Scherzo was originally
scored for orchestra. The
brilliant transcription
for violin and piano is
by Willy Burmester.
Romanza Violon et Piano Edward B. Marks Music Company
(Violin and Piano Reduction). Composed by William Bolcom. For Violin, Piano Acco...(+)
(Violin and Piano
Reduction). Composed by
William Bolcom. For
Violin, Piano
Accompaniment (Score and
Parts). E.B. Marks. 32
pages. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
By Willy Van Dorsselaer. Edited by John Bowden. For Violin and Piano. Educationa...(+)
By Willy Van Dorsselaer.
Edited by John Bowden.
For Violin and Piano.
Educational. Instrumental
Collection. Classical.
Level: Intermediate. Book
and Solo Part. 24+12
pages. Duration 27
minutes. Published by
Digital Music Print
(Belgian import).
By Vittorio Monti (1868-1922). Edited by Kurt Sassmannshaus. For Violin, Piano. ...(+)
By Vittorio Monti
(1868-1922). Edited by
Kurt Sassmannshaus. For
Violin, Piano.
Baerenreiter's Easy
Concertos. Piano
reduction, Single part.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
Violin (Violin) SKU: HL.48181197 For Violin and Piano. Composed by...(+)
Violin (Violin)
SKU:
HL.48181197
For
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Raymond
Gallois Montbrun. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover.
Alphonse Leduc #AL20480.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48181197).
Written by
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun,
Confidence from an Old
Clock is the third piece
of a set of twelve called
Janceline's Dreams for
Violin and Piano. Easy to
play, these twelve pieces
were composed for
beginner violinists, to
practise the use of the
first position playing
music. This piece will be
really enjoyable to play
for young players. The
full set features: I.
Quadrille des soldats de
plomb / Lead soldiers?
quadrille II. Complainte
du petit bossu / Lament
of the hunchback III.
Confidence d?une vieille
horloge / Confidence from
an old clock IV. Sourire
a Morphee / Smile to
Morpheus V. Le manege des
sept nains / Carousel of
the seven dwarves VI.
Chagrin pres d?une
fontaine / Sorrow on a
fountain VII. Polka du
Rossignol / Bird?s polka
VIII. Siciliette Reine
des siciles / Siciliette,
Queen of Sicilia IX.
Minuetti Prince de la
danse / Minuetti, Prince
of the dance X. Le jardin
des ombres / The shadow
garden XI. Remords de
Carabosse / Guilt of the
wicked witch XII. La
ronde des Grillons / The
crickets? rondo. Raymond
Gallois-Montbrun
(1918-1994) was born in
Indochine and studied
music at the Paris
Conservatoire. He
received many first
Prizes including the
Grand Prix de Rome in
1944 and became the
Director of the Paris
Conservatoire for
twenty-one years. He
composed numerous pieces
including many symphonic
works.
Violin and Piano - intermediate SKU: XC.LS1810 Composed by Jules Massenet...(+)
Violin and Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
XC.LS1810
Composed by
Jules Massenet. Arranged
by Josh Dampier. Legacy
Solo Series. Solo with
Piano. Classical,
Acoustic. Score and part.
Excelcia Music Publishing
#LS1810. Published by
Excelcia Music Publishing
(XC.LS1810).
UPC:
812598030150. 12 x 9
inches.
The Legacy
Solo Series contains
masterworks meticulously
edited and set
beautifully by one of the
most popular composers of
music for students today,
Larry Clark. These solos
are routinely found on
many state festival lists
throughout the United
States and are perfect
for use at an adjudicated
solo festival or recital.
Commonly featured on
college audition lists,
these works are a
cornerstone of the solo
repertoire. Piano players
will enjoy piano
reductions that are clean
and feature the solo line
in concert pitch for easy
rehearsal. Each Legacy
Solo, compatible with
Smartmusic, comes with
beautifully set parts and
piano accompaniment.
Piano recordings for
rehearsal or performance
of each piece are
available for download
from the Excelcia Music
Publishing website.
Peter's Pictures Violon et Piano - Débutant Forsyth Publications
Violin and Piano - Beginner SKU: FP.FDC24 Composed by Cyril Dalmaine. She...(+)
Violin and Piano -
Beginner
SKU:
FP.FDC24
Composed by
Cyril Dalmaine. Sheet
Music and Books. Music
sketches for beginner
violinists with piano
accompaniment, by Cyril
Dalmaine. Classical.
Collection. Forsyths
Publications #FDC24.
Published by Forsyths
Publications (FP.FDC24).
ISBN
9790570504336.
An
imaginative first violin
book, featuring 12 music
sketches with fingering
and tips on technique and
reading music, inspired
by the composer's
experience teaching a
young boy named Peter,
and the musical pictures
they painted
together.
Comp
oser and critic Cyril
Carr Dalmaine graduated
from the Royal College of
Music and was Music
master at Uppington
School before going on to
become chorus master to
the BBC. He is most
famous for coining the
term 'Lord Haw-Haw' in
his work as radio critic
of the Daily Express
under the pseudonym Jonah
Barrington, in reference
to the Nazi propaganda
broadcasts of William
Joyce during the Second
World
War.
Dalmaine was
also a record presenter
in the pre-1955 days and
responsible for the
'discovery' of the then
deceased Italian tenor,
Alessandro Valente,
giving Valente enjoyed a
considerable posthumous
vogue. As a composer
Dalmaine wrote chamber
music, and transcribed
the cantatas of J.S. Bach
to piano as well as a
wide range of piano and
string works published by
Forsyth. His works such
as Variation from
Versailles and Pathway to
the Proms remain in print
and are well worth
re-discovering, while his
arrangements of popular
classics in our
Silhouette Series remain
best sellers.
Music by John Williams. For violin solo and piano accompaniment. Includes instru...(+)
Music by John Williams.
For violin solo and piano
accompaniment. Includes
instrumental solo book
and accompaniment CD.
With solo part, standard
notation, bowings, piano
accompaniment and black
and white photos. Movies.
66 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
Violin and Piano - Grade 3.5 SKU: AP.36-52710444 Composed by Lynne Latham...(+)
Violin and Piano - Grade
3.5
SKU:
AP.36-52710444
Composed by Lynne Latham.
Arranged by Catherine
McMichael.
Method/Instruction;
Reference Textbooks; Solo
Small Ensembles. Ludwig
Masters. Wedding. Book.
Latham Music Enterprises
#36-52710444. Published
by Latham Music
Enterprises
(AP.36-52710444).
ISBN
9781633610644. UPC:
679360734711.
English.
In this
second volume of
perennial wedding
favorites, we are proud
to offer selections to
expand your repertoire
and enhance these
celebratory occasions.
Violinists must be
comfortable playing
through fifth position,
and the piano
accompaniment is
moderately difficult.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
Violin Concerto Violon et Piano [Reduction] Oxford University Press
By William Walton (1902-1983). Arranged by David Lloyd-Jones. For Violin and pia...(+)
By William Walton
(1902-1983). Arranged by
David Lloyd-Jones. For
Violin and piano. Violin.
William Walton Edition.
Pieces and Studies.
Violin and piano
reduction. 92 pages.
Duration 30'. Published
by Oxford University
Press
Figured Bass Realization by S. Petrenz. By French Violin Music Of The Baroque Er...(+)
Figured Bass Realization
by S. Petrenz. By French
Violin Music Of The
Baroque Era. Edited by G.
Meyn-Beckmann. Violin.
Pages: Score = IX and 63
* Vl Part = 28 * BC Part
= 24. Urtext
edition-paper bound.
Published by G. Henle.
Composed by Alexander Gretchaninoff. Arranged by Franz Willms. This edition:...(+)
Composed by Alexander
Gretchaninoff. Arranged
by
Franz Willms. This
edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Op.
126a. 22 pages. Schott
Music
#ED 2142. Published by
Schott
Music
Violin and Piano - early intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1043625-404 Composed by...(+)
Violin and Piano - early
intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1043625-404
Composed by Alexei
Janschinow. De Haske
Study and Play.
Educational Tool. Book
with Part and
Audio-Online. Composed
2021. 16 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1043625-404. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1043625-404).
ISBN 9789043161763.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Study and
Play is ideal for
developing your playing
in an enjoyable and
musically sound way. Each
edition within this
concept features audio
recordings to add
something extra to your
study routine.When you
play
thisConcertino you
will be able to practise
at a slower study tempo,
as well as the normal
tempo, so that you can
work on your violin
playing in a more
concentrated way whilst
improving your insight
into the music. You
cancontinue to study in
this goal-orientated way
until you have achieved
the desired result.
The title of this piece
suggests a concert
situation: playing a solo
partwith accompaniment.
There are thousands of
such works for theviolin
but many of these cannot
be tackled until you have
been playing for a
considerable time.
Concertino in Russian
Style Opus 35 enables
you to gain necessary
experience for this type
of playing: namely having
sufficientmusical and
technical control over
your instrument whilst
having the support of an
accompanist during
performance. This
carefully chosen
concertino will enrich
your repertoire.
St
udy and Play ist das
ideale Konzept, um auf
vergnügliche und
sinnvolle Weise ein gutes
Spiel zu entwickeln.
Jedem Buch mit diesem
Konzept sind
Begleitaufnahmen
beigefügt, welche
die tägliche
ÃÅbungsroutine
individuellergänze
n. Mit Hilfe dieser
Aufnahmen kann das
Concertino im
langsameren
ÃÅbetempo sowie
auch im normalen Tempo
gespielt werden, sodass
man sich zunächst
ganz auf das Violinspiel
konzentrieren kann und
dabei die Musik
kennenlernt. So kann
zielgerichtet
geübt werden, bis
das gewünschte
Ergebnis erreicht
wird.
Der Titel dieses
Stückes beschreibt
die Situation in einem
Konzert: Es wird ein Solo
mit Begleitung gespielt.
Solche Werke gibt es
zutausenden für
Violine, viele
können jedoch erst
nach vielen Jahren
Spielerfahrung gemeistert
werden. Mit Concertino
in Russian Style Opus
35 kann man wichtige
Erfahrungen mit genau
dieser Art des Spiels
sammeln,
nämlichausreichend
musikalische und
technische Beherrschung
über das
Instrument zu erlangen
und gleichzeitig mit der
Unterstützung
eines Pianisten spielen
zu können. Dieses
sorgfältig
ausgewählte
Concertino ist auf
jeden Fall
eineBereicherung Ihres
Repertoires.
Study and
Play è il
concetto ideale per
sviluppare il vostro modo
di suonare in un contesto
piacevole e solidamente
strutturato. Le
registrazione di
accompagnamento vi
permettono di suonare sia
a tempo normale che
più lento,al fine
di migliorare la
concentrazione sullo
studio della tecnica e
avere un migliore
approccio con le varie
parti del brano. Le parti
dellââ¬â¢accom
pagnamento al pianoforte
incluse nelle
pubblicazioni (versione
cartacea) vipermettono di
suonare con un pianista
accompagnatore.
Violin and Piano - easy SKU: BT.DOW-04532-400 8 Easy Pieces for Violin...(+)
Violin and Piano - easy
SKU:
BT.DOW-04532-400
8
Easy Pieces for Violin
and Piano. Dowani 3
Tempi Play Along.
Classical. Book with Part
and Audio-Online.
Composed 2021. 20 pages.
Dowani #DOW 04532-400.
Published by Dowani
(BT.DOW-04532-400).
ISBN 9789043160636.
English-German-French.
This edition presents
you with an array of
musical highlights from
two centuries of music
history. It offers
easy-to-play yet
musically challenging
arrangements for violin
and piano, and enables
you to learn the
piecessystematically and
at three different tempi
with professional
accompaniments. The
recordings begin with the
concert version of each
piece, following which
you will hear the piano
accompaniment at slow and
medium tempo to helpyou
practise. Having mastered
these slower versions,
you’ll now be
ready to play with piano
accompaniment at the
original tempo. All of
the versions were
recorded live.
Mit
dieser Ausgabe stellen
wir Ihnen eine Sammlung
musikalischer Highlights
aus zwei Jahrhunderten
Musikgeschichte vor.
Unsere Ausgabe mit
spieltechnisch leichten,
aber musikalisch
anspruchsvollen
Bearbeitungen für
Violine undKlavier
ermöglicht es Ihnen,
die Werke systematisch
und in drei verschiedenen
Tempi mit professioneller
Begleitung zu
erarbeiten. Sie
hören zunächst die
Konzertversion eines
jeden Stückes (Violine
und Klavier). Zum Ãœben
folgtnun im langsamen und
mittleren Tempo die
Klavierbegleitung:
anschließend können
Sie sich im Originaltempo
begleiten lassen. Alle
eingespielten Versionen
wurden live
aufgenommen.
Violin and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1115209-400 Composed by Leo P...(+)
Violin and Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1115209-400
Composed by Leo Portnoff.
Arranged by Nico Dezaire.
De Haske Study and Play.
Book with CD. Composed
2011. 32 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1115209-400. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1115209-400).
ISBN 9789043142304.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Study and
Play is ideal for
developing your playing
in an enjoyable and
musically sound way. Each
edition within this
concept features a CD to
add something extra to
your study routine. When
you play this
Concertino Op. 96
the CD allows you to
practise at a slower
study tempo, as well as
the normal tempo, so that
you can improve your
insight into the music.
The carefully edited
volume also contains a
violin part and a piano
part. Of course, the
superb CD is also great
to play along with if
thereâ??s no pianist
available. You will find
this is a fun and
instructive enrichment of
your
repertoire.
Stu
dy and Play is het
ideale concept om je spel
op een plezierige en
verantwoorde manier te
ontwikkelen. Bij elke
uitgave onder deze noemer
wordt een cd meegeleverd
die iets extraâ??s
toevoegt aan je
studiemethode. In het
geval van dit
Concertino op.96
biedt de cd je de
mogelijkheid om te
studeren in zowel het
gewone tempo als een
rustig oefentempo,
waardoor je je inzicht in
de muziek kunt
verbeteren. De verzorgde
set bestaat verder uit
een vioolpartij en
pianopartij. Natuurlijk
is de sublieme cd ook
geschikt om mee samen te
spelen als er geen
pianist beschikbaar is.
Dit is beslist een leuke
en leerzame verrijking
van je
repertoire.
Stu
dy and Play ist das
ideale Konzept, um auf
vergnügliche und
sinnvolle Weise ein gutes
Spiel zu entwickeln.
Jedem Buch mit diesem
Konzept ist eine CD
beigefügt, welche die
tägliche
Ã?bungsroutine
individuell
ergänzt.Mit Hilfe der
CD kann dieses
Concertino Op. 96
im langsameren
Ã?bungstempo sowie auch
im normalen Tempo
gespielt werden, so dass
man sich zunächst ganz
auf das Violinspiel
konzentrieren kann und
dabei die Musik kennen
lernt. Diese
sorgfältig
ausgearbeitete Ausgabe
enthält au�erdem
eine Violin- und eine
Klavierstimme. Die
exzellente CD eignet sich
selbstverständlich
auch bestens zum
Mitspielen, wenn kein
Pianist zur Verfügung
steht.
DiesesConcertino Op.
96 ist eine ebenso
reizvolle wie lehrreiche
Erweiterung des
Repertoires.
Study and
Play è il concetto
ideale per sviluppare il
vostro modo di suonare in
un contesto piacevole e
solidamente strutturato.
Il CD vi permette di
suonare sia a tempo
normale che più lento,
al fine di migliorare la
concentrazione sullo
studio della tecnica e
avere un migliore
approccio con le varie
parti del brano. Le parti
dellâ??accompagnamento
al pianoforte incluse
nelle pubblicazioni
(versione cartacea) vi
permettono di suonare con
un pianista
accompagnatore.
Violin and Piano SKU: AP.36-60710008 For Violin and Piano. Compose...(+)
Violin and Piano
SKU:
AP.36-60710008
For
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Ralph Vaughan
Williams/ Inspired by a
poem of George Meredith.
Violin. Master String
Series. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-60710008. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-60710008).
ISBN
9798888522028. UPC:
676737624248.
English.
Ralph
Vaughan Williams, ever
fond of poetry, found
creative impetus for his
beautiful romance The
Lark Ascending, IRV 39,
in an 1881 poem by George
Meredith. Marie Pauline
Hall, to whom the work
was dedicated, gave the
first performance of the
original violin and piano
version, here presented
in a Masters reprint
edition, at Shirehampton
Public Hall on December
15, 1920, beside pianist
Geoffrey Mendham. After
World War I, the composer
expanded the work for
soloist and full
orchestra. This has
become the version most
familiar to listeners.
The violin, lifting its
silvery tones above the
stage, captures the
soaring nature of
Meredith's couplet: Till
lost on his aerial
rings/In light, and then
the fancy sings. Reprint
edition.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
Kurt Weill Songs Violon et Piano [Partition + CD] Universal Edition
(Violin and Piano with CD of Performance and Play-Along Tracks Book/CD). By Kurt...(+)
(Violin and Piano with CD
of Performance and
Play-Along Tracks
Book/CD). By Kurt Weill
(1900-1950). Arranged by
Martin Reiter. For
Violin, Piano
Accompaniment. String
Solo. Book with CD. 56
pages. Universal Edition
#UE34324. Published by
Universal Edition
Flute, Oboe, Violin and Piano SKU: HL.14026950 Composed by Maurice Ravel....(+)
Flute, Oboe, Violin and
Piano
SKU:
HL.14026950
Composed
by Maurice Ravel. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #NOV120741.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14026950).
8.25x11.75x0.137
inches.
Trevor Wye
has selected and arranged
eight of Ravel's most
famous melodic works,
creating a collection
which will be valued and
appreciated by flautists
of varying degrees of
technical ability. With
piano accompaniment.
Suitable for grades
3-5.
Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.164002390 Composed by Dan W...(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.164002390
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 1995. 26+14+14
pages. Duration 14
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #164-00239.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.164002390).
UPC:
680160038091.
I
became interested in the
work of Plato through my
friend and collaborator,
the writer and
philosopher Paul
Woodruff. Paul's new
translation, with
Alexander Nehamas, of the
Symposium gave me
insights into ancient
Greek ways of thinking
about Love, Beauty, and
Wisdom -- and managed to
keep the earthy, and
often bawdy side of it
all in full view. But
their new translation of
Plato's later dialogue
Phaedrus went even
further: the beauty of
the speeches is
breathtaking, and the
discourse itself is
enough to keep one awake
at night. Basically the
Great Speech of Socrates
in the Phaedrus dialogue
has to do with the place
of Eros in the world, and
with the conflict in the
soul between fleshly
pleasure and philosophic
discovery. I will not
attempt to encapsulate
this brilliant discourse
in a program note:
suffice it to say that
reading it gave rise to
my two-sided work for
clarinet, violin, and
piano, Phaedrus. The
first movement represents
the Philosophic life, and
is thus subtitled
Apollo's Lyre (Invocation
and Hymn). It begins with
an unaccompanied melody
for the clarinet, which
(after a pair of
harp-like flourishes for
the piano, expands into
an accompanied canon. The
voices in the dialogue
(clarinet and violin)
follow each other by a
prescribed number of
beats, but the music is
totally devoid of any
meter at all. The piano,
representing the lyre,
accompanies this lyric
love-feast with repeated
strummed chords. The
canon has three large
sections, and ends with
violin echoing the
unaccompanied clarinet
invocation as the sound
of the lyre fades. The
second movement, called
Dionysus' Dream-Orgy
(Ritual Dance) presents,
after a brief
introduction, another
kind of unmetered music.
Rather than long lyric
flights of philosophic
song, however, this time
we hear a unison dance of
unbridled energy and
sensual transport. The
piece soon forms itself
into a loose arch form,
with contrasting metered
dance sections divided by
the unison unmetered orgy
tune. Midway through the
movement, Apollo's melody
returns from the first
movement, but it is a
temporary reminiscence.
The orgiastic dance
returns, reaches a
climax, and ends with a
stomping of feet. While
Plato asserts that a
proper balance between
lust and reason is
necessary in all men, he
(naturally) gives the nod
to Philosophy as the
better choice in which to
live. Not so in my music:
the two sides are meant
to coexist and to
complement each other. No
sides are taken. Phaedrus
was commissioned of the
Verdehr Trio by Michigan
State University. It is
dedicated to the Vedehr
Trio with great affection
and admiration.