Cello and 13 solo strings
(Cello)
SKU:
HL.49018807
For
Violoncello Solo and 13
Solo Strings.
Composed by Bertold
Hummel. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Study Score.
Study score. Composed
1984. Op. 80. 92 pages.
Duration 25'. Schott
Music #ED20743. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018807).
ISBN
9790001169738. UPC:
884088668075.
8.25x11.75x0.243
inches.
Hummel's
piece for solo
violoncello and 13
strings follows Hermann
Hesse's famous poem
'Stufen' ('Steps') with
regard to form and
content. Hummel, a
cellist himself, arranges
the solo part with
playing techniques and
tone colours that are
typical of the
instrument. The work
begins and ends with a
perfect fifth which sets
a clear, concise motif.
Short phrases in
distinctive bowing
patterns and harmonics
determine the intensive
dialogue between solo
instrument and the group
of 13 string instruments.
At the end, the tension
leads to an
all-explanatory B-A-C-H
theme: an unmistakable
homage to the old
master.