Chamber Music Guitar, Piano, Violoncello, Voice SKU: CF.V2505 Composed by...(+)
Chamber Music Guitar,
Piano, Violoncello, Voice
SKU: CF.V2505
Composed by Frederic
Sharaf. Full score. With
Standard notation. 24
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#V2505. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.V2505).
ISBN 9781491144473.
UPC: 680160901975. Text:
Carlos de Olivera. Carlos
Olivera.
The 1937
Spanish Civil War saw the
bombing of the town of
Guernica by combined
German and Italian air
forces, at the behest of
the Spanish government.
This was one of the first
air raids on a
defenseless civilian
population, and the
resulting devastation was
so horrible that artists
of all stripes sought to
express their outrage
through their crafts.
Chief among these was the
painting Guernica by
Pablo Picasso, which, in
turn, inspired the
ten-part poem of the same
name by author Carlos de
Oliveira. Sharaf now
brings this text to a new
setting for voice and
piano, with either cello
or guitar, dedicated to
the Ensemble for These
Times. The music reflects
the utter despair of the
event, yet even then,
humanity will find
glimpses of hope for a
return to better times.
English translation of
the text by Alexis
Levitin.
