Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14035756
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 16
pages. Music Sales
#KP00298. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14035756).
ISBN
9788759868294.
English.
Wenn Die Rose Sich
Selbst Schmückt,
Schmückt Sie Auch
Den Garten (When
The Rose Beautifies
Itself, It Beautifies The
Garden ) was composed by
Per
Nørgård
in 1971.
Chamber
Cantata for four
performers
Scored
for Soprano, Alto Flute,
Double Bass and
Percussion (all playing
also Crotales).
Composed for and
dedicated to Dorothy
Dorrow.
Parts
available: KP01092
Preface /
Programme
Note
The title of the
work is borrowed from a
fragment by the German
poet Friedrich
Rückert.
This
fragment, this short
sentence (which
Rückert apparently
neverelaborated upon) is
the entire basis of the
work. I was inspired by
the meaning as well as
the sound of these
words.
I perceive the
meaning of the sentence
as being a defence for
the refinement of an
individual’s
personal gifts - far from
the present hostility
toward individuality and
the senseless praise of
impersonal success in
society. Personal
refinement can, so the
fragment in my
interpretation, at its
best be accompanied by a
deep sense of
responsibility, and
become an active and
positive influence in
society.
The sound,
the timbre, of the
individual words and
characters is employed
both
in
straightforward
text-sequences, as well
as in the exploration of
individual vowels and
consonants as pure
sounds. The soprano is
often used purely
instrumentally, echoing
and pre-echoing
discreetly the notes of
the flute and the
harmonics of the double
bass, often imperceptably
stealing their notes and
altering them into human
sounds, which then
yet
again are
absorbed into the
instrumental
tapestry.
Per
Nørgård,
1971
