| Russian and Eastern European Piano Music Pt. 1 (Version 2.0)
Piano seul [CD Sheet Music] Subito Music
By russian. For Piano. (Piano Solo). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on C...(+)
By russian. For Piano.
(Piano Solo). CD Sheet
Music (Version 2.0). PDF
file on CD. 4000 pages.
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| Piano Quartet E-flat major op. 87 Piano Quatuor: piano, violon, alto, violoncelle Barenreiter
By Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited by Antonin Pokorny; Karel Solc. For Piano/...(+)
By Antonin Dvorak
(1841-1904). Edited by
Antonin Pokorny; Karel
Solc. For
Piano/Violin/Viola/Violon
cello. This edition:
Stapled. Performance
score, Set of parts. Opus
87. 84/12/12/12 pages.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
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| Away in a Manger Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Hinshaw Music Inc.
By Traditional. Arranged by Neil Harmon. For SATB choir, piano (or harp) & oboe;...(+)
By Traditional. Arranged
by Neil Harmon. For SATB
choir, piano (or harp) &
oboe; or optional
woodwind quartet. Choral,
Christmas, Sacred.
Octavo. 10 pages.
Duration c. 3 minutes 20
seconds. Published by
Hinshaw Music Inc.
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| A Song for Chris Violoncelle, Piano Novello & Co Ltd.
(Cello and Piano). Composed by Edward Gregson. For Cello, Piano Accompaniment. M...(+)
(Cello and Piano).
Composed by Edward
Gregson. For Cello, Piano
Accompaniment. Music
Sales America. 52 pages.
Novello and Co Ltd.
#NOV958089. Published by
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| 3rd Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire/avancé Chester
String Quartet (Parts) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.14043782 Parts. Composed ...(+)
String Quartet (Parts) -
Grade 4 SKU:
HL.14043782
Parts. Composed by
Simon Holt. Music Sales
America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Chester Music #CH8277501.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14043782).
8.5x11.75x0.3
inches. Simon Holt
's 3rd Quartet is the
third of six pieces which
make up a cycle with the
overall title 'Terrain'.
Lasting around 23
minutes, this wonderful
work is arranged for
String Quartet and was
co-commissioned by The
Radcliffe Trust, NMC
Recordings,
Internationales
Musikfestival
Heidelberger Fruhling and
Wigmore Hall. The
premiere was performed on
19th January
2015. This is the
set of parts for 2
Violins, Viola and Cello.
The six different
compositions, of which
3rd Quartet is
the third, are for
different combinations of
stringed instruments,
featuring Piano in the
second piece. The music
that comprises 3rd
Quartet is drawn
from the other parts
ofthe cycle as a whole,
yet in a reverse order.
In this way the piece
develops what has come
before, foreshadows
what's to come, all the
while encompassing the
entire cycle in a single
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| 3rd Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire/avancé Chester
String Quartet (Score) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.14043783 Score. Composed ...(+)
String Quartet (Score) -
Grade 4 SKU:
HL.14043783
Score. Composed by
Simon Holt. Music Sales
America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
44 pages. Chester Music
#CH82775. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14043783).
8.25x11.75
inches. Simon Holt
's 3rd Quartet is the
third of six pieces which
make up a cycle with the
overall title 'Terrain'.
Lasting around 23
minutes, this wonderful
work is arranged for
String Quartet and was
co-commissioned by The
Radcliffe Trust, NMC
Recordings,
Internationales
Musikfestival
Heidelberger Fruhling and
Wigmore Hall. The
premiere was performed on
19th January 2015. The
six different
compositions, of which
3rd Quartet is
the third, are for
different combinations of
stringed instruments,
featuring Piano in the
second piece. The music
that comprises 3rd
Quartet is drawn
from the other parts of
the cycle as a whole, yet
in a reverse order. In
this way the
piecedevelops what has
come before, foreshadows
what's to come, all the
while encompassing the
entire cycle in a single
piece. $25.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Quintet in F Major, K. 497 Carl Fischer
Chamber Music Cello, Flute, Viola 1, Viola 2, Violin SKU: CF.MXE219 Compo...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Flute, Viola 1, Viola 2,
Violin SKU:
CF.MXE219 Composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Arranged by Robert
Stallman. Sws.
56+16+16+16+16+12 pages.
Carl Fischer Music
#MXE219. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.MXE219). ISBN
9781491157794. UPC:
680160916399. 9 x 12
inches. Preface In
1990, during an intense
rehearsal of a Mozart
Quartet transcription for
flute and strings by
Franz Anton Hoffmeister,
at the Marblehead Summer
Music Festival, a
disgruntled violist
friend complained about
HoffmeisterAs awkward
string writing, suddenly
daring me to create my
own arrangement. I
balked. But the following
winterA3despite scruples
about treading on
hallowed groundA3I grew
curious and began to
experiment. Soon I was
hooked on the challenge
of learning to speak
MozartAs language with
conviction. This
fascination, encouraged
by pianist Richard Goode
and other Mozarteans,
would eventually generate
a total of thirty-nine
recreations of Mozart
piano sonatas as works
for flute and strings.
With zero tolerance for
alteration of melodic or
harmonic
materialA3MozartAs friend
Hoffmeister had
regrettably attempted
such
A!improvementsA(r)A3I
always tried to envision
what Mozart himself would
have desired. Many of the
sonatas can be heard as
if they were MozartAs
A!blueprintsA(r) of
imagined chamber works.
Hence my task was to
A!flesh outA(r) the
keyboard versions as
Mozart might have done,
had a commission or
performance opportunity
arisen. I spent hours
pondering how Mozart
might have set these
sonatas in four- or
five-part form, providing
the needed textural or
contrapuntal
enhancements. With
immersion in the
composerAs dialect,
various apt solutions
presented themselves. The
search for the
A!rightA(r) one then
became a most absorbing
study. On the eve of
releasing my BognerAs
CafA recording of
Mozart-Stallman New
Quintets (2006), I
discovered to my delight
that a prominent scholar
had long before endorsed
such an effort. Eric Blom
(1888A+-1959), author of
Mozart (1935), had taken
note of the four-hand
piano works as A!a kind
of keyboard chamber
music.A(r) Regarding
Sonata, K. 497, Mr. Blom
had observed that Mozart
is often dealing with,
not the expected four
voices (one to a hand),
but five. Blom states:
A!The F major Sonata (K.
497) removes us to
another worldA3the world
of the great chamber
music, especially of the
string quintets. Indeed
an arrangement of some
sort for a combination of
instruments would make a
magnificent concert work
of this almost
uncomfortably great piece
of domestic music.A(r)
That Mozart was in 1786
writing for piano duo
from a quintet
perspective makes sense,
as we find him returning
to the quintet form with
keen interest in his last
years, writing four
String Quintets, the
Clarinet Quintet,
rearranging a wind
serenade for String
Quintet, and leaving
several other quintets
incomplete. My
arrangement presented
here is made for flute
and strings but is also
intended for string
quintet. Quintet in F
Major for Flute and
Strings, K. 497, was
completed in 1999 and
performed with the Martin
Quartet in the Czech
Republic prior to
recording it in 2004.
Mozart had finished the
original Sonata in F
Major for Piano,
Four-Hands, K. 497, on
August 1, 1786. It shows
the unmistakable
influence of Figaro,
completed and premiered
exactly three months
prior. As signaled by the
imposing introductory
Adagio, the conception is
on a grand symphonic
scale, all three
movements being richly
developed with
contrapuntal episodes and
an abundance of
marvelously contrasting
textures and themes
throughout. Called A!the
crowning work of its
kindA(r) by Alfred
Einstein, the Sonata is
laden with examples of
MozartAs mercurial
originality. Here we have
a perfect synthesis of
concertante brilliance,
operatic intensity and
intimate dialogue. The
work opens in unison with
a probing, minor-tinged
Adagio, whose question
comes to a pause on the
dominant, before being
answered with jaunty
certainty by the opening
theme of the Allegro di
moltoA3an F-major tune as
sunny and confident as an
aria from Figaro itself.
This movementAs
declamatory A!opera
chorusA(r) persistently
intones its rhythmic
motto over a swirling
scale figure. The amorous
second theme (initially
presented in the first
viola) also seems to be
plucked from Figaro. The
Andante opens with a
heavenly melody, which
takes as its springboard
the Romanza theme from
the Horn Concerto in E
Major, K. 495, written
only five weeks before.
The A!love duetA(r)
between flute and first
viola seems to anticipate
the impassioned
A!duettingA(r) between
violin and viola in the
Andante of the String
Quintet in C Major, K.
515, written about nine
months later. The
ingenious stretto canon
of the AndanteAs middle
section requires the
precision of a Swiss
clock (which its chiming
thirds recall). Affecting
bucolic codettas close
each of the main sections
of the movement. In the
final Allegro, a rondo in
6/8a time, the puckish,
yet aristocratic
character of the opening
theme contrasts with the
bumptious, popular tune
used for the second theme
(heard first in the
violin and then the
flute, over pizzicato
cello). Lilting hymn-like
episodes in three, four-
and finally five-part
counterpoint are
repeatedly interrupted by
startling scale figures
that rise up in furioso
episodes throughout the
movement. As in the
A!Swiss clockA(r) section
of the Andante, Mozart
uses a stretto imitation
treatment with this
tempest theme, thereby
heightening both
intensity and sense of
instability. I am most
grateful to the
adventuresome Martin
Quartet for their warm
support and collaboration
over the years with
several of my
arrangements, and to my
friend Edwin Swanborn for
the original typesetting
of this score. Gratitude
is also due Weekend
Edition, Performance
Today and innumerable
classical stations across
the United States for
their enthusiastic and
repeated airings of my
A!newA(r) Mozart Quintet
endeavorsA3and most of
all, to violist Katherine
Murdock for that dare in
1990. A3Compiled from the
writings of Robert
Stallman by Hannah Woods
Stallman, February 2,
2020. Preface In 1990,
during an intense
rehearsal of a Mozart
Quartet transcription for
flute and strings by
Franz Anton Hoffmeister,
at the Marblehead Summer
Music Festival, a
disgruntled violist
friend complained about
Hoffmeisteris awkward
string writing, suddenly
daring me to create my
own arrangement. I
balked. But the following
winterodespite scruples
about treading on
hallowed groundoI grew
curious and began to
experiment. Soon I was
hooked on the challenge
of learning to speak
Mozartis language with
conviction. This
fascination, encouraged
by pianist Richard Goode
and other Mozarteans,
would eventually generate
a total of thirty-nine
recreations of Mozart
piano sonatas as works
for flute and strings.
With zero tolerance for
alteration of melodic or
harmonic
materialoMozartis friend
Hoffmeister had
regrettably attempted
such iimprovementsioI
always tried to envision
what Mozart himself would
have desired. Many of the
sonatas can be heard as
if they were Mozartis
iblueprintsi of imagined
chamber works. Hence my
task was to iflesh outi
the keyboard versions as
Mozart might have done,
had a commission or
performance opportunity
arisen. I spent hours
pondering how Mozart
might have set these
sonatas in four- or
five-part form, providing
the needed textural or
contrapuntal
enhancements. With
immersion in the
composeris dialect,
various apt solutions
presented themselves. The
search for the irighti
one then became a most
absorbing study. On the
eve of releasing my
Bogneris CafE recording
of Mozart-Stallman New
Quintets (2006), I
discovered to my delight
that a prominent scholar
had long before endorsed
such an effort. Eric Blom
(1888n1959), author of
Mozart (1935), had taken
note of the four-hand
piano works as ia kind of
keyboard chamber music.i
Regarding Sonata, K. 497,
Mr. Blom had observed
that Mozart is often
dealing with, not the
expected four voices (one
to a hand), but five.
Blom states: iThe F major
Sonata (K. 497) removes
us to another worldothe
world of the great
chamber music, especially
of the string quintets.
Indeed an arrangement of
some sort for a
combination of
instruments would make a
magnificent concert work
of this almost
uncomfortably great piece
of domestic music.i That
Mozart was in 1786
writing for piano duo
from a quintet
perspective makes sense,
as we find him returning
to the quintet form with
keen interest in his last
years, writing four
String Quintets, the
Clarinet Quintet,
rearranging a wind
serenade for String
Quintet, and leaving
several other quintets
incomplete. My
arrangement presented
here is made for flute
and strings but is also
intended for string
quintet. Quintet in F
Major for Flute and
Strings, K. 497, was
completed in 1999 and
performed with the Martin
Quartet in the Czech
Republic prior to
recording it in 2004.
Mozart had finished the
original Sonata in F
Major for Piano,
Four-Hands, K. 497, on
August 1, 1786. It shows
the unmistakable
influence of Figaro,
completed and premiered
exactly three months
prior. As signaled by the
imposing introductory
Adagio, the conception is
on a grand symphonic
scale, all three
movements being richly
developed with
contrapuntal episodes and
an abundance of
marvelously contrasting
textures and themes
throughout. Called ithe
crowning work of its
kindi by Alfred Einstein,
the Sonata is laden with
examples of Mozartis
mercurial originality.
Here we have a perfect
synthesis of concertante
brilliance, operatic
intensity and intimate
dialogue. The work opens
in unison with a probing,
minor-tinged Adagio,
whose question comes to a
pause on the dominant,
before being answered
with jaunty certainty by
the opening theme of the
Allegro di moltooan
F-major tune as sunny and
confident as an aria from
Figaro itself. This
movementis declamatory
iopera chorusi
persistently intones its
rhythmic motto over a
swirling scale figure.
The amorous second theme
(initially presented in
the first viola) also
seems to be plucked from
Figaro. The Andante opens
with a heavenly melody,
which takes as its
springboard the Romanza
theme from the Horn
Concerto in E Major, K.
495, written only five
weeks before. The ilove
dueti between flute and
first viola seems to
anticipate the
impassioned iduettingi
between violin and viola
in the Andante of the
String Quintet in C
Major, K. 515, written
about nine months later.
The ingenious stretto
canon of the Andanteis
middle section requires
the precision of a Swiss
clock (which its chiming
thirds recall). Affecting
bucolic codettas close
each of the main sections
of the movement. In the
final Allegro, a rondo in
6/8+time, the puckish,
yet aristocratic
character of the opening
theme contrasts with the
bumptious, popular tune
used for the second theme
(heard first in the
violin and then the
flute, over pizzicato
cello). Lilting hymn-like
episodes in three, four-
and finally five-part
counterpoint are
repeatedly interrupted by
startling scale figures
that rise up in furioso
episodes throughout the
movement. As in the
iSwiss clocki section of
the Andante, Mozart uses
a stretto imitation
treatment with this
tempest theme, thereby
heightening both
intensity and sense of
instability. I am most
grateful to the
adventuresome Martin
Quartet for their warm
support and collaboration
over the years with
several of my
arrangements, and to my
friend Edwin Swanborn for
the original typesetting
of this score. Gratitude
is also due Weekend
Edition, Performance
Today and innumerable
classical stations across
the United States for
their enthusiastic and
repeated airings of my
inewi Mozart Quintet
endeavorsoand most of
all, to violist Katherine
Murdock for that dare in
1990. oCompiled from the
writings of Robert
Stallman by Hannah Woods
Stallman, February 2,
2020. Preface In 1990,
during an intense
rehearsal of a Mozart
Quartet transcription for
flute and strings by
Franz Anton Hoffmeister,
at the Marblehead Summer
Music Festival, a
disgruntled violist
friend complained about
Hoffmeister's awkward
string writing, suddenly
daring me to create my
own arrangement. I
balked. But the following
winter--despite scruples
about treading on
hallowed ground--I grew
curious and began to
experiment. Soon I was
hooked on the challenge
of learning to speak
Mozart's language with
conviction. This
fascination, encouraged
by pianist Richard Goode
and other Mozarteans,
would eventually generate
a total of thirty-nine
recreations of Mozart
piano sonatas as works
for flute and strings.
With zero tolerance for
alteration of melodic or
harmonic
material--Mozart's friend
Hoffmeister had
regrettably attempted
such improvements--I
always tried to envision
what Mozart himself would
have desired. Many of the
sonatas can be heard as
if they were Mozart's
blueprints of imagined
chamber works. Hence my
task was to flesh out the
keyboard versions as
Mozart might have done,
had a commission or
performance opportunity
arisen. I spent hours
pondering how Mozart
might have set these
sonatas in four- or
five-part form, providing
the needed textural or
contrapuntal
enhancements. With
immersion in the
composer's dialect,
various apt solutions
presented themselves. The
search for the right one
then became a most
absorbing study. On the
eve of releasing my
Bogner's Cafe recording
of Mozart-Stallman New
Quintets (2006), I
discovered to my delight
that a prominent scholar
had long before endorsed
such an effort. Eric Blom
(1888-1959), author of
Mozart (1935), had taken
note of the four-hand
piano works as a kind of
keyboard chamber music.
Regarding Sonata, K. 497,
Mr. Blom had observed
that Mozart is often
dealing with, not the
expected four voices (one
to a hand), but five.
Blom states: The F major
Sonata (K. 497) removes
us to another world--the
world of the great
chamber music, especially
of the string quintets.
Indeed an arrangement of
some sort for a
combination of
instruments would make a
magnificent concert work
of this almost
uncomfortably great piece
of domestic music. That
Mozart was in 1786
writing for piano duo
from a quintet
perspective makes sense,
as we find him returning
to the quintet form with
keen interest in his last
years, writing four
String Quintets, the
Clarinet Quintet,
rearranging a wind
serenade for String
Quintet, and leaving
several other quintets
incomplete. My
arrangement presented
here is made for flute
and strings but is also
intended for string
quintet. Quintet in F
Major for Flute and
Strings, K. 497, was
completed in 1999 and
performed with the
Martinu Quartet in the
Czech Republic prior to
recording it in 2004.
Mozart had finished the
original Sonata in F
Major for Piano,
Four-Hands, K. 497, on
August 1, 1786. It shows
the unmistakable
influence of Figaro,
completed and premiered
exactly three months
prior. As signaled by the
imposing introductory
Adagio, the conception is
on a grand symphonic
scale, all three
movements being richly
developed with
contrapuntal episodes and
an abundance of
marvelously contrasting
textures and themes
throughout. Called the
crowning work of its kind
by Alfred Einstein, the
Sonata is laden with
examples of Mozart's
mercurial originality.
Here we have a perfect
synthesis of concertante
brilliance, operatic
intensity and intimate
dialogue. The work opens
in unison with a probing,
minor-tinged Adagio,
whose question comes to a
pause on the dominant,
before being answered
with jaunty certainty by
the opening theme of the
Allegro di molto--an
F-major tune as sunny and
confident as an aria from
Figaro itself. This
movement's declamatory
opera chorus persistently
intones its rhythmic
motto over a swirling
scale figure. The amorous
second theme (initially
presented in the first
viola) also seems to be
plucked from Figaro. The
Andante opens with a
heavenly melody, which
takes as its springboard
the Romanza theme from
the Horn Concerto in E<=
Major, K. 495, written
only five weeks before.
The love duet between
flute and first viola
seems to anticipate the
impassioned duetting
between violin and viola
in the Andante of the
String Quintet in C
Major, K. 515, written
about nine months later.
The ingenious stretto
canon of the Andante's
middle section requires
the precision of a Swiss
clock (which its chiming
thirds recall). Affecting
bucolic codettas close
each of the main sections
of the movement. In the
final Allegro, a rondo in
6/8 time, the puckish,
yet aristocratic
character of the opening
theme contrasts with the
bumptious, popular tune
used for the second theme
(heard first in the
violin and then the
flute, over pizzicato
cello). Lilting hymn-like
episodes in three, four-
and finally five-part
counterpoint are
repeatedly interrupted by
startling scale figures
that rise up in furioso
episodes throughout the
movement. As in the Swiss
clock section of the
Andante, Mozart uses a
stretto imitation
treatment with this
tempest theme, thereby
heightening both
intensity and sense of
instability. I am most
grateful to the
adventuresome Martinu
Quartet for their warm
support and collaboration
over the years with
several of my
arrangements, and to my
friend Edwin Swanborn for
the original typesetting
of this score. Gratitude
is also due Weekend
Edition, Performance
Today and innumerable
classical stations across
the United States for
their enthusiastic and
repeated airings of my
new Mozart Quintet
endeavors--and most of
all, to violist Katherine
Murdock for that dare in
1990. --Compiled from the
writings of Robert
Stallman by Hannah Woods
Stallman, February 2,
2020. PrefaceIn 1990,
during an intense
rehearsal of a Mozart
Quartet transcription for
flute and strings by
Franz Anton Hoffmeister,
at the Marblehead Summer
Music Festival, a
disgruntled violist
friend complained about
Hoffmeister’s
awkward string writing,
suddenly daring me to
create my own
arrangement. I balked.
But the following
winter—despite
scruples about treading
on hallowed
ground—I grew
curious and began to
experiment. Soon I was
hooked on the challenge
of learning to speak
Mozart’s language
with conviction. This
fascination, encouraged
by pianist Richard Goode
and other Mozarteans,
would eventually generate
a total of thirty-nine
recreations of Mozart
piano sonatas as works
for flute and
strings.With zero
tolerance for alteration
of melodic or harmonic
material—Mozartâ
™s friend Hoffmeister
had regrettably attempted
such
“improvementsâ€
—I always tried
to envision what Mozart
himself would have
desired. Many of the
sonatas can be heard as
if they were
Mozart’s
“blueprintsâ€
of imagined chamber
works. Hence my task was
to “flesh
out†the keyboard
versions as Mozart might
have done, had a
commission or performance
opportunity arisen. I
spent hours pondering how
Mozart might have set
these sonatas in four- or
five-part form, providing
the needed textural or
contrapuntal
enhancements. With
immersion in the
composer’s
dialect, various apt
solutions presented
themselves. The search
for the
“right†one
then became a most
absorbing study.On the
eve of releasing my
Bogner’s Café
recording of
Mozart-Stallman New
Quintets (2006), I
discovered to my delight
that a prominent scholar
had long before endorsed
such an effort. Eric Blom
(1888–1959),
author of Mozart (1935),
had taken note of the
four-hand piano works as
“a kind of keyboard
chamber music.â€
Regarding Sonata, K. 497,
Mr. Blom had observed
that Mozart is often
dealing with, not the
expected four voices (one
to a hand), but five.
Blom states: “The F
major Sonata (K. 497)
removes us to another
world—the world of
the great chamber music,
especially of the string
quintets. Indeed an
arrangement of some sort
for a combination of
instruments would make a
magnificent concert work
of this almost
uncomfortably great piece
of domestic music.â€
That Mozart was in 1786
writing for piano duo
from a quintet
perspective makes sense,
as we find him returning
to the quintet form with
keen interest in his last
years, writing four
String Quintets, the
Clarinet Quintet,
rearranging a wind
serenade for String
Quintet, and leaving
several other quintets
incomplete. My
arrangement presented
here is made for flute
and strings but is also
intended for string
quintet.Quintet in F
Major for Flute and
Strings, K. 497, was
completed in 1999 and
performed with the
Martinů Quartet in the
Czech Republic prior to
recording it in 2004.
Mozart had finished the
original Sonata in F
Major for Piano,
Four-Hands, K. 497, on
August 1, 1786. It shows
the unmistakable
influence of Figaro,
completed and premiered
exactly three months
prior. As signaled by the
imposing introductory
Adagio, the conception is
on a grand symphonic
scale, all three
movements being richly
developed with
contrapuntal episodes and
an abundance of
marvelously contrasting
textures and themes
throughout. Called
“the crowning work
of its kind†by
Alfred Einstein, the
Sonata is laden with
examples of
Mozart’s mercurial
originality. Here we have
a perfect synthesis of
concertante brilliance,
operatic intensity and
intimate dialogue.The
work opens in unison with
a probing, minor-tinged
Adagio, whose question
comes to a pause on the
dominant, before being
answered with jaunty
certainty by the opening
theme of the Allegro di
molto—an F-major
tune as sunny and
confident as an aria from
Figaro itself. This
movement’s
declamatory “opera
chorusâ€
persistently intones its
rhythmic motto over a
swirling scale figure.
The amorous second theme
(initially presented in
the first viola) also
seems to be plucked from
Figaro.The Andante opens
with a heavenly melody,
which takes as its
springboard the Romanza
theme from the Horn
Concerto in E≤
Major, K. 495, written
only five weeks before.
The “love
duet†between flute
and first viola seems to
anticipate the
impassioned
“duettingâ€
between violin and viola
in the Andante of the
String Quintet in C
Major, K. 515, written
about nine months later.
The ingenious stretto
canon of the
Andante’s middle
section requires the
precision of a Swiss
clock (which its chiming
thirds recall). Affecting
bucolic codettas close
each of the main sections
of the movement.In the
final Allegro, a rondo in
6/8Â time, the puckish,
yet aristocratic
character of the opening
theme contrasts with the
bumptious, popular tune
used for the second theme
(heard first in the
violin and then the
flute, over pizzicato
cello). Lilting hymn-like
episodes in three, four-
and finally five-part
counterpoint are
repeatedly interrupted by
startling scale figures
that rise up in furioso
episodes throughout the
movement. As in the
“Swiss clockâ€
section of the Andante,
Mozart uses a stretto
imitation treatment with
this tempest theme,
thereby heightening both
intensity and sense of
instability.I am most
grateful to the
adventuresome Martinů
Quartet for their warm
support and collaboration
over the years with
several of my
arrangements, and to my
friend Edwin Swanborn for
the original typesetting
of this score. Gratitude
is also due Weekend
Edition, Performance
Today and innumerable
classical stations across
the United States for
their enthusiastic and
repeated airings of my
“new†Mozart
Quintet
endeavors—and most
of all, to violist
Katherine Murdock for
that dare in
1990.—Compiled
from the writings of
Robert Stallmanby Hannah
Woods Stallman,February
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| Quintet Piano Quintette: piano, 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Piano SKU: PR.11441123S C...(+)
Chamber Music Violin 1,
Violin 2, Viola, Cello,
Piano SKU:
PR.11441123S Composed
by Samuel Adler. Score.
With Standard notation.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41123S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441123S). UPC:
680160016303. 8.5 x 11
inches. The Quintet
for Piano and String
Quartet was written for
the American String
Quartet in the summer of
2000. It is in one
movement but has two
distinct parts. The first
is a slow movement
characterized by dotted
rhythms. It is a fantasy
with some long flowing
lines interrupted by
short fragments usually
in the piano. After a
rather agitated section
in 6/8 time, this section
comes to a quiet close on
a G-sharp major chord.
The second section of
this thirteen-minute work
is marked Fast and
Energetic. It begins with
chords that recur
throughout the movement
and after two measures a
long main theme is
introduced which is
developed and altered
during the rest of the
fast portion of the work.
One could call this
second part a sort of
rondo form since this
long lyrical theme
returns always after
contrasts. When it does
return, it is treated
often by means of
imitation, but at the
climax returns played in
unison by the strings
while the piano renders
an energetic sixteenth
note background. The work
ends on an E-flat major
chord though the piece is
certainly not in any one
key, but rather features
quick modulations. One
might call this non-tonal
music which nevertheless
always feels like it has
a tonal center. --Samuel
Adler. $27.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Piano Quintet Schott
Piano Quintet (Score & Parts) - difficult SKU: HL.49045531 For string ...(+)
Piano Quintet (Score &
Parts) - difficult
SKU: HL.49045531
For string quartet and
piano. Composed by
Pierre Jalbert. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2017. 84 pages.
Duration 19'. Schott
Music #ED31291. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49045531). ISBN
9781495094767. UPC:
888680685058.
9.0x12.0x0.401
inches. My Piano
Quintet consists of four
contrasting movements.
The first movement,
entitled Mannheim Rocket,
is a modern take on the
18th-century musical
technique in which a
rising figure speeds up
and grows louder. Marked
'Furioso', the movement
is gradually filled with
rising scalar figures
which build in volume and
finally 'launch' into
space with ethereal
string harmonics. At this
point, the music becomes
almost static, though the
inner rhythm
continues.The second
movement, entitled Kyrie,
is marked 'Still,
chant-like'. The
principal idea, stated
between first violin and
viola, is a chromatically
transformed chant-like
motive. It also features
a long, lyrical cello
line, made up exclusively
of natural harmonics,
emphasizing the
non-tempered ('out of
tune') 7th and 11th
partials.The third
movement is a scherzo in
which the strings and
piano sometimes alternate
and imitate each other,
reacting to each other's
gestures, and at other
times, combine and
synchronize to produce a
more blended sound. A
short Trio-like section
appears before the return
of the scherzo music.The
last movement, Pulse, is
made up of perpetually
moving 8th notes,
sometimes harmonically
static, but always
pushing forward. The work
is interrupted twice with
short, freer sections,
but always returns to its
pulse-oriented nature.-
Pierre Jalbert. $101.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Sonatina Orchestre à Cordes - Facile Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5 SKU: CF.YAS13F Composed by Muzio...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5
SKU: CF.YAS13F
Composed by Muzio
Clementi. Arranged by
Douglas Townsend. Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra Series.
Classical. Full score.
With Standard notation.
12 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #YAS13F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YAS13F). ISBN
9780825848339. UPC:
798408048334. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: G
major. IApart from
some of his Sonatinas,
Opus 36, Clementi's life
and music are hardly
known to the piano
teachers and students of
today. For example, in
addition to the above
mentioned Sonatinas,
Clementi wrote sixty
sonatas for the piano,
many of them unjustly
neglected, although his
friend Beethoven regarded
some of them very highly.
Clementi also wrote
symphonies (some of which
he arranged as piano
sonatas), a substantial
number of waltzes and
other dances for the
piano as well as sonatas
and sonatinas for piano
four-hands.In addition to
composing, Clementi was a
much sought after piano
teacher, and included
among his students John
Field (Father of the
'Nocturne'), and
Meyerbeer.In his later
years, Clementi became a
very successful music
publisher, publishing
among other works the
first English edition of
Beethoven's Violin
Concerto, in the great
composer's own
arrangement for the
piano, as well as some of
his string quartets.
Clementi was also one of
the first English piano
manufacturers to make
pianos with a metal frame
and string them with
wire.The Sonatina in C,
Opus 36, No. 1 was one of
six such works Clementi
wrote in 1797. He must
have been partial to
these little pieces (for
which he also provided
the fingerings), since
they were reissued
(without the fingering)
by the composer shortly
after 1801. About 1820,
he issued ''the sixth
edition, with
considerable improvements
by the author;· with
fingerings added and
several minor changes,
among which were that
many of them were written
an octave higher.IIIt has
often been said,
generally by those
unhampered by the facts,
that composers of the
past (and, dare we add,
the present?), usually
handled their financial
affairs with their public
and publishers with a
poor sense of business
acumen or common sense.
As a result they
frequently found
themselves in financial
straits.Contrary to
popular opinion, this was
the exception rather than
the rule. With the
exception of Mozart and
perhaps a few other
composers, the majority
of composers then, as
now, were quite
successful in their
dealings with the public
and their publishers, as
the following examples
will show.It was not
unusual for 18th- and
19th-century composers to
arrange some of their
more popular compositions
for different
combinations of
instruments in order to
increase their
availability to a larger
music-playing public.
Telemann, in the
introduction to his
seventy-two cantatas for
solo voice and one melody
instrument (flute, oboe
or violin, with the usual
continua) Der Harmonische
Gottesdienst, tor
example, suggests that if
a singer is not available
to perform a cantata the
voice part could be
played by another
instrument. And in the
introduction to his Six
Concertos and Six Suites
for flute, violin and
continua, he named four
different instrumental
combinations that could
perform these pieces, and
actually wrote out the
notes for the different
possibilities. Bach
arranged his violin
concertos for keyboard,
and Beethoven not only
arranged his Piano Sonata
in E Major, Opus 14, No.
1 for string quartet, he
also transposed it to the
key of F. Brahm's
well-known Quintet in F
Minor for piano and
strings was his own
arrangement of his
earlier sonata for two
pianos, also in F
Minor.IIIWe come now to
Clementi. It is well
known that some of his
sixty piano sonatas were
his own arrangements of
some of his lost
symphonies, and that some
of his rondos for piano
four-hands were
originally the last
movements of his solo
sonatas or piano trios.In
order to make the first
movement of his
delightful Sonatina in C,
Opus 36, No. 1 accessible
to young string players,
I have followed the
example established by
the composer himself by
arranging and transposing
one of his piano
compositions from one
medium (the piano) to
another. (string
instruments). In order to
simplify the work for
young string players, in
the process of adapting
it to the new medium it
was necessary to
transpose it from the
original key of C to G,
thereby doing away with
some of the difficulties
they would have
encountered in the
original key. The first
violin and cello parts
are similar to the right-
and left-hand parts of
the original piano
version. The few changes
I have made in these
parts have been for the
convenience of the string
players, but in no way do
they change the nature of
the music.Since the
original implied a
harmonic framework in
many places, I have added
a second violin and viola
part in such a way that
they not only have
interesting music to
play, but also fill in
some of the implied
harmony without in any
way detracting from the
composition's musical
value. Occasionally, it
has been necessary to
raise or lower a few
passages an octave or to
modify others slightly to
make them more accessible
for young players.It is
hoped that the musical
value of the composition
has not been too
compromised, and that
students and teachers
will come to enjoy this
little piece in its new
setting as much as
pianists have in the
original one. This
arrangement may also be
performed by a solo
string quartet. When
performed by a string
orchestra, the double
bass part may be
omitted.- Douglas
TownsendString editing by
Amy Rosen.
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by: --Occasionally
extending to third
position --Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty --Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts --Viola T.C.
part
included --Increase
in independence of parts
over beginning levels $8.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Quintet Piano et Orchestre EMB (Editio Musica Budapest)
String Orchestra and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ6338 Composed by Bela Bartok. Set ...(+)
String Orchestra and
Piano SKU:
BT.EMBZ6338 Composed
by Bela Bartok. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
1970. 304 pages. Editio
Musica Budapest
#EMBZ6338. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ6338).
Béla
Bartók composed his
Piano Quintet while at
grammar school in Pozsony
(Pressburg, now
Bratislava), and it still
shows the influence of
Brahms in its melody and
harmony. The work was
always resoundingly
successful at his
youthful concerts. When
on 7 January 1921 the
Waldbauer Quartet wanted
to repeat the programme
of a concert given ten
years previously,
Bartók was displeased
that this early work of
his should be performed
once again. Finally he
consented to the
performance, and played
the piano part himself.
The quintet was greeted
with tumults of applause,
unlike the other pieces
on the programme, which
were written later.
According to a
communication by Márta
Ziegler,Bartók threw
away the score in anger,
and for many years it was
believed to have been
destroyed. In 1963, the
editor Denijs Dille
received a package inside
which were the score and
parts, which had been
thought lost. Denijs
Dille wrote: 'In
preparing the text of
this edition for
practical purposes, I
used the autograph score,
and Bartók's own
handwritten parts for the
first and second violins,
viola, and cello. [...]
Bartók made so many
deletions and significant
changes in the score that
the resulting version was
somewhat different from
the original. In this
edition we give the last
version, supplemented
with the minor changes
and signs that can be
found in the string
parts.'. $113.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Orchestra SKU: PR.11641373S Composed by Peter Schickele. Full s...(+)
Orchestra Orchestra
SKU: PR.11641373S
Composed by Peter
Schickele. Full score.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41373S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641373S). UPC:
680160680344. The
concerto has always
seemed an especially
attractive medium to me,
not necessarily because
of its expectations of
virtuosity (although
flaunting it when you've
got it certainly has its
place), and emphatically
not because of the
perception of a concerto
as a contest, but because
so much of what I write
feels song-like; I'm very
much at home with the
age-old texture of melody
and accompaniment. I
hope, before I move on,
to have the opportunity
to write concertos for
all the major
instruments, and perhaps
some of the rarer ones as
well. The oboe is not
only one of the major
instruments, it is one of
my favorite instruments.
I've always loved its
sound, but since moving
to New York I have gotten
to hear and, in some
cases, know some
extremely fine oboists
who broadened my
appreciation of the
instrument's
possibilities. I
especially remember a
concert, probably in the
late 1960's, in which
Humbert Lucarelli played
a Handel concerto,
filling out large melodic
leaps with cascading
scale passages in a way
that raised the hair on
the back of your neck,
somewhat in the way that
John Coltrane's sheets of
sound did. The sweeping
scales in the second
movement of my concerto
were definitely inspired
by Bert Lucarelli's
performance. The first,
third and fifth movements
of the Concerto for Oboe
and Orchestra are
song-like, whereas the
second and fourth have
strong scherzo and dance
qualities, including a
couple of sections that
sound like out-and-out
pirate dances to me. The
hymn-like tune at the
beginning of the middle
movement was originally
begun as a vocal piece to
be sung by my wife, son
and daughter at my
brother's wedding, but I
couldn't come up with
good works for it, so it
ended up as an
instrumental chant. The
opening and closing of
the concerto make use of
the oboe's uniquely
soulful singing. I had
not heard Pamela Woods
Pecha's solo playing in
person when she
approached me about
writing a concerto, but I
had heard her fine
recording of chamber
music for oboe and
strings by the three B's
(English, that is: Bliss,
Bax and Britten) with the
Audubon Quartet. I
actually already had some
oboe concerto ideas in my
sketchbooks; although I
didn't end up using any
of those earlier ideas,
it's interesting that
most of them tended to
share the general feeling
and tonality of the
eventual opening of the
concerto. The work was
completed on October 13,
1994. I hate the
compromises involved in
making piano reductions
-- perhaps I would feel
differently if I were a
more accomplished pianist
-- so I often decide to
make piano reductions for
four hands rather than
two. My good friend Jon
Kimura Parker is a
terrific sight-reader,
and I roped him into
coming over to my place
on February 17, 1995, to
help me accompany Pamela
on the first read-through
of the piece. The first
performance of the work
took place on July 21,
1995, at the American
Music Festival in Duncan,
Oklahoma, with Mark
Parker conducting the
Festival Orchestra. $80.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Orchestra SKU: PR.11641373L Composed by Peter Schickele. Large ...(+)
Orchestra Orchestra
SKU: PR.11641373L
Composed by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41373L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641373L). UPC:
680160680337. The
concerto has always
seemed an especially
attractive medium to me,
not necessarily because
of its expectations of
virtuosity (although
flaunting it when you've
got it certainly has its
place), and emphatically
not because of the
perception of a concerto
as a contest, but because
so much of what I write
feels song-like; I'm very
much at home with the
age-old texture of melody
and accompaniment. I
hope, before I move on,
to have the opportunity
to write concertos for
all the major
instruments, and perhaps
some of the rarer ones as
well. The oboe is not
only one of the major
instruments, it is one of
my favorite instruments.
I've always loved its
sound, but since moving
to New York I have gotten
to hear and, in some
cases, know some
extremely fine oboists
who broadened my
appreciation of the
instrument's
possibilities. I
especially remember a
concert, probably in the
late 1960's, in which
Humbert Lucarelli played
a Handel concerto,
filling out large melodic
leaps with cascading
scale passages in a way
that raised the hair on
the back of your neck,
somewhat in the way that
John Coltrane's sheets of
sound did. The sweeping
scales in the second
movement of my concerto
were definitely inspired
by Bert Lucarelli's
performance. The first,
third and fifth movements
of the Concerto for Oboe
and Orchestra are
song-like, whereas the
second and fourth have
strong scherzo and dance
qualities, including a
couple of sections that
sound like out-and-out
pirate dances to me. The
hymn-like tune at the
beginning of the middle
movement was originally
begun as a vocal piece to
be sung by my wife, son
and daughter at my
brother's wedding, but I
couldn't come up with
good works for it, so it
ended up as an
instrumental chant. The
opening and closing of
the concerto make use of
the oboe's uniquely
soulful singing. I had
not heard Pamela Woods
Pecha's solo playing in
person when she
approached me about
writing a concerto, but I
had heard her fine
recording of chamber
music for oboe and
strings by the three B's
(English, that is: Bliss,
Bax and Britten) with the
Audubon Quartet. I
actually already had some
oboe concerto ideas in my
sketchbooks; although I
didn't end up using any
of those earlier ideas,
it's interesting that
most of them tended to
share the general feeling
and tonality of the
eventual opening of the
concerto. The work was
completed on October 13,
1994. I hate the
compromises involved in
making piano reductions
-- perhaps I would feel
differently if I were a
more accomplished pianist
-- so I often decide to
make piano reductions for
four hands rather than
two. My good friend Jon
Kimura Parker is a
terrific sight-reader,
and I roped him into
coming over to my place
on February 17, 1995, to
help me accompany Pamela
on the first read-through
of the piece. The first
performance of the work
took place on July 21,
1995, at the American
Music Festival in Duncan,
Oklahoma, with Mark
Parker conducting the
Festival Orchestra. $175.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Still Life with Melon & Sand (from Summer Suite) Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Imagine Music
Composed by Greg Bartholomew. For "trumpet, timpani & string orches...(+)
Composed by Greg
Bartholomew.
For "trumpet,
timpani & string
orchestra". Pathways
Series.
Level 4. Score and set of
parts. Duration "3
minutes, 40
seconds". Published
by Imagine
Music
$40.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Popsicle Rocket Sunrise (from Summer Suite) Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Imagine Music
Composed by Greg Bartholomew. For "trumpet, percussion & string orc...(+)
Composed by Greg
Bartholomew.
For "trumpet,
percussion &
string orchestra".
Pathways
Series. Level 4. Score
and set
of parts. Duration
"3 minutes,
40 seconds".
Published by
Imagine Music
$40.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Professor G. Scale's Amazing Time Machine De Haske Publications
Piano and String Quartet - very easy, easy SKU: BT.DHP-1084471-070 A h...(+)
Piano and String Quartet
- very easy, easy SKU:
BT.DHP-1084471-070
A historical journey
for beginner string
ensemble. Composed by
Janet Zadow. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 2008. 44
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1084471-070. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1084471-070).
ISBN 9789043128773.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. This great work
for young, inexperienced
string orchestras can be
performed in various
ways. The associated
story even makes a staged
performance possible. A
wonderful journey through
time enables the ensemble
members to practice the
notes of the G scale in
an enjoyable way. All
parts are for first
position only and require
first and second finger
patterns. A third violin
part can replace the
violas if necessary, and
a piano accompaniment is
included for harmonic and
rhythmic support. A fun
way to learn! This set
contains two first violin
parts, two second violin
parts, one viola part,
one third violin part
(viola), one cello part
(double bass) and one
score (piano
accompaniment).
Di
t fraaie werk voor jonge,
beginnende
strijkersorkesten kan op
verschillende manieren
worden uitgevoerd. Het
bijbehorende verhaal
maakt zelfs een
geënsceneerde
toneelvoorstelling
mogelijk. Een
fantastische reis door de
tijd geeftde leden van
het ensemble of orkest de
mogelijkheid om de noten
van de toonladder van G
(sol) op een prettige
manier te oefenen. Voor
alle partijen is alleen
de eerste positie nodig,
verder zijn de eerste en
tweede vingerstand
vereist.Een
derdevioolpartij is
bijgevoegd - voor het
geval er geen
altviolisten in het
ensemble zitten. Ook is
er een pianobegeleiding
meegeleverd, die
harmonische en ritmische
ondersteuning biedt. Een
leuke manier om te
leren!
Dieses
großartige Werk für
junge, noch unerfahrene
Streichensembles kann auf
verschiedene Weisen
gespielt werden. Die
damit verbundene
Erzählung ergänzt
den theoretischen
Unterricht und erlaubt
sogar eine
Bühnenaufführung.
Auf einer wunderbaren
Zeitreise können die
Ensemblemitglieder die
Töne der
G-Dur-Tonleiter auf
heitere Weise üben.
Alle Stimmen bewegen sich
nur innerhalb der ersten
Lage und erfordern die
erste und zweite
Griffart. Die
zusätzliche
Klavierbegleitung sorgt
für die harmonische
und rhythmische
Stütze. So macht
Lernen Spaß! Das Set
umfasst zwei erste und
zwei zweite Stimmen
für Violine, eine
Violastimme, eine dritte
Violine (alt. Viola),
eine Cello-
oderKontrabassstimme und
eine Partitur
(Klavierbegleitung).
Cette charmante
composition en plusieurs
tableaux s’adresse
aux jeunes Ensembles
Cordes
inexpérimentés. La
narration qui accompagne
la pièce permet
d’en faire une
véritable œuvre
scénique. Un
délicieux voyage dans
le temps permet aux
jeunes instrumentistes de
travailler les notes de
la gamme de Sol, tout en
se divertissant. Toutes
les voix sont écrites
en première position
et ne nécessitent que
l’utilisation des
premier et deuxième
schémas de doigts. La
partie optionnelle pour
violon 3 permet de
remplacer la voix
d’alto, si
nécessaire.
L’accompagnement
de piano inclus offre un
soutien harmonique et
rythmique. Un moyen
plaisant pour progresser
dans
l’apprentissage!In
strumentation : 2 Violons
1 & 2, 1 Alto (ou Violon
3), 1 Violoncelle (ou
Contrebasse), 1 partie de
Piano.
Questa
piacevole composizione si
rivolge a tutti gli
ensemble d'archi senza
esperienza. La narrazione
che accompagna il brano
permette di farne una
vera opera scenica. Un
delizioso viaggio nel
tempo che consente ai
giovani strumentisti di
lavorare le note della
scala di Sol
divertendosi. Tutte le
voci sono scritte in
prima posizione e non
necessitano l'utilizzo
del primo e del secondo
schema della dita. La
parte opzionale del
violino 3 permette di
sostituire la parte della
viola. L'accompagnamento
del piano incluso offre
un sostegno armonico e
ritmico. Strumentazione:
2 violini 1 & 2, 1 viola
(o violino 3), 1
violoncello (o
contrabbasso), 1 parte
del piano. $38.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Contextures: Riots - Decade '60 Orchestre Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
PR.11641867S Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S). UPC:
680160683208. Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death. $43.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Septet Merion Music
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin, Violin 1, Violin 2 SKU: PR.1444075...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Viola, Violin,
Violin 1, Violin 2
SKU: PR.14440757S
Composed by Ellen Taaffe
Zwilich. Full score. 64
pages. Duration 24
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40757S. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.14440757S). ISBN
9781491136539. UPC:
680160689347. Ellen
Taaffe Zwilich’s
Septet is the first major
work written for this
combination of
instruments, and the
pioneering process was
greatly enjoyed by the
composer: “While
the instrumentation of
the Septet provides an
almost orchestral
palette, and it was
interesting to explore
that, I love the idea of
seven artist-performers,
each of whom can be a
stunning virtuoso one
moment and a thoughtful
partner the next, and I
relish the electricity
that results from those
shifting roles.â€
Septet was written for
the
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robins
on Trio and the Miami
String Quartet, to whom
it is dedicated. String
parts available on
rental. For advanced
ensembles. Duration:
24’. Writing
music is a labor of love
for me. My greatest
joy is writing for
performers whom I can be
sure will not only
deliver the notes
accurately, but will
project the meaning
behind the notes. To
have performers in the
wings who will bring
their own imagination and
deep understanding to a
performance is an
inspiration to me. So
I approached the writing
of my Septet for the
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robins
on Trio and the Miami
String Quartet with great
anticipation and
pleasure.The fact that
there is no model for
such a Septet made the
pre-composition process a
most enjoyable
exploration. I liked
the idea of having two
strong ensemble
personalities in the mix,
and I thought that there
must be some sort of
challenging interchange
at the outset. The
first movement,
“Introductions,â
(note the plural)
starts with the piano
trio throwing down the
gauntlet and the string
quartet entering quietly,
but gradually (almost one
by one) joining with the
trio to make a true
septet with multi-faceted
relations. The second
movement, “Quasi
una Passacaglia,â€
is based on a repeated
phrase pattern. Part
of the formal design is a
contrast between
“Baroqueâ€
style performance and
modern, more romantic
ways of playing.Â
“Games,†the
third movement, involves
much playful interplay
and the fourth movement,
“Au revoir,â€
offers both reminiscence
and farewell – not
“good-bye,â€
but “until we meet
again.â€Throughout
the piece, two of my
persistent fascinations
are explored: firstly, my
interest in designing
initial material that can
evolve into large-scale
form, and secondly, the
pleasure I take in
chamber music. While
the instrumentation of
the Septet provides an
almost orchestral palette
and it was interesting to
explore that, I love the
idea of 7
artist-performers, each
of whom can be a stunning
virtuoso one moment and a
thoughtful partner the
next, and I relish the
electricity that results
form those shifting
roles. $35.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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