| Three Dance Portraits 1 Piano, 4 mains Galaxy Music Corporation
Composed by Allen Shawn. Piano Duet. Secular, 20th Century. Published by Galaxy...(+)
Composed by Allen Shawn.
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| Three Dance Portraits Piano seul Edward B. Marks Music Company
Piano Solo. By William Bolcom. Piano. Size 9x12 inches. 24 pages. Published by M...(+)
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Bolcom. Piano. Size 9x12
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| Portraits for Modern Dance Piano seul [Conducteur] Seesaw Music Corp
Piano Solo SKU: SS.50006490 And Three Impressions. Composed by Mic...(+)
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SS.50006490 And
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| Portraits for Modern Dance Piano seul [Conducteur] Seesaw Music Corp
Piano SKU: SU.50006490 For Piano. Composed by Michael Cunningham. ...(+)
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SU.50006490 For
Piano. Composed by
Michael Cunningham.
Keyboard,
Piano/Harpsichord. Score.
Seesaw Music Corp
#50006490. Published by
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(and Three
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| John W. Schaum : Adult Piano Course, Book 3 Piano seul [Partition] - Débutant Alfred Publishing
By John W. Schaum. For Piano. Piano - Schaum Method. Book. 48 pages. Published b...(+)
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Method. Book. 48 pages.
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| The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Volume 8 Violin CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220204 Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Strings, Violin. CD (PDF Sc...(+)
SKU: SU.00220204
Composed by Igor
Stravinsky. Strings,
Violin. CD (PDF Scores).
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BARTÓK Rhapsody for
Piano and Orchestra,
Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2,
2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4
Pieces, Romanian Folk
Dances; CARPENTER
Adventures in a
Perambulator (Fantastic
Suite); DOHNÃNYI
Variations on a Nursery
Song; ENESCO Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian
Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain, La Vida Breve
Dance, The Three-Cornered
Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto;
JANÃCEK Lachian Dances
1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2
Symphonique, Saudades do
Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 3, Violin
Concerto No. 1, Symphony
No. 1 (Classical);
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.
1, Symphony No. 2, Isle
of the Dead, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 2, Piano
Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances
Suite No. 1, Fountains of
Rome, Concerto
Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY
Petrushka Suite, The Rite
of Spring (1911 version),
Chant du Rossignol
(original version),
Pulcinella Suite, Suite
No. 1 for Small
Orchestra, Fireworks,
L'Histoire du Soldat,
Scherzo Fantastique, Four
Studies for Orchestra,
Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1
(Sea), Symphony No. 2
(London), Symphony No. 3
(Pastoral), Wasps
Overture (Suite),
Fantasia on a Theme of
Thomas Tallis, Fantasia
on Christmas Carols, Five
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ase note, customers using
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| The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Volume 8 Harp/Keyboard/Other CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220208 Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Harp, Keyboard, Piano/Harps...(+)
SKU: SU.00220208
Composed by Igor
Stravinsky. Harp,
Keyboard,
Piano/Harpsichord. CD
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BARTÓK Rhapsody for
Piano and Orchestra,
Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2,
2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4
Pieces, Romanian Folk
Dances; CARPENTER
Adventures in a
Perambulator (Fantastic
Suite); DOHNÃNYI
Variations on a Nursery
Song; ENESCO Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian
Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain, La Vida Breve
Dance, The Three-Cornered
Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto;
JANÃCEK Lachian Dances
1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2
Symphonique, Saudades do
Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 3, Violin
Concerto No. 1, Symphony
No. 1 (Classical);
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.
1, Symphony No. 2, Isle
of the Dead, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 2, Piano
Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances
Suite No. 1, Fountains of
Rome, Concerto
Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY
Petrushka Suite, The Rite
of Spring (1911 version),
Chant du Rossignol
(original version),
Pulcinella Suite, Suite
No. 1 for Small
Orchestra, Fireworks,
L'Histoire du Soldat,
Scherzo Fantastique, Four
Studies for Orchestra,
Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1
(Sea), Symphony No. 2
(London), Symphony No. 3
(Pastoral), Wasps
Overture (Suite),
Fantasia on a Theme of
Thomas Tallis, Fantasia
on Christmas Carols, Five
Mystical Songs Visit for
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ase note, customers using
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| The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Volume 8 Flute CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220196 Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Woodwinds, Flute/Piccolo. C...(+)
SKU: SU.00220196
Composed by Igor
Stravinsky. Woodwinds,
Flute/Piccolo. CD (PDF
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BARTÓK Rhapsody for
Piano and Orchestra,
Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2,
2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4
Pieces, Romanian Folk
Dances; CARPENTER
Adventures in a
Perambulator (Fantastic
Suite); DOHNÃNYI
Variations on a Nursery
Song; ENESCO Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian
Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain, La Vida Breve
Dance, The Three-Cornered
Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto;
JANÃCEK Lachian Dances
1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2
Symphonique, Saudades do
Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 3, Violin
Concerto No. 1, Symphony
No. 1 (Classical);
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.
1, Symphony No. 2, Isle
of the Dead, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 2, Piano
Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances
Suite No. 1, Fountains of
Rome, Concerto
Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY
Petrushka Suite, The Rite
of Spring (1911 version),
Chant du Rossignol
(original version),
Pulcinella Suite, Suite
No. 1 for Small
Orchestra, Fireworks,
L'Histoire du Soldat,
Scherzo Fantastique, Four
Studies for Orchestra,
Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1
(Sea), Symphony No. 2
(London), Symphony No. 3
(Pastoral), Wasps
Overture (Suite),
Fantasia on a Theme of
Thomas Tallis, Fantasia
on Christmas Carols, Five
Mystical Songs Visit for
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ase note, customers using
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| The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Volume 8 Oboe CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220197 Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Woodwinds, Oboe/English Hor...(+)
SKU: SU.00220197
Composed by Igor
Stravinsky. Woodwinds,
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BARTÓK Rhapsody for
Piano and Orchestra,
Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2,
2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4
Pieces, Romanian Folk
Dances; CARPENTER
Adventures in a
Perambulator (Fantastic
Suite); DOHNÃNYI
Variations on a Nursery
Song; ENESCO Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian
Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain, La Vida Breve
Dance, The Three-Cornered
Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto;
JANÃCEK Lachian Dances
1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2
Symphonique, Saudades do
Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 3, Violin
Concerto No. 1, Symphony
No. 1 (Classical);
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.
1, Symphony No. 2, Isle
of the Dead, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 2, Piano
Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances
Suite No. 1, Fountains of
Rome, Concerto
Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY
Petrushka Suite, The Rite
of Spring (1911 version),
Chant du Rossignol
(original version),
Pulcinella Suite, Suite
No. 1 for Small
Orchestra, Fireworks,
L'Histoire du Soldat,
Scherzo Fantastique, Four
Studies for Orchestra,
Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1
(Sea), Symphony No. 2
(London), Symphony No. 3
(Pastoral), Wasps
Overture (Suite),
Fantasia on a Theme of
Thomas Tallis, Fantasia
on Christmas Carols, Five
Mystical Songs Visit for
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ase note, customers using
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| The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Volume 8 Clarinet CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220198 Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Woodwinds, Clarinet. CD (PD...(+)
SKU: SU.00220198
Composed by Igor
Stravinsky. Woodwinds,
Clarinet. CD (PDF
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BARTÓK Rhapsody for
Piano and Orchestra,
Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2,
2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4
Pieces, Romanian Folk
Dances; CARPENTER
Adventures in a
Perambulator (Fantastic
Suite); DOHNÃNYI
Variations on a Nursery
Song; ENESCO Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian
Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain, La Vida Breve
Dance, The Three-Cornered
Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto;
JANÃCEK Lachian Dances
1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2
Symphonique, Saudades do
Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 3, Violin
Concerto No. 1, Symphony
No. 1 (Classical);
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.
1, Symphony No. 2, Isle
of the Dead, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 2, Piano
Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances
Suite No. 1, Fountains of
Rome, Concerto
Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY
Petrushka Suite, The Rite
of Spring (1911 version),
Chant du Rossignol
(original version),
Pulcinella Suite, Suite
No. 1 for Small
Orchestra, Fireworks,
L'Histoire du Soldat,
Scherzo Fantastique, Four
Studies for Orchestra,
Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1
(Sea), Symphony No. 2
(London), Symphony No. 3
(Pastoral), Wasps
Overture (Suite),
Fantasia on a Theme of
Thomas Tallis, Fantasia
on Christmas Carols, Five
Mystical Songs Visit for
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information Ple
ase note, customers using
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| The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Volume 8 Double Bass CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220207 Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Strings, Contrabass. CD (PD...(+)
SKU: SU.00220207
Composed by Igor
Stravinsky. Strings,
Contrabass. CD (PDF
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#00220207. Published by
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cost several hundred
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embedded Adobe® Reader
technology. Contents:
BARTÓK Rhapsody for
Piano and Orchestra,
Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2,
2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4
Pieces, Romanian Folk
Dances; CARPENTER
Adventures in a
Perambulator (Fantastic
Suite); DOHNÃNYI
Variations on a Nursery
Song; ENESCO Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian
Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain, La Vida Breve
Dance, The Three-Cornered
Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto;
JANÃCEK Lachian Dances
1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2
Symphonique, Saudades do
Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 3, Violin
Concerto No. 1, Symphony
No. 1 (Classical);
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.
1, Symphony No. 2, Isle
of the Dead, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Piano
Concerto No. 2, Piano
Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances
Suite No. 1, Fountains of
Rome, Concerto
Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY
Petrushka Suite, The Rite
of Spring (1911 version),
Chant du Rossignol
(original version),
Pulcinella Suite, Suite
No. 1 for Small
Orchestra, Fireworks,
L'Histoire du Soldat,
Scherzo Fantastique, Four
Studies for Orchestra,
Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1
(Sea), Symphony No. 2
(London), Symphony No. 3
(Pastoral), Wasps
Overture (Suite),
Fantasia on a Theme of
Thomas Tallis, Fantasia
on Christmas Carols, Five
Mystical Songs Visit for
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ase note, customers using
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| The Boosey and Hawkes Piano Anthology Piano seul [Partition] Boosey and Hawkes
(33 Pieces by 23 Composers). By Various. BH Piano. Softcover. 224 pages. Boosey ...(+)
(33 Pieces by 23
Composers). By Various.
BH Piano. Softcover. 224
pages. Boosey and Hawkes
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| Prophesies [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Cello, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2 SKU: PR.114419030 Score...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2
SKU: PR.114419030
Score and Parts.
Composed by Mohammed
Fairouz. Sws. Score and
parts. With Standard
notation. 68 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41903. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114419030). ISBN
9781491114124. UPC:
680160669851. 9 x 12
inches. A
fascination with
polycultural synergy
between diverse literary
textsdrives the
inspiration for much of
Mohammed Fairouz’s
prodigiouscreative
output, including
instrumental music as
well as vocal. Inhis
profound and extensive
essay preceding the
score, Fairouz shedslight
on how Edgar Allen
Poe’s “Israfel”
relates to the
prophetsand prophesies of
the Quran, Old Testament,
and New Testament.The
eight-movement quartet
may be heard as a
dramatic galleryof
portraits and of
story-telling,
flourishing in a
post-traditionallanguage
that is at once
vernacular and spiritual,
Middle Easternand
Western. The complete set
of score and parts is
included in
thispublication. (See
pages 2-3 of score for
clear distinction of
paragraphs,
etc.)Prophesies, by
Mohammed FairouzEdgar
Allen Poe’s rendition
of Israfel was the point
of departure for the
final movement of my
previous stringquartet
which is titled The Named
Angels. At the opening of
his poem, Poe evokes the
Quran:“And the angel
Israfel, whose
heartstrings are a lute,
and who has the sweetest
voice of all God’s
creatures.”This informs
the first lines of the
poem that, in turn, gave
me the title for the
final movement of The
Named
Angels,“Israfel’s
Spell”:In Heaven a
spirit doth dwell“Whose
heartstrings are a
lute”None sing so
wildly wellAs the angel
Israfel,And the giddy
stars (so legends
tell),Ceasing their
hymns, attend the spellOf
his voice, all mute.It is
the end of that poem,
however, that is the
starting point for the
current quartet,
Prophesies, which
concernsitself with
mortal prophets rather
than eternal Angelic
spirits.If I could
dwellWhere IsrafelHath
dwelt, and he where I,He
might not sing so wildly
wellA mortal melody,While
a bolder note than this
might swellFrom my lyre
within the sky.Islamic
thought has asked us to
look at the example of
the prophets. That’s
significant because of
the fact thatJoseph and
all the prophets were
human beings with the
flaws of human beings. No
prophet was perfect,
andIslamic tradition has
never asked its followers
to aspire to the example
of the Angels, the
perfected ones. Instead
weare given the gift of
our prophets. While The
Named Angels drew on the
motion and energy of
everlasting
spirits,Prophesies is a
depiction of the
movements within our own
mortal coil.This quartet
is a continuation of a
long tradition of Muslim
artists telling their
stories and singing their
songs.Many of these
renditions are, in fact,
figurative and (contrary
to popular belief) the
Quran contains no
“Islamicedict”
prohibiting figurative
renditions of the figures
described in the Old
Testament, New Testament,
or Quran.The majority of
artists, however, have
preferred eternal and
abstract forms such as
words and their
calligraphicrepresentatio
ns, poems (Yusuf and
Zuleikha or the
Conference of Birds come
immediately to mind),
architecture,and many
other non-figurative art
forms to the
representation of man.
These cold, ancient, and
everlasting shapesof
unending time flourished,
and the divine infinity
of representing geometric
forms gained favor over
the placementof the
explicit representation
of mankind and our own
likeness at the center of
the universes.Adding the
string quartet to these
forms which express the
recursive spheres of
heavens and earth
abstractly shouldexplain
why I have chosen to
render higher things
through the use of music
without the addition of
words or anyother
art-form. It is the
abstract art of pure
form, in which all is
form and all is content,
which compels me.
Thisquartet should be
seen as no more
programmatic than the
arches of the Great
Mosque at Cordoba.The
first movement, Yāqub
(Jacob), is slow, quiet
and prayerful. It evokes
the patient sorrow of a
slow choraledeveloping
over time as it coaxes
our pulse out of the
ticking of a clock-like
meter that defines our
day-to-day livesand into
a divine eternity.The
second, Saleh, imagines
the spirit of that
desert-prophet through
the use of a Liwa; the
dance-sequence that
hasbeen such a prevalent
form of expression in the
Arabian Peninsula for
much of our recorded
history.The third
movement is titled
Dawoōd, and it is
emblematic of the beloved
Prophet, King, and
Psalmist, David.Though it
has no lyrics, the
movement functions as a
dabkeh (an ancient dance
native to the Levant) and
also “sets”the
opening of Psalm 100
(Make a joyful noise unto
the Lord, all ye lands).
This line is never set to
music or sung inthe
quartet but is evoked
through the rhythmic
shape of the violin part
which imitates the
phonology and rhythmof my
speaking the opening line
in the Hebrew and
develops the contours of
that line incessantly
throughout
themovement.3The fourth
movement is an ode to
Yousef (Joseph) and
relates to the first
movement in tempo and
tone just as
Josephrelates to Jacob,
his father. Together, the
first and fourth
movements provide a sort
of Lamentation and
relief.Joseph had the
appearance of a noble
angel, but he was very
much a human being. And
the story of this
particularprophet had
tragic beginnings many
years before he found
himself in a position of
power in Egypt. Back in
his youth,still among the
Israelites, Joseph
experienced a series of
revelations through his
dreams that spoke of his
impendingcareer in
prophecy. He confided his
dreams to his father, the
Prophet Jacob, who told
his son of the greatness
thatawaited him in his
future only to have his
brothers throw him into a
well and leave him for
dead. Joseph
eventuallyfound his way
from Israel to Egypt and
rose out of slavery into
a position of power.
Meanwhile, famine engulfs
Israel.Forty years pass,
and back in the land of
Jacob and Rachel, of
Joseph’s brothers and
Abraham’s tribe, Israel
wasnot spared the effects
of the famine. They
sorely lacked Joseph’s
prophecy and his vision.
The Qur’an then tells
usthat Jacob, sensing
Joseph, sends the other
brothers to Egypt
instructing them to come
back with food and
grain.Arriving in Egypt,
they unwittingly appear
before Joseph. They
don’t recognize their
little brother who has
risen toa position of
might, dressed in his
Egyptian regalia. They
ask for the food and the
grain.After some
conversation, Joseph is
no longer able to contain
his emotion. Overcome, he
reveals himself to his
nowterrified brothers. He
embraces them. He asks
them eagerly, “How is
our father?” Joseph
gives them the gift of
thefood and the grain
that they came in search
of. He relieves them from
hunger and alleviates
their fear. He sendsthem
back with proof that he
is alive, and it is this
joyful proof from the
miraculous hands of a
prophet that bringsback
the ancient Jacob’s
vision after 40 years of
blindness.In this story,
I am struck by the fact
that Joseph may not have
made the decision to
forgive his brothers on
thespot, but that
something inside the
prophet’s soul found
forgiveness and peace for
the brothers who had so
gravelywronged him at
some point along his
journey. I would suspect
this point to have been
present at Joseph’s
inception,even before he
had ever been
wronged.This is proof, if
we needed it, that
Joseph’s angel-like
beauty was not only
physical and external,
but also internalas well:
Joseph possessed a
profound loveliness of
spirit that bound his
appearance and his soul.
In Joseph, formand soul
are one.Time is to
musicians what light is
to a painter. In this
way, the story of Joseph
also shows us that time
can affectour perception
of even the most tragic
wounds. In fact, the most
common Arabic word for
“human being” is
insaan,which shares its
roots with the word
insaa, “to forget.”
While our ability to
remember is essential to
how we learnabout
ourselves, our capacity
to “forgive and
forget” may also be one
of our great gifts as
human beings.The fifth
movement follows my ode
to Joseph with a
structural memory of
Mūsa (Moses). The
movement consistsentirely
of descending motifs
which I constructed as an
indication of Moses’
descending movement as he
emergedto his people from
the heights of Mt. Sinai.
The music is constructed
in five phrases which
function as a
formalreference to the
five books of Moses, the
Pentateuch. The movement
is placed as the fifth of
the quartet for the
samereason.While Joseph
is always evoked as
supremely beautiful in
the Books of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam,
Suleiman(Solomon) is
described as surpassing
in his quicksilver
intelligence. This
movement is composed of a
seven-partriddle which
passes by in an instant
but can be caught by the
attentive listener. From
Solomon, we work our
wayback to Yishak (Isaac)
in a seventh movement
that evokes Isaac’s
literal meaning in Arabic
and Hebrew: laughter.The
eighth and final movement
of this quartet is named
for the Patriarch of the
entire Book: Ibrahim
(Abraham). Itrelates to
Isaac just as Joseph
relates to Jacob; they
are father and son. The
lines are prayerful and
contemplative;the form of
the music evolves from a
fugue joining together
many different forms of
prayer into a single
tapestry ofcounterpoint,
to the cyclical form of
this entire quartet which
is rendered through the
motion of pilgrims
circling theKaaba (cube)
in Mecca — a structure
which was built by
Abraham for Hagaar and
their son Ismail.These
are just some of the
figures that are
cherished by all three of
the Middle Eastern
monotheisms
(Judaism,Christianity,
and Islam) that the
Qur’an refers to
collectively as Ahl
Al-Kitab. This Arabic
phrase is most
commonlytranslated as
“The People of the
Book,” but here the
most common translation
is a flawed one: the
Arabic word“ahl”
means “family” and
not just “people.” A
better translation would
be “Family of the
Book.” Each of the
eightmovements of
Prophesies grows from a
single musical cell.This
quartet is a family
album.—Mohammed Fairouz
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Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: SMezMez(A)ATTBarBBB - choir: SSAATTBB -...(+)
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SKU: BR.DV-6081
Lyrical Opera in 3
Acts. Composed by
Pjotr Iljitsch
Tschaikowsky. Edited by
Manfred Koerth / Wo
Ebermann. Arranged by M.
Koerth and W. Ebermann.
Choir; Softbound.
Deutscher Verlag. Opera;
Music theatre; Romantic.
Piano/Vocal Score. 300
pages. Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik #DV 6081.
Published by Deutscher
Verlag fur Musik
(BR.DV-6081). ISBN
9790200460032. 9.5 x 12
inches. Duration:
full evening
Translation
: German (W. Ebermann/M.
Koerth), Engl. (D.
Llyod-Jones), French (M.
Delines) Place and
time: Partly on the
estate, partly in
Petersburg, in 20ies of
the 19th
Century
Characters
: Larina, Owner of the
Estate (mezzo-soprano) -
Tatiana (soprano) and
Olga (alto), her
Daughters - Filipjewna,
Wet Nurse
(mezzo-soprano/alto) -
Eugen Onegin (baritone) -
Lenskij (tenor) - Prince
Gremin (bass) - A
Commander (bass) -
Saretzkij (bass) -
Triquet, a French Man
(tenor) - Guillot, a
Valet (silent part) -
Country Folk, Ball
Guests, Squire, Officers
(chorus) - Waltz,
mazurka, polonaise and
Russian dance (Ballet
)
There is an
interesting parallel
between the subject of
the opera and
Tchaikovsky's life during
the year he wrote the
work (1877): in each
case, a letter provokes
fateful developments in
the lives of the
protagonists. In the
opera, Tatyana's love
letter to Eugene sets off
the tragedy, whereas in
real life, the love
letter of a pupil led the
composer into a marriage,
which lasted all of ...
three months. Tchaikovsky
took this doomed decision
without love, solely
because the circumstances
want it and because I
cannot act differently.
Certain allusions made,
for example, in a letter
of January 1878 to
Taneyev suggest that the
composer's personal
situation also flowed
into the work: I did not
want anything to do with
the so-called 'grand
opera.' I am looking for
an intimate but powerful
drama which is built on
the conflict of
circumstances which I
myself have seen and
experienced, a conflict
which truly moves me.
Partly for this reason
the composer decided to
call the work not an
opera but lyrical
scenes.Eugene Onegin,
conceived by Tchaikovsky
for limited resources and
a small stage, is the
most frequently performed
Russian opera today along
with Mussorgsky's Boris
Godunov, which represents
a completely contrary
aesthetic stance.
Tschaikowskys
letzte Oper - auf ein
Libretto seines Bruders
Modest nach der
Dramenvorlage des
danischen Schriftstellers
Henrik Hertz - lebt von
den poetischen Momenten
und den symbolbeladenen
Charakterportrats der
Hauptfiguren: Die junge
blinde Jolanthe wird von
ihrem Vater aus Sorge um
ihren Makel und zum
Schutz ihrer
Jungfraulichkeit und vor
den Widrigkeiten der Welt
in einen paradiesischen
Garten gesperrt. Er
befielt zu ihrem Schutz
sie um ihre Blindheit
unwissend zu lassen. Ein
Arzt warnt sehen werde
sie nur konnen wenn sie
es selbst wolle gleich
welche Angste aus der
vollstandigen Erkenntnis
der Welt erwachsen. Als
der junge Vaudemont in
ihre Abgeschiedenheit
einbricht und sich beide
ineinander verlieben
befreit er sie von ihrer
Unwissenheit erklart was
Farbe und Licht bedeuten.
Erst die Liebe zu ihm
macht sie sehend.
Die dunkle Welt
der Jolanthe zeichnet
Tschaikowsky zu Beginn
musikalisch durch eine
Introduktion
ausschliesslich fur
Blaser. Erst mit dem
Eintritt in die
unbekannte Welt der Liebe
und des Sehens verwendet
Tschaikowsky einen warmen
Streicherklang. Gerade
dadurch stiess die Oper
wohl bei Zeitgenossen auf
Verstorung. Tschaikowskys
,,Jolanthe nimmt in
seinem Opernschaffen eine
Sonderstellung ein: neben
dem glucklichen Ende
einer Apotheose des
Lichts und der Liebe mit
einem religios gepragten
Schlusschoral ist es
eines der wenigen
Buhnenwerke Tschaikowskys
ohne Bezug zur russischen
Geschichte. Der
ausgepragte Lyrismus des
Werks verweist
stattdessen auf
Tschaikowskys Nahe zur
franzosischen Kultur die
im 19. Jahrhundert einen
starken Einfluss auf
Russland hatte. Die Oper
wurde 1892 am
Mariinsky-Theater in
Sankt Petersburg als
Auftragswerk zusammen mit
seinem Ballett ,,Der
Nussknacker
uraufgefuhrt.
Nebe
n der Produktion des
Munchner
Rundfunkorchesters wurde
,,Jolanthe szenisch
erfolgreich bei den
Festspielen Baden-Baden
mit Anna Netrebko und
Piotr Beczala als
Liebespaar rehabilitiert.
Ausserhalb Deutschlands
lief die Opernraritat in
Toulouse Tokyo San
Sebastian und Monte
Carlo. Zuletzt erneut die
,,Suddeutsche Zeitung:
,,Jolanthe ist eine
Opernausgrabung die
,,wirklich zu Unrecht
vergessen ist.
Tchaikovsky's last opera
- on a libretto by the
composer's brother Modest
based on the drama by the
Danish author Henrik
Hertz - derives its
life-blood from its
poetic moments and the
symbol-laden portraits of
the leading characters:
the blind young Yolanta
is kept prisoner in a
paradisiacal garden by
her father who fears for
her purity and her
virginity and seeks to
protect her from the
adversities of the world.
To do so he orders
everyone to keep her
ignorant of the fact that
she is blind. A doctor
warns that she will only
be able to see when she
is ready to do so herself
no matter what fears
might result from a
complete experience of
the world. When the young
Vaudemont breaks into her
secluded world and the
two fall in love he frees
her from her ignorance
and explains the
significance of color and
light. It is through her
love for him that she is
finally able to see. At
the beginning of the work
Tchaikovsky depicts
Yolanta's dark world with
an introduction scored
exclusively for winds. It
is not until her
discovery of the unknown
world of love and sight
that Tchaikovsky uses a
warm string sound. This
is what many of the
composer's contemporaries
found disturbing about
the
opera.
Tchaikovsky
's Yolanta occupies a
special place in the
composer's operatic
oeuvre: for one it has a
happy ending an
apotheosis of light and
love with a religiously
stamped closing chorale;
for another it is one of
Tchaikovsky's few stage
works without any
reference to Russian
history. Instead the
work's pronounced
lyricism points to the
composer's closeness to
French culture. which
exerted a strong
influence on Russia in
the 19th
century.
The opera
was given its world
premiere at the Mariinsky
Theater in St. Petersburg
in 1892. It had been
commissioned along with
the ballet The
Nutcracker. Next to the
production by the
Munchner
Rundfunkorchester Yolanta
was also successfully
rehabilitated in a recent
staged production at the
Baden-Baden Festival with
Anna Netrebko and Piotr
Beczala as the lovers.
Outside of Germany the
operatic rarity was
performed in Toulouse
Tokyo San Sebastian and
Monte Carlo.
In
closing another quote
from the Suddeutsche
Zeitung: 'Yolanta' is an
operatic rediscovery of a
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By Ludwig van Beethoven
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and performance CD for
solo piano.
Intermediate/Late
Intermediate (4/5/6).
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
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