| The Wind Won't Listen Theodore Presser Co.
Bassoon, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello SKU: PR.16400261S Compose...(+)
Bassoon, Viola, Violin 1,
Violin 2, Violoncello
SKU: PR.16400261S
Composed by Dan Welcher.
With Standard notation.
Duration 15 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00261S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400261S). UPC:
680160038411. Since
the bassoon is my own
instrument, many people
have asked me why I've
written so little for the
instrument. Beyond my
early Concerto Da Camera
for bassoon and small
orchestra, written for
Leonard Sharrow in 1975,
I've not written a single
piece that features the
bassoon as a solo vehicle
(though I have written
three woodwind quintets).
When I first began
composing seriously,
critics were quick to
point out that my
orchestral writing
revealed nothing of my
roots as a woodwind
player--and bassoonists
asked why my pieces
didn't have more bassoon
solos. Perhaps I was so
aware that people were
looking at me as a
bassoonist/composer that
I was determined to
remove that stigma. Now
that my transformation
from performer to
composer is complete,
however, it's time to
re-address my instrument.
I wanted this new piece
to be serious rather than
whimsical. The Wind Won't
Listen represents my
return to the bassoon as
the highly expressive,
poetic soul that it is.
As such, it
shouldn't come as a
surprise that the piece
is based on a poem, and
that the title of the
piece as well as both its
movement titles come from
lines in that poem. I
first read Beth Gylys'
poem Split at the
MacDowell Colony in the
summer of 2001, and it
made a big impression on
me. My personal life had
been ruptured by divorce
in the preceding year.
This poem, with its dry
insistence on observation
rather than feeling,
expressed the wrung-out
state of my emotions at
the time better than any
I had seen. I set it to
music, as a song,
immediately. In this
format, for voice and
piano, I was able to put
a musical note to every
word of the poem. The
first lines of the poem,
Everyone I know is
crying, or should be
crying, became a melody
that haunted me even
without the words.
The work for bassoon and
string quartet is an
outgrowth of the song.
The first movement is
labeled Romanza, and has
a loose formal arch
structure of A-B-C-B-A,
with B and C being fast
sections framed by the
lamenting A music. In
addition to hearing the
bassoon's first notes
attached to the lines
Everyone I know is
crying, there's a sense
of agitation, of loss, of
longing, and at times of
desperation in the music.
At one point, the opening
theme from Tristan even
appears in the strings.
The second
movement follows, without
a real pause--the
pizzicato final chords of
the first movement
becoming the increasingly
aggressive opening chords
of the second. The
recitative is actually a
foreshadowing of the
basic theme that will be
varied, again to the
words of the song: Life
makes itself without us.
Don't let me tell you how
it is. Go out. Look. The
recitative begins in an
anguished state, but
subsides into more gentle
singing by the end, when
it simply falls into an
ostinato 5/8-3/4 pattern
to begin the variations.
Marked Very steady tempo;
Dancing, this set of
variations consists of
three dances, each faster
than the previous. The
first, in the
aforementioned 5/8-3/4
meter, gives way to a 3/8
scherzo, which in turn
takes on a furious 2/4
scurrying motion. The
music becomes breathless,
almost pulse-less, and an
ethereal theme appears in
the violins while the
rushing music continues,
sotto voce in the
bassoon. This new theme
is also from the song:
Why do I do this? The
wind won't listen. The
bassoon re-states its
Everyone I know is crying
melody from the first
movement, and at length
the 5/8-3/4 music
returns, more subdued
this time. The piece ends
on a major-minor chord,
suspended. The
Wind Won't Listen is
dedicated to the man who
commissioned it,
bassoonist Steven
Dibner--who shares my
passion for poetry and
language. --Dan
Welcher. $41.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Thirty-two Rose Etudes for Flute Flûte traversière et Piano [Partition + CD] Carl Fischer
(Based on the Etudes of Franz Whilhelm Ferling). By John Walker, Franz Wilhelm F...(+)
(Based on the Etudes of
Franz Whilhelm Ferling).
By John Walker, Franz
Wilhelm Ferling. Edited
by Amy Porter. Arranged
by Cyrille Rose. For
flute and piano. Carl
Fischer Classic Studies.
Book and CD. 44 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer
$19.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Metamorphosis Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire/avancé De Haske Publications
Brass Band - Grade 6 SKU: BT.DHP-1145577-030 For Brass Band. Compo...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 6
SKU:
BT.DHP-1145577-030
For Brass Band.
Composed by Jan de Haan.
Concert and Contest
Collection Brass Band en
Fanfare. Concert Piece.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2014. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1145577-030. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1145577-030).
English-German-French-
Dutch. The opening
of this three-movement
work features an initial
appearance of the
thematic material that
returns in various guises
later on in the work. The
leitmotiv centres on a
minor second. A range
of thematic variations is
heard in the lively and
energetic
Metamorphosis One.
This movement is
interrupted by an
atmospheric meno mosso,
containing melodic
passages that return to
the opening
theme. Metamorhosis
Two is characterised
by various changes in
tempo and musical
character. Seven
different soloists
transform the thematic
material each in their
own way. This eventually
culminates in a
passionate tutti
passage. The source of
inspiration for
Metamorphosis
Three is the
so-called BACH-motif, a
musical autograph
consisting of the notes B
flat, A, C and B. This
distinctive motif arises
from the leitmotiv (here
a descending minor
second), which
continuesto evolve
through various
transpositions and
transformations. For the
composer, this
spectacular last movement
is an homage to one of
the greatest and most
influential composers in
the history of music:
Johann Sebastian
Bach.
An
impressive contest piece
commissioned by Brass
Band Schoonhoven,
performed at the 2014
European Brass Band
Championships. In de
opening van deze
driedelige compositie
wordt het thematische
materiaal gepresenteerd
dat verderop in het werk
in allerlei
transformaties voorkomt.
De ‘kleine
secunde’ dient
daarbij als leidmotief.
In het levendige en
flitsende
Metamorphosis One
wordt volop gevarieerd
met de thematiek. Het
deel wordt onderbroken
door een sfeervol meno
mosso met daarin
melodische passages die
teruggrijpen op het
beginthema. In
Metamorhosis Two
treden veel veranderingen
op in het tempo en het
muzikale karakter. Zeven
verschillende solisten
transformeren ieder op
hun eigen wijze het
thematische materiaal.
Uiteindelijk resulteert
dat in een gepassioneerd,
tuttigespeeld
gedeelte. De
inspiratiebron voor
Metamorphosis
Three is het
zogenaamde BACH-motief,
een muzikale handtekening
met de noten Bes, A, C en
B. Dit karakteristieke
motief ontstaat vanuit
het leidmotief (in dit
geval een dalende kleine
secunde) en verandert
voortdurend van gedaante
door allerlei
transposities en
omvormingen. De componist
beschouwt dit
spectaculaire laatste
deel als een eerbetoon
aan een van de grootste
en invloedrijkste
componisten uit de
geschiedenis van de
muziek: Johann
SebastianBach.
In
der Eröffnung dieses
dreisätzigen Werkes
wird zum ersten Mal das
thematische Material
präsentiert, das im
weiteren Verlauf in
diversen Gewändern
wiederkehrt. Kern des
Leitmotivs ist eine
kleine Sekunde. Eine
Reihe von thematischen
Variationen ist in der
lebhaften und
energiereichen
Metamorphosis One
zu hören. Der Satz
wird von einem
stimmungsvollen Meno
mosso aus melodischen
Passagen, die zum
Eröffnungsthema
zurückführen,
unterbrochen. Metam
orphosis Two ist von
mehreren Wechseln im
Tempo und im
musikalischen Charakter
geprägt. Sieben
verschiedene Solisten
verwandeln das
thematische Material
jedes auf seine eigene
Weise. Das Ganze steigert
sich schließlich zu
einemfulminanten
Tutti. Quelle der
Inspiration für
Metamorphosis
Three ist das so
genannte BACH-Motiv, eine
musikalische Signatur aus
den Tönen B, A, C und
H. Dieses ausgeprägte
Motiv geht aus dem
Leitmotiv hervor (hier
ist es eine absteigende
kleine Sekunde),welches
fortwährend durch
verschiedene
Transpositionen und
Transformationen
weiterentwickelt wird.
Für den Komponisten
ist dieser
spektakuläre letzte
Satz eine Hommage an
einen der größten
und einflussreichsten
Komponisten der
Musikgeschichte:
JohannSebastian
Bach.
Le titre
Metamorphosis
décrit une
transformation musicale
– autrement dit, le
processus qui commence
avec nos origines
(Initium), puis progresse
à travers
l’évolution du
corps et de l’ me
(Corpus, Animus) et
enfin, gr ceà
l’expérience de
la vie (Virtus, Invidia),
se développe en une
personnalité adulte
(Estasi). Les
musiciens connaîtront
des états
d’esprit
changeants, entretenant
la conscience de ce qui a
été et de ce qui
sera (le présent et
l’avenir) tout en
jouant. Les passages
d’improvisation ont
été
délibérément
laissés vierges
–sans notation
– afin de permettre
à
l’instrumentiste
d’évoluer sans
contraintes dans ce style
musical et de laisser
libre cours à son
imagination. $181.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Aquarell [Conducteur] Deutscher Verlag für Musik
String orchestra (str: 7.7.4.4.2) SKU: BR.DV-1775 Fur 24 Streichinstru...(+)
String orchestra (str:
7.7.4.4.2) SKU:
BR.DV-1775 Fur 24
Streichinstrumente.
Composed by Edison
Denissow. Orchestra;
Softcover. Deutscher
Verlag. World premiere
Paris, June 12, 1975.
Symphonic poem; Music
post-1945. Full score.
Composed 1975. 48 pages.
Duration 10'. Deutscher
Verlag fur Musik #DV
1775. Published by
Deutscher Verlag fur
Musik (BR.DV-1775).
ISBN 9790200411331. 9
x 12 inches. World
premiere Paris, June 12,
1975 Diesem Werk liegt
der Choral von Johann
Sebastian Bach zugrunde
den Alban Berg in seinem
Violinkonzert zitiert
hat. Bei meiner
Komposition handelt es
sich nicht um Variationen
im engeren Sinne vielmehr
ist hierbei das
Bach-Thema Ausgangspunkt
und Basis fur die
nachfolgende musikalische
Entwicklung. Hinsichtlich
seiner Art der
Zitatbehandlung steht
dieses Werk in enger
Verwandtschaft zu meinen
,,Haydn-Variationen sowie
zu den ,,Variationen uber
ein Thema von Franz
Schubert . (Edison
Denissow)
CD No
buko Imai
(Viola) Nieuw
Sinfonietta
Amsterdam Ltg. Lev
Markiz BIZ DC 518 Das
Werk beginnt in einem
chromatisch
angereicherten c-moll.
Bei ,,Poco piu mosso
intoniert das Cembalo das
Thema der c-moll-Fuge aus
dem ,,Wohltemperierten
Klavier I von Johann
Sebastian Bach hier
allerdings in einer etwas
deformierten Gestalt und
um einen Ton hoher
geruckt. In der Reprise
tritt zum ersten Mal im
Orchester ein
c-moll-Akkord auf und
erst in der Coda
erscheint die Tonart
C-dur die jedoch im
Moment ihres Auftretens
sogleich durch
Zwolftonigkeit
,,verschleiert wird.
(Edison Denissow)
CD Nobuko Imai
(Viola) Annelie de Man
(Cembalo) Nieuw
Sinfonietta
Amsterdam Ltg. Lev
Markiz BIS DC 518
The piece starts in a
chromatically enriched C
minor. At Poco piu mosso
the harpsichord intones
the theme from the C
minor fugue in the first
book of J. S. Bach's Das
Wohltemperierte Klavier
though somewhat
transformed and raised up
a tone. In the repeat a C
minor chord appears for
the first time and only
in the coda does the key
of C major appear only to
be dodecaphonically
veiled at the very moment
it arises. (Edison
Denisov). $59.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 Piano seul PWM (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)
Piano SKU: HL.191946 Facsimile. Composed by Frederic Chopin. PWM. ...(+)
Piano SKU:
HL.191946
Facsimile.
Composed by Frederic
Chopin. PWM. Classical.
Hardcover. Composed 2013.
35 pages. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#61310142. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.191946).
ISBN
9788361142829. The
Polonaises, Op. 40 belong
to that later group. They
comprise two works: a
Polonaise in A major and
a Polonaise in C minor.
These two works comprise
the second opus of piano
polonaises to be
published by Chopin, and
they form a powrful
contrastwith one another,
representing two varietes
of the heroic polonaise:
the triumphant and the
tragic. They also mark a
further stage in the
evolution of the
polonaise: on the hand,
in the direction of
monumentalisation; on the
other, towards a
gradualweakening of its
dance features, so that
the dance in transformed
into a kind of dance
fantasy. $83.00 - Voir plus => Acheter | | |
| Pathetique Ensemble de Percussions [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Avancé Tapspace Publications
(from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 74). By Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827...(+)
(from Piano Sonata No. 8
in C minor, Op. 74). By
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827). Arranged by
Alan Miller. Percussion
Ensemble. For
glockenspiel, xylophone,
three vibraphones, one
4.3 octave marimba (low
A), two 4.5 octave
marimbas (low F), four
timpani (five
recommended), snare drum,
bass drum w/ crash cymbal
attachment, tam tam,
three suspended cymbals
(high, mid, low) (8
players). Concert
Percussion Ensembles.
Medium-Difficult. Score
and parts on CD-ROM. 30
pages. Duration 3:40.
Published by Tapspace
Publications
$35.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| J. S. Bach for Bass
Basse electrique [Partition + Accès audio] - Intermédiaire/avancé Mel Bay
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Josquin Des Pres. T...(+)
Composed by Johann
Sebastian
Bach (1685-1750).
Arranged
by Josquin Des Pres. This
edition: saddle-stitch.
Book
and online audio. 48
pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
$19.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Haydn's Halloween Surprise Piano seul - Débutant Alfred Publishing
For piano solo. Keyboard. Level: Late Elementary (2). Published by Alfred Publis...(+)
For piano solo. Keyboard.
Level: Late Elementary
(2). Published by Alfred
Publishing.
$3.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Proteus Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Claves, C...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon, Bells,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Claves, Crash Cymbals,
Euphonium, Euphonium
T.C., Flute, Flute 2,
Horn, Mallet Percussion,
Oboe, Percussion 1,
Percussion 2, Percussion
3, Snare Drum, Suspended
Cymbal, Tambourine and
more. - Grade 2 SKU:
CF.YPS210 Composed by
Grant Michel. Young Band
(YPS). Set of Score and
Parts. With Standard
notation.
16+4+8+8+4+4+10+4+4+8+8+8
+12+6+6+4+2+4+4+2+20+4
pages. Duration 3
minutes, 38 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #YPS210.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YPS210).
ISBN 9781491152294.
UPC: 680160909797. Key: G
minor. Proteus s
ets out to depict musical
transformation with
shifting elements of
style, color, and
texture, emulating its
shape-shifting, mythical
ancient Greek namesake.
Grant Michel encourages
young bands to explore
their musical range, from
the mysterious to the
intimidating, in this
fresh contemporary
piece. $75.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Chorale SATB [Octavo] Beckenhorst Press
Composed by Marshall Thomason. Sacred. Octavo. Published by Beckenhorst Press (B...(+)
Composed by Marshall
Thomason. Sacred. Octavo.
Published by Beckenhorst
Press (BP.1344).
$2.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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