Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano Chamber, Guitar, Violin, Cello

SKU: HL.14036215

Composed by Hans Abrahamsen. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. 36 pages. Music Sales #KP00054. Published by Music Sales (HL.14036215).

ISBN 9788759875384. Danish.

Winternach was written in1976-78 and the title was taken from a poem by the Austrian poet Georg Trakl. The four movements, which are all very precise and dreamingly poetic, are almost classical in terms of clarity and discipline in orchestration and form: hence the dedication of the third movement to Igor Stravinsky. However, the music has a strong impressionistic quality as well: four introverted still lifes of the velvety, dark iceness of a silvery winter night (one can veritably sense the fairy-tale-like sleigh ride in the two outer movements). The second movement is dedicated to the eccentric lithographer M.C. Escher and the first and last movements are both dedicated to Georg Trakl. As in the well-known orchestral work, Stratifications, we can enjoy Amrahamsen's fiscination with having several events occur simultaneously: a thoughtful as well as playful multilayered quality mirrors the poetic and mysterious worlds of painting, literature, nature and most important of all: music.

SKU: BA.BVK01677

Composed by Gunther Braam. Edited by John Warrack and Richard Maccnutt. This edition: Complete edition. Linen. New Berlioz Edition. Volume 26. Complete edition, Book. Baerenreiter Verlag #BVK01677_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BVK01677).

ISBN 9783761816776. 27.5 x 19.8 cm inches. Translation: John Warrack.

The volume contains 122 portraits of Hector Berlioz, including paintings, medals, busts, woodcuts, drawings, lithographs, photographs and caricatures. It also presents several doubtful or spurious portraits.
Each reproduction is accompanied by information on its date, artist and present location. This collection of all known Berlioz portraits sheds entirely new light on the life and surroundings of the great French composer.

The Portraits of Hector Berliozis the first collection of all the portraits made of Berlioz during his lifetime. It ranges from photographs, formal paintings and drawings by way of woodcuts and lithographs to the many caricatures which his striking appearance attracted. Each picture is accompanied by a full description and thorough documentation of its location and history, details of the artist's career and relationship with Berlioz, an explanation of the circumstances of the picture's creation, and much else in the way of relevant comment. This documentation also sheds light on the development of photography and its position in the society of the Second Empire , as well as on the emphasis on caricature in the often satirical journalism of the day. Where they contribute to the appreciation of the picture, the articles which the caricatures illustrate, or extracts from them, are also included in an Appendix. Some of the pictures are published for the first time and many for the first time in colour.

As well as being fascinating and often entertaining, the collection adds to our understanding of Berlioz's life, times and the circumstances in which his music was composed and performed.

For Concert Band. Composed by Michael Daugherty (1954-). Michael Daugherty Music. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4004650).