Chamber Music Bassoon,
Clarinet, Flute, Horn,
Oboe
SKU: CF.WE22
For Wind Quintet.
Composed by Paul Lansky.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
48+16+16+16+12+12 pages.
Duration 25 minutes. Carl
Fischer Music #WE22.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.WE22).
ISBN
9781491153352. UPC:
680160910854. Key: F
dorian.
Composed by
Paul Lanksy, The Long and
Short of It for Wind
Quintet was inspired by
the third movement of
Mozart's Serenade for
Winds, K. 361. Lanksy was
particularly drawn to
Mozart's accompaniment,
which he refers to as the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. Five of the
movements in Lansky's
composition use Mozart's
rhythm accompanying a
solo, and the remaining
four movements focus on
musical concepts such as
rhythm, harmony, and
counterpoint. This piece
was commissioned by The
Library of Congress'
Carolyn Royall Just Fund
and The Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln
Center.
Performance
Notes
The Long and
Short of
It was inspired by
the third movement Adagio
of Mozarts
Serenade for
Winds K. 361. Ive long
felt that the throbbing
accompaniment was the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. The work consists of
nine movements, a
Prelude, a Postlude and
three short Interludes,
each consisting of
Mozarts rhythm
accompanying a solo for a
different instrument in
the quintet. There are
four short main
movements, each of which
is more abstractly about
a musical concept:
rhythm, harmony,
counterpoint.
The Long and
Short of
It was commissioned
by The Library of
Congress Carolyn Royall
Just Fund and The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln
Center.
Paul Lansky
(2015)
.
Performance
Notes
The Long and
Short of
It was inspired by
the third movement Adagio
of Mozartas
Serenade for
Winds K. 361. Iave long
felt that the throbbing
accompaniment was the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. The work consists of
nine movements, a
Prelude, a Postlude and
three short Interludes,
each consisting of
Mozartas rhythm
accompanying a solo for a
different instrument in
the quintet. There are
four short main
movements, each of which
is more abstractly
aabouta a musical
concept: rhythm, harmony,
counterpoint.
The Long and
Short of
It was commissioned
by The Library of
Congressa Carolyn Royall
Just Fund and The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln
Center.
aPaul Lansky
(2015)
.
Performance
Notes
The Long and
Short of
It was inspired by
the third movement Adagio
of Mozartas
Serenade for
Winds K. 361. Iave long
felt that the throbbing
accompaniment was the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. The work consists of
nine movements, a
Prelude, a Postlude and
three short Interludes,
each consisting of
Mozartas rhythm
accompanying a solo for a
different instrument in
the quintet. There are
four short main
movements, each of which
is more abstractly
aabouta a musical
concept: rhythm, harmony,
counterpoint.
The Long and
Short of
It was commissioned
by The Library of
Congressa Carolyn Royall
Just Fund and The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln
Center.
aPaul Lansky
(2015)
.
Performance
Notes
The Long and
Short of
It was inspired by
the third movement Adagio
of Mozart's
Serenade for
Winds K. 361. I've long
felt that the throbbing
accompaniment was the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. The work consists of
nine movements, a
Prelude, a Postlude and
three short Interludes,
each consisting of
Mozart's rhythm
accompanying a solo for a
different instrument in
the quintet. There are
four short main
movements, each of which
is more abstractly
'about' a musical
concept: rhythm, harmony,
counterpoint.
The Long and
Short of
It was commissioned
by The Library of
Congress' Carolyn Royall
Just Fund and The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln
Center.
--Paul Lansky
(2015)
.
Performance Notes The
Long and Short of It was
inspired by the third
movement Adagio of
Mozart's Serenade for
Winds K. 361. I've long
felt that the throbbing
accompaniment was the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. The work consists of
nine movements, a
Prelude, a Postlude and
three short Interludes,
each consisting of
Mozart's rhythm
accompanying a solo for a
different instrument in
the quintet. There are
four short main
movements, each of which
is more abstractly
'about' a musical
concept: rhythm, harmony,
counterpoint. The Long
and Short of It was
commissioned by The
Library of Congress'
Carolyn Royall Just Fund
and The Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln
Center. --Paul Lansky
(2015).
Performance
NotesThe Long and Short
of It was inspired by the
third movement Adagio of
Mozart’s Serenade
for Winds K. 361.
I’ve long felt
that the throbbing
accompaniment was the
ultimate expression of
breath in music. Nothing
else quite captures the
same sense of wind
instruments inhaling and
exhaling as only winds
can. The work consists of
nine movements, a
Prelude, a Postlude and
three short Interludes,
each consisting of
Mozart’s rhythm
accompanying a solo for a
different instrument in
the quintet. There are
four short main
movements, each of which
is more abstractly
‘about’ a
musical concept: rhythm,
harmony, counterpoint.
The Long and Short of It
was commissioned by The
Library of
Congress’ Carolyn
Royall Just Fund and The
Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center.
—Paul Lansky
(2015).