Concert Band (Score &
Parts) - Grade 5
SKU:
HL.50600222
G.
Schirmer Autograph
Edition. By
Thelonious Monk. By John
Harbison. Edited by Peter
Stanley Martin. G.
Schirmer Band/Orchestra.
Festival. Published by G.
Schirmer (HL.50600222).
ISBN 9781495019944.
UPC: 888680066260.
10.5x14
inches.
Composer
John Harbison writes:
“Rubies is a
version of Thelonious
Monk's Ruby, My
Dear, which he
composed while still in
his teens. When I was
invited by the Seattle
Symphony to make a short
piece reflecting my first
musical passions, my
thoughts were of Bach and
Monk. Since I had
recently made some
Bach-like chorale
preludes, I chose to make
a version of Monk's tune,
first in a
chamber-musical,
contrapuntal manner, then
in the grand orchestral
style I had always heard
lurking there.”
Duration:
5:30
(Recorded
live by the Rutgers
Symphony Band –
Peter Stanley Martin,
guest conductor).
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