Chamber Music Clarinet,
Piano, Violoncello
SKU: CF.MXE19
For Bb Clarinet, Cello
and Piano. Composed
by Joshua Green. SWS the
20-pg to cover - rest
insert. Carl Fischer
Chamber Music Edition.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
20+4+4 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #MXE19.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.MXE19).
ISBN
9780825872945. UPC:
798408072940. 9 x 12
inches.
Winner of
the 2009 MTNA Composition
Competition, promising
young composer Joshua
Green gives us a striking
new work for clarinet,
cello and piano, borne of
an unlikely muse.
According to the
composer: For the better
part of three months I
fought an exasperating
battle. While trying to
compose a piece for
clarinet, cello, and
piano, a plethora of
distractions had consumed
my mind. This frustration
seemed to amplify with
the amount of time that
passed. It was then that
the following quotation
came to my attention:
Life does not consist
mainly, or even largely
of facts and happenings.
It consists mainly of the
storm of thoughts that is
forever flowing through
one’s head.-Mark
Twain. And so The Muse of
Distraction was born.
Rather than trying to
fight the storm of
thoughts, I allowed
myself to compose a piece
that embraced the
frustration and
irritation of those
previous three months.
Eventually these
distractions were no
longer my adversary. They
became my muse. For
advanced players.
For
the better part of three
months I fought an
exasperating battle.
While trying to composea
piece for clarinet,
cello, and piano, a
plethora of distractions
had consumed my mind.This
frustration seemed to
amplify with the amount
of time that passed. It
was then that
thefollowing quotation
came to my
attention:“Life
does not consist mainly,
or even largely of facts
and happenings. It
consists mainly of
thestorm of thoughts that
is forever flowing
through one’s
head.†—Mark
TwainAnd so The Muse of
Distraction was
born.Rather than trying
to fight the “storm
of thoughts,†I
allowed myself to compose
a piecethat embraced the
frustration and
irritation of those
previous three months.
Eventually
thesedistractions were no
longer my adversary.They
became my muse.
Muse
