Orchestra
SKU:
PO.PEP05S
Works
for String Orchestra.
Composed by Larry Pruden.
Perfect. Collection -
Full Score. Promethean
Editions #PEP05S.
Published by Promethean
Editions (PO.PEP05S).
ISBN
9781877218057.
Pref
ace to the Collected
EditionOver the span of
his composing career,
Larry Carrol Pruden
(1925-82) completed some
60 works, including music
for piano, chamber
ensemble, orchestra,
stage and film. The scope
of the ten-volume
Collected Edition
incorporates every work
that the composer is
known to have considered
complete, and a very few
incomplete works which
the editors felt
warranted inclusion. The
works in the latter
category are either
virtually complete or
have been deemed worthy
of inclusion due to the
significance that the
composer is known to have
attached to
them.Throughout Pruden's
output, whether the music
is modest in scale and
purely functional (civic
fanfares and radio
advertising jingles, for
example) or more extended
and overtly serious in
tone (such as the larger
works for orchestra and
strings), his vivid
response to urban society
and rural life in New
Zealand is revealed. With
Douglas Lilburn, John
Ritchie and others, Larry
Pruden belongs to the
earliest generation of
New Zealand composers to
discover a genuine
vernacular, and in his
music is reflected the
trail-blazing spirit of
the pioneers, their
passion for creativity
and their rebelliousness
of spirit.The scores in
the Collected Edition are
based on Pruden's
underlying autograph or
holograph manuscripts,
which have been consulted
extensively throughout
the editorial process.
Comparison has been made
to all extant forms of
each title, published and
unpublished. In some
cases, several variants
exist, and the goal has
been to determine as far
as possible the
composer's final
intention and to convey
this comprehensively in
the published score.
Emendations have been
made to account for the
composer's revisions and
for certain errors and
inconsistencies, and each
volume includes a short
commentary and editorial
notes on the source
materials.In consultation
with the Estate of Larry
Pruden, Promethean
Editions appointed an
Editorial Panel and an
Advisory Panel to oversee
publication of the
Collected Edition. The
role of the Editorial
Panel has been to
undertake the research
into the composer's
archival and manuscript
materials and to make the
necessary editorial
decisions and ensure the
accuracy of the musical
and textual content of
the Edition. The Advisory
Panel has been
responsible for
monitoring the overall
approach to the project
and for ensuring the
maintenance of a wider
perspective.
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