Tuba-euphonium quartet
SKU: P2.80150
Composed by William
Bolcom. Arranged by Derek
Fenstermacher. Chamber
music, Contemporary.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.80150).
Arranger Derek
Fenstermacher says,
William Bolcom is a
musically diverse
composer and performer.
His compositions include
cabaret songs, concertos,
sonatas, operas, and
symphonies, and in 1988
he was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for his
Twelve New Etudes for
piano. The Serpent's Kiss
was originally written
for piano solo, and then
arranged by Derek
Fenstermacher for the
Boreas Quartet. The work
is from a cycle of four
Ragtime-inspired piano
pieces entitled The
Garden of Eden, which
Bolcom composed in1969.
Along with the syncopated
ragtime character, the
music takes a few twists
incorporating different
styles..