| Sonata for Solo Violin Violon Merion Music
Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.144407530 Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. 12 p...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: PR.144407530
Composed by Lauren
Bernofsky. 12 pages.
Duration 10 minutes, 30
seconds. Merion Music
#144-40753. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.144407530). ISBN
9781491136614. UPC:
680160687992. A
violinist herself, Lauren
Bernofsky has described
SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN as
drawn from
autobiographical
inspiration, including
gestures from Bachâ??s
beloved Partita in E
Major. Bernofsky opens
with a Preludio movement
whose references to Bach
may be disguised, but
they are surely lurking.
The second movement is
lusciously contrapuntal
with the idiomatic
finesse of a violinist
composing for her own
instrument, while
musically journaling the
emotional pain of living
through 2020. The third
and final movement is
aptly marked
â??white-hot,â? and
the music certainly
is. My SONATA FOR SOLO
VIOLIN was commissioned
by violinist Megan Healy
as part of The Maud
Powell Project, which
celebrated the 100th
anniversary of the
ratification of the 19th
Amendment. The project
included the creation of
five new works for solo
violin inspired by and
dedicated to the memory
of pioneering American
violinist Maud Powell
(1867-1920). Healy
premiered the sonata on
May 8, 2021 at PianoForte
Studios in Chicago.Among
the works Powell most
frequently performed in
her recitals was the
â??Preludioâ?
movement from Bachâ??s E
major Partita, and I
decided to refer to that
music in my own first
movement, also titled
â??Preludio.â? The
beginning subtly reflects
Bachâ??s opening
three-note motive,
wherein the music dips
down a semitone and then
comes back up. This
melodic material returns
throughout the movement
in various forms. I also
refer to Bachâ??s
sixteenth-note dominated
texture, and the gesture
in the third measure,
which outlines a perfect
fifth and then fills it
in with notes that
alternate between a scale
and a pedal tone. The
corresponding passage in
my piece occurs in the
same place, measure 3.
Apart from these
references to Bach, my
sonata is much more
modern sounding,
especially in its
chromatic character.I was
still thinking of
Bachâ??s solo violin
writing while composing
the second movement,
particularly the
polyphonic nature of the
slow movements, where the
melodic interest moves
around between the
voices. Emotionally, I
wanted my movement to
reflect the acute sadness
I had been experiencing
over the political and
social situation in the
United States as I wrote
the piece. I realized
that this is a
historically noteworthy
time in U.S. history,
marked not only by
political unrest, but
also by a challenge to
the very values that I
consider essential to
what makes a person
fundamentally human. I
wanted to create a record
of that pain in my
music.The final movement
is marked
â??White-hot.â? It is
imbued with a relentless,
passionate intensity.
Wanting again to reflect
aspects of our own time,
I included glissandi that
refer to rock music,
specifically the
â??fall-offsâ? I
frequently hear played by
electric guitarists. I
borrowed from another
(completely different)
musical tradition as
well, one that is
near-and-dear to my
heart: Klezmer. Klezmer
(Eastern European Jewish
folk music) is
characterized in part by
scales colored by
augmented seconds, and is
often performed by solo
instrumentalists who
improvise embellishments
like quick grace notes.
The second, more lyrical
theme in this movement is
my nod to Klezmer
style.While this piece is
an homage to Maud Powell,
I also think of it as my
own musical
autobiography, as it
combines some of my
favorite aspects of
music, and is played on
my own instrument. $12.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Closer to the Flame Chorale 3 parties SAB, Piano [Octavo] Alfred Publishing
By Susan Bentall Boersma, music by David Lantz III. Choir Secular. For Opt. Guit...(+)
By Susan Bentall Boersma,
music by David Lantz III.
Choir Secular. For Opt.
Guitar/Mandolin, Bass,
and Violin (3-Part Mixed
Choir (SAB)). Choral
Octavo. Choral Designs.
12 pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
$2.05 $1.9475 (- 5%) Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes Vol 1 Violon [Partition] Mel Bay
by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle. All styles, fiddle tunes. Level: Multiple Levels....(+)
by Stacy Phillips. For
fiddle. All styles,
fiddle tunes. Level:
Multiple Levels. Book.
Solos. Size 8.75x11.75.
268 pages. Published by
Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
(1)$39.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Schirmer
String Quartet Score and Parts. By Gabriela Lena Frank. (Score and Parts). Stri...(+)
String Quartet Score and
Parts. By Gabriela Lena
Frank. (Score and
Parts). String. Book
only. Size 9x12 inches.
Published by G. Schirmer,
Inc.
(1)$60.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Chinese Folk Dance Suite Saxophone Soprano et Piano [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piano, soprano Saxophone SKU: PR.114419290 Composed by Chen...(+)
Chamber Music Piano,
soprano Saxophone SKU:
PR.114419290 Composed
by Chen Yi. Edited by
Chen Yi. Arranged by Wong
Tak Chiu. Sws. Score and
parts. 44 pages. Duration
20 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41929. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114419290). ISBN
9781491135235. UPC:
680160676118. 9 x 12
inches. Supported
by a major commissioning
award from the Serge
Koussevitzky Music
Foundation in the Library
of Congress, my Chinese
Folk Dance Suite is
written for violin solo
and orchestra, and
premiered by The Women's
Philharmonic with violin
soloist Terrie Baune,
conducted by Apo Hsu, on
March 10, 2001, at Yerba
Buena Center For the Arts
Theater in San Francisco.
Inspired by various
Chinese traditional folk
dances, I've composed
three movements in the
suite: 1) Lion Dance.
Traditionally, people
dance with richly
decorated hand made
lions, accompanied by
percussion ensemble, to
celebrate happy occasions
and major festivals
throughout the country.
In the composition, I use
Chinese drum and other
percussion instruments in
the background, to form a
dynamic and rhythmic
texture responding to the
solo part, which imitates
the tunes played on the
suona (traditional
Chinese trumpet). The
pitch materials came from
traditional Guangdong
Music tune and Chaozhou
Music tune ; 2) YangKo.
Originated in northern
China, it's a major folk
dance form in mass
performance popularized
in the country. In YangKo
performance, people
always play rhythmic
patterns on the drums
hung around their waists
while singing and
dancing. In my second
movement, I have imagined
a warm scene of YangKo
dancing in distance. The
solo violin plays a sweet
and gracious melodic line
while all members in the
orchestra sing the
non-pitch syllables in
different layers as the
soft background, to
imitate the percussion
sound which produces the
ever going pulse. 3)
Muqam. It is a large
scale traditional music
and dance form from Uygur
nationality in Xinjiang
province, originated in
the 15th century. In my
third movement, I keep
the meter of seven eight
and the melodic style of
Muqam music. The fiery
dancing gesture cumulates
the sustained climax
section at the end of the
work, after a colorful
violin cadenza in both
improvisational singing
style and polyphonic
writing with woven lines.
Scored for 2 flutes (2nd
doubling piccolo), 2
oboes, 2 clarinets in Bb,
2 bassoons, 4 French
horns in F, 2 trumpets in
Bb, 3 trombones,
percussion 1 (3 congas,
low tom-tom, temple
block, paddle castanets),
percussion 2 (snare drum,
6 small Beijing opera
gong, 12 big Beijing
opera gong, crotales,
tambourine), percussion 3
(suspended cymbal, a pair
of 6 Chinese cymbals,
bass drum), solo violin,
violins I, violins II,
violas, cellos and double
basses. Duration is about
16 minutes. The work is
recorded on Bis [CD-1352]
and released in 2003,
performed by Cho-Liang
Lin and the Singapore
Symphony Orchestra, cond.
by Lan Shui. Reduction
for B-flat soprano
saxophone and piano by
Wong Tak Chiu (2017) and
edited by Chen Yi (2018)
The second movement
YangKo is premiered by
Dr. Wong and Korak
Lerpibulchai at the
Singapore Saxophone
Symposium on 8/13/2017.
The American premiere of
the saxophone and piano
reduction version of
Chinese Folk Dance Suite
is given by Chi Him Chik
and Hao Yin at the
Society for American
Music National Conference
in Kansas City, MO on
3/2/2018. $26.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
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