SKU: PE.EP68398
ISBN 9790300758701.
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SKU: PE.EP68451
ISBN 9790300758411.
Sett ing of four poems by John Ashbery, from the volume Planisphere: Alcove The Burning Candle You Haven't Received the Letters Yet? Zero Percentagescored for: Solo Baritone, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, and Trombone. Score. Parts also for sale (PE.P68067A).
SKU: PE.EP66707
ISBN 9790300728766.
SKU: PE.EP66372
ISBN 9790300721460.
Char les Wuorinen composed his 15-minute piano Duet Making Ends Meet for Jean and Kenneth Wentworth in 1966.This product is Printed on Demand and may take several weeks to fulfill. Please order from your favorite retailer.
SKU: PE.EP67890
ISBN 9790300747613. 297 x 420mm inches. English.
Librett o by James Fenton
In a make-believe world, based loosely on Bombay and Kashmir, the story of Haroun is a tale of a fight between the free imagination and the powers that oppose it. Haroun's father, Rashid, the Shah of Blah, is a professional and gifted story-teller, a popular figure much in demand at public events. Feeling neglected, his wife is persuaded to leave him and run away with a neighbor. After this, Rashid loses confidence in his powers of story-tellling, haunted by his son's question: 'What's the use of stories that aren't even there?' Rashid is due to speak at a political rally to be held by the sinister politician, Snooty Buttoo. He is told that if he does not come up with his usual fund of tales, his tongue will be cut out. As Rashid despairs, Haroun determines to rescue his father's talent - a project in which he learns that the Ocean of the Sea of Stories, the source of all stories, is being polluted by the enemy of all stories, the evil Khattam Shud. In a series of brilliant imagined adventures, Haroun succeeds in defeating the powers of darkness, and restoring happiness to his family, and to the city where he lives.
Salman Ruishdie's children's book, written in the aftermath of the fatwa, has an effervescent style which is full of rhymes and wordplay. The libretto stays very close to the spirit of the original, conjuring up a fantasy world in which, nonetheless, one never loses sight of harsh political reality and the great issues of freedom of speech and imagination. -- James Fenton, 1998
SKU: PE.EP68485
ISBN 9790300758800.
SKU: PE.EP66779
ISBN 9790300729749. 297 x 420mm inches.
About Peters Contemporary Library
Ma rk AndreMilton BabbittDaniel BjarnasonEarle BrownJohn CageHenry CowellJames DillonJonathan DoveBrian FerneyhoughRoxanna PanufnikRebecca SaundersErkki-Sven TuurCharles Wuorinen These are just a few of the composers whose most adventurous scores are now available to purchase through the Peters Contemporary Library. A new global initiative of the Edition Peters Group, the Peters Contemporary Library is a project designed to put these bold 20th- and 21st-century works, once available only for rental, into the collections of libraries, performers, scholars, and conductors alike. Kicked off in 2016, the Peters Contemporary Library already contains many cutting-edge works and is constantly expanding. We are proud to offer these bold new scores for sale, for the first time ever, to modern musicians and students of music all around the world.
