Matériel : Octavo
SKU: LO.20-1004
UPC: 000308018523.
From the composer's collection CAROLS OF THE BELLS (HB355), this gently rocking spiritual will make a lovely addition to your Christmas repertoire - Building in intensity from beginning to end, its two main sections are centered in C major and Eb major, with but a smattering of accidentals.
SKU: GI.G-8554
UPC: 785147855408. English. Text Source: 'Josef lieber, Josef mein' Translation: Neville S. Talbot.
The traditional German text Josef lieber, Josef mein, set in English to the tune RESONET IN LADIBUS, is ornamented by a lilting, original accompaniment that brings out the beauty of this beloved carol. The tick-tock rhythm of the text and the gently rocking repeated eighth-note pattern in the piano unite to give a sense of gentle rocking and paint a tender picture of Mary and Joseph cradling their infant son. .
SKU: PR.114414200
ISBN 9781491111284. UPC: 680160594719. 9x12 inches.
Composed for violinist Baird Dodge, James Matheson's SPIN is a three-movement study in various meanings of the word spin. I. Gyre has the character of a whimsically spinning object in a sort of arena. II. Web is essentially a slow movement. It explores a nearly static, sinewy texture comprised of slowly undulating chords in which snippets of melody emerge from the notes held while the chords disappear. Similar to the first movement, III. Spiral explores a kinetic notion of spinning, this time in the form of rapidly rising scales.SPIN was composed in early 1998. Each of the work’s three movements assumes the task of exploring a different meaning of the title.The first movement, Gyre (as in gyroscope), has the character of a whimsically spinning object in a sort of arena – spinning and bouncing off the walls (like a spinning penny, which bounces off of an object unpredictably and with somewhat explosive force). The primary musical idea consists of high harmonics in the violins set against a rocking pulse in the lower strings. This basic texture is explored in various guises as the movement progresses.Web is essentially a slow movement. It explores a nearly static, sinewy texture comprised of slowly undulating chords. Snippets of melody emerge from the notes held while the chords disappear. The music intensifies, leading to an expected climax (or anti-climax) of pizzicatos, before returning to the opening material and winding gently to a close.Like Gyre, the third movement, Spiral, explores a kinetic notion of spinning, this time in the form of rapidly rising scales. The formal idea of this movement, however, has the character of a spiral, with its tendency toward implosion.SPIN was written for violinist Baird Dodge.
