SKU: SU.90920031
Book 1 contains scores and parts to 10 compositions by jazz master and leader of the World Saxophone Quartet, Julius Hemphill. Newly engraved edition. Edited by Marty Ehrlich.Julius Hemphill formed his Saxophone Sextet in 1989, composing new music for concert performances and his celebrated dance and theatre collaborations. The wide history of African-American music is heard in these pieces, all shaped by Hemphill's rich imagination and compositional acumen. The instrumentation is three altos with soprano doubles, two tenors, and baritone sax. The two volumes presented here mirror each other in the range of musical worlds Hemphill evoked as he explores the rich harmony and counterpoint possible with the six- saxophone choir. Also available: Book 2 (Cat. #90920032) Book 1 - CONTENTS 1. Otis' Groove 2. Opening 3. The Moat and the Bridge 4. Sweet D 5. Anchorman 6. At Dr. King's table/Ascension 7. Flush 8. Mirrors 9. Headlines 10. Spiritual Chairs Saxophone Sextet Composed: 1992 Published by: Subito Music Publishing.
SKU: SU.90920032
Book 2 contains contains scores and parts to 10 more compositions by jazz master and leader of the World Saxophone Quartet, Julius Hemphill. Newly engraved edition. Edited by Marty Ehrlich.Julius Hemphill formed his Saxophone Sextet in 1989, composing new music for concert performances and his celebrated dance and theatre collaborations. The wide history of African-American music is heard in these pieces, all shaped by Hemphill's rich imagination and compositional acumen. The instrumentation is three altos with soprano doubles, two tenors, and baritone sax. The two volumes presented here mirror each other in the range of musical worlds Hemphill evoked as he explores the rich harmony and counterpoint possible with the six- saxophone choir. Also available: Book 1 (Cat. #90920031) CONTENTS 1. Fat Man 2. Tribute/Closer (from Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera) 3. Floppy/Blued-UP 4. The Answer 5. Georgia Blue 6. Holy Rockers 7. Mr. Critical 8. The Glide 9. Revue 10. The Hard Blues Saxophone Sextet Composed: 1992 Published by: Subito Music Publishing.
SKU: HL.49017071
ISBN 9790001149945. 9.25x12.0x0.128 inches.
Bertold Hummel worked on his Adagietto for many years. Originally conceived as an Elegy for Strings in 1965, it was transformed into an Adagietto for String Sextet in 1978 and published for the first time in 1993. Hummel undertook a further arrangement of the composition in 1999 and participated with musical friends in its first performance. In one of the scores, the title is supplemented by the term “sacrale”, an indication of the religious background of this composition. In a time of increasing secularisation, the creative and no doubt also the reproducing artist have the task of pointing out to their contemporaries the transcendental, the inexplicable and the unprovable. The language of music - most effective perhaps in reaching across world frontiers - has an especially important role in this. Representations of suffering and horror alone cannot be the inherent constituent of a work of art. A reference to comfort and hope is indispensable. Furthermore, life, nature, and, for the believer, knowledge of God give cause enough for praise and thanks.” This is how my father once formulated his artistic conception. A favourite adopted term of his, “musikalische Klangrede” [musical speech), appears to me to be particularly well implemented in the Adagietto.
