Format : Vocal Score
SKU: PR.11641139S
UPC: 680160682119.
Barcarolles for a Sinking City was inspired by the city of Venice, a place that has long held the fascination of artists, writers and composers, and which I have been lucky enough to visit on several occasions. Sadly it seems that future generations may not be so lucky: in addition to the city's slow sinking and recently discovered tilting, studies predict that if global warming and the resultant rise of ocean levels is unabated, the entire city (as well as many other coastal cities around the globe) will be under water by 2100. I. Funeral Gondola The late, cryptic piano works of Franz Liszt made a profound impression on me as a young composer, among them two works he entitled La Lugubre Gondola (usually translated as The Funeral Gondola ) which were said to be a premonition of Wagner's death in Venice, his coffin transported through the canals in a black gondola. These late pieces of Liszt acquired even greater significance to me after I spent two summers in Bayreuth under the patronage of Friedelind Wagner, the granddaughter of Wagner and great-granddaughter of Liszt. This movement is a meditation on Wagner, Liszt, Venice and its own evanescence. II. Barcarolle/Quodlibet The Quodlibet (Latin for what pleases) is a musical form dating back to the 15th century where many disparate melodies are juxtaposed. Popular in the Renaissance, sacred and secular melodies were combined, often to comical effect due to the resultant incongruity of the words. The form was considered the ultimate test of a composer's mastery of counterpoint. The most famous Quodlibet is without doubt the final Variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. As a form the Quodlibet is less common in more recent music, although examples can be found in the works of Kurt Weill and David Del Tredici. My own Barcarolle/Quodlibet was inspired by the (perhaps apocryphal) story of the funeral where musicians were asked to play a Bach Choral, but due to miscommunication played instead the Bacarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. Here, the Bach Choral Allen Menschen mussen sterben (All Men Must Die) is heard in the strings pizzicato, with a tempo indication In slow motion. The alto line of the Bach suggests a phrase from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Alle Menchen werden Bruder) heard in the muted trombone. Before long, the famous tune from Offenbach's opera is heard, followed by quotations from iconic Barcarolles by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Faure, as well as two Venetian popular songs and more Beethoven. III. Barcarola/Ostinato/Carillon An ostinato is a repeated musical figure, and carillon is Italian for music box. This movement references the obsolete genre of salon pieces that imitated music boxes: such works by composers like Liadov and Gretchaninov used to be a mainstay of pianists' encore repertoire. This movement is however much darker in conception than those pleasant trifles. Utilizing the full battery of percussion, the carefully notated temporal slowing of the ostinato becomes overwhelmed by a poignant chorale melody before this box is snapped shut. IV. Barcarolle Oubliee (Forgotten Barcarolle) Marked limpido (still) the final movement begins with the sound of rain produced by a percussion instrument called (appropriately) a rain stick. Halting phrases in the harp coalesce into the accompaniment for a plangent melody heard in the clarinet. The central Adagio of this movement leads to a shattering climax, before the opening phrases return and dissipate into nothingness.
SKU: PR.11641139L
UPC: 680160682126.
SKU: BT.WH31467
ISBN 9788759824245.
Sinfonia Profana - Quodlibet for mandskor og klarinet (1959).
'Ad honorem Vagni Holmboi nominis' -Hyldest til Vagn Holmboe på 50-års fødselsdagen den 20. december 1959.
SKU: HL.49003514
ISBN 9790001034593. 9.0x12.0x0.008 inches.
SKU: BT.WHKB42771
Quodlibet Oever Danska Sånger.
SKU: CA.4020130
ISBN 9790007065058. Key: A major. Language: German.
SKU: CA.222200
ISBN 9790007254216. German.
For children and young people aged 6 to 12 years, a great way to learn how to sing in parts effortlessly. The latest volume in chorissimo!, our choral collection series for school choirs, contains not only 30 quodlibets - each with at least two songs which can be beautifully combined - but also lots of ideas, tips, and suggestions. How to build up singing in parts, rehearsal methods, creative ideas about using the available space, and movement ideas all feature, as well as easy accompaniments for glockenspiel.The quodlibets mainly comprise a traditional song plus a new song on a matching theme. They are divided thematically into five chapters - songs for everyday, the seasons, Christmas carols, songs in other languages, and funny songs.- 30 quodlibets to sing as you like- with varied pedagogical methods and performance ideas- for singing in class and in school choirs- suitable for children and young people from 6 to 14 years- choral collection (editionchor) available at special bulk discount price- edited by the Landesakademie fur die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Wurttemberg.
SKU: CA.4033060
ISBN 9790007104740. Language: all languages.
Excerpt from the facsimile of the Hochzeitquodlibet BWV 524 of 1707. Score available separately - see item CA.4033000.
SKU: HL.49004746
ISBN 9790001050197. 7.5x10.75x0.202 inches.
SKU: HL.288105
Sinfonia Profana - Quodlibet for men's choir and clarinet (1959). 'Ad honorem Vagni Holmboi nominis' - Tribute to Vagn Holmboe on the 50th birthday of 20th December 1959.
SKU: CA.222221
ISBN 9790007296605. German.
Score and part available separately - see item CA.222200.
SKU: CA.222211
ISBN 9790007296599. German.
SKU: CA.222220
ISBN 9790007294465. German.
Score available separately - see item CA.222200.
SKU: CA.222205
ISBN 9790007261993. German.
SKU: CA.222210
ISBN 9790007295530. German.
SKU: CA.332570
ISBN 9790007183882. Language: all languages.
SKU: CF.CAS91
ISBN 9781491142066. UPC: 680160630127. Key: G minor.
This lighthearted quodlibet was commissioned by ASTA and premiered at the 2015 conference. It provides a fabulous tool to introduce your students to key musical themes across time. The score plays off of the musician's nocturnal mind to combine twelve historic themes by condensing and expanding them the way our subconscious mind often toys with daytime experiences. In total, this composition celebrates the string player's full potential: Where loyalty to the written note serves the imagination's creative playground. What is composition, if not a grand improvisation captured in a snapshot?.I am a firm advocate for creative conducting, so I encourage you to experiment with changes in tempi to segue between themes, and/or to take musical liberty with the actual transitions between the themes, as long as there is still a feeling of forward momentum.If you want to fulfill the theatricality of the score, it would be fabulous to look at the audience (with a raised eyebrow, or a smile on your face, or whatever facial expression you think suits these moments in the score) at m. 14 and again at m. 21.In addition, it will help to conduct with wider gestures when themes change or the volume suddenly drops or swells. This will help the audience understand that these sudden changes between themes or dynamics are intended and will also help the students highlight those spots (particularly across the complex thematic shifts between mm. 62 and 94).The grandiosity from m. 110 through the end can be pushed to its zenith, particularly if you control prior forte settings such that the end gets the grand push.CAS91FThemes in String Dreams include:1. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star2. Second Kreutzer Etude3. Concerto in A Minor, Vivaldi 4. Cello Suite No. 1, Bach5. St. Louis Blues, W.C. Handy 6. Minuet in G, Bach—Julie Lyonn Lieberman,Artistic Director, Strings Without Boundaries www.julielyonn.com | www.stringswithoutboundaries.com.
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This series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
SKU: HL.14015612
SKU: CA.4020303
ISBN 9790007140793. Language: German.
Score available separately - see item CA.4020300.
SKU: HL.49008218
ISBN 9790001124355. UPC: 842819104438. 9.0x12.0x0.119 inches.
This edition contains compositionally free arrangements of folksongs; quasi 'folksong fantasias en miniature' they are not to be mistaken for simple folksong arrangements. Only moder-ately difficult they should appeal to a wide circle of recorder lovers. Contents: Folksongs from England, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. For soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders.
SKU: HL.49013142
ISBN 9790001133395. 9.0x12.0x0.137 inches.
This piece, previously considered lost since its first performance, was described thus in reviews of that concert: ... The composition is modern and the humour appears to be that of the composer himself. Michel Nicolay, who has extraordinary technical skill and fabulous breathing control, leads this difficult work by the Munich composer Hartmann and is supported by the accompaniment of seven wind instruments. The bassoon provides rather a humorous bass line in the first section, with the whole work tending somewhat towards the burlesque. The second section contains some really astonishing passages..
SKU: HL.50515038
SKU: CA.332620
ISBN 9790007183929. Language: German. Text: Claudius, Matthias.
SKU: HL.49006104
ISBN 9790001066273.
SKU: BT.YE0029
Relatively easy; written for the student. The second of the three movements is a tuneful Quodlibet based on folk songs.
