Chamber Music Guitar,
alto Saxophone
SKU:
PR.114419970
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Set
of performance scores. 8
pages. Duration 5
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41997.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114419970).
UPC:
680160684670. 9 x 12
inches.
Flamenco is
an art form involving
highly dramatic music and
dance. The form is
strongly associated with
the Andalusia region of
southern Spain. Its
actual origins are less
clear, though historians
theorize that gypsies
brought the predecessors
of flamenco to the region
as they migrated from
India prior to the 15th
century. The form took on
traits from cultures that
the gypsies encountered
in Andalusia, including
Spanish, Sephardic,
Islamic, and Moorish
musical traditions. Over
the centuries, Spain's
ruling classes undertook
systematic persecutions
of populations who did
not agree with their
religious ideals, forcing
gypsies to take refuge in
Andalusia's isolated
mountain regions to
survive. Not
surprisingly, the topics
of the gypsies' songs
frequently touch on
longing, despair, rage,
anguish, and
hope.
Suenos de
Flamenco (Flamenco
Dreams) portrays a young
gypsy couple who dance
the flamenco with great
longing, passion, and
vigor. The piece was
commissioned by Duo
Montagnard (Joseph
Murphy, saxophone, and
Matthew Slotkin, guitar).
In 2020, I made new
editions of the piece for
clarinet and guitar, and
flute and
guitar.
Flamenco is an
art form involving highly
dramatic music and dance.
The form is strongly
associated with the
Andalusia region of
southern Spain. Its
actual origins are less
clear, though historians
theorize that gypsies
brought the predecessors
of flamenco to the region
as they migrated from
India prior to the 15th
century. The form took on
traits from cultures that
the gypsies encountered
in Andalusia, including
Spanish, Sephardic,
Islamic, and Moorish
musical traditions. Over
the centuries, Spain's
ruling classes undertook
systematic persecutions
of populations who did
not agree with their
religious ideals, forcing
gypsies to take refuge in
Andalusia's isolated
mountain regions to
survive. Not
surprisingly, the topics
of the gypsies' songs
frequently touch on
longing, despair, rage,
anguish, and hope. Suenos
de Flamenco (Flamenco
Dreams) portrays a young
gypsy couple who dance
the flamenco with great
longing, passion, and
vigor. The piece was
commissioned by Duo
Montagnard (Joseph
Murphy, saxophone, and
Matthew Slotkin, guitar).
In 2020, I made new
editions of the piece for
clarinet and guitar, and
flute and
guitar.
Flamenco is an
art form involving highly
dramatic music and dance.
The form is strongly
associated with the
Andalusia region of
southern Spain. Its
actual origins are less
clear, though historians
theorize that gypsies
brought the predecessors
of flamenco to the region
as they migrated from
India prior to the 15th
century. The form took on
traits from cultures that
the gypsies encountered
in Andalusia, including
Spanish, Sephardic,
Islamic, and Moorish
musical traditions. Over
the centuries,
Spainââ¬â¢s
ruling classes undertook
systematic persecutions
of populations who did
not agree with their
religious ideals, forcing
gypsies to take refuge in
Andalusiaââ¬â¢
s isolated mountain
regions to survive. Not
surprisingly, the topics
of the
gypsiesââ¬â¢
songs frequently touch on
longing, despair, rage,
anguish, and
hope.Sueños de
Flamenco (Flamenco
Dreams) portrays a young
gypsy couple who dance
the flamenco with great
longing, passion, and
vigor. The piece was
commissioned by Duo
Montagnard (Joseph
Murphy, saxophone, and
Matthew Slotkin, guitar).
In 2020, I made new
editions of the piece for
clarinet and guitar, and
flute and guitar.
