SKU: PR.14440572S
ISBN 9781598066029. UPC: 680160617685. 9x12 inches.
When the family heirs to the legendary Galimir String Quartet (three sisters and a brother) gathered to commemorate the centenary birth years of these famed performers, they chose Ellen Taaffe Zwilich to commission for this honor. The composer, who has also worked professionally as a violinist, responded with a one-movement odyssey entitled Voyage, cross-breeding her own characteristic style with glimpses of Viennese waltzes and other Galimir flavor. There is a sweet, sad lyricism to this work, a hectic discord..., some wailing and moaning, these moods alternating with dancing klezmer rhythms of Jewish wedding music that take over and make things right in the end. (Stanley Fefferman, BachTrack.com).
SKU: PR.16400222S
UPC: 680160037841.
This work follows my Quartet No. 1 by five years. In terms of style and aesthetic aim, however, it seems light years away. Where the first work, a 28-minute, four-movement piece, took aim at cosmic conflicts and heroic resolutions, the present work is intended as a kind of divertissment. Harbor Music lasts a mere eleven minutes, is cast in a single movement with six sections, and should leave both performers and listeners with a feeling of good humor and affection. The title comes from my experience as a guest in the magnificent city of Sydney, Australia. One of its most attractive features is its unique system of ferry boats: the city is laid out around a large, multi-channeled harbor, with destinations more easily approached by water than by land. Consequently, inhabitants of Sydney get around on small, people-friendly boats that come and go from the central docks at Circular Quay. During a week's visit in 1991, I must have boarded these boats at least a dozen times, always bound for a new location - the resort town of Manley, or the Zoo at Taronga Park, or the shopping district at Darling Harbour. In casting about for a form for my second string quartet, a kind of loose rondo came to mind. Each new destination would be approached from the same starting-out point (although there are subtle variations in the repeating theme; it's always in a new key, and the texture is never the same). The result, I hope, is a sense of constant new information presented with introductory frames of a more familiar nature. The embarkation theme, which begins the piece, is a sort of bi-tonal fanfare in which the violins are in G major and the viola and cello are in B-flat major. It is bold, eager, and forward-looking. The first voyage maintains this bi-tonality, beginning as a 9/8 due for second violin and viola in a kind of rocking motion -much as a boat produces when reaching the deeper water in the harbor. A sweet, nostalgic theme emerges over this rocking accompaniment. This music is developed somewhat, then transforms quickly into a much faster and lighter episode, filled with rising and falling scales (again, in differing keys). A scherzando interlude in short notes and changing meters provides contrast, and the episode ends with a reprise of the scales. The second embarkation follows, this time in A major/C major. It leads quickly into a very warm and slow theme, in wide-leaping intervals for the viola. This section is interrupted twice by solo cadenzas for the cello, suggesting distant boat-horns in major thirds. The end of the episode becomes a transition, with boat-horns leading into the final appearance of the embarkation music, this time in trills and tremolos instead of sharply accented chords. The nostalgic theme of the first episode makes a final appearance, serving now as a coda. The rocking motion continues, in a lullaby fashion, leaving us drowsy and satisfied on our homeward journey. Harbor Music was written for the Cavani Quartet, and is dedicated to Richard J. Bogomolny. Commissioned by his employees at First National Supermarkets as a gift, it represents a thank you from many of the people (including this composer) who have benefitted from his vision and generosity. An ardent advocate of chamber music (and a cellist himself), Mr. Bogomolny has for many years been Chairman of the Board of Chamber Music America. -- Dan Welcher.
SKU: MA.EMR-56445
Hello / Kumbaya / O When The Saints / Lullaby / Heroes Entry / Music Box / Europatheme / Game / Voyage / Good Bye.
SKU: KN.09299S
UPC: 822795092998.
Following a basic ABA scheme, this Mozart masterwork features all the Classical elements you'd expect -- a clear melodic line, strong countrapuntal parts, sonorous harmonies, dynamic contrasts, and a logical conclusion. Playing with rhythmic precision and good blend will help student groups achieve superior performance results at concert or contest time. Duration 5:35. Available in SmartMusic.
SKU: KN.9299
SKU: UT.QC-4
ISBN 9788881094783. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.
Saggi di Jean-Pierre Bartoli, Alan Davison, Therese Ellsworth, Erik Entwistle, Jeremy Eskenazy, Michaela Freemanová, Stephan D. Lindeman, Rudolf Rasch, Renato Ricco, Jeanne Roudet, David Rowland, Massimiliano Sala, Laure Schnapper, Rohan H. Stewart-MacDonald, Marie Sumner LottThe career of Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) was notable for its peripateticism. Starting out in his native Bohemia Dussek spent periods of time in Germany and the Netherlands, settling in London for about ten years in the 1790s, progressing to Hamburg and ending his days in Paris. Although his activities centred on the piano, like so many musicians of his day Dussek branched out from performing and composing to encompass teaching, publishing and instrument retail, with varying success. A plethora of reviews and biographical accounts attest to Dussek’s renown throughout Europe as a pianist and composer, particularly when it came to sensitive and cantabile playing; and he interacted with some of the most eminent musicians, artists and political figures of his time. Dussek’s reputation declined sharply in the nineteenth century, however, and with the exception of isolated revivals of his work, for instance in London in the mid-nineteenth century, he has remained on the verge of obscurity in the minds of many musicians and music-lovers until the present day: even his well-known innovation of placing the piano sideways-on to the audience to display his striking profile is often mistakenly attributed to Franz Liszt. Although Dussek has provided the subject of a number of student dissertations over the years, in the published literature he has largely been restricted to cameo appearances or brief entries in historical surveys. The bicentennial anniversary of Dussek’s death provides a fitting occasion for bringing together scholars from all parts of the world to produce the first multi-author, multi-lingual study of the composer. Several chapters deal with aspects of Dussek’s biography and iconography that receive only sparse treatment elsewhere; others survey the different branches of his output, including the piano sonatas, the piano concertos, the chamber music with and without harp and the three String Quartets, Op. 60, which are currently enjoying a revival via recordings and a new edition. This book has two fundamental aims. One is to stimulate renewed interest in, and debate about, a less than celebrated – one might say unjustly neglected – figure. The other aim is to approach Dussek’s multi-facetted, geographically diverse career as an interface between ourselves and the music business at the beginning of the nineteenth century, whose complexity and vicissitudes emanated from the sociological dynamics and political events with which Dussek was, to an almost unique degree, inextricably associated. The highs and lows of Dussek’s career, the surviving contemporary accounts of Dussek the performer and composer, and the letters he exchanged with colleagues in several nations vividly portray the struggles of a worldly, ambitious, versatile and extremely perspicacious musician striving to carve out a place of eminence and material security for himself. This meant negotiating the complex progression, underway at this point in history, from the patronage system to the emergence of the artist as a socially and financially autonomous entity.
SKU: BT.DHP-1084471-070
ISBN 9789043128773. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
This great work for young, inexperienced string orchestras can be performed in various ways. The associated story even makes a staged performance possible. A wonderful journey through time enables the ensemble members to practice the notes of the G scale in an enjoyable way. All parts are for first position only and require first and second finger patterns. A third violin part can replace the violas if necessary, and a piano accompaniment is included for harmonic and rhythmic support. A fun way to learn! This set contains two first violin parts, two second violin parts, one viola part, one third violin part (viola), one cello part (double bass) and one score (piano accompaniment).Dit fraaie werk voor jonge, beginnende strijkersorkesten kan op verschillende manieren worden uitgevoerd. Het bijbehorende verhaal maakt zelfs een geënsceneerde toneelvoorstelling mogelijk. Een fantastische reis door de tijd geeftde leden van het ensemble of orkest de mogelijkheid om de noten van de toonladder van G (sol) op een prettige manier te oefenen. Voor alle partijen is alleen de eerste positie nodig, verder zijn de eerste en tweede vingerstand vereist.Een derdevioolpartij is bijgevoegd - voor het geval er geen altviolisten in het ensemble zitten. Ook is er een pianobegeleiding meegeleverd, die harmonische en ritmische ondersteuning biedt. Een leuke manier om te leren!Dieses großartige Werk für junge, noch unerfahrene Streichensembles kann auf verschiedene Weisen gespielt werden. Die damit verbundene Erzählung ergänzt den theoretischen Unterricht und erlaubt sogar eine Bühnenaufführung. Auf einer wunderbaren Zeitreise können die Ensemblemitglieder die Töne der G-Dur-Tonleiter auf heitere Weise üben. Alle Stimmen bewegen sich nur innerhalb der ersten Lage und erfordern die erste und zweite Griffart. Die zusätzliche Klavierbegleitung sorgt für die harmonische und rhythmische Stütze. So macht Lernen Spaß! Das Set umfasst zwei erste und zwei zweite Stimmen für Violine, eine Violastimme, eine dritte Violine (alt. Viola), eine Cello- oderKontrabassstimme und eine Partitur (Klavierbegleitung). Cette charmante composition en plusieurs tableaux s’adresse aux jeunes Ensembles Cordes inexpérimentés. La narration qui accompagne la pièce permet d’en faire une véritable œuvre scénique. Un délicieux voyage dans le temps permet aux jeunes instrumentistes de travailler les notes de la gamme de Sol, tout en se divertissant. Toutes les voix sont écrites en première position et ne nécessitent que l’utilisation des premier et deuxième schémas de doigts. La partie optionnelle pour violon 3 permet de remplacer la voix d’alto, si nécessaire. L’accompagnement de piano inclus offre un soutien harmonique et rythmique. Un moyen plaisant pour progresser dans l’apprentissage!Instrumentation : 2 Violons 1 & 2, 1 Alto (ou Violon 3), 1 Violoncelle (ou Contrebasse), 1 partie de Piano. Questa piacevole composizione si rivolge a tutti gli ensemble d'archi senza esperienza. La narrazione che accompagna il brano permette di farne una vera opera scenica. Un delizioso viaggio nel tempo che consente ai giovani strumentisti di lavorare le note della scala di Sol divertendosi. Tutte le voci sono scritte in prima posizione e non necessitano l'utilizzo del primo e del secondo schema della dita. La parte opzionale del violino 3 permette di sostituire la parte della viola. L'accompagnamento del piano incluso offre un sostegno armonico e ritmico. Strumentazione: 2 violini 1 & 2, 1 viola (o violino 3), 1 violoncello (o contrabbasso), 1 parte del piano.
SKU: KN.8893
UPC: 822795088939.
This German dance is the 4th of 6 movements in Beethoven's final quartet, composed the year before his death. As with most string quartet music there is lots of interest in parts as they weave back and forth with imitative motives. The dynamics are exquisite and make a great teaching point as well as the 3 beat slurs which occur in all parts. Duration 3:00.
SKU: KN.08893S