Format : Score and Parts
SKU: ET.PNO81
ISBN 9790207003256.
L’enfance en éclats 2001 [Childhood Shattered] As its title suggests, Childhood Shattered is program music. A simple and graceful tune, symbolizing childhood, is abruptly interrupted by a horrific, dissonant chord. The tune returns ; but the echo of the chord, still lingering in the background, tells us that the memory of the traumatic event persists. Life has darkened. Nothing is as it was before. The initial melody wanders into keys ever stranger and more distant, ultimately arriving at a new theme, obsessive, with grating seconds and thrusting accents. This shattered childhood and its episodes of aimlessness, will it give birth to new certainties? The piece is an exercise in contrasting detached notes with tied notes. Commissioned by the Association Jeune musique. Required work at the International Piano Competition Freiburg - Jeune Musique, 2002. Toccata (2004) This piece by Caroline Charrière issues from the historical lineage of the toccata, traditionally an exercise of dexterity characterized by repeated musical motifs. The introduction is constructed of subtly displaced upper-register chords in the right hand that alternate with two lower notes in the left hand, creating an almost meditative preamble. In the rapid section of the piece, the performer playfully exploits the keyboard's full breadth in the course of spirited dialogues between notes high and low. Commissioned by the Association Jeune Musique. Required work in Category IV at the International Piano Competition Freiburg - Jeune musique, 2004. Irène Minder-Jeanneret.
SKU: BA.BVK02497
ISBN 9783761824979. 24.5 x 17 cm inches. Language: German. Preface: Christoph Wolff.
Was bleibt? Johann Sebastian Bach gestaltete und verfeinerte sein reiches musikalisches Erbe sehr bewusst: Über Jahrzehnte hinweg trug er sorgfältig angelegte Sammlungen, Originaldrucke und reinschriftliche Partituren zusammen, mit denen er Maßstäbe setzen und der Nachwelt im Gedächtnis bleiben wollte – wie eine musikalische Autobiografie.Christoph Wolff porträtiert im vorliegenden Buch anhand dieser Referenzwerke Bachs bahnbrechende künstlerische Leistungen quer durch die verschiedenen Gattungen der Instrumental- und Vokalmusik: Präludien, Fugen und Orgelchoräle, Suiten, Sonaten und Konzerte sowie Kantaten, Passionen, Oratorien und Messen. Auf dieser ganzen imponierenden Breite trieb Bach mit seiner musikalischen Logik und ausdrucksvollen Tonsprache die Kompositionsgeschichte voran. Der AutorChristoph Wolff, emeritierter Ordinarius für Musikwissenschaft der Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts), wo er seit 1976 tätig war, und Honorarprofessor der Universität Freiburg i. Br., leitete 2001 bis 2013 das Bach-Archiv Leipzig. Seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten widmen sich der Musikgeschichte des 15.–20. Jahrhunderts, insbesondere den Werken Bachs und Mozarts. Bei Bärenreiter erschienen von ihm zuletzt „‚Vor der Pforte meines Glückes‘. Mozart im Dienst des Kaisers (1788–1791)“ (BVK02277) und „Bach. Eine Lebensgeschichte in Bildern“ (BVK02280).
SKU: BA.BA11242-49
ISBN 9790006563630. 15 x 21 cm inches.
The acclaimed percussionist Christian Dierstein has joined forces with a research group at the Basel Academy of Music to examine the techniques of percussion playing from an innovative perspective. The main focus falls less on the instruments than on their sound producers: beaters, mallets, sticks, bows, specific manual techniques up to and including electronic pulse generators. This book describes all of them in detail and illustrates their range of application in carefully selected and annotated examples from the repertoire. Many essays by guest authors such as Nicolaus A. Huber, Steven Schick, Fritz Hauser and Bernhard Wulff relate the performance descriptions to ongoing aesthetic debates. They reveal that sound production and interaction with sound-generating objects have moved centre stage in contemporary composition and its expanded concepts of material and performance. The result is a comprehensive reference book for composers and performers that will also serve as a source of inspiration for future innovative approaches in percussion playing.The authorsChristian Dierstein completed his musical studies with Bernhard Wulff (Freiburg), Gaston Sylvestre (Paris) and Wassilios Papadopulus (Mannheim). A multiple prize-winner at music competitions, he has played percussion withEnsemble Recherchesince 1988 andTrio Accantosince 1994 together with Nic Hodges and Marcus Weiss. In addition he has been professor of percussion and contemporary chamber music at the Basel Academy of Music since 2001. Michel Roth is professor of composition and music theatre at the Basel Academy of Music and a member of its research department. As a composer he is a regular guest at music festivals, recently with a focus on music theatre. In 2017 Barenreiter published hisTechniques of Trombone Playingco-written with Mike Svoboda. This was awarded theBest Editionprize by the German Music Publishers Association in 2018.Jens Ruland studied percussion with Carlos Tarcha at the Cologne University of Music (2007-12) where he completed his performance and teaching degree with distinction. Since 2012 he has consolidated his studies with Christian Dierstein in Basel. He is a founding member ofhand werk(Cologne),232 percussion(Cologne),Ensemble New4Art(Switzerland) and the music theatre duoAkt-tkA(Spain and Switzerland).
