Chamber Music Clarinet, Contrabass, Cornet, Flute, Mezzo-soprano voice, Narrator...(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet, Contrabass, Cornet, Flute, Mezzo-soprano voice, Narrator, Percussion, Trombone, Viola, Violoncello, soprano voice, soprano Saxophone
SKU: CF.CY3160F
Full Score. Composed by Martin Bresnick. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 1982. 62 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Carl Fischer Music #CY3160F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CY3160F).
ISBN 9780825886591. UPC: 798408086596. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Bresnick's multi-media work for three singers, an actor, instrumental ensemble, and shadow puppets tells a Russian folk tale about a dangerous incident along the railroad. It is in Russian, Yiddish, and English. Der Signal has been performed (and championed) by Le Train Bleu, and ensemble formed and conducted by Ransom Wilson.. Der Signal is, as Bresnick allows, low art, which was misconstrued by music critics, leading directly to Bresnick's later composition, High Art. Perhaps the use of shadow puppets should have been a clue. Duration: 15'.
