Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.837482

Composed by Brett L. Wery. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary,World. 76 pages. Sonata Grendel Publishing #3133453. Published by Sonata Grendel Publishing (A0.837482).

All the movements of Four World Variants are based on one theme. The theme proper can be heard in the fugue subject of the first movement. The second movement uses the theme in retrograde inversion (backwards and upside down) to emulate the music of Gagaku. Gagaku literally translates as elegant music and is the ancient imperial court music of Japan. The third movement uses the theme in retrograde (simply backwards) to create a sarabande. Sarabandes are typically associated with the dance suites of the Baroque era but are said to have originated in Central and North America. The Sarabande was banned for a time in 16th  century Spain for it’s lascivious nature. The final movement uses the original form of the theme combined with a traditional drumming pattern of the Ewe people of Togo, Benin, and Ghana, West Africa.

I. Europe: An Enlightenment Fugue

II. Asia: A Gagaku Serenade

III. A New World Sarabande

IV. Africa: Ewe Polyrhythms

This 14 minute suite is scored for two four B-flat clarinets and is ideal for high school, college or professional players.

 

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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.793408

Composed by Earl Bostic and Franz Lehar. Arranged by Hadley Hazen. Contemporary. 9 pages. Hadley Hazen #4609883. Published by Hadley Hazen (A0.793408).

The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade(The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.

The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the Vilja Song, Da geh' ich zu Maxim (You'll Find Me at Maxim's), and the Merry Widow Waltz.

Enjoy this arrangement for Clarinet Quartet.