Composed by Stanley M Hoffman. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Classical. Score. 16 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #1131670. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.1559441).
Contrasts was composed in 2023 for a call for scores. Written as an Homage to Béla Bartók (1881–1945) Contrasts is a what I refer to as a “fantasypiece;” run-together word intentional. I know that term is not unique to my music, but in my case, my fantasypieces feature very adventurous uses of harmonies and melodies.
I have lately been composing homages to various great composers for different musical ensembles. Béla Bartók came to mind as soon as I heard about the call for scores by Talla Rouge.
Contrasts juxtaposes interval-based music and triad-based music. While no direct quotations of Bartók’s music knowingly appear in this work, the style of his music is strongly inflected while still retaining my own compositional voice.
Eerie interval-based music reminiscent of Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta and the string quartets is contrasted with more folk-like passages that feature triad-based music. A sincere effort is made to integrate the two types of music to the extent possible for such antipathetical musical languages.
The musical treatment is often more minimalistic than Bartók might have chosen to employ. This is unusual for me, but that minimalism serves to contrast with and provide auditory relief from the mostly dissonant interval-based music.
More than anything, Contrasts is a study in hearing musical ideas presented in as many opposing ways as I could manage. I hope you enjoy it.
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Composed by Stanley M Hoffman. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Classical. Score. 16 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #1131670. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.1559441).
Contrasts was composed in 2023 for a call for scores. Written as an Homage to Béla Bartók (1881–1945) Contrasts is a what I refer to as a “fantasypiece;” run-together word intentional. I know that term is not unique to my music, but in my case, my fantasypieces feature very adventurous uses of harmonies and melodies.
I have lately been composing homages to various great composers for different musical ensembles. Béla Bartók came to mind as soon as I heard about the call for scores by Talla Rouge.
Contrasts juxtaposes interval-based music and triad-based music. While no direct quotations of Bartók’s music knowingly appear in this work, the style of his music is strongly inflected while still retaining my own compositional voice.
Eerie interval-based music reminiscent of Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta and the string quartets is contrasted with more folk-like passages that feature triad-based music. A sincere effort is made to integrate the two types of music to the extent possible for such antipathetical musical languages.
The musical treatment is often more minimalistic than Bartók might have chosen to employ. This is unusual for me, but that minimalism serves to contrast with and provide auditory relief from the mostly dissonant interval-based music.
More than anything, Contrasts is a study in hearing musical ideas presented in as many opposing ways as I could manage. I hope you enjoy it.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
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