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Small Ensemble Guitar,Low Voice,Medium Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.533911
Composed by David Warin Solomons. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 19 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3066951. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533911).
Concert Note: "The Five Poems of Melissanthi, in the English translation of Diana Maynard, comprise a complete vocal cycle of five poems set to music as a posthumous tribute by the composer to the Athenian poet Melissanthi (1910-1991), in the manner of the old tombeaux of the Baroque era, a tradition also used by many composers of the first half of the 20th century. This composer confirms, with reference to his own experience of Melissanthi's poetry "these five from among her many poems have made a such a great impact on my composing that I felt the need to dedicate these musical pages to her". The evocative poetic expressions of Melissanthi, whose real name was Eve Chougia-Skandalaki, and the mysterious atmospheres invoked by David Solomons' music introduce the listener to an ethereal and metaphysical dimension, allowing us a glimpse into the unknown and the intangible. A recurring theme, which unites the five lyrics by an invisible thread, is an incessant fluctuation between the real and the unreal, between the known and the unknown and between reality and unreality. The inevitable abandonment of the mind to the seductive charms of the surreal creates an extraordinary parallelism with lines from a great poet of the past "…così tra questa/immensità s'annega il pensier mio:/e il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare" ["…so in this/immensity my thoughts drown:/ and to be shipwrecked is sweet for me in this sea."] (Giacomo Leopardi, L'Infinito, 1819). Both the performance and the enjoyment of the Five Poems therefore require particular emotional involvement, in an overall picture where every single note is a tiny but essential constituent of a larger and more complex musical architecture. The harmonic structure of the five compositions presents a substantial homogenity of formulation even within the various rhythmical solutions selected, with their repeated returns to themes and chords. This creates an indissoluble unity, such that it would spoil the completeness of the whole cycle of compositions if it were broken." Alessandro Balsimini Translation by David W. Solomons
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Small Ensemble Guitar,Low Voice,Medium Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.533911
Composed by David Warin Solomons. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 19 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3066951. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533911).
Concert Note: "The Five Poems of Melissanthi, in the English translation of Diana Maynard, comprise a complete vocal cycle of five poems set to music as a posthumous tribute by the composer to the Athenian poet Melissanthi (1910-1991), in the manner of the old tombeaux of the Baroque era, a tradition also used by many composers of the first half of the 20th century. This composer confirms, with reference to his own experience of Melissanthi's poetry "these five from among her many poems have made a such a great impact on my composing that I felt the need to dedicate these musical pages to her". The evocative poetic expressions of Melissanthi, whose real name was Eve Chougia-Skandalaki, and the mysterious atmospheres invoked by David Solomons' music introduce the listener to an ethereal and metaphysical dimension, allowing us a glimpse into the unknown and the intangible. A recurring theme, which unites the five lyrics by an invisible thread, is an incessant fluctuation between the real and the unreal, between the known and the unknown and between reality and unreality. The inevitable abandonment of the mind to the seductive charms of the surreal creates an extraordinary parallelism with lines from a great poet of the past "…così tra questa/immensità s'annega il pensier mio:/e il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare" ["…so in this/immensity my thoughts drown:/ and to be shipwrecked is sweet for me in this sea."] (Giacomo Leopardi, L'Infinito, 1819). Both the performance and the enjoyment of the Five Poems therefore require particular emotional involvement, in an overall picture where every single note is a tiny but essential constituent of a larger and more complex musical architecture. The harmonic structure of the five compositions presents a substantial homogenity of formulation even within the various rhythmical solutions selected, with their repeated returns to themes and chords. This creates an indissoluble unity, such that it would spoil the completeness of the whole cycle of compositions if it were broken." Alessandro Balsimini Translation by David W. Solomons
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
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
Preview: David Warin Solomons: Five Poems by Melissanthi for medium voice and guitar
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