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Contrapuntal variations on the Old Shepherd's Song from Richard Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde' by Stefan Heucke Piano Duet - Digital Sheet Music
Contrapuntal variations on the Old Shepherd's Song from Richard Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'. Composed by Stefan Heucke. This edition: Sheet music. Score. Op. 70. Duration 27 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q25030. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q25030).
In 2012, I composed a set of variations (originally for orchestra and subsequently arranged for two pianos in 2013 ) based on one of Wagner’s most inspired and haunting melodies, the ‘alte Hirtenweise’ [old shepherd’s song], an extended cor anglais solo at the start of Act III of Tristan and Isolde. This seemingly simple, yet deceptively complex melody was my starting point for an expansive fantasy in which I explore the potential of the melodic elements for variational development. The individual motifs are transformed and reconstructed in eight extended movements making frequent use of polyphony and are repeatedly interrupted by the sounding of the original theme. The work concludes with a languid coda at a great distance from the themes of salvation and Liebestod. Stefan Heucke
2012 entstand ein Variationswerk (zunächst für Orchester, 2013 in eine Fassung für zwei Klaviere umgestaltet) über eine der eindringlichsten melodischen Eingebungen Wagners, die „alte Hirtenweise, das große Englischhorn-Solo zu Beginn des dritten Tristan-Aktes. Diese scheinbar so schlichte und eingängige, dabei höchst komplex und verwickelt gebaute Melodie habe ich als Ausgangspunkt für eine großräumige Fantasie genommen, die die melodischen Bausteine der Melodie auf ihre Möglichkeiten der entwickelnden Variation hin befragt. Die einzelnen Motive des Themas werden zu acht großen, oft polyphon gestalteten Sätzen umgeformt, dabei aber immer wieder vom Erklingen des Originalthemas unterbrochen. Das Stück verklingt in einer ermatteten Coda, weit entfernt von Erlösung und Liebestod. Stefan Heucke.
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Contrapuntal variations on the Old Shepherd's Song from Richard Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'. Composed by Stefan Heucke. This edition: Sheet music. Score. Op. 70. Duration 27 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q25030. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q25030).
In 2012, I composed a set of variations (originally for orchestra and subsequently arranged for two pianos in 2013 ) based on one of Wagner’s most inspired and haunting melodies, the ‘alte Hirtenweise’ [old shepherd’s song], an extended cor anglais solo at the start of Act III of Tristan and Isolde. This seemingly simple, yet deceptively complex melody was my starting point for an expansive fantasy in which I explore the potential of the melodic elements for variational development. The individual motifs are transformed and reconstructed in eight extended movements making frequent use of polyphony and are repeatedly interrupted by the sounding of the original theme. The work concludes with a languid coda at a great distance from the themes of salvation and Liebestod. Stefan Heucke
2012 entstand ein Variationswerk (zunächst für Orchester, 2013 in eine Fassung für zwei Klaviere umgestaltet) über eine der eindringlichsten melodischen Eingebungen Wagners, die „alte Hirtenweise, das große Englischhorn-Solo zu Beginn des dritten Tristan-Aktes. Diese scheinbar so schlichte und eingängige, dabei höchst komplex und verwickelt gebaute Melodie habe ich als Ausgangspunkt für eine großräumige Fantasie genommen, die die melodischen Bausteine der Melodie auf ihre Möglichkeiten der entwickelnden Variation hin befragt. Die einzelnen Motive des Themas werden zu acht großen, oft polyphon gestalteten Sätzen umgeformt, dabei aber immer wieder vom Erklingen des Originalthemas unterbrochen. Das Stück verklingt in einer ermatteten Coda, weit entfernt von Erlösung und Liebestod. Stefan Heucke.
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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).
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