Composed by Anthony Gilbert. This edition: pdf. 20th Century. Score. 15 pages. UYMP #1270228. Published by UYMP (A0.1706426).
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1872-1938) was a great champion of British contemporary arts and letters in the early years of the 20th century. Among her close friends she counted Augustus John, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Siegfried Sassoon, D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley and a whole host of other luminaries. Her striking mode of attire and somewhat flamboyant personality led to some unflattering portrayals in the fiction of the time which is shameful, since her positive impact and her generosity were immeasurable. In an attempt to redress these wrongs, she has placed herself at the centre of a short opera I am planning. This Osanna (the title I give to pieces celebrating exciting personages) was in its original form a first offshoot of that long-term project.
Beginning with a hint of Rondo (of course), it soon reveals itself as a set of variations on aspects of the Rondo material. Initially mercurial, the increasingly intense and dramatic music that follows in some way reflects Lady Ottoline’s own trajectory across the consciousness of her time.
Commissioned by Ralph Kirshbaum for the 1998 Manchester International Cello Festival, Osanna for Lady O was first performed there in its original form by Alban Gerhardt, cello and Simon Parkin, piano, and was extensively rewritten ten years later as the material for the (now mothballed) opera began to take more solid shape.
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Composed by Anthony Gilbert. This edition: pdf. 20th Century. Score. 15 pages. UYMP #1270228. Published by UYMP (A0.1706426).
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1872-1938) was a great champion of British contemporary arts and letters in the early years of the 20th century. Among her close friends she counted Augustus John, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Siegfried Sassoon, D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley and a whole host of other luminaries. Her striking mode of attire and somewhat flamboyant personality led to some unflattering portrayals in the fiction of the time which is shameful, since her positive impact and her generosity were immeasurable. In an attempt to redress these wrongs, she has placed herself at the centre of a short opera I am planning. This Osanna (the title I give to pieces celebrating exciting personages) was in its original form a first offshoot of that long-term project.
Beginning with a hint of Rondo (of course), it soon reveals itself as a set of variations on aspects of the Rondo material. Initially mercurial, the increasingly intense and dramatic music that follows in some way reflects Lady Ottoline’s own trajectory across the consciousness of her time.
Commissioned by Ralph Kirshbaum for the 1998 Manchester International Cello Festival, Osanna for Lady O was first performed there in its original form by Alban Gerhardt, cello and Simon Parkin, piano, and was extensively rewritten ten years later as the material for the (now mothballed) opera began to take more solid shape.
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).
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