Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. 34 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #790011. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.1190435).
Instrumentation: Flute Clarinet in Bb Horn in F Violin Viola Cello Doiuble bass
Septet, opus 77 … “Variations on a Shaker Tune” was commissioned by Mark Ludwig for his educational series in the Western Berkshires of Massachusetts. When he approached me about writing a “theme and variations” work for the purpose of illustrating musical form, texture and orchestration to a young audience, I thought what better thing to do than to use as a theme a Shaker hymn from near Hancock Shaker Village.
As it turns out Deborah Leah Rentz, a mezzo-soprano who is Mark’s assistant at the Terezín Music Foundation, has been researching into and transcribing from a Shaker Hymnal, ca. 1850, created and compiled for the Hancock Shaker Village. (Deborah’s project is sponsored by the Hancock Shaker Village and the Richmond Performing Series.) So I asked her to put on a DAT tape (those were the days before CDs or digital distribution… ) a number of these hymns for me. I immediately fell in love with the very first one on the tape, “Grateful Remembrance.” It had a soulful, melancholic core; an almost “bluesy” feeling to it. In this performance, Deborah will sing the hymn a cappella at the beginning. Then, the seven variations will follow.
I. Grateful Remembrance … An instrumental version of the hymn. II. Grateful Chanting … Featuring the B-flat clarinet in a pentatonic “chant” setting. III. Grateful Funk … The “bluesiness” of the hymn is transformed into a funk riff. IV. Tango Remembered … A four-note fragment from the hymn is transformed into a sultry tango. V. Sambinha agradecida … The yearning “flat 6th” in the hymn is transformed into a samba Carmen Miranda would’ve have liked. VI. Canonized Remembrance … The hymn is treated to a canonic transfiguration. VII. Grateful Groove … The pentatonic nature of the hymn is spun out in an Afro-cuban dazzle dazzle finale!
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Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. 34 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #790011. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.1190435).
Instrumentation: Flute Clarinet in Bb Horn in F Violin Viola Cello Doiuble bass
Septet, opus 77 … “Variations on a Shaker Tune” was commissioned by Mark Ludwig for his educational series in the Western Berkshires of Massachusetts. When he approached me about writing a “theme and variations” work for the purpose of illustrating musical form, texture and orchestration to a young audience, I thought what better thing to do than to use as a theme a Shaker hymn from near Hancock Shaker Village.
As it turns out Deborah Leah Rentz, a mezzo-soprano who is Mark’s assistant at the Terezín Music Foundation, has been researching into and transcribing from a Shaker Hymnal, ca. 1850, created and compiled for the Hancock Shaker Village. (Deborah’s project is sponsored by the Hancock Shaker Village and the Richmond Performing Series.) So I asked her to put on a DAT tape (those were the days before CDs or digital distribution… ) a number of these hymns for me. I immediately fell in love with the very first one on the tape, “Grateful Remembrance.” It had a soulful, melancholic core; an almost “bluesy” feeling to it. In this performance, Deborah will sing the hymn a cappella at the beginning. Then, the seven variations will follow.
I. Grateful Remembrance … An instrumental version of the hymn. II. Grateful Chanting … Featuring the B-flat clarinet in a pentatonic “chant” setting. III. Grateful Funk … The “bluesiness” of the hymn is transformed into a funk riff. IV. Tango Remembered … A four-note fragment from the hymn is transformed into a sultry tango. V. Sambinha agradecida … The yearning “flat 6th” in the hymn is transformed into a samba Carmen Miranda would’ve have liked. VI. Canonized Remembrance … The hymn is treated to a canonic transfiguration. VII. Grateful Groove … The pentatonic nature of the hymn is spun out in an Afro-cuban dazzle dazzle finale!
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: Septet, opus 77 ... Variations on a Shaker Tune (1998) - Score Only
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