Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jazz. Score and parts. 40 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #5982647. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869690).
Seven Steps To Heaven was composed for the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation/Project STEP Summer Education Collaborative in the Berkshires. The work, scored for seven string instruments ‐ 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos & contrabass, is in seven sections: four movements with three interludes in between.
Moderato, "Humble Vale" Interlude I Funk Scherzo Interlude II
Bossa nova Interlude III Perpetuo moto
When Mark Ludwig, Director of the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation, told me that "Seven Steps" would be premiered at the Hancock Shaker Village, I thought it would be most appropriate to use a Shaker tune as a source for this work.
The work begins with "Humble Vale." "Humble Vale" is part of the Hancock Hymnal: 1850 compiled by Deborah Rentz Moore.
The most obvious element in this beautiful melody is the predominance of the pentatonic mode. The "Funk Scherzo" movement is a dissertation on pentatonic subsets: major seconds, minor thirds and perfect fourths. The "Bossa nova" movement, although not pentatonic melodically, is full of chords derived pentatonically: chords stacked in fourths, for example. The last movement, "Perpetuo moto," is most definitely pentatonic in its theme: an incessant repeating figure with explosive pentatonic flurries of major seconds, minor thirds and perfect fourths.
In between the four movements I have inserted three interludes. Interlude I is an interlocking pair of waltzing pentatonic melodies for two violins. Interlude II is a solemn march on an F‐sharp pedal. Interlude III is a quasi‐canonic descending scale that resolves into a big G‐flat major chord. It is my intention that these interludes provide a smooth and slithery connection from one movement into the next. Enjoy!!!
The work is dedicated to Miles Davis. His 1963 LP/CD "Seven Steps To Heaven" is a seminal recording for all music lovers. It made a huge impression on me when I was a teenager in São Paulo, Brazil. I must have listened to it a thousand times. I know every solo by heart. Heaven is Miles’ domain.
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Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jazz. Score and parts. 40 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #5982647. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869690).
Seven Steps To Heaven was composed for the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation/Project STEP Summer Education Collaborative in the Berkshires. The work, scored for seven string instruments ‐ 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos & contrabass, is in seven sections: four movements with three interludes in between.
Moderato, "Humble Vale" Interlude I Funk Scherzo Interlude II
Bossa nova Interlude III Perpetuo moto
When Mark Ludwig, Director of the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation, told me that "Seven Steps" would be premiered at the Hancock Shaker Village, I thought it would be most appropriate to use a Shaker tune as a source for this work.
The work begins with "Humble Vale." "Humble Vale" is part of the Hancock Hymnal: 1850 compiled by Deborah Rentz Moore.
The most obvious element in this beautiful melody is the predominance of the pentatonic mode. The "Funk Scherzo" movement is a dissertation on pentatonic subsets: major seconds, minor thirds and perfect fourths. The "Bossa nova" movement, although not pentatonic melodically, is full of chords derived pentatonically: chords stacked in fourths, for example. The last movement, "Perpetuo moto," is most definitely pentatonic in its theme: an incessant repeating figure with explosive pentatonic flurries of major seconds, minor thirds and perfect fourths.
In between the four movements I have inserted three interludes. Interlude I is an interlocking pair of waltzing pentatonic melodies for two violins. Interlude II is a solemn march on an F‐sharp pedal. Interlude III is a quasi‐canonic descending scale that resolves into a big G‐flat major chord. It is my intention that these interludes provide a smooth and slithery connection from one movement into the next. Enjoy!!!
The work is dedicated to Miles Davis. His 1963 LP/CD "Seven Steps To Heaven" is a seminal recording for all music lovers. It made a huge impression on me when I was a teenager in São Paulo, Brazil. I must have listened to it a thousand times. I know every solo by heart. Heaven is Miles’ domain.
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: Seven Steps To Heaven (2002) for string septet or string orchestra
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