Nocturne (score)
Composer: Gwyneth Walker
Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
$55.00
| Movement/Section | Duration: 16.75 |
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This edition consists of a score. The piano reduction from the same publisher is available separately.
From the composer:
"Nocturne for Clarinet and String Orchestra is a reflective and quiet work These characteristics are often associated with a nocturne, or 'night piece.'
Canto is a single-line melody framed by background sounds (including tappings) and echoes of itself. The clarinet theme is often answered by all of the strings in close stretti, thereby creating a blurred effect—perhaps the effect of playing or singing a melody out-of-doors at night, generating reverberations and ambient sounds.
Tarantella is a light-hearted treatment of the familiar 6/8 dance. The motion of the tarantella is often halted abruptly and divided into contrasting fragments. The clarinet, which does not appear until the tarantella has amply established itself in the strings, arrives as a devilish creature—mocking and toying with the strings. His playing is often marked 'obnoxiously' or 'impudently'. The strings, snapping their bows at him, reprimand and ultimately silence his rude behavior.
Appassionato is a through-composed movement with numerous changes in mood—all contributing to a love song. The opening section is gentle and textural, perhaps hearkening back to the Canto. This is followed by an ebb and flow of the music, often rising in intensity and then resolving into peaceful, cantabile passages. The closing section brings back 'sighing' motives (descending semi-_tone or whole-tone appogiaturas...rising and falling thirds) reminiscent of the opening, but now presented in the strings as well as the clarinet. The movement often contrasts intense/ passionate moments with those which are tender/ peaceful."
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Pages:
Pages (score): 32
Publisher Code: X071040
UPC: 884088292577
ISBN:
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Length: 35.7 cm
Width: 28.8 cm
Thickness: 1.092 cm
Weight: 202 g
