Selected keyboard and chamber music, 1937-1994 / Lou Harrison ; edited by Leta E. Miller.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003, composer.

Contributor:

Miller, Leta E., editor.

Series:

Recent researches in American music ; 31.

Music of the United States of America ; v.8.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in American music ; 31

Music of the United States of America ; v. 8

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Sextets (Percussion, violins (2), viola, violoncello)--Scores.

Sextets (Percussion, violins (2), viola, violoncello).

Percussion ensembles--Scores.

Percussion ensembles.

Organ music.

Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble--Scores and parts.

Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Incidental music.

Prepared piano music.

Suites (Piano).

Trios (Piano, percussion, violin)--Scores and parts.

Trios (Piano, percussion, violin).

Violin and piano music--Scores and parts.

Violin and piano music.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Songs and music.

Spain.

Genre:

Incidental music.

Scores.

Parts (Music)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (lv, 162 pages, 4 pages of plates)) : facsimiles, illustrations + 3 sets of 3, 2 and 1 part respectively.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.

Language Note:

Latin words (4th work), also printed as text with English translation on page 36.

Summary:

"This collection presents seven works by Lou Harrison for keyboard solo or chamber ensemble spanning more than fifty years. The prefatory essay explores, through the lens of these works, the sources of Harrison's syncretic style: percussion, East Asian music, gamelan, medieval music, the French baroque, melody, tuning systems, instrument building, and politics. Interwoven biographical material is based on the author's research for her recent study of Harrison's life and works and draws on archival materials and also nearly seventy-five interviews with Harrison and colleagues who have worked with him during the past half century. The edition was prepared with the full cooperation and assistance of the composer." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Solemn play, a life of cross-cultural synthesis

France 1917-Spain 1937 : for two percussionists and string quartet

Tributes to Charon : for percussion trio

Praises for Michael the Archangel : for organ solo

Vestiunt silve : for soprano, flute/piccolo, two violas, and harp

Incidental music for Corneille's "Cinna" : (suite for tack piano) : for upright piano with tacks inserted into felts

Varied trio : for violin, piano, and percussion

Grand duo : for violin and piano.

Notes:

"The composer ... participated in the editing process. Thus each work can be considered a 'definitive' version, authorized and approved by Harrison"---P. 153.

Includes introductory essay (pages xv-lv) and critical apparatus (pages 153-162).

Parts included for 4th and 6th-7th works.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed February 26, 2020).

Contains:

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. France 1917-Spain 1937.

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Tributes to Charon.

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Praises for Michael the Archangel.

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Vestiunt silve.

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Cinna.

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Varied trio.

Container of: Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Grand duo.

OCLC:

1142446932

Publisher Number:

A031 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)

A031P1 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

A031P2 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

A031P3 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)