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This five-movement work explores popular American jazz idioms in a fresh contemporary language. Syncopated rhythms abound in the Blues, Rock and Bebop, while the slow movements draw on Indian melodies of New Mexico. 16 p. Score & Part NE470 $21.98
ARTUA Vln (2),Vla, Vlc. 6' Peter Ware
This string quartet is set in an expressionistic vein, exploiting both lyrical and percussive qualities. It moves through a series of contrasting moods, with sudden changes in tempo, register and dynamics. Opening vigorously, there follows a dreamy section, a mournful section and closing "furioso". 7 p. Score & Parts AE322 $16.98
BIRD ON A BRIAR Cl., Vln,
Vla, Vlc., Pn. 8'
Anthony Lis
A set of continuous variations on a 13th-century English folk song, this piece draws
almost exclusively from the notes of the A natural minor scale. The piano opens with
an abbreviated statement of the folksong. 23 p. Score & Parts AE0461
$35.98
BURGUNDIAN
COUNTERPOINT Vln., Pn. 13' Anthony Lis
Based on the "L'homme arme" melody, a favorite cantus firmus of composers at the
court of Burgundy in the early Renaissance, the work is unfolds in three contrasting
sections. The Cincinnati Enquirer wrote that "the pulsing, bravura Burgundian
Counterpoint wound up the concert with rousing motorism and plain ol' roll-up-your-sleeves
fiddling." 25 p. Score & Part AE0453 $32.98
CHAMA "The Eagle
and the Plumed Serpent" Vln/Fl., Gtr/Pn 14' Peter
Ware
This evocative work was inspired by the writings of Carlos Castaneda. In a variation
form, it opens and closes with an extensive solo (vln/fl.) of meditative character.
Exotic scales along with portamento convey a primitive, near eastern quality. 9
p. Score & Part Vln, Gtr AE56X; Vln, Pno AE314
$15.98
IMPRESSIONS Vln, Pno 7' Gwyneth Rollin
Impressions, is a collection of five descriptive pieces for violin and piano which can
be played individual or as a set. They employ a mildly dissonant language in a whimsical
style. 17 p. Score & Parts NE0224 23.98
KABAH Vln (4), Vla (2),
Vlc. (2) 35' Peter
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KABAH: "An exotically evocative piece, describing the atmosphere and spirit of the place with eerie harmonics, long-held notes and often sparse harmonies conveying a sense of vast emptiness and antiquity." -The Washington Post "Kabah, inspired by a Mayan ruin in Mexico's Yucatan peninsular, is a forceful and intense piece that yields little to the narrative style." -Tim Panting, Classical Guitar magazine
Named after a Mayan ruin in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, this three movement Octet is
fashioned in a fast-slow-fast arrangement. The outer movements are lively and
rhythmically active with a compelling character, while the Andante proceeds with a
ceremonious beauty. The work is recorded on the Acoma CD GXD5733. 55 p. Score
AE918s $55.98, Score & Parts AE918 $157.98
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LONDON PIANO TRIO violin, Cello, Piano 22' Peter Ware
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The first movement uses multiple tempos and opens with a violin and piano duet. When the cello enters, much dialogue and jest ensues. The harmonic and melodic material is derived from the symmetrical chords of the violin and piano duet. This material is transformed and developed, at times humorously, throughout the movement. The second movement is an Elegy, with plaintive sigh motives, tremolos and grace notes to nothing. It is fluid and unhurried, weaving pure lyric poetry. The
Totentanz follows with the cello starting the playful and sinister dance of death. The last movement Presto appassionata is dramatic and driving, commencing with an angular cello solo. After the piano enters, the muted violin is heard in exchange with the muted cello. The driving tempo proceeds with syncopated interjections. Later, the unflagging pulse halts in a jagged violin interlude, which matches the opening cello solo in character and wit. This Andante espressivo section is followed by an animated
Prestissimo. A short Adagio is inserted before the final rush to a terse closing theme in triple octaves.
Score 47 p. AE381 $47.98. Violin part AEVl381 $10.98.
Cello part AEVC381 $10.98
THE NIGHT RAINBOW Clt.,Vla, Pno 11'
Peter
Ware
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A Fantasy-Variation, this piece was inspired by the moonbow at Cumberland Falls in
Kentucky. Enchanting melodies of the clarinet and viola weave a texture of
atmospheric awe, deliberate and unhurried. The piano, frozen in its higher register,
contrasts with a crystallized tone, creating a sense of starkness and desolation. 10
p. Score & Parts AE713 $14.98
Inspired by a set of poems by California poet Gary Snyder, the music mirrors the changing character and formal elements of the text in a sometimes reflective, sometimes vivacious and playful spirit. Musically, the instruments are treated equally with a blending of timbres in a true chamber music style. 5 p. Score & Parts AE705 $26.90
TOTENTANZ Vln, Db., Pno or Vln, Tb., Pno 3.5' Peter
Ware
Opening with a bass solo, this playful and sinister dance of death, features the violin
and bass in dialogue and paired against the piano accompaniment. 7 p. Score
& Parts Vln, Db., Pno AE195 ; Vln, Tb., Pno AE11X $11.98
THE UNHEARD VOICE Vln, Pno/Gtr 15' Alan Green
This duet was inspired by a poetic theme, that of the inner thoughts and songs of earthly
beings as described in the writings of Gary Snyder, Uendell Berry and Uilliam Irwin
Thompson of the Lindisfarne Association. 11 p. Score & Parts Vln,
Pno FE411; Vln, Gtr AE993 $16.98
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