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Medusa : monodrama for dramatic soprano and string orchestra

Title
Medusa : monodrama for dramatic soprano and string orchestra / William Bolcom ; text by Arnold Weinstein.
Author
Bolcom, William
Publication
  • [New York, New York] : Edward B. Marks Music Company ; [St. Louis] : Keiser, [2020]
  • [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] : exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard
  • ©2002

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Additional Authors
  • Weinstein, Arnold
  • Malfitano, Catherine
  • Carnegie Hall Corporation, commissioning body.
  • Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, commissioning body.
Description
1 vocal score (78 pages); 31 cm
Uniform Title
Medusa. Vocal score
Alternative Title
Medusa.
Subject
  • Bolcom, William > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Weinstein, Arnold > Musical settings
  • Medusa (Gorgon) > Songs and music
  • Bolcom, William
  • Medusa (Gorgon)
  • Weinstein, Arnold
  • Music > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Monodramas (Music) > Vocal scores with piano (4 hands)
  • Songs (High voice) with string orchestra > Vocal scores with piano (4 hands)
  • Music
Genre/Form
  • Chamber music.
  • Monodramas (Music)
  • Songs.
  • Musical settings.
  • Facsimiles.
  • Vocal scores.
  • Manuscripts.
  • Songs and music.
Note
  • "This piano reduction was intended for rehearsal only, but may be used in informal concerts. Much of the piano part is only playable with more than two hands. Whoever decides to perform Medusa this way can work out the work-divisions where there are only two staves."
  • At end: Piano score completed October 29, 2002 A2.
  • Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.
  • Dedicated to Catherine Malfitano.
  • Printed from manuscript.
  • This score reproduces a manuscript that is a mix of engraved music and hand-written music.
  • Duration: approximately 25 min.
  • Guide to idiomatic notation in English.
Language (note)
  • English words, also printed separately as text.
Contents
Part 1. The hag on the crag ; In Athena's temple ; The rape ; The sentence ; The expedition : scena ; The storm -- Part 2. Interlude ; After the petrification : scena ; Aria ; Trio : a beating of wings ; Perseus ; Perseus approaches ; Finale : Pegasus.
Call Number
JNG 21-408
LCCN
840126937909
OCLC
1200523950
Author
Bolcom, William, composer.
Title
Medusa : monodrama for dramatic soprano and string orchestra / William Bolcom ; text by Arnold Weinstein.
Publisher
[New York, New York] : Edward B. Marks Music Company ; [St. Louis] : Keiser, [2020]
Distributor
[Milwaukee, Wisconsin] : exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard
Copyright Date
©2002
Edition
Piano/vocal score.
Playing Time
002500
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
English words, also printed separately as text.
Staff notation.
Added Author
Weinstein, Arnold, author.
Malfitano, Catherine, dedicatee.
Carnegie Hall Corporation, commissioning body.
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, commissioning body.
Other Standard Identifier
840126937909
Publisher No.
MP800008 Edward B. Marks Music Company
HL00354967 Hal Leonard
Research Call Number
JNG 21-408
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