{"product_id":"dorff-in-deep-funk-bass-clarinet-unaccompanied-presser","title":"Dorff, Daniel_In a Deep Funk","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the composer:\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIN A DEEP FUNK \u003c\/em\u003efor Bass Clarinet is the result of several intersecting ideas that have come full-circle. As a bass clarinetist myself, the Bach cello suites are standard repertoire for my practice and warm-ups -- partially because they're excellent training for intonation and interpretation, and partially because they're monumental masterpieces that can be played on bass clarinet straight from the cello music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I was commissioned in 1995 to create an unaccompanied competition piece for a contrabassoon festival, I responded with this dance suite somewhat in the Bach model, but using dance patterns from my own era rather than baroque dances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany years later, Barbara Haney commissioned \u003cem\u003eFLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS \u003c\/em\u003eas a solo bass clarinet piece to premiere at the 2013 ICA ClarinetFest. When Barbara followed by asking if I happened to have anything else she could premiere at the 2014 ClarinetFest, it seemed time to make a bass clarinet adaptation of \u003cem\u003eIN A DEEP FUNK\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2014 bass clarinet version is almost identical to the 1996 contrabassoon version, but the inherent difference in the instruments (and 18 years' time) led to a number of minor alterations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe following details are taken from the 1996 program notes:\u003cbr\u003e1. HUSTLE MISTERIOSO uses a hustle rhythm, and the pitches are reminiscent of the \"Powerhouse\" motif used in many of Carl Stalling's cartoon scores. It also is a traditionally-built rounded binary form.\u003cbr\u003e2. TWIST VARIATIONS uses a theme in driving quarter-notes and 12-bar blues, and then goes quite far afield into many rhythmic and textural worlds, using the 12-bar blues as a chaconne.\u003cbr\u003e3. BEAR HUG is a 12\/8 slow dance, certainly inspired by the feel of Smokey Robinson's and other ballads of that genre.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theodore Presser Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48478979653882,"sku":"11441636","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2337\/0861\/files\/img798copy.jpg?v=1773701002","url":"https:\/\/www.clarinetallmusic.com\/products\/dorff-in-deep-funk-bass-clarinet-unaccompanied-presser","provider":"CAMco Music, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}