A Cycle of Songs
Composer: Susan Kander
Publisher: Notevole Music Publishing
$34.00
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This edition consists of a score and clarinet part. Also included is an alternate part for trumpet in place of clarinet.
The clarinet part is scored for E-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinet, and bass clarinet, and also doubles on alto saxophone for one movement.
From the composer:
"Some people consider this piece a mono-drama, and it certainly could be staged as such. But even presented as chamber music, the trumpet or clarinet player moves around the stage in changing relationship to the singer. In the seven movements of the cycle–from honeymoon, through pregnancy, children, exhaustion, sexual re-awakening, the balancing act between gaining grandchildren and losing parents–we learn the life story of a woman from the dreams she tells the person next to her in bed–until, finally, she has no dreams, for there is no one there to tell them to.The instrumental part for trumpet or clarinet demands several different instruments: cornet, Bb trumpet, C trumpet and flugelhorn; or Bb, Eb, Bass clarinets, and alto saxophone. These are placed around the stage along with music stands. The singer relates any way she wants to the instrumentalist and the pianist, but she must acknowledge them in her universe. The instrumentalist starts playing offstage during the Prologue and exits playing in the last movement."
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Pages: 14
Pages (score): 42
Publisher Code: 90900200
UPC: 90900200
ISBN:
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Length: 30.5 cm
Width: 22.9 cm
Thickness: 0.494 cm
Weight: 282 g
