A Shakespeare Sequence

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-341191-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 32 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 74 g

for SSAA, piano duet, and percussion
This is a charming set of eight short movements, beautifully and intelligently setting some of Shakespeare's best-loved words. Ideal for upper-voice choirs looking for something interesting and accessible, each movement creates a new atmosphere, from jaunty and angular to mysterious and atmospheric.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardner, John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gardner, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik

Über Autor(innen)

John Gardner was born in Manchester and educated at Wellington College and Oxford University. After 6 years in the RAF, he joined the music staff of the Royal Opera House, leaving at the end of 1952 to pursue a freelance career as composer, teacher, pianist, and conductor. He has composed three symphonies, several large-scale cantatas, four operas, and a great variety of ensemble, solo and choral music as well as theatre music for the Old Vic and the Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre, Stratford.