Gedächtnis-Hymne

Saxophone parts
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-341250-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Sonstiges, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm

Reihe: New Horizons

This work sets late texts by Friederich Hölderlin. The fragmentary poems have been edited together to create the text. Gedächtnis-Hymne was premiered in November 2010 by the New London Chamber Choir with the Rasher Saxophone Quartet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Finnissy, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Blasinstrumente

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Finnissy was born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946 and studied at the Royal College of Music. He later studied in Italy with Roman Vlad. He went on to create the music department of the London School of Contemporary Dance, and has been associated as composer with many notable British dance companies. He has also been musician in residence to the Victorian College of the Arts, the City of Caulfield in Australia, and the East London Late Starters Orchestra. In
1999 he was made Professor of Composition at the University of Southampton.
Finnissy has been featured composer at the Bath, Huddersfield and Almeida festivals, amongst others, and his works are widely performed and broadcast worldwide. Recordings are available on various labels, notably NMC and Metier; the latter has released a cycle of CDs to great critical acclaim.