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Fall River Legend
Artist:
Kenneth Schermerhorn
Format: CD
New: Orderable. Call (530) 758-8058 to check in-store availability $19.99
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Formats and Editions
1. Theme
2. Variation 1
3. Variation 2
4. Variation 3
5. Variation 4
6. Variation 5
7. Variation 6
8. Variation 7
9. Variation 8
10. Variation 9
11. Variation 10
12. Variation 11
13. Variation 12
14. Variation 13
15. Prologue
16. Waltzes
17. Elegy
18. Interlude
19. Dirge
20. Lullaby
21. Serenade
22. Axe
23. Invitation To Church Social
24. Church Social
25. Hymnal Variations
26. Cotillon
27. Cotillon Coda
28. Death Dance
29. Mob Scene
30. Epilogue
Details:
Schermerhorn/nashville soMore Info:
Morton Gould is most famous for his colorful light music and arrangements, always attractive, tuneful and marvelously scored, and often drawing on popular music and folk music in original and unexpected ways. But he also wrote more serious concert music, and the disc at hand really gives the full gamut of Gould's compositional interests. The Jekyll and Hyde Variations is a rarity. Commissioned by Mitropoulos, it was one of Gould's chances to try his hand at more serious music, and the results are telling. The variations are written in dodecaphonic, serial style, though you may not be able to tell on first listening - much of the music sounds modal, and in the Jekyll variations sometimes almost hymn-like. It is based on a series of gestures that are permuted, rearranged and re-colored, often ingenious, and very deftly crafted.
