Cello Counterpoint Version for Cello Octet Study Score

Steve Reich

ISBN 10: 1495083438 / ISBN 13: 9781495083433

Published by Boosey & Hawkes Inc Feb 2017, 2017

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Neuware - (Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Cello Counterpoint (2003) is scored for eight cellos, and can be played by a soloist with the other parts pre-recorded. This tape is available from the Boosey & Hawkes rental library. Alternately, the piece can be played by a Cello Octet. (There are differences in distribution of parts between the two versions.) The piece is in three movements: fast, slow, fast. The first and last movements are both based on a similar four-chord cycle that moves ambiguously back and forth between C minor and E-flat major. This harmonic cycle is treated extremely freely however, particularly in the third movement. The second, slow movement, is a canon in E-flat minor involving, near the end of the movement, seven separate voices. The piece is a little more than 11 minutes in duration, and was co-commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Leiden University, for cellist Maya Beiser.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cello Counterpoint Version for Cello Octet Study Score
• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc Feb 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1495083438
• ISBN 13: 9781495083433
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 267W x 171H x 5D millimeters 267 millimeters width by 171 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 184 grams

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(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Cello Counterpoint (2003) is scored for eight cellos, and can be played by a soloist with the other parts pre-recorded. This tape is available from the Boosey & Hawkes rental library. Alternately, the piece can be played by a Cello Octet. (There are differences in distribution of parts between the two versions.) The piece is in three movements: fast, slow, fast. The first and last movements are both based on a similar four-chord cycle that moves ambiguously back and forth between C minor and E-flat major. This harmonic cycle is treated extremely freely however, particularly in the third movement. The second, slow movement, is a canon in E-flat minor involving, near the end of the movement, seven separate voices. The piece is a little more than 11 minutes in duration, and was co-commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Leiden University, for cellist Maya Beiser.