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Tombeaux and Tombeaux Supplement / Joseph Dillon Ford [notated music]

Title

Tombeaux and Tombeaux Supplement [notated music]

Composer

Ford, Joseph Dillon, 1952-2017

Place of Publication/Creation

Sherborn, MA

Published/Created

2001

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

Joseph Dillon For

Distributor

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=joseph+dillon+for

Language

Unknown

Forms

electronic resource

remote

Physical Description

1 score (37 pages) + 14 parts

Media

unmediated

Carrier

volume

Contents Note

Piano pieces. Composed by Joseph Dillon Ford. 21st Century, Neo-Classical, Score. 1991 & 2001..

Summary

Four scintillating new romantic works continuing the ongoing tombeau series, for accomplished pianists and synth performers. -- The four pieces are: 1 "Raven's Flight" [9/8, e-flat, D] -- This tombeaux reveals a darker aspect of the romantic spirit and calls for both considerable bravura and dynamic control to -- weave its mysterious spell. -- 2 "Escala" [4/4 and other meters, G-flat, D] -- This vividly programmatic piece, unlike the composer's previous tombeaux, bears a subtitle linking it specifically to Chopin and -- his sojourn at Valldemosso on the island of Majorca (1838–39). The unusual style of this piece is intended to evoke the kind of -- music Chopin might have composed had he adopted a specifically Spanish idiom. Its A-B-A' form describes the progression from -- a sunny seaside scene, through a landscape of dark pines and thistles, to the nocturnal quiet of the Royal Carthusian Monastery -- (G-flat major) where the composer resided with his lover, novelist George Sand. -- 3 "Coquetterie" [2/4, A-flat, D] -- In this ebulliently tongue-in-cheek piece, the composer summons up the atmosphere of a fashionable French salon of the -- nineteenth century in which ladies and gentlemen coyly exchange glances—and even an occasional opinion about the latest -- romance novel. -- 4 "The Abduction of Princess Elena" [3/8, f, D] -- After rejecting several alternate titles, this vivid tombeaux eventually became linked in the composer's mind with Russian -- painter Victor Vasnetsov's great oil titled "Ivan Tsarevich Riding the Grey Wolf" (1889). Vasnetsov's scene depicts the abduction -- of Elena by Ivan and his lycanthropic sorcerer friend as they flee into a dark, deep forest. The music conveys not only the -- strength and agility of the Gray Wolf, but also the mounting anxiety of the young couple who, by the end of this wild ride, have -- unexpectedly become enamored of one another. This fairy tale has a happy ending, as the couple, after further adventures, are finally married.

Notes

Piano.

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-58063-029-2

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

Music notation

Staff notation.

Subjects

Suites

Sonatas

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790580630292

Last Updated: 03-26-2022