Gerald Barry (b. 1952)
Feldman's Sixpenny Editions
for ensemble
Ensemble
Details
- For
- Ensemble
- Product Type
- Study score
- Author / Composer
- Gerald Barry
- Product number
- 497528
- Duration
- 20 Minutes
- Release Year
- 2012
Description
"Feldman's was a music shop in London in the early 20th century.They sold collections of popular music for playing at home, and some of these were called 'Feldman's Sixpenny Editions'. Collections like these were among my first feverish encounters with music as a boy. I fell in love with pieces like 'Martial Steps' and 'The dog barks, the caravan passes On'. I entered into them completely, becoming one not only with the music, but with the paper they were printed on, and the advertisements on th...
Content
- I Martial Steps
- II Home Thoughts
- III An Afternoon Sleep
- IV Free From Care
- V A Bumpkin's Dance
- VI At Dusk
- VII The dog barks, the caravan passes on
- VIII The Innermost Secret
