Three Spanish Songs (for Soprano and Wind Ensemble)
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band - Grade 5

SKU: AP.29638

Composed by Matthew Tommasini. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Donald Hunsberger Wind Library. Contemporary; Latin. Score and Part(s). 140 pages. Alfred Music #00-29638. Published by Alfred Music (AP.29638).

ISBN 9780739050965. UPC: 038081322865. English.

This cycle is a setting of three contrasting poems by Latin-American poets Leopoldo Lugones, Rube´n Dari´o and Jose´ Marti´. Olas Grises uses evocative rain and sea imagery to meditate on the nature of life and death. Set as a lyrical, quasi-strophic song, these images are portrayed through the opening percussion raindrop motive and the moaning vocal line used throughout the movement. Nocturno is a frantic soliloquy set as an extended opera scene. The piano and percussion accompany the soprano in the opening recitative which is followed by a surreal aria accompanied by the rest of the ensemble. This is followed by a re-statement of both sections. Suen~o Despierto is a short poem about the contrasting images of a waking dream. Based on a fragment of the lullaby Nanita Nana, heard in its entirety at the opening, the song is a set of three variations, followed by a coda, which portray these various images. Three Spanish Songs was commissioned by Michael Haithcock and the University of Michigan Symphony Band. The recital/rehearsal version of this piece is item number 29638PV ($35).