Jackie's Song by Michael Daugherty Bass Clarinet - Sheet Music
By Michael Daugherty
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Jackie's Song
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Bass Clarinet, Cello Solo, Flute, Percussion, Piano, Violin
SKU: PR.620246260
Composed by Michael Daugherty. Sws. Score and parts. With Standard notation. Duration 7 minutes. Peermusic Classical #62024-626. Published by Peermusic Classical (PR.620246260).UPC: 680160431892.
I composed "Jackie's Song" as a prelude to my opera "Jackie O". I imagine Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) as a solitary and melancholy figure after the assassination of her first husband John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1962. My composition is a song without words, for chamber ensemble and solo cello. A mournful cello line is performed by the soloist, who plays in the extreme upper range of the instrument. The solo gradually ascends to a prolonged high C that is suddenly cut short by a riveting snare drum rim-shot. This elegiac theme, comprised of a tritone and a perfect fifth interval, is the compositional core for many of the melodies and harmonies of the composition; later, it became the leitmotif of Jackie in my opera.
