Monologue Impressions On 'The True Story Of Ah Q' by Chen Yi Chamber Music - Sheet Music
By Chen YiJeffrey Heisler has worked with composer luminaries, such as Ellen Zwilich, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, and Louis Andriessen, transcribing their works for saxophone. Now he brings Chen Yi's often-performed Monologue for unaccompanied clarinet to the saxophonist's repertoire. "Chen Yi's haunting Monologue packs a multiplicity of voluminous ideas into a small package. It might seem unlikely that she could distill her impressions of a true story by writer Lu Xun into a mere four minutes, but she does so with consummate skill and idiomatic use of the instrument." (Michael Cameron, Fanfare) For advanced performers. Duration: 5'______________________________________Text on the scanned back cover:Monologue (Impressions on The True Story of Ah Q)for unaccompanied Saxophone (114-41561)Originally for clarinet (available as 114-40948), MONOLOGUE has been adapted for any size unaccompanied saxophone byJeffrey Heisler. This 5-minute virtuosic work is inspired by The Bio of Ah Q written by the 20th-century essayist Lu Xun, inwhich he called on the Chinese people to rise and give battle to feudalism.
Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Tenor Saxophone Alto Saxophone
- Ensembles:
- Chamber Music
- Genres:
- Contemporary
- Composers:
- Chen Yi
- Publishers:
- Theodore Presser Company
- Series:
- Women Composers and Arrangers Composers and Arrangers of Color Music of Asian Composers and Artists
- UPC:
- 680160611430
- ISBN:
- 9781598064506
- Format:
- Performance Score
- Item types:
- Physical
- Artist:
- Chen Yi
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 4
- Size:
- 9 x 12 inches
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.06 pounds
Detailed Description
SKU: PR.114415610
Impressions On 'The True Story Of Ah Q'. Composed by Chen Yi. Arranged by Jeffrey Heisler. This edition: Arranged For Saxophone By Jeffrey Heisler. Fold. Premiere: Jeffrey Heisler, saxophone; Malone University, Canton, OH. Contemporary. Performance Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2013. 4 pages. Duration 0:05:00. Theodore Presser Company #114-41561. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114415610).ISBN 9781598064506. UPC: 680160611430. 9 x 12 inches. Transcribed by Jeffrey Heisler.
Jeffrey Heisler has worked with composer luminaries, such as Ellen Zwilich, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, and Louis Andriessen, transcribing their works for saxophone. Now he brings Chen Yi's often-performed Monologue for unaccompanied clarinet to the saxophonist's repertoire. "Chen Yi's haunting Monologue packs a multiplicity of voluminous ideas into a small package. It might seem unlikely that she could distill her impressions of a true story by writer Lu Xun into a mere four minutes, but she does so with consummate skill and idiomatic use of the instrument." (Michael Cameron, Fanfare) For advanced performers. Duration: 5'______________________________________Text on the scanned back cover:Monologue (Impressions on The True Story of Ah Q)for unaccompanied Saxophone (114-41561)Originally for clarinet (available as 114-40948), MONOLOGUE has been adapted for any size unaccompanied saxophone byJeffrey Heisler. This 5-minute virtuosic work is inspired by The Bio of Ah Q written by the 20th-century essayist Lu Xun, inwhich he called on the Chinese people to rise and give battle to feudalism.
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- Series:
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