Professor Wigstein's Amazing Melody Machine by Richard Meyer String Orchestra - Sheet Music

Name: Professor Wigstein's Amazing Melody Machine
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 7702803
Price: 6 USD
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By Richard Meyer

Professor Wigstein's Amazing Melody Machine

Details

Genres:

Classical Folk

Composers:

Richard Meyer

Artist:

Richard Meyer

Series:

Highland String Orchestra

Format:

Score

Item types:

Physical

Usages:

School and Community

Detailed Description

Orchestra

SKU: AP.22332S

Composed by Richard Meyer. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Orchestra. Light Concert. Score. 12 pages. Highland/Etling #00-22332S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.22332S).

UPC: 038081230443. English.

This fun and original piece for string orchestra introduces the technique of tone painting. It depicts inventor Professor Wigstein's proud creation, a machine that plays some of the world's most famous melodies. The introduction portrays the ceremonious (and rather pompous) unveiling of the amazing machine. With four turns of its crank, the machine comes to life, grinding and churning as it prepares to produce a melody. Ode to Joy is heard, played pizzicato by the entire orchestra, and appropriately accompanied by generic machine sounds (ratchet and bell). Soon, the machine winds down, and the melody comes to a halt. Once again, the machine is cranked, and begins working at another tune; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is heard. The machine winds down again, only to be cranked up a third time. The melody to Offenbach's Can-Can emerges. Midway through the tune, however, something goes wrong with the machine. Fragments of all three melodies are heard (in a variety of clashing keys) as the machine goes out of control, eventually exploding. A few hisses, and some dying moans are emitted. Finally, Chopin's Funeral March is heard as the machine plays its own death knoll, dying with a final soft hiss.