Preview: A Farmington Divertimento
Listen
Look
Share
Details
Description
SKU: A0.923700
Composed by robert fruehwald. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and part. 19 pages. Robert Fruehwald #2163159. Published by Robert Fruehwald (A0.923700).Farmington, Judge Speed’s estate, is now within the city limits of Louisville. But during Heinrich’s extended stay and composition of his two large collections, it was removed from the hustle of urban life. The first movement of A Farmington Divertimento evokes the anticipation of traveling to a grand country house in early 19th-century rural Kentucky. The composer plays with a short-long declamatory motive, moving it across the beat to keep listener and performer off-balance. "Irradiate Cause!" refers to a beautiful hymn set to a text by American lyricist Wil- liam B. Tappan. Describing divine mystery, this text is sung in thirds by two treble voices, and by oboe plus one piano note in this arrangement. The "dirge-like" chordal accompaniment, built with passing tones and unresolved dissonances, suggests the impossibility of defining the Cre- ator. The third movement, "Epitome," uses the short-long motive in a triumphant piano vamp, soon overlaid with the oboe’s repetitive, highly-articulated melody. The contemplative slower middle section and da capo are followed by a coda that rides high on the dominant of E-flat major, concluding with a compelling modulation and joyous return to simple tonality. -Jeanne Belfy
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).