Differences
For Viola and Piano
by Carter Pann
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

Chamber Music Piano, Viola

SKU: PR.114413890

For Viola and Piano. Composed by Carter Pann. Sws each. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed February 14 1998. 28+8 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41389. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114413890).

ISBN 9781491111086. UPC: 680160585748. 9x12 inches.

DIFFERENCES is comprised of five short movements, very much like a Baroque suite - however, the five individual pieces are radically different from each other in style and content. Strand is a kind of pop tune where the viola has the vocal line, although the rhythms are a bit more complex, sometimes jarring. Air takes its language from the Baroque, and the title refers to the "canto" style of long legato vocal lines over a slow and undulating accompaniment. Country Dance is a peasant tune whose middle section is very pastoral. Blues is a small chance for the performers to show a little soul. Song, like Strand, is a pop tune, though a bit more direct than the opening movement. DIFFERENCES is also available for Cello and Piano.
DIFFERENCES was composed in February 1998 for cellist Derek Snyder and transcribed by the composer for viola. The work is comprised of five short movements, very much like a suite or partita in the Baroque style. However, the individual little pieces are radically different from each other in style and content. Originally, the intent was to transcribe an earlier chamber work, Dance Partita, in its entirety (resulting in seven or eight movements). Instead, the project grew into its own as the work progressed. The only movements taken from the chamber piece are Air and Country Dance.Strand is a kind of pop tune where the viola has the vocal line. The piano supplies harmonies and rhythms against which the viola sings. Different from an actual pop tune, the rhythms are a bit more complex and sometimes jarring.Air takes its language from the Baroque. As in that period, the title refers to the “canto” style of long legato vocal lines over a slow and undulating accompaniment.Country Dance is a peasant tune. The middle section is very pastoral (with church bells) in which one might imagine the drone of bagpipes over the countryside.Blues, very different from the preceding movement, is a small chance for the performers to show a little soul.Song, like Strand, is a pop tune. This one is a bit more direct in its tone and somewhat more recognizable as it draws its language from the late 70s and early 80s.— Carter Pann.