Sonata for four Horns
Music Of Our Time
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 756470
Edition Schott
for | 4 horns (quartet) |
Musical Editions | Set of parts Download item |
Item no. | 742673 |
Author / Composer | Michael Tippett, Tippett, Sir Michael |
Scope | 29 pages |
Publisher / Producer | Schott Music |
Producer No. | ED 10716 Q3335 |
Like Robert Schumann who often favoured the horn, Sir Michael Tippett who died on 8 January 1998 makes full use of the instrument‘s tonal possibilities in this work. He translated the Romantic genre of horn quartet into a modern tonal language: “All movements contain characteristic calls and triad arpeggios. Sometimes the call itself is the theme, as in the fugue. Sometimes the calls are the accompaniment to a solo, such as in the nocturne.” (Tippett) The forms of the four movements, however, are traditional. The structure of the first movement is reminiscent of the form of a strophic song. The second movement is an allegro, the slow third a nocturne in the traditional ABA form. And finally the last movement is a capricious fugue.
Music Of Our Time
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 756470