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Author: amoselkana
Date: 2008-06-29 10:26
"Prague 1588" is a short work for solo clarinet.
You are welcome to try it / read it / play it.
Download the score for free here:
http://www.amoselkana.com/scores/prague1588.pdf
Premiered on Mar. 2, 2008 in Berlin by Freyja Gunnlaugsdóttir
Have fun and please drop me a line and tell me what you thought about it.
My email: amos(at)amoselkana(dot)com
A recording of the piece will be available soon on the new CD by Freyja Gunnlaugsdóttir.
Amos
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2008-06-30 15:35
Thank you for sharing your work with us.
I find the 1/16th note rhythms challenging to play and have yet to get a clean enough run through to know how much I'll like it when I can play it.
Bob Phillips
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Author: mrn
Date: 2008-06-30 15:50
This looks like a neat piece. Thanks for sharing it with us.
One question, though. What happened in 1588 in Prague?
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Author: amoselkana
Date: 2008-06-30 20:04
Alexander Polzin (http://www.alexanderpolzin.de) asked me to compose a new piece for the unveiling ceremony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtAZuoJWd9c) of his sculpture (http://www.alexanderpolzin.de/html/sculptures/bruno_in_berlin1.html) of Giordano Bruno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno) in Berlin. In preparation for this work I read a lot about Bruno and tried to find my own connection to the subject. I quickly found out that Bruno was an admirer of the Maharal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharal) from Prague and that he always wanted to meet him. It is not written anywhere that the two actually met but it is known that Bruno was in fact in Prague in 1588 at the same time when the Maharal was there. This piece is inspired by the meeting that did (or did not) take place between the two men. In his fiction book "Endless Things" (http://www.amazon.com/Endless-Things-Part-John-Crowley/dp/1931520224) John Crowley describes such a meeting. And what does all this have to do with me? Well, I am a direct descendant of the Maharal...
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