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Author: oboegirl
Date: 2005-10-13 23:22
I think you should totally play them. I play 1st oboe in my band, we sight read the piece today and I think it is beautiful. I missed some of my cue because i was so focused on the song, I thought I was going to cry.
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Author: hautbois
Date: 2005-10-14 03:39
That reminds me of the 1st time i heard Alfred Reed's El Camino Real live...gosh....
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Author: Fernando
Date: 2005-10-14 23:14
American Elegy is indeed an emotionally powerful piece. It is dedicated to the people who lost their lives at Columbine High School as well as their survivors. It includes part of the school fight song (or alma mater, I forget which). And yes, it can bring me to tears everytime I hear or play it.
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Author: hautbois
Date: 2005-10-15 13:30
Anyways, who wrote American Elegy? Kinda forgot. Thanks.
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Author: Fernando
Date: 2005-10-19 16:12
An American Elegy, composed by Frank Ticheli.
Program notes on the piece by Frank Ticheli:
An American Elegy is, above all, an expression of hope. It was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors. It is offered as a tribute to their great strength and courage in the face of a terrible tragedy. I hope the work can also serve as one reminder of how fragile and precious life is and how intimately connected we all are as human beings.
I was moved and honored by this commission invitation, and deeply inspired by
the circumstances surrounding it. Rarely has a work revealed itself to me with such powerful speed and clarity. The first eight bars of the main melody came to me fully formed in a dream. Virtually every element of the work was discovered within the span of about two weeks. The remainder of my time was spent refining, developing, and orchestrating.
The work begins at the bottom of the ensemble's register, and ascends gradually to a heartfelt cry of hope. The main theme that follows, stated by the horns, reveals a more lyrical, serene side of the piece. A second theme, based on a simple repeated harmonic pattern, suggests yet another, more poignant mood. These three moods - hope, serenity, and sadness - become intertwined throughout the work, defining its complex expressive character. A four-part canon builds to a climactic quotation of the Columbine Alma Mater. The music recedes, and an offstage trumpeter is heard, suggesting a celestial voice - a heavenly message. The full ensemble returns with a final, exalted statement of the main theme.
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