Kurz: A Bunch of Maple Leaves / basson and piano
| Publisher | Český rozhlas |
| Genre: | classical & sacret |
| Arrangement: | melody / piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: |
Beginner
Intermediate |
| Format: | book |
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| Product code: | R468 |
| Composer: | Kurz, Ivan |
| No. of songs: | 3 |
| Pages: | 19 |
| Language: | Czech |
| Size: | 21 x 30 cm |
| EAN: | 9790660615010 |
| Weight: | 90 g |
Songlist (3)
- Moderato
- Largo
- Allegro
Product description
"The title of the composition "A Bunch of Maple Leaves" is based on the fact that the bassoon, this beautiful woodwind instrument, is indeed a kind of bundle of maple wood - of course very skillfully hand-crafted and prepared for musical usege. The piece was written in 1989, originally for my son, who learnt how to play bassoon then and who also premiered it in 1989 at a music school concert in Voršilská Street in Prague. Simple melodic forms are used in the composition that grow from natural (basic) possibilities of the instrument. The composition does not pretend anything in terms of its content - it is mere a recital etude for beginning bassoon players."
Ivan Kurz (*1947) is a Czech composer and teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has become known to the music public as a composer of stage music and as a leading composer of film and theatre music. He is the author of many chamber, vocal and electroacoustic compositions. The focus of his work lies mainly in scores for symphony orchestra. He is also known for his music for the TV series "Panoptikum města pražského" and "Četnické humoresky".
