In the Gloomy Woods / mysterious stories for violine and piano
| Publisher | heosforos |
| Genre: | instructive pieces |
| Arrangement: | melody / piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: |
Intermediate
Advanced |
| Format: | book |
Parameters
| Product code: | HEF552064 |
| Composer: | Meisl, Jan |
| No. of songs: | 5 |
| Pages: | 26 |
| Language: |
English
German Czech |
| Size: | 21 x 30 cm |
| ISMN: | 9790706552064 |
| Weight: | 86 g |
Songlist (5)
- Modrá bažina / A Blue Morass
- Skřítci pod útesem / Elves under a Rocky Reef
- Tajemný hrad / A Mysterious Castle
- Jezinky na lovu / Forest Wiches Hunting Out
- Černá rokle / A Black Gorge
Product description
"In the Gloomy Woods" is a cycle of five small pieces for violin and piano, based on a child's fantasy world of forest creatures, their mysteries and secrets. The violin solo part uses special playing techniques such as the flageolets, the tremolo, the pizzicato, the hits on the bridge, the sul ponticello, the sul tasto, the col legnoand the Bartók pizzicato. The piece is accompanied by short poetic texts and with its difficulty makes it is suitable for intermediate violin students and can be use at concerts and performance competitions.
Jan Meisl (* 1974) is a Czech composer, conductor, librettist, poet, accordion player and music teacher. He is the author of more than 240 compositions in various genres and for various instrumentation: solo, chamber, vocal and orchestral compositions, operas, oratorios, ballets, musicals, pantomimes, melodramas, radio plays, children's compositions and multimedia installations, he also composes relaxation, film and stage music. He was educated at the Russian Academy of Music Gnesinnych in Moscow, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is a member of the juries of national and international accordion competitions and participates as a lecturer in performance courses.
