Novák, Jan: SCHERZI PASTORALI / clarinet (or bass clarinet) + piano
| Publisher | Český rozhlas |
| Genre: | classical & sacret |
| Arrangement: | melody / piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Format: | book |
Parameters
| Product code: | R401 |
| Composer: |
Novák, Jan
Český skladatel |
| No. of songs: | 3 |
| Pages: | 21 |
| Language: |
English
Czech |
| Size: | 21 x 30 cm |
| ISMN: | 979-0-66061-434-1 |
| Weight: | 88 g |
Songlist (3)
- Allegro moderato
- Andante
- Allegretto
Product description
SCHERZI PASTORALI has three movements. These early pieces of Jan Novák display his characteristic musical playfulnes and humour. The timbre of both the clarinet and the bass clarinet are effectively exhibited, colouring the pastoral character of the pieces. Ispired partly by folk tunes and jazz-like syncopated rhythms, the Scherzi reveal the composer´s capacity to armour himself with musical humour in difficult times.
Jan Novák (1921 - 1984) was a Czech pianist and composer who is one of the most important Czech post-war composers. In 1947, he received a scholarship from the Ježek Foundation and went to study in the USA, where he studied with Aaron Copland and Bohuslav Martinů. In 1949 he married pianist Eliška Hanousková, with whom they performed on two pianos together. In 1968, after the Warsaw Pact invasion, he preferred to live free in exile. His scope of work was very wide, he wrote compositions for orchestras and soloists, for theater and film music.
