related works
Dovemansoren : for tenor solo, three female voices and ensemble, 2002 / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
ten VK3 3fl perc hp pf 2vl vla
Sonata : per pianoforte e tre gruppi strumentali / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 2220 4perc hp el.g. 12vl 7vla 4vc 3cb pf-solo
Concerto : per 2 pianoforti e complesso da camera, 1981, revisione 1983 / Jan Wisse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 0101 2perc 6vl 2cb 2pf-solo
Khayal : concerto for piano and ensemble/chamber orchestra, 1996 / Sinta Wullur
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra; Piano and orchestra; Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
1121 1110 2vl vla vc cb / str pf-solo
composition
Ghosting Pantaleon : Concerto for piano and large ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Other authors:
Schönberger, Elmer
(Composer)
Description:
Around the year 1700, Pantal(e)on Hebenstreit (1667-1750), a versatile German musician, caused a sensation when he built a large dulcimer. According to some sources, it had no fewer than 276 strings, made of metal as well as gut. The instrument played a significant role in preparing the way for the development of the modern piano. Louis XVI, impressed by Hebenstreit’s contraption, suggested the instrument should be named after its inventor and therefore be called a Pantaleon or Pantalon. Johann Kuhnau, Bach's predecessor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and equally impressed, enjoyed the instrument’s ‘momentum dulcedinis et gratiae musicae’. One could say that the solo piano in Ghosting Pantaleon is shadowed by the cimbalom and its allies (harp, vibraphone, celesta).