related works
Ghirlanda per epitaffio : flauto solo / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute
Scoring:
fl
Piano Concerto : for piano and ensemble / Douwe Eisenga
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo fl ob cl fg h tpt trb tb perc hp 2vn vla vc db
Kreislerianina : concertino, per due pianoforti e orchestra, (1965) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
3222 4230 timp 2perc 4cb 2pf-solo
Concerto : for piano and chamber orchestra / Andries van Rossem
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo fl ob cl fg h trp trb 2vn vla vc db
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).