related works
Solemn and Strange Music : for ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl/picc/fl-a cl h perv hp pf 2vn vla vc db
Alexandre's concerto : for piano, wind instruments, percussion, 1978 / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
3222 3210 3perc pf-solo
Concerto : Arrangement for piano and nonet / Robert Schumann, arranged by Ernst Spyckerelle
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo fl ob cl h fg vn vla vc db
Concerto : for piano and 16 instruments, 1992 / Janine Mehrtens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
1111 1100 timp xylmar tub-bells cel hp 2vl vla vc cb 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).