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
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 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
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
composition
Ghosting Pantaleon : Concerto for piano and large ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Author(s):
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).