composer
Elmer Schönberger was born in Utrecht on January 1, 1950.
'Writer, composer, musicologist' is the most concise biographical summary Elmer Schönberger is inclined to assign himself, although the order has the ...
related works
Monsterkoffer : for clarinet(s) / Elmer Schönberger, 2003
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
1-4cl
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Instruments:
fl(pic) ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb tb 2perc el.g acc 2vl vla vc cb pf-solo
Concerto : per 2 pianoforti e complesso da camera, 1981, revisione 1983 / Jan Wisse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Instruments:
2222 0101 2perc 6vl 2cb 2pf-solo
Vrije tijd : for piano and ensemble / Guus Janssen, 2011
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Instruments:
fl ob cl-b fg h trp trb tb 2perc 2vl vla vc cb pf-solo
composition
Ghosting Pantaleon : Concerto for piano and large ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
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).