related works
Dr. Haydn's universe : for speaker, wind octet and percussion, 1999 / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Speaking voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
recit 2ob 2cl 2h 2fg perc
Piano Concerto : for piano and chamber orchestra / Man-Ching Yu Donald
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo fl ob cl fg h tpt trb-t tb tuno 2vn vla vc db
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2232 sax-s 0320 pf-solo
Piano Concerto Nº 1 : for piano and chamber orchestra / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo fl cl sax-s sax-a 2h trp 2trb tb perc g-el g-b
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).