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
De Schaduw : for speaking voice and woodwind quintet / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (2-12 players)
Instruments:
voc ob cl asx bcl fg
Khayal : concerto for piano and ensemble/chamber orchestra, 1996 / Sinta Wullur
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra; Piano and orchestra; Piano and large ensemble
Instruments:
1121 1110 2vl vla vc cb / str pf-solo
Kreislerianina : concertino, per due pianoforti e orchestra, (1965) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Instruments:
3222 4230 timp 2perc 4cb 2pf-solo
Montage : piano [en] instrumentaal ensemble, 1977 / Huib Emmer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Instruments:
0230 sax-a sax-t 2120 mar g-b ham.org vl 2vla vc 2cb 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).