related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr ten fl fl(fl-a) trp 2perc hp pf 2vla 2vc
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
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
AVONDBOEK-NACHTBOEK (Evening Book - Night Book) : for piano and ensemble / Piet-Jan van Rossum
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo picc/fl ob cl fg h tpt trb-t perc 2vn vla vc db
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).