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 : 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
Alexandre's concerto : for piano, wind instruments, percussion / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
3222 3210 3perc pf-solo
Concerto : per 2 pianoforti e complesso da camera, 1981, revisione 1983 / Jan Wisse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 0101 2perc 6vl 2cb 2pf-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).