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
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal Ensemble (2-12) and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr-m alt 2200 1110 perc cymb hp vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
fl(pic) ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb tb 2perc el.g acc 2vl vla vc cb pf-solo
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
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2232 sax-s 0320 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).