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
Montage : piano [en] instrumentaal ensemble, 1977 / Huib Emmer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
0230 sax-a sax-t 2120 mar g-b ham.org vl 2vla vc 2cb pf-solo
Kreislerianina : concertino, per due pianoforti e orchestra, (1965) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
3222 4230 timp 2perc 4cb 2pf-solo
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
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).