related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
Scoring:
variabel
Tempera : for string quartet, 1991 / Fons Brouwer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Sarabande : Version for clarinet, soprano voice and piano (or harp) / Isidora Zebeljan
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang cl pf(hp)
Concertino : für Klavier und Orchester / Fré Focke
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
pf pic 2fl 2ob eh 3cl cl-b sax-a 2fg cfg 4h 4trp 3trb tb timp perc 2vl vla vc cb
composition
Mishakosmos : Misha Mengelberg Music Book / collated and compiled by Michael Moore
Other authors:
Mengelberg, Misha
(Composer)
Description:
I first heard Misha Mengleberg and Han Bennink on Eric Dolphy’s last recording “Last Date”as a teenager and loved Misha’s composition “Hypochrismutreefuzz” both for the music and the title.
Later when I heard him play live with the ICP I enjoyed the marriage of total freedom, creative anarchy and absurdist humor coupled with the reverence for the music of Monk, jazz tradition and swing.
His is a music of imagination, irony and inside jokes as well as lyricism, angularity and emotional contrast.
He and the ICP created their own tradition that included diverse musical styles, quick changes and references to older music, relentless swing ...that was ahead of its time and influenced many younger musicians
I am happy his compositions are being published so that we may all share his music. Enjoy!
Uri Caine