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composer

Louis Andriessen was born in Utrecht on June 6, 1939. Education: After an early training in composition with his father, composer Hendrik Andriessen, he continued his studies with Kees van Baaren ...

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano 4 hands
Instruments: pf4h

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord; Harpsichord
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Subgenre: Harpsichord
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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord; Electronics with different instruments; Harpsichord with electronics
Instruments: cemb tape

composition

Overture to Orpheus : for harpsichord, 1982 / Louis Andriessen

Publisher: Amsterdam: Donemus, [1994]
Publisher's number: 02459
Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harpsichord
Instruments: cemb
Remarks: In opdracht van de Johan Wagenaarstichting. - Opgedragen aan Annelie de Man. - Cop. 1982. - Tijdsduur: ca. 12'
Duration: 12'00"
Number of players: 1
Year of composition: 1982
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Description:
Program note (English): A harpsichord has little to do with a piano, but rather with plucked instruments such as harp, guitar, lute. Orpheus' prelude-playing came to my mind when writing the composition. A reference to dramatic development in this piece makes it an overture for an imaginary opera in which Orpheus plays the leading part. The fringe between canon and unisono techniques - just as in my other works from recent years - is the musical subject of the composition. - LOUIS ANDRIESSEN

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Product	Description	Price/piece	Count
Score	Download to Newzik (B4), 13 pages	EUR 12.28
	Download as PDF (B4), 13 pages	EUR 14.73
	Hardcopy, normal size (B4), 13 pages	EUR 24.56
	Hardcopy, study size (A4), 13 pages	EUR 20.15