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Arcana : suite for piano solo, 1944 / Rudolf Escher
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
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Prelude en Fuga : for strings / Erik Lotichius
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra; Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring:
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composition
Concerto voor strijkorkest : for string orchestra and timpani, (1947-48) / Rudolf Escher
Other authors:
Escher, Rudolf
(Composer)
Contains:
Canto appassionato
Rondo mediterraneo
Ciaccona epica
Description:
Program note (English): I wished to treat the string instruments first of all as vocal instruments. This conception conditioned the formal principle of the composition: the sequence slow - quick - slow. The form of the three movements can be described as a non-strophic ("durchkomponiert") song, a great Rondo and a Chaconne (Variations). In the first and in the last movement timpani have been added to the string body, which reveal neither thematic nor "Concertante" significance, but merely as an ornamental function. - RUDOLF ESCHER