Repertoire suggestions please, Patrick.

David Potts

David Potts

Aug 31, 2007
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#1
Hi Patrick,
I have a moderately advanced student taking music for his final year exams at school (our Year 12). He has to find and prepare two pieces to perform from the Modern era (1901 - 1945). All I can think of at present is the Hindemith Sonata and I can find no record of when this was composed. Can you suggest other possibilities.

Do you know of an orchestral tuning version of the Hindemith? I only have a solo tuning version (Schott).

Cheers......
David Potts,
Sydney,
Australia.

ps We had dealings last about a Luigi Negri score.
 
#2
The Koussevitzky concerto was written in 1902.

The Eduard Tubin concerto was written in 1948. Maybe that is close enough to the modern era because it is a really great piece if you want to try it.
 
#5
There are listings in every publishers catalog of contemporary works for bass. Some of the better known publishers of bass music are Liben, Recital Music, my compositions and others at ISG Music, Ludwin, etc. the amount of repertory is astounding! Composers you should definitely look up and consider, including me, are: Proto, Turetsky, Anderson, Ramsier, Deak, Black, Johnson, Seamarks, John Walton, Ball, Mairs, Findeisen, Tubin, Francaix, Julia Smith, Sjonyi, and too many more to mention. The Internet is a great place to discover that there is more repertory for bass from the last 100 years than for viola! So do some research and let your nose and desire be your guide!
Patrick
 
#6
It's a bit trickier than that, Patrick. The kid's syllabus says Modern, not Contemporary. I'll check out your list of names that you gave. How many compositions were pre-1945? Just joking, does good music smell sweeter than bad music?

DP
 
#8
Big question there! What is Modern in Academia is different than what is Modern in say, the art world or the rock and roll world. What is Contemporary is also up for major debate, especially when speaking about Classical (or Serious?) music. So I encourage you all to speak in terms of years composed. Hindemith Sonata was written in the early 1950s so is considered to be 20th century music. Misek Sonatas too are considered 20th as well as Koussevitzky. Yet the only one of those that could be truly called contemporary of the time is Hindemith, even then his writing by composing standards is neo-Classic. Misek and Kous are neo-Romantic. Only Findeisen would be contemporary or modern, as in writing in the style of the time, like R Strauss or Stravinsky or Bartok (the early works...he became neo-Classic as did Stravinsky). So, it is not easy for grading organizations and juries to identify what they want to hear. If they simply said "written after 1950" they would get numerous genres or styles. So they say Contemporary to get pieces that explore harmony and advanced techniques. Or they say Modern again to suggest that Romanticism is not what they are after. So it is a tough call on both sides of the exam. "Written in the style of the times" is also tricky but might narrow the field to more precisely what the jury seeks. I wish that juries would specify pieces that they know would fit in to their criteria, but that would take too much effort on their parts!
Best
Patrick
 
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