The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred

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The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred
by Luciano Berio
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Luciano Berio, around the time of the composition.
Composed1969
Performed22 April 1969 (1969-04-22): London
Scoringflute, clarinet in B-flat, drum, viola, violoncello, and harpsichord

The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred, sometimes shortened to Hornpipe, is an arrangement for six players of Henry Purcell's Hornpipe, from The Fairy-Queen , by Italian composer Luciano Berio. This arrangement was composed in 1969.

Henry Purcell English composer

Henry Purcell was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no later native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Benjamin Britten in the 20th century.

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Luciano Berio Italian composer

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Composition

Luciano Berio was already known not only as an avant-garde composer, but also as an arranger, of his own music as well as of others. This composition was specifically composed for the celebration of the eightieth birthday of Alfred Kalmus, the then-director of the London branch of Universal Edition, Berio's main publishing house. This composition ended up being the fifth in a series of compositions by eleven different composers, including Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Harrison Birtwhistle. The whole series of compositions was entitled A Garland for Dr. K. The whole set of works were premiered as a group by the Pierrot Players on 22 April 1969, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre, London. [1] [2] The Hornpipe was later published by Universal Edition.

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Structure

The composition takes only one minute to perform and is in one movement. [2] It is scored for a small ensemble consisting of flute or oboe, clarinet in B-flat, drum, viola, violoncello, and harpsichord. The composition is an arrangement of a popular piece by Purcell, which was used by Purcell in at least two occasions: it was used as a hornpipe in the first music of The Fairy-Queen , Z 629, prior to the first act, in 1692, and in the incidental music for Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , Z 587, in a song entitled "There is not a swain", in 1693. Even though the melody is closer to the former, this piece is generally attributed to be an arrangement of the latter. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Luciano Berio The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred". universaledition.com. Universal Edition. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Henry Purcell – Luciano Berio The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred". lucianoberio.org. Centro Studi Luciano Berio. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "ITALY IN THE WORLD Italian contemporary music worldwide 2004" (PDF). Sonoran News . 5 (13): 3. 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Dromey, Christopher (2012). The Pierrot ensembles : chronicle and catalogue 1912-2012 (PDF). London: Plumbago Books. p. 126. ISBN   978-0-9566007-3-8 . Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Various – A Garland For Dr. K." discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Montecchi, Giordano (2004). Riccardo Chailly Berio: Orchestral Transcriptions (Liner Notes of Decca 4762830). Decca Records.
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