作曲者 | Dan Welcher (b. 1948) |
タイトル | The Cowboy and The Rattlesnake |
サブタイトル | Fantasy For Solo Violin On Traditional Cowboy Songs |
出版社 | Theodore Presser Company |
楽器編成 | ヴァイオリン,Violin |
楽器編成(詳細) | Violin |
品番 | HL9781598068337 |
形状 | 8 ページ・24.1 x 30.5 cm |
演奏時間 | 6:30 |
出版年 | 2014年 |
出版番号 | 164-00288 |
ISBN | 9781598068337 |
When Dan Welcher was commissioned to create a solo work for the 2014 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, it was suggested that he incorporate some local color-either Texan or American to commemorate the year's competition being held in Austin. Welcher found the traditional songs The Dying Cowboy and Rattlesnake, and made a two-part (slow-fast) composition. The first section consists of three "verses" of The Dying Cowboy, beginning simply and ending with virtuosic effects. This leads directly into a continuously varied rendition of Rattlesnake, a perpetual motion song about getting away from the varmint. The music is one long accelerando, with flashes of bravura and Paganini-like flourishes.
I. The Dying Cowboy
II. Rattlesnake