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"Nine Forty-Eight" for large orchestra. (Original composition);
Abstract
Nine forty-eight is an original composition for orchestra. The work lasts approximately eight minutes and thirty seconds, and is scored for the following instrumentation: two flutes, alto flute, two oboes, english horn, two clarinets in B$\sp\flat$, bass clarinet in B$\sp\flat$, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, two tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, four percussionist (playing vibraphone, log drum, slapstick, tam-tam, claves, marimba, temple blocks, suspended cymbal, chimes, roto toms, maracas, lion's roar, crotales, guiro, and congas), harp, piano and strings. The formal scheme of the work could be described as two arches of fast music separated by a brief senza misura section. The tempo marking of these outer arches is quarter note at 152 beats a minute, and the music is confined exclusively to measures of common time. This notation was chosen for ease of reading, and thus does not reflect any of the internal phrase groupings that are characteristic of the work. Despite the large instrumental forces employed, the score aspires to a certain transparency and directness of expression. The title is taken from one of the regular trains from London's King's Cross station to Cambridge.
Subject Area
Music
Recommended Citation
Landers, Hugh Joseph, ""Nine Forty-Eight" for large orchestra. (Original composition);" (1992). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9233406.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9233406