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gerelateerde werken
Dovemansoren : for tenor solo, three female voices and ensemble, 2002 / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en instrumenten
Bezetting:
ten VK3 3fl perc hp pf 2vl vla
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
2232 sax-s 0320 pf-solo
Sonata : per pianoforte e tre gruppi strumentali / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
2222 2220 4perc hp el.g. 12vl 7vla 4vc 3cb pf-solo
Concerto 1800 : pour le piano-forte et orchestre de chambre / Wolf-Leonard Simonis
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
pf-solo 2ob 2cl fg str
compositie
Ghosting Pantaleon : Concerto for piano and large ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Toelichting:
Around the year 1700, Pantal(e)on Hebenstreit (1667-1750), a versatile German musician, caused a sensation when he built a large dulcimer. According to some sources, it had no fewer than 276 strings, made of metal as well as gut. The instrument played a significant role in preparing the way for the development of the modern piano. Louis XVI, impressed by Hebenstreit’s contraption, suggested the instrument should be named after its inventor and therefore be called a Pantaleon or Pantalon. Johann Kuhnau, Bach's predecessor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and equally impressed, enjoyed the instrument’s ‘momentum dulcedinis et gratiae musicae’. One could say that the solo piano in Ghosting Pantaleon is shadowed by the cimbalom and its allies (harp, vibraphone, celesta).