AMARANTOS : FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, John Casken

Titel (DE): Amarantos - for chamber orchestra
Titel (EN): Amarantos - for chamber orchestra
Titel (FR): Amarantos - for chamber orchestra
Komponist / Composer: Casken, John
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: Kammerorchester / chamber orchestra
Besetzungsdetails: 1(alto fl.) · 1 · cl in Bb (b.cl.) - hn. · tpt - perc. (2 bongos, b.d., tam-tam, 3 tom-toms, marimba)(1 player) - pf. - vla · vc.
Kompositionsjahr / Date of Composition: 1977 - 1978
Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 16'
Verlag / Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 17.02.1984
Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur - Score -
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Seiten / Pages: 86
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ISMN: M-2201-1068-9
ISMN-13: 979-0-2201-1068-9
ISMN-EAN: 9790220110689
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The Greek word 'amarantos' means everlasting' or unfading', and the title was suggested by the amaranthine flowers in E.E.Cummings' sonnet 'this is the garden', where the flowers stand 'enraptured' when, 'in other lands and on Death's blade lie many a flower curled'. Another important image is that of 'pursed lips [blowing] upon cool flutes within wide glooms', a remarkable idea that was responsible for the work's coda in which the alto flute plays a prominent role. John Casken
Commissioned by the BBC

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The Greek word 'amarantos' means everlasting' or unfading', and the title was suggested by the amaranthine flowers in E.E.Cummings' sonnet 'this is the garden', where the flowers stand 'enraptured' when, 'in other lands and on Death's blade lie many a flower curled'. Another important image is that of 'pursed lips [blowing] upon cool flutes within wide glooms', a remarkable idea that was responsible for the work's coda in which the alto flute plays a prominent role. John Casken
Commissioned by the BBC