Frank Wallace

composer

Un establo de oro, Op.66

SM-000167594
Composer
Frank Wallace
Publisher
Gyre Music
Genre
Classical / Chamber music
Instrumentation
Flute, Cello, Classical guitar
Scored for
Quartet
Type of score
Full score
Movement(s)
1 to 1 from 1
Duration
9'0"
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
2012

Description
Dedicated to: Atanas Ourkouzounov and Mie Ogura
Written: January, 2012
Duration: 9 minutes; 15 pages
Skill level: moderate in all parts
Instrumentation: flute, cello and two guitars

Un Establo de Oro was written in a frenzy over musical ideas I have been entranced with for the past year since writing Epitafio a un Pájaro. I used a system of deriving pitches from the names of Federico García Lorca and the dedicatee, Linda Marsella. Both diatonic and chromatic versions of their names were created, as well as harmonic and melodic versions. The result has given me inspiration for five pieces now: Epitafio a un Pájaro; Sombra para mis Ojos; La Perla del Pico; and recently a piece for narrator and guitar for Lynn McGrath, De la Muerte Oscura, and finally Un Establo de Oro.

While writing De la Muerte, I listened to a CD of the Ourkouzounov Ensemble, whom I have long admired. The sounds of this particular instrumentation grabbed me and I knew a new piece had to be written for this "For Federico" set of music. The title (a stable of gold) comes from the poem De la Muerte Oscura (Gacela #7) by García Lorca and is one of the more enigmatic images of that work - is that the core of our fascination with Lorca - his stream of conscious connection of one image to another that we relate to, but don't know why!

Upload date
05 Jul 2012

Price

Sheet music file
10.00 USD
PDF, 634.5 Kb (17 p.)

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