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Casken, John: Amarantos
for chamber orchestra
Partitur
Besetzung: Kammerorchester
Besetzung: 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.
Anzahl der Seiten: 86 Seiten
Gewicht: 0.31 kg
Erscheinungsjahr: 1. Februar 1984
Verlag: Schott
Artikelnummer: ED11483
Verlagsnummer: ED 11483
ISMN: 9790220110689
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
