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American Souvenir

Materiales de orquesta sinfónica en alquiler

Symphonyc Orchestra

BLANCAFORT, Manuel

Reg.: B.3191o

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  • Ensemble: Symphonic orchestra: .
  • Genres: Classical / contemporary: Symphonic.
  • Product format: Partitura + particellas
  • Difficulty level: Advanced-superior
  • Period: 2nd half S. XX - XXI
  • Publishing house: Editorial Boileau
  • Collection: Siglo XXI
  • Measure: 29,70 x 21,00 cm
  • Lenght: 14''
  • ISMN: 979-0-3503-0579-5
  • Available in digital: No
  • Available for rent: Yes

3[1.2.picc] 2[1.2/Eh] 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tsx — tmp+5 — pf/cel — hp — str
perc: sd, tri, bd, cym, woodblk, ttam, set dms
Observ: Tsax and Set play only in 2nd movement “Discontinous melody"
Strings: 7,6,5,4,3

A symphonic suite of the homonym work for piano composed between 1979 and 1982, according to the manuscript of the score itself. In spite of the coincidence of the title, this work displays thematic differences with regard to the suite for piano, until the point to be a different work.

Liner on sea has a postromantic feeling, with some sparkle of irony filtered by a fine discretion, everything very to the French taste of the 20s. In the second episode, Discontinuous Melody, is perceivable a clear Americanized style (almost a blues). On the whole, the two pieces have evident quality and make inexplicable the oblivion in which the M. Blancafort’s musical production.

Xavier Montsalvatge 
La Vanguardia, Desember 24th 1988

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