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COURT STUDIES from 'The Tempest'

COURT STUDIES from 'The Tempest'

 
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Printed Edition
Composer:Ades, Thomas
Instrumentation:cl. vn. vcl. pft.
Publisher Ref:0571568866

Price: £30.00
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Skill Level:E
Publisher:Faber Music
Year of Issue:2005
ISBN:0571568866
For this series of Court Studies I have extracted six solo numbers for members of the Court of Naples from my and Meredith Oakes''s opera The Tempest and transcribed them freely for four instruments (violin, clarinet, cello and piano). The first three form a sequence in the opera: Antonio: ''Sir, I saw him in the water/Striking bravely for the land'' Sebastian: ''Milan, your vanity, your self-promotion/Have brought us to this godforsaken shore'' and the King of Naples: ''Oh Prince of Naples and Milan/What fish has made its meal on you?''. Ariel''s ventriloquistic interjections are omitted here, so the argument between Antonio and Sebastian is purely human and musical in origin.
The next two number s are presented out of sequence: Antonio: ''You''ll forgive at no cost/You''ve won I''ve lost'' is this last of the court arias, from near the end of the opera whereas Gonzalo: ''Sir, be cheerful/This is remarkable/Please don''t weep/Your Majesty'' is the first, sung when they''ve only ju

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