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Official edition of "Once upon a time..." by Jörg Widmann, published by Schott Music (Q42473), scored for Clarinet in Bb, 中提琴, 钢琴. Edition includes 3 parts, 115 pages.
- Composer
- Jörg Widmann
- Publisher
- Schott Music
- Catalog No.
- Q42473
- Instrumentation
- Clarinet in Bb, 中提琴, 钢琴
- Specifications
- 3 parts · 115 pages (Score & Parts)
- Purchase Orders
- cdiyao@gmail.com (Email to Purchase)
Parts & Score Materials
| Part Name | Instrument | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Clarinet in Bb | Clarinet | 22 pages |
| 钢琴 | Piano | 71 pages |
| 中提琴 | Viola | 22 pages |
Work & Edition Details
As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with fairy tales: with their archetypal characters and set phrases like ‘Once upon a time …’ and ‘… they all lived happily ever after’. Fairy tales were however also a source of unrest for me as a seismograph of mankind’s underlying primal fears and desires. So as a performer and composer I have always felt that Robert Schumann’s Märchenerzählungen [Fairy Tales] (scored for the same instrumentation as my own composition) was a disjointed, complex contemporary work – despite the innocence and naivety of its initial appearance. I therefore do not intend my own Es war einmal … [Once upon a time …] to be a mere sentimental, nostalgic flight into the distant past, but as a naive and fantastical alternative concept to our genuine world with all its upheavals. Jörg Widmann
