416EA86F-77C8-48F8-B4C5-546C9F3CC691
| ID | 416EA86F-77C8-48F8-B4C5-546C9F3CC691 |
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| Titlecode | X410112 |
| Title Name | Six Songs Without Words (and an Encore) |
| Marketing Copy | David Schiff: When Portland Piano International asked me to propose a project for new piano compositions that could be played with a work from the standard repertory I immediately thought of composing a group of pieces that could be played with selections from Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. I first played Mendelssohn's pieces when I was eight years old and they were the first works I encountered that seemed to place access to musical beauty in my own hands. I have tried here to write pieces with a contemporary feeling that are within reach of younger players in the hope that they can kindle the love of music that Mendelssohn's atmospheric and perfectly crafted miniatures inspired in me. Songs included: 1. Simple Song, 2. Wedding Dance, 3. Ballad (for B.E.), 4. Elegy (Blues for A.C.), 5. Tarantella for Puck, 6. Venetian Boat Song, 7. Encore: Ballad for M.P.A. |
| Instrumentation | Piano Solo |
| Commission | Commissioned by Portland Piano, International. Ballad for M.P.A. was commissioned by Carl Abbott in honor of his wife Margery Post Abbott. |
| Dedication | For Portland Piano International |
| Program Notes | add |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 2017 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 0 |
| Ensemble Size | 1 |
| Date Created | 2017-11-10 20:32:04.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:32:04 |
| Inhouse Note | Appended "Ballad" X410113 as Encore 2/6/18 per DS |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | -World premiere performed by Vladislav Kosminov on 11/11/2017. |
| Recording Credits | (not set) |
| Review | (not set) |
| Awards | (not set) |
| Title Category | 5 |
| Title Movements | 1. Simple Song 2. Wedding Dance, 3. Ballad (for B.E.) 4. Elegy (Blues for A.C.) 5. Tarantella for Puck 6. Venetian Boat Song Encore: Ballad for M.P.A. |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Piano |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 101 |
| Title Instrument Header | 34 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
| Clean Url | six-songs-without-words-x410112 |