4F5B8F71-B6C2-49A6-B498-39CE77E32014
| ID | 4F5B8F71-B6C2-49A6-B498-39CE77E32014 |
|---|---|
| Titlecode | X642716 |
| Title Name | Divertissement for Clarinet and Piano Trio |
| Marketing Copy | Divertissement may be described as a jocoserious, quasi-palindromic collage. With strands from Mozart, Liszt, Claude Gervaise and George Rochberg, it has been characterized as "a frolicsome romp through music history." |
| Instrumentation | B-flat Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano |
| Commission | Commissioned by the University of Louisville. |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | Divertissement may be described as a jocoserious, quasi-palindromic collage, a tongue-in-cheek pastiche which is part transcription, part stylistic allusion, part literal quotation, part "original" music. Woven into the compositional fabric are strands from works by Mozart, Liszt, Claude Gervaise and George Rochberg. Unlike the usual collage, however, the piece is not concerned with a cinematographic projection of unrelated aural images, but rather strives for thematic and tonal cohesiveness among separate and independent musical elements. One critic referred to Divertissement as "a frolicsome romp through music history." Although I typically disdain the opinions (negative or positive) of professional music critics, I must confess that I find this particular comment very much to my liking. --Claude Baker |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 1980 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 15 |
| Ensemble Size | 4 |
| Date Created | 2018-02-18 20:33:16.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:33:16 |
| Inhouse Note | sub code 43050 - R00071 |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
| Recording Credits | (not set) |
| Review | "Divertissement is a charming little work...an essay in musical Postmodernism...that has repertoire as its theme...the quotes are important only for what they represent, that is, the vast body of universally acknowledged Great Music against which the efforts of the living composer are supposed to compete."--James Wierzbicki, St. Louis Post Dispatch <BR><BR> "Baker...lingers on the past, and lovingly so, humorously so...In Divertissement, he introduces delightful approximations of classical and romantic styles with droll excesses of melodic invention and ornamentation. Mixed in are interruptions of just as excessive contemporary material. The gentle satire is obvious."<BR> -- Peter Jacobi, The Herald Times |
| Awards | (not set) |
| Title Category | 2 |
| Title Movements | (not set) |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Quartet |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | -1 |
| Title Instrument Header | 19 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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