| ID | 6974F54D-0830-4263-BC0E-EE1571F1347C |
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| Titlecode | R00334 |
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| Title Name | Serenade for String Orchestra |
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| Marketing Copy | Robert Layton's review of the Koch Records release of Gerber's Serenade praised it as "memorable and individual...splendidly inventive theme and variations, deftly using the techniques of minimalism." "This is real music, splendidly played and recorded, and this (recording) cannot be too highly recommended to those who, like us, welcome the end of the twentieth-century's disastrous experiment with 'twelve-tone' writing." |
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| Instrumentation | String Orchestra |
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| Commission | (not set) |
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| Dedication | (not set) |
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| Program Notes | The String Serenade (an earlier work from 1989-90) is hardly less memorable and individual, opening with a yearning, expressive cantilena, but soon becoming rhythmically more spiky. The second movement is a splendidly inventive theme and variations, deftly using the techniques of minimalism (about which the composer expresses his doubts) as accompanimental figuration. This is real music, splendidly played and recorded, and this Koch CD cannot be too highly recommended to those who, like us, welcome the end of the twentieth-century's disastrous experiment with 'twelve-tone' writing. --Robert Layton |
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| Title Brand | 2 |
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| Year Composed | 1990 |
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| Copyright Number | (not set) |
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| Copyright Year | (not set) |
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| Duration | 17 |
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| Ensemble Size | 13 |
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| Date Created | 2008-10-31 20:30:55.000000 |
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| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:30:55 |
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| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
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| Bsc Code | (not set) |
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| Text Author | (not set) |
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| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
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| Recording Credits | Recorded by the National Chamber Orchestra, Koch International LLC, CD KIC 7501. |
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| Review | "The performance was wonderful. Steven's Serenade was heard by an international audience, and received with great enthusiasm!" --Daniel Boico |
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| Awards | (not set) |
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| Title Category | 7 |
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| Title Movements | (not set) |
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| Set Series ID | (not set) |
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| Title Instrument Category Text | String Orchestra |
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| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
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| Title Sub Category | 31 |
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| Title Instrument Header | 42 |
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| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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| Clean Url | serenade-for-string-orchestra-r00334 |
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