{"title":"Sheet music composed by Robert Carl (1954-)","description":"Robert Carl (1954-) is a composer from United States of America. Read more on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Carl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWikipedia\u003c\/a\u003e.","products":[{"product_id":"carl-floating-fanfare-aca","title":"Carl: Floating Fanfare","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eAlto Horn\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Floating Fanfare (2024)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFloating Fanfare\u003c\/em\u003e is a brief work for solo E-flat alto horn, a relatively unrecognized instrument that I think deserves more attention. It is about three minutes long and exists in two versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first is as a standard solo unaccompanied work. Matters of rhythm and timing are very flexible; the indicated tempo and rhythmic groupings are only there to suggest phrase shape and overall flow. Fermatas and breath pauses should be interpreted according to the performer's instinct, to create a satisfying whole. Dynamics are similarly flexible. The initial mf is only a start point, and the player should shape volume according to their interpretive instincts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second uses a piano to enhance the sound of the instrument. The hornist plays into the body of the instrument to create the resonance described below. Because of the shape of the horn, they may need to turn their back on the audience, and perhaps play up into the piano lid, which will be at full stick, to reflect the sound into the strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pianist controls two aspects of the instrument: First, the pedal is depressed and released, according to indications in the score. Second, selected notes (after the pedal has been depressed) are held down silently. (These are indicated in the score as stemless noteheads; they should not be held in any particular order or rhythm.) When the pedal is released, these pitches should still remain as a ghostly aura, excited by the sympathetic vibrations of the horn's sound. The pianist should follow the indications carefully for when to depress and release the pedal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of the process of eliciting these \"auras\", this version may last a little longer than the solo. It is suggested that if possible, these two versions can be performed on the two halves of a program. This work has been an unexpected joy to write. I am grateful to Peter Nelson-King for giving me the opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42280078999631,"sku":"ACA-CARL-117","price":12.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/2a9083f7499ef0bc743f763463203280.webp?v=1780075340"},{"product_id":"anyone-can-play-13-pieces-for-open-ensemble-aca","title":"Anyone Can Play: 13 Pieces for Open Ensemble","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposers\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/matthew-welch\"\u003eMatthew Welch (1976-)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jody-rockmaker\"\u003eJody Rockmaker (1961-)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marilyn-shrude\"\u003eMarilyn Shrude (1946-)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/philip-carlsen\"\u003ePhilip Carlsen (1951-)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/scott-l-miller\"\u003eScott L. Miller (1966-)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/paul-zonn\"\u003ePaul Zonn\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/randall-snyder\"\u003eRandall Snyder (1944-)\u003c\/a\u003e, Richard Moryl, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/peter-scott-lewis\"\u003ePeter Scott Lewis (1953-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003eAny Instrument\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790600230129\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese thirteen pieces for open ensemble, written across a period of fifty years, explore flexible areas of music - in ensemble type and size, in structure and form, and in graphic notation. This anthology was created to give new music ensembles at schools a flexible, easy way to explore new types of music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eANYONE CAN PLAY is thus divided into three sections: Text-Based Scores, Stave-Based Scores, and Graphic Scores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology was curated by Jody Rockmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText-Based - Philip Carlsen: Tu(r)ning (2013), for any number of improvisers - Richard Cameron-Wolfe: En Garde\/Detente (2022), for any two musicians\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStave-Based - Robert Carl: Changing My Spots (2005), for group improvisation - Marilyn Shrude: Trope (2007), for variable ensemble - Scott L. Miller: Admiration (2017), for instrument(s) and fixed-media electronics - Jody Rockmaker: Gestures (2018), for any four melodic instruments - Randall Snyder: Meditation for a Dark Age (2020), for any four instruments - Jody Rockmaker: Anyone Can Play! (2022), for any four melodic instruments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphic - Richard Moryl: Strobe (1972), for variable orchestra - Paul Martin Zonn: Yodeling in the Gully (1984), for at least three instruments - Matthew Welch: Symphony of Drones No. 2 (2002), for variable instrumentation - Peter Tod Lewis: ALCAZAR III (1972), for at least four instruments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42330385449039,"sku":"ACA-ANTH-021","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/aa9e7d26623cbcfe05870fde761297cf.webp?v=1780074413"},{"product_id":"carl-things-as-it-is-aca","title":"Carl: Things As It Is","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Soprano, Alto Flute\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Things As It Is (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork Language\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-language\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposer's Note: \u003cem\u003eThings As It Is\u003c\/em\u003e is a song cycle on poems by the American poet Chase Twichell. I came to know Chase coincidentally, as the wife of the novelist Russell Banks, with whom I composed the opera Harmony. But over time, in repeated encounters with her poetry, I came to realize she is in a Major figure in the field. More importantly, the work speaks deeply to me. Chase is a practicing Buddhist, and so we share a spiritual tradition. and her poems have an ability to pierce into the essence of an experience, in the moment, that is rare and clarifying. These texts present a challenge. They are very much about the enveloping silence behind all phenomena, and as a result, it might seem that music can get in the way of their intended meaning. I can't claim to have solved this conundrum, but I have tried to find ways to dig beneath the surface, to try to extract sonic essences that reflect some of the intensity and focus of the poetry. The songs are concentrated, and I try to extract moments that count. The eight poems are presented as four pairs. I see common thematic aspects between the words in each linked set, and I've tried to retain some sort of musical element that is common to each. Finally, the work's title comes from the final poem in this set, which is also the titular one of Chase's most recent collection. Its seeming grammatical lapse is intentional. The great Soto Zen master Shunryu Suzuki spoke the line in answer to a query on the meaning of the Chinese Chan poem Sandokai. When told that in English translation it was incorrect, he stated firmly it was exactly what he meant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Set of Parts","offer_id":42346301456463,"sku":"ACA-CARL-153","price":49.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Score","offer_id":42346303258703,"sku":"ACA-CARL-153s","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/cf41e222a1a7eadbbb2e2388c43bbdc6.webp?v=1780254795"},{"product_id":"carl-splectar-aca","title":"Carl: Splectar","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eElectric Guitar, Electronics\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Splectar (2021)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42379561533519,"sku":"ACA-CARL-115","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/bdef4dc202dbc53adce008664930c2a5.webp?v=1780075598"},{"product_id":"carl-ma-no-sound-is-not-no-sound-aca","title":"Carl: MA: No-Sound Is Not No Sound","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Score \u0026amp; Set of Parts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eCello, Violin, Clarinet, Flute, Shakuhachi\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: MA: No-sound Is Not No Sound (2024)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790600231584\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concept of Ma in Japanese aesthetics, and in particular music, suggests the space before and after a note sounds. It is \"emptiness\", but not a void. Rather, it is a space to be filled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI went to Japan several years ago for a few months, and part of my project was meeting with many composers, asking them the question of what is Ma. I got beautiful answers, none exactly the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that seemed appropriate. Ma is something one feels; even the description I have given above hopelessly limits it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work evolves slowly, defining a space that the instruments inhabit, and begin to fill. A space for sounds to emerge from, and to resonate within. The shakuhachi, an instrument dear to me (that I play after a fashion), embodies the human breath as few other instruments do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title, with its triple-negative, suggests that silence is not necessarily \"silent\". It is empty but full of potential. and so I think of this ensemble becoming a slowly pulsating, breathing entity. 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We found a great sympathy of spirits, and he became one of my most important and regular composer-friends. He often came to my concerts in New York, and we shared many wonderful dinners in his Broadway apartment, with his partner, David Sachs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoah died in 2020 of bladder cancer. I still feel his absence strongly and miss him terribly. This work has become a way for me to explore expanding aspects of my own practice, taking his example as a model for adventure. The use of the Schubert fragment, explained below, is the closest to his actual technique of sample assemblage. But beyond that, the combination of fixed media, live performance, and improvisation is a risk that I hope honors his example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title draws connections to the \"winter journey\", the Schubertian melancholic romance with death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42801745330255,"sku":"ACA-CARL-156","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/57591c9aceab8f251e53cba200674192.webp?v=1780257564"},{"product_id":"carl-warm-waxing-wail-aca","title":"Carl: Warm Waxing Wail","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Voice\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Warm Waxing Wail (1986)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork Language\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-language\"\u003eNon-lexical\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790600233403\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003efor singing pianist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWarm Waxing Wail\u003c\/em\u003e is a piece designed for a solo performer: either a singer who plays the piano, or pianist who sings. As a result, the music has been composed with an eye to be as adaptable as possible to many different sorts of musicians. While a trained voice will inevitably execute certain sections of the work with more polish, a \"rougher\" vocal technique, it combined with real musicality, can create a particularly intimate, personal, and evocative performance. Performers with some jazz or popular music background may even be at an advantage here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe basic material of Warm Waxing Wail was composed over one week in southern California, atop a small hill in Long Beach. Each day I composed a short one-minute piece, the entire group of which constitutes a sort of \"California journal.\" Upon returning to New England, these pieces were spliced, overlaid, and recombined with one another, rather like the effect of passage of time on series of memories. The sustained mood throughout is dreamy, delicate, meditative, and gently passionate. - - - Robert Carl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42831099396175,"sku":"ACA-CARL-052","price":13.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/08470ad0634fc2a18d00b0911bcb26fa.webp?v=1780075661"},{"product_id":"carl-night-garden-aca","title":"Carl: Night Garden","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Score and Set of Parts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eDouble Bass Ensemble\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Night Garden (2013)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight Garden is an essay in precise tuning for five contrabasses. Its technique is at once simple and yet demanding. Every instrument plays only natural harmonics on a single string, different for each (see chart below). The sound should be as pure and ethereal as possible, even when the music grows more agitated. As the title suggests, it should \"glow\" with a particular luminescence that is idiomatic to the instrument, with its capacity to make higher harmonics sound more strongly than in other strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work begins with a series of expansive chords that explore the harmonic possibilities. 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Each player should memorize her\/his set of harmonics, and then use them as indicated in the part.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43384711839823,"sku":"ACA-CARL-031","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/b18bfc31ad5672ec2debff1cbd9fc987.webp?v=1780075363"},{"product_id":"carl-wind-hymn-aca","title":"Carl: Wind Hymn","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wind Hymn for Orchestra (2025)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Spiral Bound\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790600237319\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e11.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e16.9\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrchestra:\n2(2+picc)222 - 221(btrb)0 - timp (5 drums) - strings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the past few years, I found myself periodically driving across the western US. and over roughly a decade, I've noticed a striking change. The number of wind energy farms has exploded. There are places where the white turbines stretch as far as the eye can see, ahead and on either side.\nFor me, their scale and grand motion are inspiring. It comes out of the human instinct to build on a vast scale, and yet it is also intimately linked to nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is a tone poem, in two movements played without pause. The first, \"Aerial View\" evokes the passage of a series of farms seen from a great enough distance that each one has a distinct character, parsed into the different string sections. The second, \"Surface View\", subdivides the strings so as to create a weaving micropolyphony, as though one is walking amidst the turbines. and out of the motives that make up this motion, the larger hymn emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43932975824975,"sku":"ACA-CARL-158s","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d12117f1c1df5570d3cddeb6eade4d4e.webp?v=1765400817"},{"product_id":"carl-gideons-lullabye-aca","title":"Carl: Gideon's Lullabye","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-carl\"\u003eRobert Carl (1954-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Performance Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong 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