{"product_id":"higdon-southern-harmony-lawdon-1","title":"Higdon: Southern Harmony","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/jennifer-higdon\"\u003eJennifer Higdon (1962-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eString Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/higdon-southern-harmony-2003\"\u003eSouthern Harmony (2003)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \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\u003ePROGRAM NOTES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Southern Harmony\" is a portrait of the South, where I grew up (Georgia and Tennessee).\nThe three movements depict gentle aspects of Southern life: a slower pace, simple living,\nand an emphasis on traditional, handed-down music. This piece includes some of the\ntechniques that are found in Appalachian-style string playing (open strings and slides).\nThe first movement, \"Soft Summers\", is a musical portrait of long summer evenings, a\ntime for quiet porch-sitting and \"fellowshipping\" with friends, neighbors and relatives.\nThe second movement, \"Reel Time\", is a dance based on the form of the reel (a dance\noccuring in a moderately quick duple meter)…this is a dance that you might witness in a\nplace where there is some serious fiddling going on. The final movement is Gentle\nWaltz, which is self-explanatory, and was probably the result of having heard the\nTennessee Waltz so many times while growing up. While this work is much less\ncomplex and moves at a slower pace than most of my music, I like to think that it doesn't\nnecessarily reflect the South as being simple, but rather what is for me a simpler time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work was commissioned in 2003 by the Hanson Institute for American Music of the\nEastman School of Music. It was premiered by the Ying Quartet.\n--Jennifer Higdon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lawdon Press","offers":[{"title":"Score \u0026 Set of Parts","offer_id":45032200634447,"sku":"LAWD-198","price":42.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Full Score","offer_id":45032200667215,"sku":"LAWD-199","price":18.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/fr\/products\/higdon-southern-harmony-lawdon-1","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}