{"product_id":"r-stern-prologue-for-small-orchestra-aca","title":"R. Stern: Prologue for Small Orchestra","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-stern\"\u003eRobert Stern (1934-2018)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eChamber Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Prologue (1954)\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\"\u003e9790600239412\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\u003eChamber Orchestra\n1111 - 2110 - timp, pno - strings (76443 in set)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrologue for Small Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e\nwas composed in July 1954 while Robert Stern was a twenty-year-old undergraduate at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. The manuscript identifies the work as an \"Eastman student assignment.\" During this period, composer, pedagogue, and author Kent Kennan — in his only term of teaching at Eastman — was on the faculty.\nAlso dating from the summer of 1954 is Stern's\n\u003cem\u003ePiano Sonata\u003c\/em\u003e\n— his only work in the genre — which is dedicated to Kennan. The two works appear to have originated during the same summer period of study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLasting approximately five minutes,\n\u003cem\u003ePrologue\u003c\/em\u003e\nis a concentrated orchestral statement. Dramatic and expressive in character, its harmonic language refects Stern's unique take on mid-twentieth-century American sound.\nThe lush string writing may also be heard as anticipating Stern's prize-winning\n\u003cem\u003eIn Memoriam Abraham\u003c\/em\u003e\n(written the following year, in 1955).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Full Score","offer_id":45024940097615,"sku":"ACA-STER-013s","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of Parts","offer_id":45024940130383,"sku":"ACA-STER-013p","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/4def1c625a18e51f54d93e4ff701b1db.webp?v=1780255015","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/products\/r-stern-prologue-for-small-orchestra-aca","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}