{"product_id":"reicha-die-harmonie-der-spharen-ar","title":"Reicha: Die Harmonie der Sphären","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/anton-reicha\"\u003eAnton Reicha (1770-1836)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Daniel Obluda\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\"\u003eSATB Choir, String Orchestra, Timpani\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Die Harmonie der Sphären (1826)\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\"\u003eGerman\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9780895798633\u003c\/span\u003e\n\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\u003eAlthough Hector Berlioz is often credited for expanding the role of timpani during the first half of the nineteenth century, it is now well known that he borrowed several of his ideas from his teacher, Anton Reicha (1770–1836). Reicha's \u003cem\u003eDie Harmonie der Sphären\u003c\/em\u003e, a work scored only for eight-part chorus, strings, and timpani, appears at the end of the second volume of Reicha's Traité de haute composition musicale (1826) and was never published or copied elsewhere except in Carl Czerny's translation of the treatise in 1834. The work's most notable characteristic is its use of eight chromatically tuned timpani, divided among four timpanists, which at various points throughout the piece are rolled to produce sustained diatonic triads. These rolled chords not only provide support for the orchestra and choral parts but also serve to illustrate the sonorous motion of the planets and celestial bodies described in the text, taken from a poem by Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"A-R Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46333498589263,"sku":"N072","price":123.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/31b8dd275598af89e96276be5632447c.jpg?v=1785532096","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/products\/reicha-die-harmonie-der-spharen-ar","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}