{"title":"Sheet music composed by David Mecionis (1967-)","description":"David Mecionis (1967-) is a composer from United States of America.","products":[{"product_id":"mecionis-solo-suite-in-the-old-style-aca","title":"Mecionis: Solo Suite in the Old Style","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/david-mecionis\"\u003eDavid Mecionis (1967-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eOboe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Solo Suite in the Old Style (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\"\u003e9790600231676\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\"\u003e11.8\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\u003eSolo Suite in the Old Style\u003c\/em\u003e (oboe solo, 2024) explores certain forms and mannerisms of the Classical and Romantic eras. The constraints of the tonal idioms of the past are compounded and magnified by the limitations of the wind instrument for which this suite is written. Music for an unaccompanied monophonic instrument must communicate, in a single line, the essential tonal elements of key, chord movement and modulation, as well any narrative elements such as conflict and resolution, action and rest. It is hoped that this is accomplished in each of the four numbers of this suite. These pieces should ideally be played together in the given order, however they may be performed separately or in subsets of any ordering. Each number marks a genuine attempt to conjure an ephemeral yet palpable sound sculpture in the mind of the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe melodies in this piece were conceived across a period of about twelve years, spanning a period of great change in my personal and musical life. The final fruit of these ideas— \u003cem\u003eSolo Suite in the Old Style\u003c\/em\u003e —was composed for oboist Lillian Copeland, who premiered it in a New York Composers Circle concert on February 15, 2024. The piece is dedicated to my indomitable sister Veronica, in an attempt, however inadequate, to recognize and thank her for the hard work, devotion, and generosity of spirit that she so selflessly bestows on her family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42480474357839,"sku":"ACA-MECD-010","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/95dd7f567327b9483cf6dee55a5e6984.webp?v=1780257428"},{"product_id":"mecionis-5-mirror-canons-aca","title":"Mecionis: 5 Mirror Canons","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/david-mecionis\"\u003eDavid Mecionis (1967-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Performance Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eCello, Violin\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: 5 Mirror Canons (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\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.8\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\u003eIn a two-voice mirror canon, either player's part may be held parallel to a mirror to reveal the part of the other player, with the middle line of the five-line staff functioning as the fulcrum. Each of the Five Mirror Canons adhere to the principal of precise inversion of every interval about the fulcrum with no adjustments for key. for the violinist, confined to the treble clef, the middle line of the staff is always B. By contrast the cellist reads three clefs, bass, tenor and treble, for which the middle line is D, A and B, respectively. By the exploitation of these cello clefs throughout the canons, a pitch in one part may have any of three different pitches for its \"reflection\" in the other part. All this admits of many tonal as well as atonal implications for the listener, and also challenges for the performer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn all of these mirror canons, with the exception of the central one, one instrument precedes the other by a strict number of quarter notes: eight for the first canon, seven for the second and fourth, and five for the fifth. in the third canon the instruments enter simultaneously and are rhythmically entrained, except for a 19-bar \"antique style\" section in the middle. The first half of this section is in A-Minor with the violin temporarily preceding the cello by a single quarter note, until a quick modulation a tritone away to E™­-Minor\/D™¯-Minor heralds the cello's corresponding and temporary shift into the lead position.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive Mirror Canons was composed between late-November 2020 and early-January 2021 for Dan Qiao and Carolyn Regula.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42480554737743,"sku":"ACA-MECD-004","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d5797bcae49d14cf1ce2386a33905757.webp?v=1780099129"},{"product_id":"mecionis-fragmentary-scenes-aca","title":"Mecionis: Fragmentary Scenes","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/david-mecionis\"\u003eDavid Mecionis (1967-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fragmentary Scenes (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\"\u003e9790600231713\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\"\u003e11.8\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\u003eFragmentary Scenes\u003c\/em\u003e for piano solo was composed in May 2024 for Craig Ketter. The musical \"scenes,\" comprised of distinguishable rhythmic, melodic and harmonic gestures, are elaborated across a non-narrative spectrum of contrasts and affinities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42480566730831,"sku":"ACA-MECD-011","price":14.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/550df72be742de4d5341259fe9729a72.webp?v=1780256473"},{"product_id":"mecionis-fugue-in-z-aca","title":"Mecionis: Fugue in Z","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/david-mecionis\"\u003eDavid Mecionis (1967-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eOrgan\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fugue in Z (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\"\u003e9790600231720\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\"\u003e11.8\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\u003eFugue in Z: Fugue-fantasia on two pairs of z-related hexachords\u003c\/em\u003e(organ solo, 2024) is a four-voice fugue inspired by the idea of \"z-relation\" as discovered and propounded by American music theorists Allen Forte and Joseph N. Straus. Z-relation is characterized by two sets of pitches—in this case pairs of hexachords, or six-pitch sets—where neither set of the pair can be inverted or transposed to produce the other set and yet they possess the exact same interval content. It is not that they are unrelated but that they are, as Straus argues in his seminal work Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory, \"like first cousins\" rather than siblings. I believe this commonality can be used to give the listener an impression not unlike what one gets from classical tonality, in which controlled similarites and differences contrive to bring attention to a chosen key center and a small number of related keys. All of this is admittedly—with apolgies to Dr. Straus—not very \"post-tonal.\" But I found it too interesting and fun to resist exploring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe six-bar fugue statement is comprised of four uneven sections freely derived from two pairs of z-related hexachords. Each hexachord is transposed such that the statement sounds more or less as if in the key of D. The second voice follows in the manner of a tonal answer, entering by the customary interval of a fifth from the statement but with the hexachords rearranged to alter certain melodic intervals such that the \"key\" is preserved. The sense of there being a dominant key of D throughout this piece is often traceable to the handling of the z-related sets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42480581574735,"sku":"ACA-MECD-012","price":17.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/1df165b2211f6d2cb31461c345ce467a.webp?v=1780257161"},{"product_id":"mecionis-suite-for-3-trombones-aca","title":"Mecionis: Suite for 3 Trombones","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/david-mecionis\"\u003eDavid Mecionis (1967-)\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\"\u003eBass Trombone, Trombone II, Trombone I\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suite for 3 Trombones (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\"\u003e9790600231737\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\"\u003e11.8\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\u003eSuite for Three Trombones\u003c\/em\u003e(composed June 2024) is a suite of five short numbers for two tenor trombones and one bass. While it is intended that the full suite be performed in the order given, the numbers may alternatively be performed separately or in subsets of any desired ordering. When performing all in order, a standard length pause may be inserted after the first number and before the last, but a short pause is wanted between the others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42480594223183,"sku":"ACA-MECD-013","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/bfea80b159a80a1f5668e66253a74eab.webp?v=1780256982"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/pt\/collections\/david-mecionis.oembed","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}