{"title":"Sheet music composed by Mark Edwards Wilson (1948-)","description":"Mark Edwards Wilson (1948-) is a composer from United States of America.","products":[{"product_id":"wilson-the-phoenix-aca","title":"Wilson: The Phoenix","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/mark-edwards-wilson\"\u003eMark Edwards Wilson (1948-)\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: The Phoenix (2009)\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\"\u003e9790600231478\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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Phoenix\" is the Grand Prize winner of the Realize Music Challenge for new orchestral music sponsored by Notion Music, Inc. and the London Symphony Orchestra. The inspiration for The Phoenix comes from the myth of the legendary bird cyclically reborn out of fire. The dramatic aspects of the piece center on ideas of regeneration springing from moments of crisis. Exploring a wide dramatic range, The Phoenix consists of three movements, all linked and played without breaks. \"Crossing the Horizon,\" contains the darkest and most mysterious moment in the work and toward the end we hear the mythological bird sing. \"Fire and Transformation\" develops a motive with incessant rhythmic drive and leads relentlessly to a climax in which the principal materials of the work are consumed in a series of searing chords. A transition leads directly to \"The Phoenix Rising\" which, with increasing rhythmic energy, symbolizes the mythological bird's rising from its own ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42484640219215,"sku":"ACA-WIME-005s","price":132.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/f70cbf865c33228f80678f594ef946fb.jpg?v=1750014262"},{"product_id":"wilson-time-variations-aca","title":"Wilson: Time Variations","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/mark-edwards-wilson\"\u003eMark Edwards Wilson (1948-)\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\"\u003eString Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Time Variations (2004)\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\"\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\u003cem\u003eTime Variations\u003c\/em\u003e (2004) is a radical application of a technique Wilson has dubbed \"style modulation,\" where the style of a composition is not fixed, but subject to transformation as might be expected of any other aspect of music. The form of the work might best be described as a journey through the dimension of musical style using a single unifying thematic idea. To some extent this is not unlike a variation form, but one where the style of the piece continually evolves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilson first became intrigued with the idea of integrating older musical styles into the context of contemporary music in the 1970's, during the high-water mark of the original instruments movement. in program notes on the subject Wilson writes: \"The freshness of early music performed on period instruments impressed me greatly. in many ways this music seemed more like new, rather than old music, as if it were a subset of contemporary music. I began to consider the possibilities of incorporating certain aspects of early music into my own compositions, but I was not interested in a hybrid, neoclassical approach, nor was I interested in collage techniques. Superimposing styles seemed destructive to both. Instead, I began to explore ways of transforming one musical style into another.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003cem\u003eTime Variations\u003c\/em\u003e begins and ends in a modernist style (coming full circle in the process), much of the piece employs techniques first used in the music of earlier times. On the surface this might seem like an abandonment of the ideals of contemporary music. This is in no way Wilson's intention. Indeed, writing a work like \u003cem\u003eTime Variations\u003c\/em\u003e would be inconceivable in any era other than our own, as the all-embracing awareness of music from all style periods and cultures is a unique and defining characteristic of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Alex Radcliffe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42484833386575,"sku":"ACA-WIME-003","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/8939052a93fd541df3836e331797a364.jpg?v=1752419071"},{"product_id":"wilson-soliloquy-aca","title":"Wilson: Soliloquy","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/mark-edwards-wilson\"\u003eMark Edwards Wilson (1948-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eViolin\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Soliloquy (2000)\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\"\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\u003cem\u003eSoliloquy\u003c\/em\u003e(2000) is a work which continues Wilson's exploration of style modulation. The work travels between two stylistic regions. Along the way tonality itself gradually emerges and then evaporates. in \u003cem\u003eSoliloquy\u003c\/em\u003e the style to which the work moves, the goal and climax of the piece, is that of a composition for unaccompanied violin from the baroque era. Although it uses no Bach quotations, it is an homage to the \u003cem\u003eSonatas and Partitas\u003c\/em\u003e of J.S. Bach. From the standpoint of the theatrical aspects of the work, one might consider \u003cem\u003eSoliloquy\u003c\/em\u003e as a performance by a single musical protagonist alone on the stage. with no other actors present for dialog and interaction, the sole direction that the drama can take is into the tragic core of the character being portrayed. The work was written for Wilson's friend and colleague, David Salness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Alex Radcliffe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42484840333391,"sku":"ACA-WIME-002","price":11.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/1b81bc46d49a989552174f12d87cca89.webp?v=1780257435"},{"product_id":"wilson-pas-de-deux-aca","title":"Wilson: Pas de Deux","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/mark-edwards-wilson\"\u003eMark Edwards Wilson (1948-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eCello, Piano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pas de Deux (2023)\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\"\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\u003eA \u003cem\u003epas de deux\u003c\/em\u003e (literally a \"step of two\") is a dance duet in which two dancers (typically a man and a woman) perform ballet steps together. The title was an irresistible metaphor for my two gifted and accomplished colleagues to whom the piece is dedicated, Eric Kutz and Miko Kominami.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. The Horizon Beckons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title of the opening movement makes reference to my interest in the poetic imagination of the ancient Egyptians, who viewed the horizon as emblematic of the mysteries of the unknown and the eternal. The western and eastern horizons were seen as the portals of time, the gateways of yesterday and tomorrow and the cyclic nature of eternity—to me, a deeply moving and beautiful metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eII. Tango: Kurwenal Steps Out\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis movement is a tango that makes occasional reference to \u003cem\u003eTristan and Isolde\u003c\/em\u003e in the form of musical puns, hence the title and the further caption, \"Poor Kurwenal, Tristan's faithful friend, he deserves a night out on the town.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIII. Bulgarian Rhythm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe energetic finale explores rhythmic ideas that place groupings of three versus two into dynamic interaction. Although there are no overt references to Eastern European folk music in the piece, the meter of the principal theme is 3+3+2, one of the metric patterns often labeled as a \"Bulgarian rhythm.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42484847738959,"sku":"ACA-WIME-001","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/44c2855de20d0a47abccab21553eaec9.jpg?v=1752420373"},{"product_id":"wilson-dream-crossed-twilight-aca","title":"Wilson: Dream-Crossed Twilight","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/mark-edwards-wilson\"\u003eMark Edwards Wilson (1948-)\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: Dream-Crossed Twilight (2019)\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\"\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\u003eDream-Crossed Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e(2019), a composition commissioned by the Maryland Chapter of the Music Teachers National Association, was written for my friends and colleagues of the Left Bank Quartet. The title is a reference to T. S. Eliot's description of human existence in his profound and moving poem, \u003cem\u003eAsh Wednesday\u003c\/em\u003e. The work is in three contrasting movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. Striving\nII. Dreams\nIII. Spiro. Spero. (I breathe. 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