{"product_id":"j-montgomery-in-color-montgomery","title":"J. Montgomery: In Color","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/jessie-montgomery\"\u003eJessie Montgomery (1981-)\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), Tuba\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: In Color (2025)\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\u003eMOVEMENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAqua\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Poet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROGRAM NOTE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interesting challenge with \u003cem\u003eIn Color\u003c\/em\u003e was to find a blend between the unique timbre of the tuba and the strings — to find a place in the middle where these two opposing timbres could meet. When I thought about how the tuba and the quartet were going to get along, I thought immediately about color, the place in between melody and rhythm where interesting things can happen. My goal was to find a composite sound color that would be unique to this kind if ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut even with this overarching concept of blend, I also wanted the tuba to be featured as a solo part, and for Bob Stewart to bring his own improvisations to the work, which is the basis for the third movement, \"The Poet\". The fourth movement, \"Makina\" (which is a play on the word \"machine\" in Spanish) broadens the spectrum, contrasting the other movements so that the concept of blend is displaced by a collective cacophony of effects. This section is a play on the metal body of the tuba and its mechanisms; in this movement both the tuba and the string quartet use extended techniques almost exclusively to depict the metal switches, pistons and wheels of an imagined mega machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are many more possibilities of color that I didn't get to. Theoretically, I could keep adding more \"colors\", or movements, to the suite. This is really only a scratch on the surface of what this combination of instruments can do together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Jessie Montgomery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jessie Montgomery Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43223999217743,"sku":"124777","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/e5bd7b62ff1075fc7df1cadfae8c9eb9.png?v=1750691452","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/j-montgomery-in-color-montgomery","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}