{"product_id":"larsen-amber-variation-kenwood","title":"Larsen: Amber (Variation)","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/libby-larsen\"\u003eLibby Larsen (1950-)\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: Amber (Variation) (2020)\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\"\u003e8.5\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.0\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\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eAmber (Variation)\u003c\/em\u003e I took as inspiration the image of a ripened field of grain, rolling and swaying in late -summer winds. It is an image deeply engrained in my childhood bones and one I escape into often.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo create a musical suggestion of this wheat field, I used two fragments from the melody America the Beautiful - \"Oh beautiful, for spacious skies\" (sol, mi, sol, re) and \"for amber waves of grain\" (mi, fa, sol, la, ti, sol) - and wove them into an aural image. I put two performance indications in the score - \"delicately oscillating, lightly, legato throughout\" and \"dynamics should never exceed \"P\" – and invite the performer to use gradations of \"p\" (pp, ppp, pppp, etc.) to subtly bring out the two melodic fragments as they appear in the music. I thought it might be beautiful and energizing in the moment of performance if I provide a score-in-color, a visualization which highlights the two fragments as they appear in the music's texture. I used blue note heads for \"Oh beautiful spacious skies\" and amber note heads for \"For amber waves of grain\". The performer can choose to use the score-in-color or a score in traditional black and white notation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--Libby Larsen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kenwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526687289423,"sku":"LL031","price":6.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/df6ccbca331a87d8f1a5a52ef5090158.jpg?v=1772229564","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/larsen-amber-variation-kenwood","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}