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String quartet No. 1 (The key) ; Clarinet quintet No. 1 in D (The princess) / Strahan.

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Clarinet quintet no. 1 in D : "The Princess" / Derek Strahan.

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CD	String quartet No. 1 (The key) ; Clarinet quintet No. 1 in D (The princess) / Strahan. 1 CD (57 min.) Published by Revolve [RDS002] Library shelf no. CD 299	Available for loan	$16.36	Add to cart
Parts	Clarinet quintet no. 1 in D : "The Princess" / Derek Strahan. 1 set of 5 performance parts (54p. -- A4 (portrait))	Not for loan	$POA
Score	Clarinet quintet no. 1 in D : "The Princess" / by Derek Strahan. 1 facsimile score (70p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre Library shelf no. 785.4415/STR 1	Available for loan	$POA

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Work Overview

The work is written to the memory of Princess Marie-Christiane Lichnowky (1765-1841), wife of Prince Karl Lichnowski who were Beethoven's most influential patrons, introduced to him by Count Waldstein of Bonn who was a committed Freemason. The Princess was highly intelligent an accomplished musician and shared with the composer a deep interest in the rationalist philosophies of the 18^th century Enlightenment. The work's "program" is that there existed an attachment between the Princess and Beethoven that had to be kept secret for reasons of social propriety. None of Beethoven's love affairs proved lasting, but the attachment between Princess and composer did prove to be so. The Quintet is written to the 4-movement model of classical music, and is described as "a study in co-existing and equal opposites". It draws equally on the structures of classical music and the melodic character of modern dance and popular music. Thus the 1^st Movement in sonata form aims to depict "Profane Love/Romantic Love" in its 1^st & 2nd subjects, the 2^nd slow movement "Constancy/Deceit", the 3^rd Movement's Scherzo & Trio "Flirtation/Isolation", and the 4^th Movement, "Fusion of Opposites", is a Rondo where 2 themes merge contrapuntally at the close leading to a lively Coda.

Work Details

Year: 1981

Instrumentation: Clarinet in A, 2 violins, viola, cello.

Duration: 28 min.

Difficulty: Advanced — Professional.

Contents note: Profane Love/Romantic Love -- Constancy/Deceit -- Flirtation/Isolation -- Fusion of Opposites.

Dedication note: "For Lorna Key"

The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
classical, applied jazz, melodic