Compositions for String Orchestra - Divertimento for String Orchestra BB 118, Adagio for Stringsdivertimento for String Orchestra BB 118, Adagio for Strings, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Paperback)

Chapters: Divertimento for String Orchestra Bb 118, Adagio for Strings, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Introduction and Allegro, Symphony No. 7, Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, Holberg Suite, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Concerto Grosso, Simple Symphony. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three-movement work composed by Bela Bartok in 1939, scored for full orchestral strings. Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor, patron, impresario, and the founder of the Basel Chamber Orchestra (Basler Kammerorchester), commissioned Bartok to compose the Divertimento, which is now known to be the pairs last collaborative work. The term "Divertimento" (Italian) denotes a work primarily designed for the entertainment of both the listeners and the performers. The divertimento was popularized in the Classical period by Haydn, Boccherini, and Mozart. This is a neo-classical work constructed around modal tonalities, but it cannot simply be defined as a modernist work or a strictly neoclassical work. One of the most evident neoclassical characteristics is the treatment of texture. Frequently, a small group of soloists contrasts the whole orchestra, greatly varying the work's texture. This is reminiscent of the Baroque genre of the Concerto Grosso, where a small group of soloists, the concertino, was contrasted and accompanied by the tutti orchestra, or the ripieno. While baroque tonality comes within reach, the work is for the most part tonally modernistic. Dynamically, the work features sharp contrasts. The work also utilizes the fugal elements of imitation, fugato, and contains a three voice fugue. Bartok's Divertimento is scored for string orchestra: Violin I, II, Viola, Violoncello, and Do...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2262958