UNTITLED THREE MINIATURES

for Clarinet Bass Clarinet Piano Violin and Cello

Publisher: Lauren Keiser
Voicing: Full Score
Composer: Stephen Hartke

(untitled) was the name of a store in the SoHo section of Manhattan that sold nothing but art postcards -- thousands of them. I had three such postcards taped to the music rack of my piano and one day in early 1968 I decided to write a set of musical miniatures somehow depicting these paintings. The first, Perro ladrando a la luna by Miro, is the most literal. The opening sustained chord represents the horizon line, the rising clarinet duo is a ladder with five rungs (the piano chords). The piano tremolo at the end is the moon shining, and the violin, as the dog, barks at it. I consider this piece to be my Opus Zero, the first piece where I managed to achieve my musical goals.

Item #: 000040574
UPC: 884088291730
Size: 11"  x  8.5"
Pages: 16
Stock #: HL00040574