Draft:Winter Legends

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Winter Legends is a musical composition for solo piano and orchestra by the English composer Sir Arnold Bax^[1]. The work is dedicated to the composer's long-time mistress Harriet Cohen.

The work is scored for flutes, piccolo, oboes, cor anglais, clarinets in b-flat, bassoon, contrabassoon, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, strings and percussion and with an extensive solo piano part.

The work consists of 4 movements:

Allegro
Lento, molto espressivo
Molto moderato, allegro molto
Epilogue: Molto cantabilie

The work was composed rapidly in 1929-30.Apparently the work was originally dedicated to the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, but that dedication was crossed out by Cohen, after which she inserted her own name.^[2]

The composer provided extensive program notes for the work.

A Closer Look at the Score

The work begins with the introduction by the side drum of the main rhythmic cell that reappears throughout the work:

${ \new PianoStaff << \new Staff \with { instrumentName=""} \relative c { \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 120 \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"orchestra kit" \set Staff.midiMinimumVolume = 0.2 \set Staff.midiMaximumVolume = 0.8 \key c \major \clef bass \time 4/4 d,8 r8 r16 d16 d d d8 r8r16 d8 d16 | \time 3/4 d16 d d d d8 d d d | \time 4/4 d8 d16 d d d d d d4:32 d4:32 | } >> }$

After which introduction, we are presented a frenetic opening solo for piano:

${ \new PianoStaff << \new Staff \with { instrumentName=""} \relative c { \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 120 \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"acoustic grand" \set Staff.midiMinimumVolume = 0.2 \set Staff.midiMaximumVolume = 0.8 \key c \major \clef bass \time 4/4 r16 d,16 ees aes b ees, bes' d aes d fis bes, cis fis a, bes | cis16 gis a d f b, e aes d, g b eis, fis bes eis, e | a16 c fis, b ees a, d f! b, e fis e \clef treble g bes d, g | b! f bes d d, g b! g bes d cis d f g, aes des | f b, e aes aes,des f b, e aes g aes c g e ees | d g b gis g bes e aes, d, g b fis f bes d aes | d, g b! fis f bes d a! aes des f c b,! e bes' ees, | b e! aes ees d g b fis d g b fis d g b fis | f! bes d a f bes d a f bes d a f bes d a | <dis b gis eis>8 r8 r4 r2 | } \new Staff \with { instrumentName=""} \relative c { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"acoustic grand" \set Staff.midiMinimumVolume = 0.2 \set Staff.midiMaximumVolume = 0.8 \key c \major \clef bass \time 4/4 r16 d,16 ees aes b ees, bes' d aes d fis bes, cis fis a, bes | cis16 gis a d f b, e aes d, gis, b ees, fis bes ees, e | a16 c gis b ees a, d f! b, e fis e g bes b, e! | aes d, g b! b, e aes d, g b! fis g d' e, f des' | \clef treble d aes des e f, aes d aes des f e c ees d des c | b e! aes ees d g b! f b, e aes! ees d g b! f | b, e aes ees d g c! fis, f bes d a aes des f c | aes des g c, b e! aes ees b e! aes ees! b e! aes ees! | d g b! fis d g b fis d g b fis d g b fis | <dis' b gis eis>8 r8 r4 r2 | } >> }$

Bax was adamant about the work not being strictly speaking a piano concerto. The composer envisaged a enriched orchestral experience, as is evident in the next passage which appears shortly after the previous excerpt:

References

^ Winter Legends. London: Chappell. 1920.
^ Foreman, Lewis (2007). Bax - A Composer and His Times (3 ed.). Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-209-6.

[1] Winter Legends. London: Chappell. 1920.

[2] Foreman, Lewis (2007). Bax - A Composer and His Times (3 ed.). Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-209-6.

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