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First Movement from "Yosemite Suite: For Guitar Quartet" Contents: Score and 4 Parts (PDF Format)
Duration: 4:45 mins. Performing Rights: BMI. Contact Email: dr.van@sbcglobal.net
This is the opening movement of "Yosemite Suite, For Guitar Quartet" Can you imagine waking up to a beautiful summer morning in Yosemite National Park? You're hearing the birds chirping, the roar of the Merced, the sounds of waterfalls as the sun rises on El Capitan. Can that wonderful moment be captured in music? Well, this is the composer's intent in "Yosemite Suite: For Guitar Quartet" . "Yosemite Suite" is an advanced, modern work for concert performance. It is a somewhat programatic work as each of the five movements depict a various places or elements in Yosemite National Park. The work utilizes various compositional techniques such as: jazz harmony, whole tone scales, polytonality, metric modulation and stereo-effect voicings. The complete score - (all 5 movements) with an accompanying Mp3 file is also available. Each movement is sold separately with the score and the 4 parts.
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