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𝑼𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚: 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐
In 2022, I began a project of arranging female composed historical pieces for unaccompanied cello that were originally written for other instruments. The source scores were for voice, piano, flute, and violin. The result is approximately 32 minutes of music by women composers from different musical eras, mostly Baroque, bookended with selections from Antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance and 19th century Classical periods.
There is very little “invention” on my part in these arrangements. There are no re-harmonizations, or anything of the sort. As much as possible, I stayed true to the actual notes (transpositions notwithstanding) that the composer wrote, and deliberately chose pieces for which that was possible to achieve with the cello. In no way are these arrangements attempts to imagine what the composers might have done had they originally written their music for this instrument. It is my hope that the emotional essence of the pieces will shine through and that the medium of unaccompanied cello will serve them in good stead.
- Corbin Keep
In 2022, I began a project of arranging female composed historical pieces for unaccompanied cello that were originally written for other instruments. The source scores were for voice, piano, flute, and violin. The result is approximately 32 minutes of music by women composers from different musical eras, mostly Baroque, bookended with selections from Antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance and 19th century Classical periods.
There is very little “invention” on my part in these arrangements. There are no re-harmonizations, or anything of the sort. As much as possible, I stayed true to the actual notes (transpositions notwithstanding) that the composer wrote, and deliberately chose pieces for which that was possible to achieve with the cello. In no way are these arrangements attempts to imagine what the composers might have done had they originally written their music for this instrument. It is my hope that the emotional essence of the pieces will shine through and that the medium of unaccompanied cello will serve them in good stead.
- Corbin Keep
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