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Howard Skempton: Lento: Orchestra
Score | Sheet Music and Books
COMPOSER:
Howard Skempton
PUBLISHER:
Oxford University Press
PRODUCT FORMAT:
Score
Lento is monolithic; major and minor triads generate a sequence of processionals. The tempo is more or less constant. It uses the same orchestral forces as Wagner's prelude to Parsifal, though deployment is radically different.Most of Lento is scored for strings only. A central episode turns the
Specifications
| Composer | Howard Skempton |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Instrumentation | Full Orchestra |
| Product Format | Score |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Style Period | Post 1901 |
| ISBN | 9780193676503 |
| No. | OUP9780193676503 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
Description
Lento is monolithic; major and minor triads generate a sequence of processionals. The tempo is more or less constant. It uses the same orchestral forces as Wagner's prelude to Parsifal, though deployment is radically different.Most of Lento is scored for strings only. A central episode turns the spotlight on the trombones and the bassoons. Otherwise, woodwind, brass and timpani serve primarily to lend weight to restatements of the two principalsubjects.