Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012)

Royal Winter Music

First Sonata on Shakespearean Characters Edition Schott

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Details
For
guitar
Product Type
Sheet music
Author / Composer
Hans Werner Henze
Editor
Julian Bream
Product number
736900
Difficulty Level
5
Description

My idea of developing music from Richard of Gloucester's monologue 'Now is the winter of our discontent', and of generating more music from that material, was conceived during the 1960s. Ten years later it took a more concrete form, when Julian Bream suggested to me that I should write a substanial new guitar work for him. More time went by, and only having finished 'We Come to the River' could I begin to realise our plan. Then began a collaboration with the instrumentalist that went through var...

Content
  • I Gloucester
  • II Romeo and Juliet
  • III Ariel
  • IV Ophelia
  • V Touchstone, Audrey and William
  • VI Oberon