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- 21 Apr 2024
- The Octavin "das Deutsche Saxofon"
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My book, The Octavin "das Deutsche Saxofon" will hopefully be available by February of 2025. Written primarily for players of the instrument it is the first in-depth study of the instrument; an instrument that was designed to compete against Adolf Sax's saxophone.
- 21 Apr 2024
- Salieri Concerto reinvented: Program Notes
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In a completely different version of Antonio Salieri's Concerto in C (1773) for piano and orchestra, the 3-movement work has been reimagined as a double concerto for clarinet, 'cello and piano.
Double Concerto in C (1773) for clarinet, violoncello & piano
by Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Reconstructed arrangement with cadenzas & notes by Franklin Stöver.
Dedicated to Frealon N. Bibbins ( 1926-2013) clarinetist
Allegro maestoso – Larghetto - Andantino
FORWARD
This ...
- 21 Apr 2024
- Le festin d'Ésope. op. 39 by Charles Alkan, arranged for clarinet, violin & piano
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Le festin d'Ésope. op. 39
25 variations on a Hasidic theme (variazioni su un tema chassidico)
by Charles Alkan (1813-1888), for clarinet in A (or viola), violin & piano transcription by Franklin Stöver. A challenging work for virtuoso players available by October 2024 (probably).
- 21 Apr 2024
- NEW for BRASS QUINTET
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Coming out next month (late May) is my Fantasy on 'Fumeux Fume par fumée' after Jean Solage (1350-1403). The original Fumeux Fume par fumée is a product of the Ars Subtillior school in France, the so-called avant-garde of the 14th century. My broadly two-part fantasy consists of a preamble of my own making, Solage's antiphon as a centerpiece, and a return to the preamble, so the first part of the work follows ABA form. Following that are rhapsodic variations on the antiphone culminating in a ...
- 06 Mrz 2024
- Selected Works of Franklin Stöver
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New titles to be added to the list. Inquiries welcome.
WOODWINDS/STRINGS
Ricordanze, for oboe (or clarinet). viola & piano
Aubade & Gigue, for oboe, violin & piano
Herodia (folk ballet), for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, perc. & piano
Feuilletons nr. 1 for clarinet & string quartet
The Cat & The Canary (silent film, DVD, Image Entertainment)
Trialog, for violin, clarinet & piano (published by Subito Press)
Trialog 2, for viola, ...
- 25 Dez 2023
- A Few Comments on my music - more coming
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"Sei bravissimo!!! Mi piace tutto quello che componi e ti amo tanto" - Maria Rosaria Greco. (referring to my Capriccio Borgogna) "Delightfully wild and ferocious. How wonderful to have recordings of your music to share! Why haven't you posted more of your work?
- John Caruso, composer (on Capriccio Borgogna )
"Wow this is gorgeous! It's like classical, jazz and 20th century 'art" music all ...
- 17 Dez 2022
- Karg-Elert for brass quintet
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Six Chorale Preludes
by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 – 1933)
for brass quintet
arranged from the organ by Franklin Stöver
This set of six pieces are taken from Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Choral-Improvisationen, op. 65 for organ. Composed between 1906 to1908, this single opus consists of 66 choral improvisations in six volumes with each volume dedicated to a phase in the church calendar year. Respectively, they are: Vol. I: Advent/Christmas, Vol. II. Passion, Vol, III. New Year & Easter, Vol. IV. ...
- 22 Okt 2022
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert Symphony in F# minor
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Several years in the making, I will be offering Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Symphony in F# minor (1930) in orchestrated form to publishers and conductors. A very late work of the composer, it was originally conceived for organ and lost for many years. In preparing the new version of this work, I am citing the more recent urtext edition of Breitkopf & Härtel (Johannes Matthias Michel, editor). The Symphony has a duration of approximately 32 minutes.
- 21 Okt 2022
- Karg-Elert Polarity Theory Links
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An exponent of Karg-Elert's polarity theory, check out a new study by Dr. David A. Byrne , "The Harmonic Theories of Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Acoustics, Function, Transformation, Perception" (University of Cincinnati). The thought provoking 949 page study may be downloaded here at: https://www.scribd.com/document/387079905/The-Harmonic-Theories-of-Sigfrid-Karg-Elert-Acoustics-Function-Transformation-Perception-David-A-Byrne Byrne's doctoral dissertation contains new translations to material not ...
- 22 Jan 2022
- Andreas Späth's Symphonie Concertante, op. 103, coming soon
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Andreas Späth (or Spaeth) was born at Rossach near Coburg, Germany on Oct. 9, 1790 and died at Gotha on April 26, 1876. In the Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by Zwillingsbruder (1893), Späth is described as a “dramatic and church composer” having composed over 250 works. From George Walther the local school music teacher, he received his first musical instruction. Späth studied under Christian Friedrich Gumlich at Coberg and with Philipp J. Riotti in Vienna. In 1810, he was accepted into the ...
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