La Folie D'Espagne
Robin Neihardt
Performed By
Robin Neihardt
Album UPC
885767346192
CD Baby Track ID
9221157
Label
Skyyrim Studios
Released
2012-01-25
BPM
137
Rated
0
ISRC
uscgh1231038
Year
2012
Spotify Plays
144
Writers
Writer
Robin Neihardt
Pub Co
Skyyrim Studios
Composer
Robin Neihardt
ClearanceFacebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceOne Stop
Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing Grant
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - Arizona
Description
This CD, released in January, 2012, is a collection of original works and several adaptations of old music. The pieces are composed primarily for orchestra and solo instruments, several with choral parts.
Notes
There is little canyon that runs through our property where I spend hours exploring all the draws and washes with Twinkle, my wonder dog. In the sand, we have left numerous trails of paw and foot prints alongside all the other critters that track through the canyon before and after us. This has resulted in the “not to original” name for my latest CD, Paw and Foot Prints in the Canyon. It is a fitting title for many ideas and musical treatments came to me while traipsing about.
This CD, released in January, 2012, is a collection of original works and several adaptations of old music. The first track, Guardarme Las Vacas, is adapted from a solo guitar piece I have played for many years composed by Luis De Narvaez for Vihuela in the mid-1500’s. I arranged it for harp and string orchestra which works quite well. There are two additional adaptations on the CD, track 4, La Folie D’Espagne and track 13, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. Track 4 is a melody from the 1700’s or perhaps earlier that has been written as a theme and variations by more than 150 composers over the past 300 years. This is my stab at it. Track 13 is an adaptation for orchestra of an old hymn originally composed in 1887 by Anthony Showalter.
The remaining pieces are original compositions. Tracks 9 through 12 are a “muse” for guitar quartet. Perhaps my favorite piece on the album is track 14, Serenity Concerto for Cello, Violin and String Orchestra. It is written in three short movements, all of which are on this single track. Of the three movements, the second is my favorite. In track 15, The Hills, I “borrowed” a motive from a J.S. Bach work and have the Cello section playing it throughout the piece. I wrote Reverie, track 5, to be the music for a YouTube video I produced of the same name.
This CD, released in January, 2012, is a collection of original works and several adaptations of old music. The first track, Guardarme Las Vacas, is adapted from a solo guitar piece I have played for many years composed by Luis De Narvaez for Vihuela in the mid-1500’s. I arranged it for harp and string orchestra which works quite well. There are two additional adaptations on the CD, track 4, La Folie D’Espagne and track 13, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. Track 4 is a melody from the 1700’s or perhaps earlier that has been written as a theme and variations by more than 150 composers over the past 300 years. This is my stab at it. Track 13 is an adaptation for orchestra of an old hymn originally composed in 1887 by Anthony Showalter.
The remaining pieces are original compositions. Tracks 9 through 12 are a “muse” for guitar quartet. Perhaps my favorite piece on the album is track 14, Serenity Concerto for Cello, Violin and String Orchestra. It is written in three short movements, all of which are on this single track. Of the three movements, the second is my favorite. In track 15, The Hills, I “borrowed” a motive from a J.S. Bach work and have the Cello section playing it throughout the piece. I wrote Reverie, track 5, to be the music for a YouTube video I produced of the same name.
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