Musings for two violins by Jessie Montgomery
Published by NYC Music Services
Jessie Montgomery (b 1981) is one of today's most relevant and important interpreters of 21st-century American sound and experience. She has been involved with Community MusicWorks, a Providence, Rhode Island community outreach music education program, as well as the Sphinx Organization, a Detroit-based nonprofit that supports young African American and Latinx string players. Her music interweaves classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, poetry, and social consciousness, and has been performed by such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, A Far Cry, San Francisco Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony.
Montgomery's "Musings" for two violins is a series of short, whimsical movements inspired by Bartok's famous "44 Duos" for two violins. Each movement pays homage to a particular composer, including J.S. Bach, Paul Hindemith, Antonio Vivaldi, and Darius Milhaud; it also includes references Montgomery's own, celebrated "Duo" for violin and cello. Includes two performing parts. Advanced level, Grade 5.
MOVEMENTS:
- I. Introduction
- II. Initiation Song
- III. Hymn
- IV. Courrante
- V. The Swallow
- VI. Vivo
