Tombeau for JPK for Concert Band, op. 81g (1998)
Instrumentation: Fl., Ob., Bssn., 3 Clar. in B-Flat, Bass Clar. in B-flat, Alt. Sax. in E-Flat, Tenor Sax. in B-flat, Baritone Sax. in E-Flat, 2 Trp. in B-flat, Fr. Hn. in F, 2 Trb., Euphonium, Bass Tub., Glockenspiel
Dedication: for PJK
Duration: 5 minutes
Publisher: Schott MusicScore SHS 1024
Parts SHS 1024-70
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Preface (Schott Music SHS 1024)
"Today,
one of my dosest friends, the composer Peter Jona
Korn, has passed away. He was, like me, a lone wolf and resisted any form
of mental gagging throughout his life. This work is intended äs an honourable
commemoration for him." Bertold Hummel ends his Tombeau for PJK
with these words on 12 January 1998, the date on which his friend died.
Entirely
in the spirit of the dedicatee, Hummel does not hesitate to express his deep personal
feelings in funeral music of great beauty and melancholy which - with the exception
of three insertions - pays its respects to music ofthe 19th Century in form, gesture
and harmony. PJK had always viewed this music as the nourishment for his own compositions.
In 1980, he wrote a symphony for wind orchestra entitled Salute to the Lone
Wolves. It is highly likely that Hummel also utilised this instrumentation
for his final salutation as a reference to this work.
In addition to score
and instrumental parts, the current edition also includes the particell in which
my father committed the Tombeau for PJK to paper.
Martin
Hummel Translation: Lindsay Chalmers-Gerbracht