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Charles Reskin (*1946)
Charles Reskin was born in New York City in 1946. Though he started out as a percussionist, he soon became attracted to the trumpet. During his high school years he played both instruments with local professional orchestras and took private classes in ear training and conducting at the University of Miami.He honed his playing and wrote his first compositions at the summer classes of the Brevard...
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About Petits hommages
These pieces are an hommage to the many amusing and silly little songs and ditties invented by me and my brother, David, to whom this work is dedicated. It would take a great deal of space to attempt to explain the meanings and stories attached to these pieces, most of which are totally absurdist and weird. The last movement, for example, is a medley of these ditties, and you might hear a recognizable quote or two from elsewhere. The very ending is a terrible revision of the end of Stravinsky's "Firebird".
Product details
- Composed
- 2020
- Genre
- contemporary
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 28
- Publisher
- Editions Bim
- Movements
- 1. Crickadiddle Kahn and Dandy Putham (1')
2. Armenian Fear Nodules (1'30)
3. Molecuglio I. DiPotpie (1'20)
4. The Habañera of Death (2'40)
5."Song of Clark" Medley (David's Prize Song) (5')
