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Hambone
by Libby Larsen
Released Spring 2002
Premiered December 9, 1999 at the Blake School in Minneapols, MN under the direction of Brian M. Olson.
Ordering
information:
Score, parts and CD-ROM: $60.00 (HL04001981)
Additional CD-ROM: $10.00 (HL04001983) |
Libby Larsen used three inspirations
from her life to write Hambone. First, she was inspired
by early rock ‘n roll rhythms, particularly those
written by Bo Diddley, from her high school days when
she had her own rock band. The second inspiration is
the African-American tradition of hamboning—clapping
and slapping to create fun, new rhythms, and finally
the melodies of the traditional cakewalk, reminiscent
of Debussy’s “Golliwog’s Cakewalk.”
The CD-ROM explores all three of these inspirations
with various musical and visual examples, as well as
video of the composer working in rehearsal with a band.
The CD-ROM also explains African American oral traditions,
and it links this piece to places all over the world,
from Ghana and the Ivory Coast to Paris, France.
VIDEOS FROM THE HAMBONE CD-ROM:
Libby explains the "yawp" in Hambone
Libby discusses the Bo Diddley rhythm in Hambone
Students rehearse Hambone
Band director Brian Olson discusses the BandQuest project
About the Composer
Libby Larsen (b. 24 December 1950, Wilmington, Delaware)
is one of America's most prolific and most performed
living composers. She has created a catalogue of over
200 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate
vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral and choral
scores. Her music has been praised its dynamic, deeply
inspired, and vigorous contemporary American spirit.
Constantly sought after for commissions and premieres
by major artists, ensembles and orchestras around the
world, Libby Larsen has established a permanent place
for her works in the concert repertory.
Libby Larsen has received numerous
awards and accolades, including a 1994 Grammy as producer
of the CD: The Art of Arleen Augér, an acclaimed
recording that features Larsen's Sonnets from the Portuguese.
Libby Larsen is a vigorous, articulate
champion of the music and musicians of our time. In
1973, she co-founded (with Stephen Paulus) the Minnesota
Composers Forum, now the American Composers Forum, which
has been an invaluable advocate for composers in a difficult,
transitional time for American arts. Larsen's commitment
to the wider issue of music in society has led her to
activity on a national level: she has served on the
boards of the American Symphony Orchestra League, Meet
the Composer, and on the Music Panel of the National
Endowment for the Arts. She has been Vice President
of the American Music Center and a director of the College
Music Society. Consistently sought-after as a leader
in the generation of millennium thinkers, Libby Larsen's
music and ideas have refreshed the concert music tradition
and the composer's role in it.
Composer Libby Larsen works with students
at a rehearsal of "Hambone" at the Blake School
in Minneapolis, MN.
Instrumentation
1-Conductor
1-Piccolo
5-Flute
2-Oboe
2-Bassoon
4-B flat clarinet 1
4-B flat clarinet 2
4-B flat clarinet 3
2-B flat bass clarinet
2-E flat alto saxophone 1
2-E flat alto saxophone 2
2-B flat tenor saxophone
1-E flat baritone saxophone |
4-B
flat trumpet 1
4-B flat trumpet 2
3-B flat trumpet 3
4-F horn
4-Trombone 1
4-Trombone 2
2-Baritone B.C.
2-Baritone T.C.
4-Tuba
1-String Bass
2-Percussion 1
2-Percussion 2
2-Percussion 3
1-Percussion 4
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