Jost Meier
Eclipse finale?
for tuba and chamber orchestra
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 8'
- Genre: contemporary
- Series: Swiss Composers Series
- Composed: 2004
Reference: TU16e
Orchestra score
Orchestra score
CHF45.00
- Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2. - 2.2.0.0. - perc(2) - strings
- Published: 2013
- Publisher: Editions Bim
Eclipse Finale
Jost Meier (1939-2022)
Jost Meier was born on March 15, 1939 in Solothurn (Switzerland). After matriculating, he began studying mathematics and physics. He studied the cello and begann composing in adolescence. After stu...
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About Eclipse finale?
The tuba, as in an opera, plays a dramatic role
The music of “Eclipse Finale?” is a fantasy on the well-known German folk song “Der Mond ist aufgegangen” (The moon has risen). “Eclipse finale?” is a piece which presents the age-old fear that the moon will not rise again. The tuba, as in an opera, plays a dramatic role representing humanity, which is questioning the frightening destruction of the nature and the environment.