Vartan Adjemian
Blues
for 2 tubas, string quartet and piano
- Level: intermediate
- Duration: 7'
- Genre: contemporary
- Composed: 2010
Reference: TU159
Score and parts
Score and parts
CHF32.00
- Publisher: Editions Bim
Vartan Adjemian (*1956)
Vartan Adjemian was born 1956 to a very well-known and popular family in Armenia.
His grandfather, Vartan Adjemian Sr. (1905-1977) studied with Stanislavsky and Vsevolod Meyerhold and was the Gene...
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About Blues
About "Blues"
This piece was composed at the request of Harri Lidsle. The proposed instrumentation of two tubas with a string quartet and pianoforte was a source of consternation to me, since a single tuba can easily balance, in terms of dynamics, a full symphony orchestra playing in tutti. Following an elongated period of reflection, I decided to resolve this "balance" issue by adding yet another challenge: I called the piece "Blues" and created two independent melodies (one for each tuba) that follow each other closely, thereby creating, in a virtual sense, a single melodic line.
Vartan Adjemian, September 2010, Yerevan, Armenia