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Masson Askell Okto November Orch48

Áskell Másson
Októ Nóvember

for string orchestra

  • Duration: 11'
  • Genre: contemporary
  • Composed: 1982

Reference: ORCH48b
CHF43.00
Orchestra score

Details

  • Published: 2003
  • Publisher: Editions Bim

Audio samples

Okto November

Composer

Áskell Másson

Áskell Másson (*1953)

Played by the best orchestras, ensembles and soloists, his music reflects a powerful sense of drama. The variety of rhythms and sounds, the combination of lyrical and percussive moments, give to hi... Read more

About Októ Nóvember

About Októ Nóvember

This string orchestra work was written to the memory of the author’s great grandfather, whose name was Otto N. Thorlaksson. He was a seaman, mostly working in very harsh circumstances on the old cutter-ships in the early years of the 20th century. He founded many of the existing unions for seamen, and one of the finest trawlers in Iceland was named after him. Born in a remote cottage in the country, his first two names were actually Okto November, because of a certain ambiguity of when exactly he was born.