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| Jacob de Haan; Music Pieces by Jacob de Haan | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 13 2004, 12:35 AM (335 Views) | |
| ChEnG Fu | Nov 13 2004, 12:35 AM Post #1 |
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Title of Piece: The Saint and the City Composer: Jacob de Haan Level of Difficulty: Grade 3 Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds Piece Description: This work is based on a well-known myth about the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands. In the waters surrounding Zwolle, lived a dragon that regularly emerged. Time and again he threatened to destroy the city with his fiery breath if he was not given a living sacrifice. The archangel, Michael, who manifested himself as a young knight, saved the city. In a fight without an equal, he beheaded the monster with his sword. Later, Saint Michael fighting the dragon, which was a symbol of evil and injustice, acquired a permanent place on the city arms. Also, there used to be a huge statue of the patron saint at the bottom of the high tower of St. Michael’s Church, above the main entrance. For this composition, the hymn tune Laudate Dominum has been chosen as a central musical theme for the archangel. The dragon is reflected in a series of chords that evoke a somewhat ominous association. Adapted From www.jacobdehaan.com |
 
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| ChEnG Fu | Nov 13 2004, 12:36 AM Post #2 |
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Title of Piece: The Blues Factory Composer: Jacob de Haan Level of Difficulty: Grade 3 Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds Piece Description: This blues, in two movements, pictures the nearly extinct textile industry in the east of the Netherlands. This composition was commissioned for the closing of the bleaching plant in Eibergen in the province of Gelderland. The work starts with a compelling, slow, authentic blues that stands for the bygone textile industry, which gave this region its identity. A fast blues in a jazzy rock style follows in which a renewed identity reflects the optimism for the future. Subsequently, we hear a little predilection for the past (“Sing the Blues”), but everything works out well in the powerful final chord. Adapted From www.jacobdehaan.com |
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| ChEnG Fu | Nov 13 2004, 12:36 AM Post #3 |
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Title of Piece: Ross Roy Composer: Jacob de Haan Level of Difficulty: Grade 3 Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds Piece Description: Jacob de Haan was commissioned to compose this concert piece by the "St. Peters Wind Symphony" from Brisbane, Australia. "Ross Roy" is the monumental late 19th century villa where St. Peters Lutheran College was founded in 1945. The villa has always remained the school symbol. In this composition, Jacob de Haan sees the "Ross Roy" as a metaphor for the years spent at school (a monument in time), where one's personality is formed. So, the opening theme the artist calls the Ross Roy theme initially has monumental characteristics. Adapted From www.jacobdehaan.com |
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| ChEnG Fu | Nov 13 2004, 12:38 AM Post #4 |
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Title of Piece: La Storia Composer: Jacob de Haan Level of Difficulty: Grade 3 Duration: 7 minutes 01 seconds Piece Description: Film music is usually written to match the action in a scenario. Sometimes the opposite is true as is proved by Jacob de Haan’s piece La Storia. Written for creative musicians and audiences, the listener is given the opportunity of making up his own story to fit the music, without even the restriction of composer’s comments. Adapted From www.jacobdehaan.com |
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| ChEnG Fu | Nov 13 2004, 12:39 AM Post #5 |
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Title of Piece: Concerto d'Amore Composer: Jacob de Haan Level of Difficulty: Grade 3 Duration: 7 minutes 19 seconds Piece Description: Concerto d'Amore exists of a combination of three different styles, namely baroque, pop and jazz. The stately introduction of the composition sounds like a baroque overture. Then follows an energetic part in pop style, that ends up in a characteristic adagio. A motive from this adagio is assimilated in a swinging part, after which the work finishes with the return of the adagio in a different appearance. Adapted From www.jacobdehaan.com |
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