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instance, Britten builds the work in a sonata-
like, arch-form. The introduction section
begins with a slow, disjunct march in the
strings followed by a lyrical oboe solo over
string accompaniment. This is followed by
a quicker, more upbeat exposition section
where new themes are introduced and
developed. At the top of the arch (where the
"development" section should be), Britten
introduces an expressive, slow section, sans
oboe. Finally, for the recapitulation, the music
retums as before, but in mirror image, a.k.a.
a palindrome: first the quick exposition, then
the slow, introductory march, and ending as it
began with the lone cello.
Willy Hess (1906-1997) - Sonata in C minor
for Viola & Bassoon, Op.78 (1973)
Willy Hess was a Swiss musicologist,
composer, Beethoven scholar and bassoonist.
His most well-known accomplishment was
compiling and publishing a catalogue of
Beethoven works not listed in the "complete
edition". Bom in Winterthur, he attended both
primary and high school, and later studied at
the Zurich Conservatory. During his career,
he served as bassoonist with the Winterthur
Stadtorchester (1942 to 1971), taught piano,
counterpoint, and composition.
Most of his compositions consist of music
for solo winds, chamber music, and small
orchestra. Among his compositions is the
Sonata for Viola & Bassoon, the only classical-
style chamber work written for that combination
of instruments.
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) - Nocturne for
Flute and String Quartet (1918)
Arthur William Foote was born in Salem,
Massachusetts on March 5, 1853. His father
Caleb Foote was editor of the Salem Gazette
and his mother Mary Wilder White Foote diedwhen he was four. As a small child, he
showed neither talent nor interest in
music, yet suddenly became enamored
at the age of 12, possibly stimulated by
observing his sister play piano. At the
suggestion of his teacher, Foote entered
the New England Conservatory of
Music in Boston, studying harmony with
Stephen Emery. In September 1870,
Foote entered Harvard University. There
he conducted the Harvard Glee Club and
took music courses from John Knowles
Paine, receiving his Bachelor of Music
degree in 1874. That summer he also
took organ lessons from Benjamin Lang.
The latter, convinced of Foote's talents
encouraged him to continue his music
studies and pursue a music career.
Foote did graduate studies at Harvard
and became the recipient of the degree
of Master of Arts in June 1875, the first
such degree awarded by an American
university. During his life, he received
two honorary doctorates in music and
was made a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters. He was
one of the founders and also president of
the American Guild of Organists.
The style he established in his earliest
works he would use for the rest of his
life. According to David Ewen, Foote's
music is "always thoroughly lyrical, with
broad and stately melodies; romantic
in rhapsodic moods; and classical in
structure, a reflection of his life-long
adoration of Brahms and Wagner." He
was not a prolific composer, writing
only eighty published works. His large
choral works, The Farewell of Hiawatha,
The Wreck of the Hesperus, and
The Skeleton in Armor (all to texts by
Longfellow) show dear influences of
German Romanticism.
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