Musica Ignota
For Concert Band
INSTRUMENTATION:
4 Flute 1
4 Flute 2
1 Oboe 1
1 Oboe 2
4 Bb Clarinet 1
4 Bb Clarinet 2
4 Bb Clarinet 3
2 Bb Bass Clarinet
1 Bassoon 1
1 Bassoon 2
2 Eb Alto Saxophone 1
2 Eb Alto Saxophone 2
1 Bb Tenor Saxophone
1 Eb Baritone Saxophone
2 Bb Trumpet 1
2 Bb Trumpet 2
2 Bb Trumpet 3
1 F French Horn 1
1 F French Horn 2
1 F French Horn 3
1 F French Horn 4
1 Trombone 1
1 Trombone 2
1 Bass Trombone
3 Euphonium B.C.
3 Tuba
Double Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion 1 (1 Player): Vibraphone
Percussion 2 (1 Player): Marimba (4.3 octaves)
Percussion 3 (1 Player): Chimes, Triangle, Vibraphone (shared instrument with Percussion 1)
Percussion 4 (1 Player): Tam-Tam, Crash Cymbals, Marimba (shared instrument with Percussion 2)
The score is transposed.
PROGRAM NOTE:
The famous Rhineland mystic, nun, healer and composer, Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) hardly needs an introduction. Recent popular and scholarly discoveries of her music as well as correspondences and writings on natural healing have made her famous to the public at large. Her extraordinary achievements, all the more astonishing considering the burden of being a woman in a medieval monastic world, have made her something of an international cult figure. My composition Musica Ignota draws inspiration from Hildegard’s music as well as her lesser-known invented language system entitled Lingua Ignota (Latin for “unknown language”). To write in this imaginary language, she used an alphabet of 23 letters and created a glossary of over 1000 beautiful, unknown words, presumably intended as a universal language for mystical purposes. The opening to the glossary in the Wiesbaden Riesencodex disarmingly states that Lingua Ignota is “an unknown language brought forward by the simple human being Hildegard (Ignota lingua per simplicem hominem Hildegardem prolata).” Having grown up in the Rhineland myself, I have long been fascinated by Hildegard von Bingen and it is my hope that the “unknown music” brought forth in my composition Musica Ignota, serves to honor her life and work.
DURATION: approx. 9 minutes
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Musica Ignota was commissioned by a consortium of ensembles organized by Edwin Powell (Pacific Lutheran University) and Kaitlin Bove (Pierce College).
The consortium members include:
Bellevue High School, Edd George
Case Western Reserve University, Ryan Scherber
Cathedral City High School, Matt Howe
Central Washington University, Paul Bain
Columbia University, Jason Noble
East Central Community College, Zach Langley
East Central University, Nick Meyers
Edina High School, Paul Kile
Gig Harbor High School, Eric Swanson
Gonzaga University, Peter Hamlin
Issaquah High School, Patrick Holen
Jackson High School, Lesley Moffat
Lindbergh High School, Brian Dyson
McLennan Community College, Jon Conrad
Michigan Technical Institute, Michael Christianson
National Concert Band of America, Adrian Holton
Pacific Lutheran University, Edwin Powell
Pierce College, Kaitlin Bove
Renton City Concert Band, Mike Simpson
River Winds Concert Band, John Werth
Sam Houston State University, Matthew McInturff
Santa Clara University, Tony Rivera
St Martins University, David Wacyk
St. Olaf College, Arthur Haecker
Tacoma Community College, John Falskow
University of British Columbia, Robert Taylor
University of Kansas, Paul Popiel
University of Missouri - Kansas City, Steven Davis
University of Oregon, Dennis Llinás
University of Portland, Patrick Murphy
University of Puget Sound, Gerard Morris
University of the Pacific, Vu Nguyen
University of San Diego, Jeffrey Malecki
University of West Florida, Brittan Braddock
University of West Georgia, Joshua Byrd
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Justin Davis
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Devin Otto
Valparaiso University
Chamber Concert Band & The Windiana Concert Band, Jeffrey Doebler
Virginia Tech, Derek Shapiro
Wake Forest University, Timothy Heath
West Virginia Wesleyan College, David Blon
Woodenville Concert Band, John Werth
For more information:
info@ingridstolzel.com www.ingridstolzel.com
For more information: info@ingridstolzel.com www.ingridstolzel.com
Musica Ignota
Ingrid Stölzel