Christ lag in Tobesbanden, Op. 122, No. 2

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Christ lag in tobesbanden (2021)

J. S. Bach, harmonized by Joe Clark Op. 122, No. 2 For String Quartet

2 DURATION: 1' INSTRUMENTATION: Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello

PROGRAM NOTES: In the spring of 2021, I began giving informal composition lessons to Chris Price, a junior at LPHS. I decided it would be fun to also realize the assignments I was giving him, hence this series of short pieces.

The assignment: - This piece is for string quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) - This chorale melody must be the violin I part. The only alteration you may make is changing the octave.

- The other three parts should be relatively slow and smooth (primarily quarter notes and eighth notes - some half notes and sixteenths are fine, sparingly).

- You may only use a rest on beat 4 of m. 8, matching the melody. (And you MUST use a rest in the other parts here.)

- Harmonies are totally up to you!

PERFORMANCE NOTES: Since the cello only plays a single note, considerable expression and interpretation is desirable.

The piano part is designed to print single-sided, as a three-page spread. The cello part is a single page, so if you want to print it double-sided, uh, have at it?

-Joe Clark, 01.02.2021 JOE CLARK is one of the band directors at La Porte High School in La Porte, Indiana. He recently received his Master's in Wind Band Conducting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under Dr. Steve Peterson.

While there, he was a co-director of the UIUC Clarinet Choir and a member of the Sapphire Reed Quintet.

Previously, he attended the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester, where he received degrees in music education, clarinet performance, and mathematics. While there, he studied clarinet with Kenneth Grant and conducting with Oliver Hagen and Eric Laprade. He has played with a number of chamber groups, including the reed quintet CirQ, the wind quintet Azzimato Winds, and the clarinet quartet Three Stands Apiece.

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Christ lag in tobesbanden

J. S. Bach, harmonized by Joe Clark

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